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From nu-disco chart-toppers to sharp-tongued diss tracks, the best songs of 2024 proves that musical creativity is in rude health.

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Paving the way for Beyoncé, ‘Tina Turns The Country On!’ is the surprise country album that became Tina Turner’s debut, in 1974.

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Full of heart and star-spangled dreams, the best rising country artists are proof that the genre’s commercial renaissance is far from over.

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With earthy vocals and rockabilly guitar riffs, the best Dwight Yoakam songs threw a lasso around country-rock to drag it into the MTV era.

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Encompassing an array of genres and subject matter in their work, the best female songwriters continue to inspire, regardless of gender.

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Gram Parsons nearly self-destructed before releasing his debut album. ‘GP’ now stands as testament to the troubled singer’s unique talent.

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Imbued with a special something all their own, the world’s best-selling albums have been commercial and critical smashes in music history.

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Deeply poetic and emotionally profound, the best Damien Rice songs prove that folk balladry is the best vessel for our melancholic impulses.

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Setting the template for country-rock, the best Gram Parsons songs remains transcendent examples of the tragic icon’s vision of Americana.

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With his debut album, ‘Pretty Little Poison’, Warren Zeiders finds the antidote to a broken heart, and emerges a country icon in the making.

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