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List Rules Must have shown or mentioned in interviews public support for Republican candidates or conservative causes at some point in career

You may not think there are many Republican musicians, but you'd be wrong. Hollywood may be known for it's liberal leanings, but plenty of conservative bands, conservative singers, and conservative musicians have found success. This list of Republican singers, bands, and musicians is organized alphabetically by first name or band name. This list includes people or groups who have declared themselves to be full-fledged conservatives, as well as singers, bands, etc who have at one point publicly supported a Republican candidate or candidates. As you can see, Republican country singers and conservative country artists make up a lot of the list.

A full list of all Republican celebrities, including actors, writers, and TV personalities can be found here.

Elvis Presley is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Elvis Presley Died at 42 (1935-1977) Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and ...more

Ted Nugent is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Ted Nugent age 69 Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American musician, hunter, and political activist from Detroit, Michigan. Nugent initially gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes ...more

Kid Rock is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Kid Rock age 47 Robert James Ritchie, known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor. His 1998 studio album Devil Without a Cause sold 13 ...more

Gene Simmons is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Gene Simmons age 68 Gene Simmons is an Israeli-born American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the ...more

Hank Williams, Jr. is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Hank Williams, Jr. age 68 Randall Hank Williams, better known as Hank Williams Jr. and Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and ...more

Dave Mustaine is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Dave Mustaine age 56 David Scott "Dave" Mustaine is an American musician. He was the original lead guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica and is the co-founder, rhythm and lead guitarist, ...more

Johnny Ramone is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Johnny Ramone Died at 56 (1948-2004) John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a ...more

Frank Sinatra is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Frank Sinatra Died at 83 (1915-1998) Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer, actor, director, and producer. Beginning his musical career in the swing era as a boy singer with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, ...more

Toby Keith is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Toby Keith age 56 Toby Keith Covel, best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's Toby Keith, 1994's ...more

Sammy Hagar is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Sammy Hagar age 70 Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar, also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and musician. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band ...more

Trace Adkins is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Trace Adkins age 56 Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American singer and actor. He made his debut in 1995 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has ...more

Joe Perry is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Joe Perry age 67 Anthony Joseph "Joe" Pereira is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He was ranked 84th in Rolling Stone's ...more

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Kenny Chesney is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Kenny Chesney age 50 Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney is an American singer and songwriter. He has recorded eleven albums, nine of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced ...more

Kelly Clarkson is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Kelly Clarkson age 35 Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American singer and songwriter. In 2002, she rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol, and has since been established as "The Original ...more

LL Cool J is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
LL Cool J age 50 James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor. He is known for pioneering hip-hop tracks such as "I Can't Live Without My Radio", ...more

LeAnn Rimes is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
LeAnn Rimes age 35 Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian, known professionally as LeAnn Rimes, is an American country and pop singer. Known for her rich vocals, Rimes rose to stardom at age 13 following the release of the ...more

Alice Cooper is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Alice Cooper age 70 Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa ...more

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Gloria Estefan is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Gloria Estefan age 60 Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan, known professionally as Gloria Estefan, is a Cuban American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She is one of the ...more

Nick Lachey is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Nick Lachey age 44 Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and television personality. Lachey rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum selling boy ...more

Daddy Yankee is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Daddy Yankee age 41 Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, songwriter, producer and actor. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, San ...more

Hilary Duff is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Hilary Duff age 30 Hilary Erhard Duff is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and fashion designer. Duff began her acting career at a young age, and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the starring ...more

Jessica Simpson is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Jessica Simpson age 37 Jessica Ann Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, reality television personality and fashion designer who made her debut in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has made many recordings, ...more

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Meat Loaf is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Meat Loaf age 70 Michael Lee Aday better known by his stage name Meat Loaf is an American musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: ...more

Taylor Swift is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Taylor Swift age 28 Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed ...more

Wayne Newton is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Wayne Newton age 76 Carson Wayne Newton is an American singer and entertainer. One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. ...more

Jeff Baxter is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Jeff Baxter age 69 Jeffrey Allen "Jeff Skunk" Baxter is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s. More ...more

Merle Haggard is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Merle Haggard age 81 Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country and Western song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the ...more

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Hank Williams is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Hank Williams Died at 30 (1923-1953) Hiram King "Hank" Williams, Sr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential singers and songwriters of the 20th Century, ...more

Kellie Pickler is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Kellie Pickler age 31 Kellie Dawn Pickler is an American country music artist and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol, and finished in sixth place. In 2006, ...more

Cowboy Troy is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Cowboy Troy age 47 Troy Lee Coleman III, better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American rapper. He is a member of the MuzikMafia, an aggregation of country music singer-songwriters whose membership ...more

Al Jolson is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Al Jolson Died at 64 (1886-1950) Al Jolson was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". His performing style was brash and extroverted, ...more

Alan Jackson is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Alan Jackson age 59 Alan Eugene Jackson is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 15 ...more

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Ann Miller is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Ann Miller Died at 81 (1923-2004) Johnnie Lucille Collier, known professionally as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer and actress. She is best remembered for her work in the Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and

Billy Ray Cyrus is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Billy Ray Cyrus age 56 William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Having released twelve studio albums and forty-four singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one ...more

Bobby Steele is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Bobby Steele age 62 Bobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most ...more

Britney Spears is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Britney Spears age 36 Britney Jean Spears is an American singer and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a ...more

Carrie Underwood is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Carrie Underwood age 35 Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood has set and broke several records ...more

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Chad Sexton is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Chad Sexton age 47

Charlie Daniels is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Charlie Daniels age 81 Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician, singer and songwriter known for his contributions to country, bluegrass, and Southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for ...more

Dave Smalley is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Dave Smalley Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his ...more

Frankie Avalon is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Frankie Avalon age 77 Frankie Avalon is an American actor, singer, playwright, and former teen idol.

Ginger Rogers is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Ginger Rogers Died at 84 (1911-1995) Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer and singer who appeared in films, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century. During her long career, she made 73 ...more

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Gretchen Wilson is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Gretchen Wilson age 44 Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country ...more

Jeff Cook is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Jeff Cook age 68 Jeffery A. "Jeff" Cook is an American musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the country music group Alabama. Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, and of English and ...more

Joe Escalante is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Joe Escalante age 55 Joseph Patrick "Joe" Escalante is an American musician, record label owner, radio host, film and music video director, and amateur matador, as well as a former television executive and ...more

John Rich is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
John Rich age 44 John Rich is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie ...more

50 Cent is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
50 Cent age 42 Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, entrepreneur investor and actor from New York City. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the ...more

Jon Secada is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Jon Secada age 56 Jon Secada is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his ...more

Lee Ann Womack is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Lee Ann Womack age 51 Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love. ...more

Lee Greenwood is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican
Lee Greenwood age 75 Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since 1962, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country ...more