People eat, sleep and breath country music. It's an amazing yet pretty complex business to be in. Not to mention, competitive. Behind the stars like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley are a lot of people to get them to where they are.

There's people that find artists, people that groom them, record labels that sell the records, concert promoters, songwriters, label reps that sell singles, musicians, radio stations, studio owners and more. At the very least, it's not just Luke Bryan that got Luke Bryan to where he is. For the first time ever, Billboard has put together a list of of the Nashville Power 50.

Here's the Top 10:

  1. Scott Borchetta, President/CEO, Big Machine Label Group
  2. Mike Dungan, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group Nashville
  3. Brian O'Connell, President, Live Nation Country
  4. Coran Capshaw, Founder, Red Light Management
  5. John Dickey, Executive vp content and programming, Cumulus Media
  6. John Esposito, President/CEO, Warner Music Nashville
  7. Jason Owen, President/CEO, Sandbox Entertainment
  8. Randy Owen, Chairman/CEO, Sony Nashville
  9. Rob Beckham and Greg Oswald,  Co-heads, Nashville office, William Morris
  10. Louis Messina, President, The Messina Group/AEG Live

Watch Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and uber-songwriter Shane McAnnaly chat about their journey. Look who Luke Bryan used to open for too!

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