Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts is an American country music band formed in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). From 2000 to 2009, the band recorded six studio albums, all of which were certified platinum or higher. Their self-titled debut Rascal Flatts was released in 2000. This was followed by Melt (2002), which garnered their first number-one single, "These Days". Feels Like Today (2004), Me and My Gang (2006), Still Feels Good (2007), and Unstoppable (2009) all topped the US Billboard 200 upon release. In their second decade, they recorded five more studio albums: Nothing Like This (2010), Changed (2012), Rewind (2014), a Christmas album entitled The Greatest Gift of All (2016), and Back to Us (2017). In 2020, the trio announced that they would be disbanding after twenty years together. A planned farewell tour was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the group officially disbanded in 2021. They announced a reunion in 2024 and, following a tour commemorating their twenty-fifth anniversary, released their eleventh studio album, a collaborative project entitled Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets, in 2025. Rascal Flatts has achieved sixteen number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and/or Canada Country charts. Their longest-running number-one was a cover of Marcus Hummon's "Bless the Broken Road". It was also named Best Country Song at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Their cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway" for the Disney/Pixar film Cars (2006) also achieved significant commercial success. The band was named Vocal Group of the Year by the Country Music Association every year from 2003 to 2008, Top Vocal Group by the Academy of Country Music from 2003 to 2009 and won the American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2006. They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2011 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. In 2025, Billboard ranked the group #48 on their list of the Top 100 Artists of the 21st Century.