10 best chart country singles this year:

[anthonyeaston.livejournal.com]

1) red umbrella-faith hill
2) last dollar--tim mcgraw
3) tear drops on my guitar--taylor swift.
4) dancin' for the groceries--kenny chesney
5) rockstar--nickel back
6) nothin' better to do--leanne rhimes
7) cleaning this gun--trace adkins
8) me and god--josh turner
9) i just came back from a war - darryl worley
10) - "The Devil And The Cross"--Halfway To Hazard

(will post links and commentary tomorrow)

Comments

[koganbot]

Here's my list, very provisional, since I haven't been listening to the radio much, and with unerring insight the labels haven't released any of my favorite country songs this year as singles. ("Teardrops" is maybe my fourth favorite on the Taylor Swift album; the followup, "Our Song," is maybe the eleventh best. Arista chose the worst from the otherwise good Brooks & Dunn alb as the leadoff single. The Rissi Palmer single is my favorite on her album, however; interestingly, it's by far the "blackest" bluesiest-sounding track on it; it squeaked into the country top 60, the first country single by a black woman to do so in 20 years, according to Wikipedia.)

Taylor Swift "Teardrops On My Guitar"
LeAnn Rimes "Nothin' Better To Do"
Reba McEntire f. Kelly Clarkson "Because Of You"
Gretchen Wilson "One Of The Boys"
Gretchen Wilson f. John Rich "Come To Bed"
Eric Church "Sinners Like Me"
Rissi Palmer "Country Girl"
Tim McGraw "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"

I haven't yet heard the Nickelback, so I'm withholding judgment as to whether or not it's country. Perhaps my favorite country song that's new this year (I'm basically counting Taylor Swift as last year, though if they release "Should've Said No" as a single it's topping my list) is Travis Tritt's "Should've Listened" (this is a good era for should'ves), which is a Nickelback cover.

[brak55.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on the Reba McEntire. I've never been a big fan of hers but that single, in my opinion, blows away the original.

[koganbot]

Add Miranda Lambert's "Gunpowder and Lead" to my list, at around number four (after Miley's "See You Again," Taylor's "Teardrops On My Guitar," LeAnn Rimes' "Nothin' Better To Do" (which itself might rise on my list)).

[koganbot]

Actually, if Miley Cyrus's "See You Again" is released as a single, that's the one that tops my list.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I'm counting "See You Again" because it's Disney product and Disney doesn't play by the rules; it's #2 on my main list after "Lip Gloss."

[koganbot]

What I meant is that I'm voting it number one country if they release it. 'Cause it's a rockabilly song. (It'd be around three or four on my Jackin P&J's.)

[koganbot]

For the record, I'm definitely counting "See You Again" as a single, because it's acting like one, even if the record company is refusing to make it one:

--It's the only Miley or Hannah Montana song getting significant Top 40 Airplay: 388 spins nationally last week, which isn't a lot, but puts it in the Top 60. (How is this happening? Is there a record company push to Top 40 but not to Disney on this track? Or is this strictly consumer demand? Interesting either way.)
--Jimmy Draper tells me that right now it's the best-selling Hannah/Miley track on iTunes.
--Miley herself seems to be pushing it, putting it first up on her MySpace.
--It's the one a lot of my Web friends are getting excited about.

[koganbot]

Radio Disney is playing "Start All Over" as the next Miley single, which is an interesting choice: I like it a lot, third best after "See You Again" and "GNO" (so, even better than "East Cumberland High"), but I wasn't thinking to myself "Here's a hit single." The singing is raw in a good way, but raw nonetheless. So Fefe Dobson finally hits on Disney, by proxy.