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Who doesn't love a Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn or Merle Haggard tune? But a whole new wave of young talent is lighting up Nashville (and the Billboard Hot 100 chart), and we've pulled 10 terrific singles into one fun, youthful playlist. Use our guide to listen on Pandora or YouTube, or scroll down to the bottom of the article to stream the whole playlist right now on Spotify. Then watch your kids’ or grandkids’ faces when they turn up one of these songs and you know all the words!
"The Bones,” Maren Morris
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier joins Morris, 30, in this potent duet, a remake of the song that appears on her 2019 album Girl. Morris compares a strong relationship to a well-built home: “The house don't fall when the bones are good."
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"I Hope,” Gabby Barrett
Barrett, 20, finished third on the 2018 season of American Idol and wasted no time building on that momentum. She wrote this vengeful breakup tune with friends Zach Kale and Jon Nite.
"Chasin’ You,” Morgan Wallen
Another reality TV star, Wallen, 27, competed on both Usher and Adam Levine's teams on The Voice in 2014 before being eliminated, then bounced back with two No. 1 hits on the country chart. In “Chasin’ You,” he's desperately chasing a former paramour “like a shot of whiskey."
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