country music
noun
: music derived from or imitating the folk style of the Southern U.S. or of the Western cowboy
especially
: popular vocal music characterized by simple harmonies, accompaniment by stringed instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel), repeated choruses, and often narrative lyrics
called also country, country and western
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Paltrow, who played a country music star and sang in the 2010 film Country Strong, made her live TV debut performance at the CMA Awards that same year.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
Over the next five years Eddy Arnold not only became country music’s reigning superstar (a position unrivaled until Garth Brooks’ rise in the 1990s) but one of the RCA label’s top pop stars as well, something Colonel took full advantage of in renegotiating his recording contract.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
This Hallmark-Grand Ole Opry collaboration honors the 100th anniversary of the famous country music hall in Nashville.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Plus, Zach Top, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Tucker Wetmore and several other stars all showed up and showed out for the occasion, performing some of country music’s biggest smashes of the year for an audience of their peers.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
Over the next five years Eddy Arnold not only became country music’s reigning superstar (a position unrivaled until Garth Brooks’ rise in the 1990s) but one of the RCA label’s top pop stars as well, something Colonel took full advantage of in renegotiating his recording contract.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
This Hallmark-Grand Ole Opry collaboration honors the 100th anniversary of the famous country music hall in Nashville.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Plus, Zach Top, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Tucker Wetmore and several other stars all showed up and showed out for the occasion, performing some of country music’s biggest smashes of the year for an audience of their peers.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for country music
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“Country music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20music. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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