# Who is the best country-to-pop crossover artist?

> Nashville has been losing its stars to pop radio since the 1960s. Every name here started on one side of that line and made it to the other.

*By YPB Team · Published October 6, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-country-to-pop-crossover-artist*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Dolly Parton** — score 1000/1000
   Country songwriter who went pop with Here You Come Again and 9 to 5.
2. **Glen Campbell** — score 599/1000
   Session guitarist turned crossover star with Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman.
3. **Taylor Swift** — score 551/1000
   Started on Nashville country radio and announced 1989 as her first official pop album in 2014.
4. **Patsy Cline** — score 494/1000
   Early crossover star whose Crazy and Walkin' After Midnight reached pop audiences.
5. **Kenny Rogers** — score 428/1000
   Country star who topped the pop charts with Lady and Islands in the Stream.
6. **Morgan Wallen** — score 428/1000
   Country singer whose albums top the all-genre Billboard 200 for months.
7. **John Denver** — score 428/1000
   Folk-country singer of Take Me Home, Country Roads, a fixture of 1970s pop radio.
8. **Carrie Underwood** — score 428/1000
   American Idol winner whose Before He Cheats crossed onto pop radio.
9. **Kacey Musgraves** — score 428/1000
   Country songwriter who added disco and psych-pop on Golden Hour.
10. **Miley Cyrus** — score 350/1000
   Daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus who grew from country-tinged Disney pop to stadium pop.
11. **Shania Twain** — score 350/1000
   Her 1997 album Come On Over shipped separate country and pop mixes and sold over 40 million copies.
12. **Linda Ronstadt** — score 350/1000
   Country-rock pioneer who went on to pop, rock and standards albums.
13. **Faith Hill** — score 257/1000
   Country singer whose 1998 single This Kiss and later Breathe became pop radio hits.
14. **Kelsea Ballerini** — score 257/1000
   Country singer-songwriter with pop-leaning production and collaborations with the Chainsmokers.
15. **Beyoncé** — score 257/1000
   Went the other direction: a pop star whose 2024 Cowboy Carter topped the country albums chart.
16. **Lil Nas X** — score 0/1000
   Rapper whose country-trap Old Town Road spent a record 19 weeks at number one.
17. **Florida Georgia Line** — score 0/1000
   Duo whose Cruise remix with Nelly and Meant to Be with Bebe Rexha crossed charts.
18. **LeAnn Rimes** — score 0/1000
   Teenage country prodigy who crossed over with How Do I Live.

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