Lonestar is an American country music band consisting of lead singer Cody Collins (lead vocals), Michael Britt (lead guitar, harmony vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums) and Dean Sams (keyboards, melodica, harmony vocals). Until November 2007, Richie McDonald was the band's lead singer; he departed in pursuit of a solo career. John Rich, currently one half of country music duo Big & Rich, was also the band's bass guitarist until his 1998 departure; since then, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist.

Lonestar made its debut on the U.S. country music charts in 1995 with the Top 10 single "Tequila Talkin'". Since then, the band has amassed a total of twenty-seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with nine of those singles reaching Number One. The band's success peaked in 1999 with the release of their signature song "Amazed", a crossover hit that reached Number One on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's "Islands in the Stream" in 1983. Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits To date, the band has also recorded eight studio albums and a Greatest Hits compilation; three of their albums have been certified gold, while three more have been certified platinum or higher.

There are at least 2 artists called Lonestar : 1) Lonestar is an American country music band consisting of lead singer Cody Collins (born in Pace, Florida), Michael Britt (born Michael Wayne Britt, 15 June 1966, in Fort Worth, Texas), Keech Rainwater (born Randy Keech Rainwater, 24 January 1963, in Plano, Texas) and Dean Sams (born Kenneth Dean Sams, 3 August 1966, in Garland, Texas). Until September 2007, Richie McDonald (born Richard Vance McDonald, on 6 February 1962, in Mesquite, Texas), was