The currency of the modern music industry is all over the place. Every streaming service has its own charts, and often multiple (most played vs 'trending'), arbitrary rules of how songs are counted (are they singles or a part of an album), and that's how most of us listen to music. And streaming is king since physical sales and even downloads are disappearing out of our lives. But which streaming platform matters. The Latin sound rules the YouTube platform and then there is variation still between the likes of Spotify and Apple Music and whoever is coming up through the SoundCloud system.

And while the recording industry argues over who has the right to the pennies generated per plays, money is made on live shows. And so it should be of no surprise to you that here at PROMOGOGO the data-dashboard for ticket sales, appreciate hard-working touring artists.

So when ICMP announced a Top 100 list of the year's "hardest working musicians" (granted, ones who chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but still) we knew we'd have to tell you all about it. We'll split this exciting new chart into relevant genres, so you can listen to the custom made playlist in your favourite genre while you see if your hardest artist of choice is coming to a city near you.

This time let's look at COUNTRY. What's interesting about country is how extremely localised it is to the N-American continent. While literally any other 'dominent' genre like pop or rock or hip-hop or heck even latin music and k-pop is very international with the biggest touring acts easily hitting dozens of countries per tour, it's remarkable if a country artist leaves the N-American continent.

From the list Maren Morris has the most international appeal and one could argue she's becoming less country with major crossover hits like GIRL and The Middle, and she visited 12 countries in 2019. Next one down the list in number-of-countries visited is Keith Urban who made it to 7 who remarkably is the only American to reach such country heights (he's Australian for those who don't know) with short legs in Australia and the UK although most of his dates were in the US and Canada.

Whether or not country ever manages to have a more international appeal, but it might not even matter because these artists are able to pack stadium after stadium at home.

Let the countdown begin.

Keith Urban: ranked 16th overall with 118 shows in 7 countries.
Old Dominion: ranked 23rd overall with 110 shows in 5 countries.
Luke Bryan: ranked 29th overall with 99 shows in 4 countries.
Maren Morris: ranked 32nd overall with 96 shows in 12 countries.
Kane Brown: ranked 33rd overall with 88 shows in 2 countries.

Dierks Bentley: ranked 34th overall with 92 shows in 2 countries.
Thomas Rhett: ranked 40th overall with 89 shows in 4 countries.
Luke Combs: ranked 41st overall with 89 shows in 6 countries.
Chris Young: ranked 45th overall with 84 shows in 2 countries.
Dan + Shay: ranked 46th overall with 84 shows in 4 countries.

Morgan Wallen: ranked 47th overall with 83 shows in 3 countries.
Chris Stapleton: ranked 53rd overall with 77 shows in 4 countries.
Jason Aldean: ranked 56th overall with 70 shows in 2 countries.
Kenny Chesney: ranked 58th overall with 69 shows in 2 countries.
Carrie Underwood: ranked 62nd overall with 68 shows in 5 countries.

Florida Georgia Line: ranked 66th overall with 64 shows in 3 countries.
Brett Young: ranked 71st overall with 62 shows in 6 countries.
Justin Moore: ranked 74th overall with 55 shows in 2 countries.
Blake Shelton: ranked 77th overall with 51 shows in 2 countries.
Miranda Lambert: ranked 81st overall with 50 shows in 2 countries.