George Strait sits atop Billboard's list of the top 25 country music artists of the past 25 years.

The Texas-based singer beat out Garth Brooks on a star-studded list compiled by.

The magazine to coincide with its Country Music Summit on Monday and Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn.

Strait and Brooks are followed by Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw in the top five.

Billboard used success on its country album and song charts to compile the list.

Strait has been the country music standard in the years the list covers. He's sold more than 68.5 million albums and had 82 top 10 songs on Billboard charts , as well as 44 No. 1 singles. He's had a top 10 hit in 30 consecutive years, a Billboard record.