The country music industry (9)

I believe the answer is:

nashville

(Other definitions for nashville that I've seen before include "City in Tennessee" , "Centre of country and western" , "Where the Grand Ole Opry comes from" , "music centre" , "country town" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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