1981, Alabama, countrypolitan
Love in the First Degree
1981, Barbara Mandrell, countrypolitan
I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool
1983, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers, countrypolitan
Islands in the Stream
1987, George Strait, neo-traditionalist
All My Exes Live in Texas
1986, Randy Travis, neo-traditionalist
1982 (yes, this is the song name)
1984, The Judds, neo-traditionalist women
John Deere Tractor
1986, Reba McEntire, neo-traditionalist woman
Little Rock
1990, Garth Brooks, commercial/new country
Friends in Low Places
1993, Garth Brooks, commercial/new country
We Shall Be Free
1994, Alan Jackson, commercial/new country
Gone Country
1991, Brooks and Dunn, commercial/new country
Boot Scootin Boogie
1995, Shania Twain,90s country pop
Any Man of Mine
1997, Shania Twain, 90s country pop
Man! I Feel Like a Woman
1994, Faith Hill, 90s country pop
I Can’t Do That Anymore
1990, Uncle Tupelo, alt country-> american roots
No Depression
1996, Whiskeytown, Roots Rock/Punk/Alt Country
Hard Luck Story
1996, BR5-49, Western Swing, Retro Rockabilly (alt country)
Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)
2000, George Strait and Alan Jackson, O Brother phenom
Murder on Music Row
2000, O Brother Where Art Thou? (various artists) (Dan Tyminski), O Brother phenom
Man of Constant Sorrow
2002, Dixie Chicks, O Brother phenom
Long Time Gone
2008, Taylor Swift,
Love Story
2004, Gretchen Wilson, anti-commercial, redneck themes
Redneck Woman
2005, Carrie Underwood
Before He Cheats
2011, Darius Rucker
This
2010, Miranda Lambert
The House that Built Me