Influential Black Artists In Country Music Today

Here is a list of influential black artists in Country Music today. Following in the footsteps of such country music legends as Charley Pride, DeFord Bailey and Ray Charles is not an easy thing to do. These black country music artists are paving their own way in Nashville and we are here for it. Charley Pride won almost every award in the country music genre and was the first black singer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Following Pride, was DeFord Bailey who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rays Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2021. Without further ado, here is only a handful of influential black artists in Country Music today, including some you may be familiar with and some you may not know yet.