Laura Bell Bundy with GAC's Nan Kelley on the set of Top 20 Country Countdown.

GAC’s 62,000 video plays of 2010 are winding down to a final 50.

Trace Adkins, Rascal Flatts, Laura Bell Bundy and Luke Bryan are among the stars who join Nan Kelley for GAC’s Top 50 Videos Of 2010, a five-part countdown that kicks off Monday, Dec. 27, and comes to its conclusion Friday, Dec. 31.

Josh Turner, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire, Easton Corbin, The Band Perry, Steel Magnolia, Uncle Kracker, comedian Jeff Dunham and GAC’s Storme Warren are also part of the countdown, derived from votes by GAC viewers. Nan shepherds the entire event poolside from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Lady Antebellum's Need You Now CD. Photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Billboard.com has just released its year-end charts for 2010. Here are the 50 most popular country albums for the year (based on album sales). Congrats to Lady Antebellum for taking the top spot!

1. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
2. Fearless – Taylor Swift
3. Speak Now- Taylor Swift
4. Play On – Carrie Underwood
5. The Foundation – Zac Brown Band
6. Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum
7. Revolution – Miranda Lambert
8. Wide Open – Jason Aldean
9. Southern Voice – Tim McGraw
10. The Incredible Machine – Sugarland Continue Reading

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Lee Brice photo courtesy of Curb Records.

Billboard.com has just released its year end charts for 2010.  Leading the pack are a group of up-and-coming male artists with surprisingly few established superstar names in the top 10.  Here are the 50 most popular country songs for the year based on radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS (song, artist, album):

1. “Love Like Crazy” – Lee Brice, Love Like Crazy
2. “Rain Is A Good Thing” – Luke Bryan, Doin’ My Thing
3. “Why Don’t We Just Dance” – Josh Turner, Haywire
4. “All Over Me” – Josh Turner, Haywire
5. “The Man I Want To Be” – Chris Young, The Man I Want To Be
6. “Roll With It” – Easton Corbin, Easton Corbin
7. “Gimmie That Girl” – Joe Nichols, Old Things New
8. “All About Tonight” – Blake Shelton, All About Tonight
9. “Come Back Song” – Darius Rucker, Charleston, SC 1966
10. “She Won’t Be Lonely Long” – Clay Walker, She Won’t Be Lonely Long Continue Reading

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Vote daily for GAC's Top 50 Videos of 2010!

There will be no mud-slinging ads nor public debates among the country stars with music videos vying for GAC’s Top 50 Videos of the Year. Instead, GAC is letting you, the fans, select your favorites through online voting that will remain open until November 30.

More than 130 videos are featured on a ballot you can sort by artist or song title. Only videos that were released between Nov. 1, 2009 and Oct. 31, 2010 and added into rotation on GAC’s playlist are eligible. You can vote once a day for up to ten videos and here’s the really cool part, after you’re done voting you can enter for a chance to win $5,000 in cash and a trip for two to the scenic Mississippi gulf coast.

Some quick highlights from this year’s Top 50 ballot:

• 130+ videos from 96 unique artists are nominated
• 30 artists have multiple videos nominated
• Zac Brown Band and Jewel lead with 4 nominated videos each
• Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts and Toby Keith have 3 nominated videos each

Mark your calendar, once the votes are tabulated, GAC will reveal the results in a year-end countdown special set to premiere on Monday, December 27, 8:00 p.m./Eastern.

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Carrie Underwood photo by Matthew Rolston, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2009 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2008 to Oct. 31, 2009.

1. Carrie Underwood — “Cowboy Casanova”
2. Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins — “Hillbilly Bone”
3. Carrie Underwood — “I Told You So”
4. Billy Currington — “People Are Crazy”
5. Kellie Pickler — “Best Days Of Your Life”
6. Taylor Swift — “You Belong With Me”
7. Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
8. Reba McEntire — “Consider Me Gone”
9. Trace Adkins — “All I Ask For”
10. Alan Jackson — “Country Boy” Continue Reading

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Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2008 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2007 to Oct. 31, 2008.

1. Trace Adkins — “You’re Gonna Miss This”
2. Carrie Underwood — “Just A Dream”
3. Trace Adkins — “Muddy Water”
4. Carrie Underwood — “All-American Girl”
5. Taylor Swift — “Love Story”
6. Alan Jackson — “Good Time”
7. Kellie Pickler — “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful”
8. Carrie Underwood — “Last Name”
9. Alan Jackson — “Small Town Southern Man”
10. Brad Paisley — “Waitin’ On A Woman” Continue Reading

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Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2007 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2006 to Oct. 31, 2007.

1. Trace Adkins — “Ladies Love Country Boys”
2. Brad Paisley — “Online”
3. Trace Adkins — “I Got My Game On”
4. Big & Rich — “Lost In This Moment”
5. Alan Jackson — “A Woman’s Love”
6. Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson — “Because Of You”
7. Blake Shelton — “The More I Drink”
8. Trace Adkins — “I Wanna Feel Something”
9. Sugarland — “Stay”
10. Kellie Pickler — “I Wonder” Continue Reading

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Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2006 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2005 to Oct. 31, 2006.

1. Trace Adkins — “Honkytonk Badonkadonk”
2. Carrie Underwood — “Before He Cheats”
3. Brooks & Dunn — “Believe”
4. Carrie Underwood — “Jesus Take The Wheel”
5. Toby Keith — “A Little Too Late”
6. Josh Turner — “Would You Go With Me”
7. Rodney Atkins — “If You’re Going Through Hell”
8. Brad Paisley — “When I Get Where I’m Going”
9. Trace Adkins — “Swing”
10. Dierks Bentley — “Every Mile A Memory” Continue Reading

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Toby Keith photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2005 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2004 to Oct. 31, 2005.

1.       “As Good As I Once Was”–Toby Keith

2.       “Like We Never Loved At All”–Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

3.       “You’re My Better Half”–Keith Urban

4.       “Making Memories Of Us”–Keith Urban

5.       “Who You’d Be Today”–Kenny Chesney

6.       “God’s Will”–Martina McBride

7.       “All Jacked Up”–Gretchen Wilson

8.       “Play Something Country”–Brooks & Dunn

9.       “Georgia Rain”–Trisha Yearwood

10.   “I May Hate Myself In The Morning”–Lee Ann Womack Continue Reading

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Kieth Urban photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

GAC’s Fan-Voted Top 50 Videos of 2004!

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2004 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2003 to Oct. 31, 2004.

1. Keith Urban – “You’ll Think Of Me”
2. Gretchen Wilson – “Redneck Woman”
3. Kenny Chesney/Uncle Kracker – “When The Sun Goes Down”
4. Tim McGraw – “Live Like You Were Dying”
5. Toby Keith – “American Soldier”
6. Terri Clark – “Girls Lie Too”
7. John Michael Montgomery – “Letters From Home”
8. Shania Twain/Billy Currington – “Party For Two”
9. Big and Rich – “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)”
10. Kenny Chesney – “There Goes My Life” Continue Reading

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