{"id":1301685,"date":"2018-12-20T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1801780"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:37:00","slug":"top-women-artists-to-watch-on-cmts-90s-country-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/top-women-artists-to-watch-on-cmts-90s-country-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Women Artists to Watch on CMT\u2019s \u201990s Country Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> 20m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to find any rising country performer today who isn\u2019t impacted by \u201890s country music.<\/p>\n

CMT\u2019s Hot 20 Countdown<\/a><\/em> will honor this celebrated period in music on an all-new, four-hour special, \u201990s Country Forever<\/em>, premiering Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 22-23) at 8 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

It was an era that directly influenced the current class of country musicians. Listen to a Brothers Osborne album, and you\u2019ll hear influences of Travis Tritt. For Justin Moore and Midland, it was Dwight Yoakam. Lauren Alaina salutes the women who rocked \u201890s country in her current single \u201cLadies of the \u201890s,\u201d while Walker Hayes has his own tribute in \u201c90\u2019s Country.\u201d And of course, everyone loves the G-man, Garth Brooks.<\/p>\n

So, what is it about that era that makes today\u2019s artists crave that nostalgia?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all loved each other and supported each other, too, and there was room for everybody because frankly, everyone sounded different,\u201d Deana Carter tells CMT.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the \u201890s had some songs that will stand the test of time,\u201d Martina McBride tells CMT. \u201cThey\u2019re just classics. Those songs will always resonate with people because they\u2019re from the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Country music in the \u201890s marked a time where the women dominated the airwaves with their undeniable hits. Most women in music today wouldn\u2019t be who they are if there wasn\u2019t a McBride, or a Reba McEntire, or a Trisha Yearwood to emulate.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the iconic videos that will be featured on \u201990s Country Forever<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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    Leann Rimes \u201cBlue\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    \u201cBlue\u201d marked Rimes\u2019 major breakthrough, and it was inescapable in 1996 when it hit No. 1. That same year, she won her first Grammy awards for country female vocal and best new artist. Rimes continues to work and record. She just wrapped her sixth annual holiday tour, You and Me and Christmas, and her latest TV film, It\u2019s Christmas, Eve<\/em>. In the movie, Rimes plays an interim school superintendent who finds herself in a tough spot when she gets an assignment to shut down the school\u2019s music program. She also produced the film\u2019s soundtrack, which features three new songs, \u201cThe Gift of Your Love,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Christmas, Eve,\u201d and \u201cYou and Me and Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Reba McEntire \u201cFancy\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Reba\u2019s career continues to be the one everyone aspires to have for themselves. She is among the genre\u2019s greatest ambassadors and American treasures. Earlier this month, she became a Kennedy Center Honoree with Cher, Phillip Glass, Wayne Shorter and the Hamilton<\/em> creators, actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, and music director Alex Lacamoire. But in 1991, it was all about \u201cFancy,\u201d the Bobbie Gentry hit she took to No. 8 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart that year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Martina McBride \u201cIndependence Day\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    We wouldn\u2019t have Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Kelly Clarkson and other powerhouse singers of today without McBride. Every song she released was one power anthem after another. After releasing a series of hits including \u201cMy Baby Loves Me,\u201d she released her first signature song \u201cIndependence Day,\u201d which went on to become a CMA song of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Shania Twain \u201cMan, I Feel Like a Woman\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    \u201cMan! I Feel Like a Woman!\u201d was Twain\u2019s third in a series of blockbuster smashes from her third album, Come On Over<\/em>. The video was a flirtatious role reversal of Robert Palmer\u2019s \u201cAddicted to Love\u201d video with Twain starring as Palmer and buffy topless men replacing Palmer\u2019s female backing band. Twain still kills it to this day. By the time her Now tour wraps Dec. 23 in New Zealand, the tour will have visited 16 countries and four continents. It\u2019s the only country tour to visit South America this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Deana Carter \u201cStrawberry Wine\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Whenever Carter\u2019s \u201cStrawberry Wine\u201d comes on the speakers, everyone immediately stops what they\u2019re doing to sway to the waltz and sing. Carter\u2019s breakout hit was a two-week No. 1 and the CMA\u2019s single and song of the year in 1996. Carter continues to build her career in film in tandem with working with other rising artists. Her latest movies are Painted Horses<\/em> and Running From My Roots<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Allison Krauss & Union Station \u201cWhen You Say Nothing at All\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Krauss\u2019 version of this Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz classic was everywhere in 1995 and went on to become not only her signature song with Union Station but also the CMA\u2019s single of the year. Krauss continues to work and tour to this day, her latest album Windy City<\/em> arrived in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Dixie Chicks \u201cWide Open Spaces\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    \u201cWide Open Spaces\u201d was the Dixie Chicks\u2019 next hit released following their first Grammy win for country vocal group in 1998. It went on to become the CMA\u2019s single of the year and a four-week No. 1. Including Taylor Swift, nearly every female musician making music today credits the Dixie Chicks\u2019 rise as their inspiration. Their latest album was a live compilation of performances from their wildly successful DCX MMXVI World Tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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