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Then Justin Bieber sent a million tweens into a frenzy when he announced that he'd be teaming up with country group Rascal Flatts to record a duet in 2011.
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The band Rascal Flatts rounds out our top five.
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Country acts Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts all scored gold download awards from the Recording Industry Association of America for selling more than 500, 000 copies each of their new songs.
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Big Machine Label Group, who broke the career of country artist Taylor Swift, and is now home to other mega-stars such as Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Jewel, and Reba McEntire, struck a landmark deal earlier this month with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the largest radio company in the United States.
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