The 2000s delivered some of country music's stone-cold saddest songs, ever. Want proof? Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' "Whiskey Lullaby" — one of country music's defining heartbreak ballads ...

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He’s been a fixture of Music Row ever since, churning out 18 No. 1 country songs while earning four Grammys and a slew of other awards. His distinctive style is rooted in the ’70s and ’80s ...

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It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. More than a decade later, country singer Sonny James took the song to No. 1 in the early 1970s. James released “Empty Arms” as the second single ...

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