Country music's hottest divas
Taylor Swift, who turns 23 on Thursday, is just one of the many hot country divas who have added some sizzle to country music. Take a look at Swift and some of her fellow female country stars.
Taylor Swift, who turns 23 on Thursday, is just one of the many hot country divas who have added some sizzle to country music. Take a look at Swift and some of her fellow female country stars.
Taylor Swift, who turns 23 on Thursday, is just one of the many hot country divas who have added some sizzle to country music. Take a look at Swift and some of her fellow female country stars.
Taylor Swift poses in a promotional image.
Taylor Swift performs at a concert in 2007.
Taylor Swift's 2008 sophomore album "Fearless"
Taylor Swift arrives at the 2011 People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2011.
Taylor Swift poses in the photo room after winning three awards during the 2011 Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas on May 22, 2011.
Taylor Swift arrives at the 45th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 9, 2011.
LeAnn Rimes
The cover of Rimes' 2005 album "This Woman"
LeAnn Rimes performs a free concert for U.S. airmen at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Sept. 23, 2004.
LeAnn Rimes performs on stage during the Academy of Country Music's USO concert at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on April 17, 2010.
LeAnn Rimes poses on arrival at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2011.
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood's 2005 debut album "Some Hearts"
Carrie Underwood performing at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 2, 2006.
Carrie Underwood's 2007 sophomore album "Carnival Ride"
Carrie Underwood arrives at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2011.
Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood perform "Walk This Way" at the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2011.
Carrie Underwood poses as she arrives for the 10th season finale of "American Idol" in Los Angeles on May 25, 2011.
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert's 2007 album "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Miranda Lambert performing in Dallas on July 1, 2007.
Miranda Lambert poses with her four awards backstage at the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2011.
Miranda Lambert performs "Heart Like Mine" at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Miranda Lambert's fourth album, "Four the Record," was released on Nov. 1, 2011.
The Pistol Annies, featuring (from left to right) Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe
Pistol Annie's debut album, "Hell on Heels," was released on August 23, 2011.
The members of Pistol Annies pose for a promotional photo.
Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum (Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley) arrive at the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18, 2010.
Kellie Pickler
Kellie Pickler performing live on July 8, 2007
Kellie Pickler in concert in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 6, 2008
Kellie Pickler posing for a promotional photo
Kellie Pickler arrives at a charity fashion show in New York on April 5, 2011.
Faith Hill
Faith Hill sings during a 2000 CBS television special
Faith Hill's "Cry" album
Faith Hill performing on stage
Faith Hill pauses of the red carpet at the 74th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 24, 2002.
Faith Hill and her husband, fellow country singer Tim McGraw, arrive at the 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville on Nov. 11, 2009.
Martina McBride
A promotional image for Martina McBride's 2007 album "Waking Up Laughing"
Martina McBride performs "Teenage Daughters" at the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2011.
The cover for Martina McBride's album "Eleven," so named because it was her 11th studio album, featured 11 tracks and was released on Oct. 11, 2011.
Sara Evans
Sara Evans' 2005 album "Real Fine Place"
Sara Evans performs Aug. 22, 2008, at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, near Virginia Beach, Va., as part of the 2008 Navy Summer Concert Series.
Sara Evans performs "A Little Bit Stronger" at the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas April 3, 2011.
Julianne Hough
The "Dancing with the Stars" dancer made her country singing debut with her self-titled album on May 20, 2008, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
Julianne Hough singing at CMA Fest at LP Field in Nashville on June 12, 2010
Julianne Hough with Kenny Wormald in the 2011 remake of "Footloose"
Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Wilson's 2004 debut album "Here for the Party"
Gretchen Wilson performs Aug. 8, 2008, at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, near Virginia Beach, Va., as part of the 2008 Navy Summer Concert Series.
Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland
Jennifer Nettles performs as part of the country duo Sugarland in Mountain View, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2011.
Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry
Kimberly Perry with her brothers, Reid Perry and Neil Perry, in a promotional photo
Shania Twain
The cover of "From This Moment On," the fourth country single released from Shania Twain's 1997 multi-platinum album, "Come on Over"
Shania Twain performs on stage during halftime at Super Bowl XXVII at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Jan. 26, 2003.
Shania Twain with a guitar in another promotional image
The cover of Shania Twain's 2004 "Greatest Hits" album
Shania Twain arrives for the 39th Annual Country Music Awards in New York on Nov. 15, 2005.
Jewel
The singer Jewel went country in 2008 with her album "Perfectly Clear."
Jewel arrives at the 2007 Young Hollywood Awards.
Jewel's second country album, titled "Sweet and Wild," came in 2010.
Gloriana's Cheyenne Kimball (far left) and Rachel Reinert (second from right)
The members of country group Gloriana, including Rachel Reinert (far left) and Cheyenne Kimball (far right), arrive at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 18, 2010.
Cheyenne Kimball, who would later leave the band in 2011, performs with Gloriana in the hangar of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Gulf on Nov. 5, 2010.
Rachel Reinert performs with Gloriana at the "Cat Country Snowball" on Feb. 12, 2012, in Cranston, R.I.
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss performs at MerleFest in Wilkes County, N.C., on April 28, 2007
Alison Kraus in a promotional photo for her greatest hits compilation album, "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection"
Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer performs at the 2007 Bumbershoot, a music and arts festival held every Labor Day in Seattle.
Jessie James
Jessie James performs at the Tour for the Troops concert on Dec. 1, 2009, inside Hangar 4 at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.
Jessie James rocks out during Tour for the Troops 2009 on Dec. 9, 2009, in Hangar 1 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts' self-titled debut was released on May 25, 2004.
Julie Roberts posing for a promotional photo
Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt's "Tambourine" album cover
Chely Wright
Chely Wright's most recent album was 2010's "Lifted Off the Ground."
Sunny Sweeney
Sunny Sweeney's sophomore album, "Concrete," was released on Aug. 23, 2011.
Whitney Duncan
Whitney Duncan, who was the fifth place finalist on the fifth season of "Nashville Star," released her sophomore album, "Right Road Now," in 2010.
