Top 5 Country Singles
- Zac Brown Band - "Keep Me in Mind" from You Get What You Give
- Jason Aldean - "Tattoos on This Town" from My Kinda Party
- Rascal Flatts - "Easy" (featuring Natasha Bedingfield) from Nothing Like This
- David Nail - "Let It Rain" from Let It Rain
- Eric Church - "Drink in My Hand" from Chief
Big Chart Movers
- #60-#50 The JaneDear Girls - "Merry Go Round"
- #43-#36 Andy Gibson - "Wanna Make You Love Me"
- #55-#48 Josh Thompson - "Comin' Around"
- #41-#35 Rodney Atkins - "He's Mine"
Hot New Country Songs
- #49 - Little Big Town - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- #54 - Miranda Lambert - "Over You" from Four the Record
- #56 - Blake Shelton - "Drink on It" from Red River Blue
- #58 - Justin Moore - "Run Rudolph Run"
- #59 - Edens Edge - "O Holy Night"
Comments
As befits the sleepy holiday season, this week's country charts don't look staggeringly differently from those of last week. Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Rascall Flatts, and David Nail are exactly where they were seven days ago -- holding down the #1 to #4 spots. The big news is the continued drop by Lady Antebellum's single "We Owned the Night," which two weeks ago held the #3 spot and now has declined from #7 to #8. Meanwhile, one of Eric Church's best songs, "Drink in My Hand," continues to make gains, nudging up from #6 to #5.
Top 5 Country Albums
- Lady Antebellum - Own the Night
- Scott McCreery - Clear as Day
- Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
- Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern
- Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines
Hot New Country Albums
- #67 - Conway Twitty - Icon: Conway Twitty
Comments
Scott McCreery and Lady Antebellum continue to play musical chairs with the #1 and #2 spots, this time with Lady Antebellum leading our end-of-the-year lineup. Not surprisingly, Own the Night is one of the top selling country albums of 2011. And -- with the exception of poor Toby Keith -- the same can be said for the rest of our the top five country albums. In particular, Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines (one of the year's best albums) continues to show strength. It moved up from #7 to #5, eclipsing Taylor Swift's recently released Speak Now: World Tour Live collection, which dropped from #6 to #4. Likewise, Swift's mega-selling Speak Now sank from #6 to #8.
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Country's Highest Ranking Radio Songs
24. Lady Antebellum - "Just a Kiss" from Own the Night
26. Zac Brown Band - "Keep Me in Mind" from You Get What You Give30. Jason Aldean - "Tattoos on This Town" - My Kinda Party
31. David Nail - "Let It Rain" from Let It Rain
32. Rascal Flatts - "Easy" (featuring Natasha Bedingfield) from Nothing Like This
Big Radio Chart Movers
- #26-#32 (drop) Rascal Flatts - "Easy" (featuring Natasha Bedingfield) from Nothing Like This
- #42-#48 (drop) Kenny Chesney - "Reality" from Hemingway's Whiskey
- #45-51 (drop) Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You" from Red River Blue
Hot New Radio Country Songs
- None this week!
Comments
Lady Antebellum conquers the pop radio charts as well, with "Just a Kiss" advancing from #28 to #24. Zac Brown Band and Jason Aldean aren't as lucky, with Brown's "Keep Me in Mind" sinking from #21 to #26, and Aldean's "Tattoos on this Town" falling off from #25 to #30. But David Nail remains steady as every, retaining his #31 ranking from last week. That's it for this year's country music charts! Have a happy New Year!
