| 2017 | Rolling Stone'' | 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time – Rank (#69) | | align="center"| |- |} References Footnotes Books External links Connie Smith at the Grand Ole Opry's website Connie Smith Discography at Slipcue.com August 20, 2021, With Her 54th Album, Connie Smith Re-Affirms That She 'Is' Country Music, All Things Considered interview with Ailsa Chang 1941 births 21st-century American composers 21st-century American women musicians American country singer-songwriters American women composers American women country singers American gospel singers Columbia Records artists Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Country musicians from Indiana Country musicians from Ohio Country musicians from West Virginia Epic Records artists Grand Ole Opry members Living people Members of the Country Music Association Monument Records artists Musicians from Cincinnati People from Elkhart, Indiana RCA Records Nashville artists Singer-songwriters from Ohio Warner Records artists 21st-century women composers Singer-songwriters from Indiana Singer-songwriters from West Virginia