Anyway, most of today's country singers suck. They all sound more like pop singers.
But there are a few today that are real country singers. Like George Strait and Alan Jackson
These are REAL country singers.
Who Is the Lamest Excuse for a Country Singer?
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Miranda Lambert praised Paltrow's performance of "Country Strong" at Wednesday's CMA Awards, but the L.A.- and NYC-raised actress just doesn't feel country to us.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Miranda Lambert praised Paltrow's performance of "Country Strong" at Wednesday's CMA Awards, but the L.A.- and NYC-raised actress just doesn't feel country to us.
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Jessica Simpson
Simpson calls Dolly Parton her idol, but the pop star's attempt to perform "9 to 5" at the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors fell infamously flat.
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Kevin Costner
Costner has his own country rock band, the eponymous Kevin Costner and Modern West. Who knew? But we think Costner's about as believable as a country star as he is as Whitney's Houston's bodyguard.
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Jewel
Jewel is commonly known as the pop star who used to live in her car. But she released her first country record, "Perfectly Clear," in 2008.
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Darius Rucker
Hootie & the Blowfish are pretty much synonymous with mainstream pop, but in 2008, lead singer Darius Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as a country music artist.
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Jon Bon Jovi
You may associate him with '80s hair bands, but in 2006, Bon Jovie's duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with country singer Jennifer Nettles was a hit on the country music chart.
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Olivia Newton-John
In the '70s, Newton-John had country hits with "Let Me Be There" and "I Honestly Love You." At the time, purists said the English-born, Aussie-raised singer did not belong in country music.
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Gwyneth Paltrow is not exactly our idea of a country music star. Tall, patrician and impossibly slender, the Oscar-winning actress is what we think of in New York City as Upper East Side royalty. She attended the elite Spence school for girls in New York, and her parents were rich and famous Hollywood types from L.A.
In other words, she wasn't exactly crying into a bottle of beer over her break-up with Brad Pitt. More like champagne, if anything.
But like her old buddy Madonna, Gwyn is known for personality transformations. Not too long ago, she attracted public ridicule for her lifestyle newsletter GOOP -- which apparently is meant to teach peons like us to be as skinny and perfect as she is.
So we can't take her all that seriously when the GOOP goddess tries to sell herself as a country star to promote her new movie "Country Song," out Dec. 22. Sure, her performance of the title song at Wednesday night's CMA Awards wasn't bad, but it wasn't really country, either.
That said, Paltrow received a warm welcome (and a standing ovation) from legitimate country stars.
"Gwyneth is a great singer. She did a great job, I think," Miranda Lambert told USA Today after the show. "She sounded really country, I think."
We'll admit we were impressed that she played the guitar. But overall, Paltrow belongs at the CMAs about as much as Dolly Parton fits in on Park Avenue, doncha think?
Click through our slideshow and tell us: Who is the lamest excuse for a country singer?
In other words, she wasn't exactly crying into a bottle of beer over her break-up with Brad Pitt. More like champagne, if anything.
But like her old buddy Madonna, Gwyn is known for personality transformations. Not too long ago, she attracted public ridicule for her lifestyle newsletter GOOP -- which apparently is meant to teach peons like us to be as skinny and perfect as she is.
So we can't take her all that seriously when the GOOP goddess tries to sell herself as a country star to promote her new movie "Country Song," out Dec. 22. Sure, her performance of the title song at Wednesday night's CMA Awards wasn't bad, but it wasn't really country, either.
That said, Paltrow received a warm welcome (and a standing ovation) from legitimate country stars.
"Gwyneth is a great singer. She did a great job, I think," Miranda Lambert told USA Today after the show. "She sounded really country, I think."
We'll admit we were impressed that she played the guitar. But overall, Paltrow belongs at the CMAs about as much as Dolly Parton fits in on Park Avenue, doncha think?
Click through our slideshow and tell us: Who is the lamest excuse for a country singer?
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Top Opinion
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None of the above
+9Where's Taylor Swift on this list?
Anyway, most of today's country singers suck. They all sound more like pop singers.
But there are a few today that are real country singers. Like George Strait and Alan Jackson
These are REAL country singers.
What happens when you play a country song backwards?
You get your wife back, you get your house back, you get your truck back, you get your dog back...
and wait a minute jessica simpson is a country star damn she sucks
Taylor Swift and Kelly Pickler. While I'm not a country fan Taylor annoys me because she's more pop than she is country, plus all of her songs are literally the same and she's a mediocre singer at best. Kelly on the other hand can't sing to save a life and she is such an airhead.
He is the lamest excuse for a singer, period.
The lady who got interrupted by kanye ain't on the list............................
She needs to make something new or get out.............................
Ugly stupid and FAILTASTIC
I hate that poor Chris gets flack for it.
You KNOW that was her idea.
Although I guess Apple isnt THAT bad.... especially compared to "Pilot Inspektor" or "Jermagesty"
OK: Jewel, Newton-John
Awesome: Rucker.
They best stay with what they are good at Movies being dumb, and no dapble in music of any kind..