Compared to every other genre except jazz, country music weathered the decreasing album sales storm the best in 2009. Total albums sales were down 12.7 percent compared to 2008, while country music only dipped 3.2 percent. Paste published a list of 1... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Last.fm Top Artists The members of the ever-growing The 9513 group (143 and counting) spent their New Year’s holiday by listening to a lot of the Man in Black, so we must be gearing up for a depressing 2010. Johnny Cash had 28 listeners to rank at ... more info

Last.fm Top Artists The members of the ever-growing The 9513 group (143 and counting) spent their New Year’s holiday by listening to a lot of the Man in Black, so we must be gearing up for a depressing 2010. Johnny Cash had 28 listeners to rank at ... more info

Silent Uproar — On February 23rd, American Recordings will issue American VI: Ain't No Grave form Johnny Cash. The album was recorded during the 2003 sessions for American V: A Hundred Highways. [twentyfourbit.com] more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — 100 Best Albums of The Decade01. Kid A - Radiohead02. Is This It - The Strokes03. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco04. The Blueprint - Jay-Z05. Elephant - White Stripes06. Funeral - Arcade Fire07. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem08. Modern Times - Bob Dyl... more info

411 Mania — Kick off the new year with 411 Music Ten Deep and the list of the Top Ten Cover Songs! From Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" to Johnny Cash's "Hurt" to William Shatner's "Common People" see what made the list and why! more info

CMT — Roots music authority No Depression may not be in print anymore, but that hasn't stopped them from asking tough questions and pulling in a lot of reader opinions on their Web site. Like this one, where writer Grant Alden asks, "Whose output is more e... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Johnny Cash's poignant Hurt video has been named the promo of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine readers. more info

Rolling Stone — Fresh off Rolling Stone’s look at the Best of the 2000s, we asked our readers for the decade’s best music video. Their answer: The Man in Black. Johnny Cash’s dark retelling of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” and its accompanying Mark Romanek-dir... more info

Rolling Stone — To get you into the last-minute holiday spirit, this week’s Flashback journeys back to an era when the Man in Black was the master of ceremonies for his own seasonal special. In this clip from The Johnny Cash Christmas Special, watch as Cash and fa... more info