With his easy charm and friendly voice, Thomas Rhett slipped into the space opened up by Sam Hunt’s smooth fusion of modern country and R&B. Rhett debuted at the tail end of the bro country craze of the 2010s, eventually finding his groove in 2015 with “Crash and Burn” and “Die a Happy Man,” a pair of Country Airplay number ones from 2015. (The former found the singer fleet on his feet, while the latter showcased the domesticated romantic side that became his calling card.) Over the next few years, long-term love songs, epitomized by the 2017 number one “Marry Me,” kept Rhett at the top of the charts and cemented his place as one of the biggest country-pop singers of the latter half of the 2010s.