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Miranda Lambert And Florida-Georgia Line In A Dog Fight For Number One This Week [POLL]

Jake Thomas — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:47:04 +0000

Former 1077 ‘GNA Countryfest headliner and upstart country hot shots Florida-Georgia Line are in a literal dog fight on the country music charts this week.They are both battling it out for the #1 slot on the charts and it is too close to call at this point. Miranda is hoping to grab the top spot [...]

Billboard's Top 10 Country Artists of 2012

Sean McMaster — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:00:20 +0000

Love them or hate them, the end of the year always brings about the "Top" this of the year and the "Top" that of the year. Many times it's based on opinion or survey's, I am a little more partial to the one's based on facts like this one. Every Year, Billboard puts out the lists of the top music performers and songs in every genre, and even combined genres.

Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood – This Week's Top Country Songs

Kevin Richards — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:00:17 +0000

Taylor Swift at the top again! Jake Owen and Luke Bryan push up the charts despite new Billboard charting system that seems to favor crossover artists. Billboard’s Top Country Singles for Saturday, October 20, 2012. 10. The One That Got Away- Jake Owen 9. Red- Taylor Swift 8. Cowboys and Angels- Dustin Lynch 7. Kiss [...]

How The New Billboard Charting System Affects Country Music

Kevin Richards — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:50:50 +0000

I recently featured an article about the new Billboard Charting system that will now change the way Country Music songs will rank on the Country Music charts. While some fans could care less, others are worried that the new system of ranking Country Music hits could change a lot about the music and radio business. [...]

Billboard Changes Charting System – Why Crossover Stars Will Benefit From New Billboard Charts

Kevin Richards — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:55:21 +0000

I was recently puzzled when I put together the week's top Country songs and found Taylor Swift occupying 3 of the Top 10 spots, something I can't ever recall happening in recent Country Music History. This is rare because an artist or record company usually only promotes one current single at time. After some investigating I found the reason why Taylor Swift and other pop stars may continue this domination on the Country charts.

Lady Antebellum Back at No. 1 & More in Casey's Taste of Country

GNA — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:26:43 +0000

Lady Antebellum is back at No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart this week with their Own The Night album. The group of course received the news following their seventh career Grammy award last Sunday for “Best Country Album.” The album has been in the top spot for a total of 10 weeks since its release in Sept. 2011. Charles Kelly says their [...]

Eli Young Band On the Rise with "Crazy Girl" (Video)

Jake Thomas — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:50:04 +0000

Mike Eli is a talented singer with a voice that makes you listen. He sound a lot like a gritty Vince Gill. The last time I saw Mike and the Eli Young Band he had just closed on a house in Texas. He was so excited, and was wondering how he was going to pay [...]

Jason Aldean Won't Give Brad Paisley a #1 Without a Fight (Video)

Jake Thomas — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:04:07 +0000

I have seen some tough fights at the top of the country music charts before, but the current fight for the top spot between Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley may be one of the best ever.

Top Country Songs of 2010

Kevin Richards — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:50:17 +0000

The number one Billboard song of the year did not hit number one! Lee Brice made history with the longest charting song in Country Music history in September of 2010. The song “Love Like Crazy” took 55 weeks to reach it’s peak position of Number 3. If you look at the charts you notice that most [...]