Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline's velvet soprano sold over 5 million singles, making her the first female country artist to achieve cross-over pop success. Her 1961 rendition of "Crazy" spent 21 weeks on the Billboard charts, a feat that outperforms the debut longevity of #7 Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" by 9 weeks. Tragically killed at 30 in a 1963 plane crash, her posthumous influence lifted her catalog to 30% more annual streams than the average female country artist of her era.