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THE TOP 70 OF 2009
Audio highlights from our annual Top 70 Countdown

Plus a review of the Top 70 chart!

                                                                   TOP 70 of 2009

The Top 70 of 2009 is based on radio airplay between November 2008 and November 2009.  Songs released earlier in the survey period generally received more airplay than songs released in the final weeks of the year. 


Rank         Artist       Title         Label

1         JASON ALDEAN         She's Country         (BBR)

2         ZAC BROWN BAND         Whatever It Is         (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture)

3         DARIUS RUCKER                 It Won't Be Like This For Long         (Capitol)

4         KEITH URBAN         Sweet Thing         (Capitol)

5         TOBY KEITH         God Love Her         (Show Dog)

6         DIERKS BENTLEY         Sideways         (Capitol)

7         LADY ANTEBELLUM         I Run To You         (Capitol)

8         RODNEY ATKINS         It's America         (Curb)

9         DIERKS BENTLEY      Feel That Fire         (Capitol)

10       ZAC BROWN BAND         Chicken Fried         (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture)

11       BRAD PAISLEY         Then         (Arista)

12       BILLY CURRINGTON                       People Are Crazy         (Mercury)

13       BROOKS & DUNN f/REBA         Cowgirls Don't Cry         (Arista)

14       GEORGE STRAIT         River Of Love         (MCA)

15       DARIUS RUCKER                          Alright         (Capitol)

16       JAKE OWEN          Don't Think I Can't Love You         (RCA)

17         RANDY HOUSER         Boots On         (Universal South)

18         KEITH URBAN            Kiss A Girl         (Capitol)

19         SUGARLAND          It Happens         (Mercury)

20         KENNY CHESNEY      Out Last Night         (BNA)

21         KENNY CHESNEY f/MAC MCANALLY         Down The Road         (BNA)

22         TAYLOR SWIFT         You Belong With Me         (Big Machine)

23         BLAKE SHELTON      She Wouldn't Be Gone         (Warner Bros.)

24         JUSTIN MOORE         Small Town USA         (Valory)

25         BILLY CURRINGTON                       Don't         (Mercury)

26         JASON ALDEAN         Big Green Tractor         (BBR)

27         RASCAL FLATTS         Here Comes Goodbye         (Lyric Street)

28         ALAN JACKSON         Country Boy         (Arista)

29         CARRIE UNDERWOOD         I Told You So         (19/Arista)

30         TAYLOR SWIFT         White Horse         (Big Machine)

31         BLAKE SHELTON      I'll Just Hold On         (Warner Bros.)

32         MONTGOMERY GENTRY         Roll With Me         (Columbia)

33         MONTGOMERY GENTRY         One In Every Crowd         (Columbia)

34         CHRIS YOUNG           Gettin' You Home (The Black..)         (RCA)

35         RASCAL FLATTS         Summer Nights         (Lyric Street)

36         GEORGE STRAIT         Living For The Night         (MCA)

37         KELLIE PICKLER         Best Days Of Your Life         (19/BNA)

38         SUGARLAND          Already Gone         (Mercury)

39         TOBY KEITH          American Ride         (Show Dog)

40         BRAD PAISLEY         Welcome To The Future         (Arista)

41         KEITH URBAN            Only You Can Love Me This Way         (Capitol)

42         ERIC CHURCH                  Love Your Love The Most         (Capitol)

43         TAYLOR SWIFT         Love Story         (Big Machine)

44         DARRYL WORLEY         Sounds Like Life To Me         (Stroudavarious)

45         LOVE AND THEFT         Runaway         (Carolwood)

46       ELI YOUNG BAND         Always The Love Songs         (Republic/Universal South)

47       TIM MCGRAW              Nothin' To Die For         (Curb)

48         JASON MICHAEL CARROLL         Where I'm From         (Arista)

49         BRAD PAISLEY f/KEITH URBAN         Start A Band         (Arista)

50         GLORIANA         Wild At Heart         (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture)

51         RASCAL FLATTS         Here         (Lyric Street)

52         ALAN JACKSON         Sissy's Song         (Arista)

53       ZAC BROWN BAND         Toes         Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture)

54         JACK INGRAM          Barefoot And Crazy         (Big Machine)

55         JAMEY JOHNSON      In Color         (Mercury)

56         MARTINA MCBRIDE      Ride         (RCA)

57         LOST TRAILERS       How 'Bout You Don't         (BNA)

58         TOBY KEITH          Lost You Anyway         (Show Dog)

59         DAVID NAIL                             Red Light         (MCA)

60       LEE ANN WOMACK      Last Call         (MCA)

61         LUKE BRYAN         Do I         (Capitol)

62         REBA               Strange         (Starstruck/Valory)

63       KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS         I'm Alive         (BNA)

64       TIM MCGRAW              Let It Go         (Curb)

65         CRAIG MORGAN         Bonfire         (BNA)

66         LADY ANTEBELLUM         Lookin' For A Good Time         (Capitol)

67         CARRIE UNDERWOOD         Cowboy Casanova         (19/Arista)

68         JIMMY WAYNE                            I Will         (Valory)

69         LADY ANTEBELLUM         Need You Now         (Capitol)

70          JOHN RICH               Shuttin' Detroit Down          (Warner Bros.)