Billy Ray Cyrus‘ “Achy Breaky Heart,” one of the most controversial recordings in Nashville history, launched a five-week run at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs 30 years ago, on May 30, 1992. One week ...

Billy Ray Cyrus released "Achy Breaky Heart" was sweeping the nation in the spring of 1992, and though the song was about how the singer's titular ticker was in danger of bursting, it was the song ...

It feels appropriate that a lineage exists between legendary Nashville record producer Cecil Scaife and his son Joe that is as long as the commercial history of country music. Joe Scaife, an ...

Billy Ray Cyrus has faced ups and downs throughout his career in the spotlight. Cyrus, complete with his signature mullet, rose to fame in 1992 with the release of his chart-topping Grammy-nominated ...

Billy Ray Cyrus shot to overnight success with the release of his debut single, "Achy Breaky Heart," in 1992, but did you know that a group of Country Music Hall of Famers passed on the song before he ...

Country music: what are we going to do with you? For every Dolly Parton masterpiece, we get a lot of mediocrity and a few songs as bad as Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart.” Of course, one could ...

Country singers say the darndest things. Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart” was his signature hit, but Cyrus didn’t see it that way. In fact, he seemed to take more pride in a song he wrote about ...

Three decades after Billy Ray Cyrus's signature song first soared atop the charts, we revisit the megahit's rocky start before it launched the singer's career, a line dance craze and countless covers ...