Tenille Townes

It's official: this year's hottest chart-climbers and tour-rulers.

Being able to tackle an Urban song is no easy task, but Townes has made it her own.

The sound is unlike anything else in country music right now.

How sweet!

Her late-summer and fall tour will be an all-female trek across the country.

"Somebody's Daughter" holds up a mirror to how we treat people holding cardboard signs on street corners.

There are country hits, and then there are should-have-beens.

Many of country's most well-known artists spoke out this year.