The Top Producers of the 21st Century on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart

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The archetypal 4th of the 21st century has been a singular clip for state music, with the genre continuing to broaden its wide appeal.

Superstars who began their philharmonic journeys successful the 1980s and ‘90s — specified arsenic George Strait, Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney — continued to cod hits, portion caller movements, including the party-hearty Bro-country phenomenon, ushered successful by the likes of Florida Georgia Line successful the ‘10s, brought successful newer fans.

Then, arsenic artists from Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen to Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll reigned among the ascendant artists into the ‘20s, yet much flocks of listeners turned to country.

Producers played a cardinal portion successful the waves of sounds that became summertime anthems, songs we danced to and songs we cried to. They incorporated hip-hop beats and popular sounds traditionally not heard successful country, portion making definite that the euphony precocious but remained existent to the storytelling that is the hallmark of the genre.

Reflecting the biggest sonic architects successful state from Y2K to today, cheque retired the apical 25 creators connected The Top Producers of the 21st Century connected the Hot Country Songs Chart below.

The ranking follows the reveals of Billboard’s apical state artists, albums and songs of the 21st period — arsenic good arsenic The Top Producers of the 21st Century connected the Hot 100, covering each genres — with each sum of Billboard’s 21st Century Charts here.

Billboard’s Top Country Artists, Top Country Albums and Top Hot Country Songs of the 21st Century recaps bespeak show connected play charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, done Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Country Artists class ranks the best-performing acts successful that span based connected enactment connected Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs. (Titles released anterior to mid-1999 are excluded, though specified entries that appeared connected Top Country Albums oregon Hot Country Songs successful that span lend to the calculation of the Top Country Artists chart.) The Top Producers of the 21st Century connected the Hot Country Songs Chart reflects producers with the astir No. 1s connected play Hot Country Songs charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, done Dec. 28, 2024, with ties breached by astir apical 10s and astir wide illustration entries.

Zac Brown

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Beyond his relation arsenic pb singer, cardinal songwriter and namesake for Zac Brown Band, Brown’s enactment successful co-producing galore of the band’s apical hits lands him among the apical 25 state producers of the archetypal 25 years of the century. He’s produced 8 Zac Brown Band Hot Country Songs No. 1s, among them the group’s breakthrough 2008 deed “Chicken Fried,” “Highway 20 Ride,” “Colder Weather” and “Keep Me successful Mind,” melding instrumentations and harmonies that item the group’s eclectic, jam-band vibe. —Jessica Nicholson
Nathan Chapman

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