Seriously?

1. Merle Haggard
2. Patsy Cline
3. Johnny Cash
4. Loretta Lynn
5. Dolly Parton
6. Hank Williams
7. Wynonna Judd
8. Charley Pride
9. Emmylou Harris
10. Tom T. Hall

Taylor Swift is a lovely singer and a lovely person but her name does not deserve a place on a list. Singers like her are not shaping country, they are distancing the genre from its roots, making it sound more like pop.