Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw turned into a country superstar in the mid-'90s thanks to the big, swaggering "Indian Outlaw" and "I Like It, I Love It," hits that underscored his connection to a new generation of arena rock-influenced country singers, but he sustained a career by playing to his sensitive side. McGraw unveiled his soft touch on "Don't Take the Girl," the 1994 single that became his first number one country hit, and as the years turned into decades, the singer wound up specializing in smoothly empathetic (and sometimes nostalgic) ballads and love songs. It was an aesthetic that ser...