Mae Estes
Mae Estes (born 1993) is an American country music singer and songwriter from Hope, Arkansas. She released music independently beginning in 2019 before signing with Big Machine Records in November 2023; the label was rebranded as Blue Highway Records in 2026. Estes has issued three extended plays—Before the Record (2023), Good Ol' Boys (2024) and the self-titled Mae Estes (2025)—and has appeared repeatedly at the Grand Ole Opry since her debut there in 2023.
A three-time winner of the Arkansas Country Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, Estes was named to CMT's Next Women of Country class of 2024 and won Rising Artist-Writer of the Year at the 2024 AIMP Nashville Country Awards. Critics have characterized her work as neotraditional country, noting her use of pedal steel guitar, fiddle and dobro and her stated debt to 1980s and 1990s country.
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