The Top Producers of the 21st Century on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot Country Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective.

Tony Brown was a keyboardist playing with Elvis Presley in the mid-‘70s before becoming president of MCA Nashville in the ‘90s and propelling artists including Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Lyle Lovett into the spotlight. In the 2000s, his affiliation with George Strait, with whom he had worked since the ‘90s, continued, yielding nine of Brown’s 12 Hot Country Songs No. 1s this century, including “The Best Day” and “Living and Living Well.”  He also produced such hits as Reba McEntire’s “I’m a Survivor,” which became the theme for her hit sitcom, Reba, Sara Evans” “A Little Bit Stronger” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Play Something Country.” —M.N.

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