Smooth Country Icons 2020: See the full top 50 list

31 August 2020, 10:04 | Updated: 15 September 2020, 11:53

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Smooth Country Icons. Picture: Getty/Global

By Tom Eames

You voted in your thousands, and we can now bring you the greatest country artists of all time in Smooth Country Icons 2020!

You've been selecting your all-time favourite country legends over the past month, and we will now count down the top 50.

Today (August 31), Eamonn Kelly is counting down your favourite 50 artists from 10am to 2pm.

To listen live, tune in via DAB, FM, online, Global Player or ask your smart speaker to "play Smooth Country". Find out more about how to listen here.

If you miss any of the chart, you can catch up for seven days after broadcast via Global Player.

Meanwhile, our sister station Smooth Radio is also holding its own countdown - Smooth Icons - playing the top 100 artists of all time. Head here to follow that chart.

Follow the chart as it happens live below (hit refresh for new entries).

Smooth Country Icons Top 50:

  1. 50. Blake Shelton

    Blake Shelton - Honey Bee (Live on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater LA)

  2. 49. Chris Stapleton

    Watch Chris Stapleton perform ‘Broken Halos’ live

  3. 48. Eric Church

    Eric Church - Springsteen (Official Video)

  4. 47. Don Williams

    Don Williams - Tulsa Time 1982

  5. 46. The Charlie Daniels Band

    The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  6. 45. Keith Whitley

    Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing at All

  7. 44. Thomas Rhett

    Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man

  8. 43. Sugarland

    Sugarland - It Happens (video)

  9. 42. Jason Aldean

    Jason Aldean - Big Green Tractor

  10. 41. Little Big Town

    Little Big Town - Girl Crush (Official Music Video)

  11. 40. Dan + Shay

    Dan + Shay - Tequila (Official Music Video)

  12. 39. Miranda Lambert

    Miranda Lambert - Mama's Broken Heart

  13. 38. Kenny Chesney

    Kenny Chesney - The Good Stuff (Official Music Video)

  14. 37. Charlie Rich

    Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (Audio)

  15. 36. Reba McEntire

    Reba McEntire - Fancy (Official Music Video)

  16. 35. Bobby Goldsboro

    BOBBY GOLDSBORO =HONEY=

  17. 34. Florida Georgia Line

    Florida Georgia Line - Cruise

  18. 33. Kacey Musgraves

    Kacey Musgraves - High Horse (Official Music Video)

  19. 32. Tammy Wynette

    Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (Audio) (Pseudo Video)

  20. 31. Zac Brown

    Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried (Full Version Video) | The Foundation

  21. 30. Rascal Flatts

    Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most (Official Video)

  22. 29. Brooks & Dunn

    Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie (Official Video)

  23. 28. Darius Rucker

    Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel (Official Video)

  24. 27. Bellamy Brothers

    Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow (1976) HD 0815007

  25. 26. Crystal Gayle

    Crystal Gayle - don't it make my brown eyes blue

  26. 25. George Strait

    George Strait - I've Come To Expect It From You

  27. 24. Brad Paisley

    Brad Paisley - She's Everything (Official Video)

  28. 23. The Chicks

    The Chicks - Landslide (Official Video)

  29. 22. Luke Bryan

    Luke Bryan - Play It Again (Official Music Video)

  30. 21. Lonestar

    Lonestar - Amazed (Official Music Video)

  31. 20. Luke Combs

    Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours

  32. 19. Tim McGraw

    Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind (Official Video)

  33. 18. Patsy Cline

    Patsy Cline - Crazy (1961)

  34. 17. Alan Jackson

    Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee (Official Music Video)

  35. 16. Willie Nelson

    Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (Official Audio)

  36. 15. Billy Rae Cyrus

    Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (Official Music Video)

  37. 14. Lady A

    Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

  38. 13. Keith Urban

    Keith Urban - Somebody Like You (Official Music Video)

  39. 12. Leann Rimes

    LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live (Official Music Video)

  40. 11. Faith Hill

    Faith Hill - "This Kiss" (Official Video)

  41. 10. John Denver

    John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live from The Wildlife Concert)

  42. 9. Glen Campbell

    GLEN CAMPBELL LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN

  43. 8. Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift - Love Story

  44. 7. Garth Brooks

    Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes (Live) Legendado

  45. 6. Carrie Underwood

    Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats (Official Video)

  46. 5. Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (Live)

  47. 4. Shania Twain

    Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman (Official Music Video)

  48. 3. Eagles

    Eagles - Lyin' Eyes - ( Remastered ) HD

  49. 2. Kenny Rogers

    Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

  50. 1. Dolly Parton

    Your number one in the Smooth Country Icons 2020 is the unparalleled Dolly Parton.

    With an incredible fifty-one studio albums, forty-four top ten country albums, ten Grammy Awards and an unbelievable 49 Grammy nominations, it's not surprising she has been crowned Smooth's queen of country.

    Congratulations Dolly!

    Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Official Video)