Oliver Anthony, Jason Aldean, the State of the Pop-Chart Culture

A discussion of pop music and country’s big, strange summer on the charts. Plus: Where do Morgan Wallen’s continued popularity and the discourse around Luke Combs’s "Fast Car" cover fit in?

How Country Music Speaks for Everyday Americans

Oliver Anthony's 'Rich Men North of Richmond' on path to top Billboard

The hit song that has divided the US

Jason Aldean - News - IMDb

Conservative pop culture is having a moment

Best Country Songs of 2023: Staff List – Billboard

Fact Check: Is Oliver Anthony performing at the Super Bowl? Viral article debunked

Oliver Anthony's Rich Men: How Much Money It's Made in Sales, Streams – Billboard

The Real Men South of Richmond - The Atlantic

After Jason Aldean's “Try That In a Small Town”, a new song by an artist named Oliver Anthony is becoming the right's anthem : r/Fauxmoi

Oliver Anthony, Morgan Wallen, & The Summer The Pop Charts Went Country

Oliver Anthony is a problem for our betters

Rich Men North of Richmond': A virtually unknown conservative singer just rocketed to the top of the charts

Is Oliver Anthony Touring With Kid Rock & Jason Aldean?

Rocking the charts and reckoning with inequity: The dichotomy of country music