Best Country Singer Reviews

Toby Keith (born in 1961) is considered to be one of today’s greatest country music singers-songwriters. As well as one of the best paid ones. His debut single “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” has become the most popular country song of the 90s, but not the only hit that reached the tops of country music charts. Three more songs from Keith’s first studio album named Toby Keith made the top five, and the album itself sold over two million copies. The two following albums—Boomtown (1994) and Blue Moon(1997) had the same level of success and both became platinum. Among other hit singles are “Who’s That Man”, “A Woman’s Touch”, “Me Too” and “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying”, a duet with Sting.

In 2001 Toby Keith was named Male Vocalist of the year and his 5th album How Do You Like Me Now?! was named Album of the year by the Academy of Country Music.   

The following year Keith released his controversial record “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)”, as a response to September 11. He became a strong supporter of George W. Bush and his administration, which caused mixed response from the fans. I think he lost his good old country boy image at that moment and never got it back. Further albums were as popular as the previous ones, but a lot more commercial, and very much alike.  

Overall, Toby Keith is a traditional contemporary country singer and doesn’t experiment much with different music genres. Lots of his latest songs resemble each other.