Danny Gokey photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

The fastest way to a Nashville recording contract, it appears, is to do well on “American Idol,” and nowhere is that more apparent than this weekend’s edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, hosted this week by Suzanne Alexander. Three former “Idol” contestants — Carrie Underwood, Danny Gokey and Kellie Pickler — own the top four slots on the list.

Carrie’s former No. 1 video, “Cowboy Casanova,” regains the top spot from the Zac Brown Band, while her emotional “Temporary Home” clip makes its debut on the chart at No. 2. Kellie Pickler reamins at No. 4 with her Caribbean-shot “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You.” And Danny makes his first chart appearance at No. 3 with “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me.”

Also ahead for Danny is the release of his debut album. My Best Days is due March 2.

Top 20 Country Countdown counts down the week’s top country videos from No. 20 to No. 1 as voted by viewers on each week on GACtv.com. A new countdown premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on GAC and airs again Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET; Sundays at 1 p.m. ET; and Mondays at 10 a.m. ET. Viewers can vote for their favorite videos, as well as purchase Top 20 artists’ albums and ringtones at GACTV.com.

THIS WEEK’S CHART:

1. Carrie Underwood “Cowboy Casanova”
2. Carrie Underwood “Temporary Home”
3. Danny Gokey “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me”
4. Kellie Pickler “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You”
5. Keith Urban “‘Til Summer Comes Around”
6. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
7. Miranda Lambert “White Liar”
8. Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins “Hillbilly Bone”
9. Zac Brown Band “Highway 20 Ride”
10. Gary Allan “Today”
11. Jason Aldean “The Truth”
12. Reba McEntire “Consider Me Gone”
13. Toby Keith “Cryin’ For Me”
14. Bucky Covington “Gotta Be Somebody”
15. Keith Urban “Only You Can Love Me This Way”
16. Josh Turner “Why Don’t We Just Dance”
17. Chris Young “The Man I Want To Be”
18. Radney Foster “Angel Flight”
19. Billy Currington “That’s How Country Boys Roll”
20. Trace Adkins “All I Ask For Anymore”

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