Here is How You can Win and See Maddie & Tae Live

The country music duo Maddie & Tae are coming to Choctaw Casino and Resort in Grant, Oklahoma. Fans of the pair can catch their live performance on August 11.

If you've had your eyes on a set of tickets to their show, look no further! We've been given some tickets for Maddie & Tae to give away to some lucky winners.

Fans are sure to hear many of their favorite songs from Maddie and Tae at the show, and who knows, maybe they'll even sing their newly released song, "Heart They Didn't Break,"

Don't pass up this chance to win and enjoy an evening of fun and country music! All you have to do to enter is participate in the social sweep below. You have until August 7 to get your name in the pot.

The Top 40 Country Songs of 2023, Ranked

The best country songs of 2023 fit snugly over your life and experiences. Each is written from personal experiences, but somehow, translate as if they were custom to each of us.

We've loved, we've longed, we've lost and we've cut loose in the country.

Airplay charts, sales data and streaming numbers helped make this list of country music's Top 40 songs of 2023, but staff and Taste of Country reader opinion were most influential. Songs included on previous Top Country Songs lists were not eligible. A song may have been released in 2022, but it had to have the majority of recorded airplay or impact this year to count.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

Surf's Up! Country Music's 25 Best Beach Songs, Ranked

There's just something special about cranking country music with the windows down on a hot summer day when you're headed to the beach. Here are our 25 favorite country songs about surf, sand, water and more.

Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak

20 Hit Songs That Another Country Artist Passed On

Some of country's biggest hits almost sounded a lot different, all because some artists passed on tracks that wound up being big singles for others.

Dierks Bentley passed on "Whiskey Lullaby," and the song sat for three years before Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss cut it as a duet. Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor" was almost a hit for another well-known male, and Frankie Ballard passed on a song that became a big hit for Blake Shelton. Ballard felt it just "wasn't him."

Here are 20 songs another artist passed on first. In most cases they regret it.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

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