Each year we see a new class of stars appear on the country music horizon. Sometimes an artist will have a huge hit right off the bat, and other times it may take an album or two. The stars listed as the "Class of 1986" are those that made their first impact on country music in that year.
1. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
Guitar Town was Steve Earle's first shot at showing a major audience what he could do, and he hit a bull's-eye -- it's perhaps the strongest and most confident debut album any country act released in the 1980s.
2. Reba McEntire - Whoever's In New England
Although far from being Reba's first album, this was the album that produced Reba's first success with the title track as well as "Little Rock."