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Cry, Cry, Cry: From George Jones to Brad Paisley, the biggest weepers ever

From a Dwight Yoakam protégé to an Australian singer-songwriter proficient in outlaw twang-rock

From a young singer who blends pop hooks with alt-rock, to a blues guitarist with a gift for torch songs

From a country-folk prodigy with an affinity for Appalachia to a soulful, smooth operator from Louisiana

From a singer-songwriter who mixes girl-group harmonies with Countrypolitan strings to a disciple of Keith Urban who loves the loop pedal

From a Kentucky singer-songwriter produced by Sturgill Simpson, to a London duo with a flair for mesmerizing harmonies

From a Berklee grad with a knack for ballads to a crooner inspired by Reba and R&B

From a country-soul chanteuse to a hard-stomping band of Southern rockers

From a Texas songbird with a sly sense of humor to a Tennessee singer proud of his drawl

From a soulful vocalist who evokes John Mayer to the fiddle-playing protégée of Jack White

From a goth-folk chanteuse discovered by Social Distortion’s Mike Ness to an acerbic DIY singer-songwriter

From a country-pop singer for the Snapchat generation to a heartland rocker with Texas cred

From a honky-tonk troubadour with a soaring Orbison voice to an ‘Urban Cowboy’ country trio

From an outlaw country badass to an classic-country songbird

From a British singer-songwriter to an Internet-born firebrand

From an unapologetic cowboy singer to a dazzling chanteuse-wordsmith

From a country Ed Sheeran to a protégée of Willie Nelson

From a singer-songwriter with a panoramic approach to country, to a Loretta Lynn for the Instagram generation

From the rowdy son of a celebrated songwriter to a mesmerizing Texas spitfire

From Carrie Underwood’s tire slashing to Johnny Cash’s sucker punches, count down the best tunes about getting even