Luke Bryan photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville; Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville.

Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton topped the list of dance club hits in 2011, according to the Marco Club Connection’s 8^thannual ranking of Country dance favorites.

Every December, the Nashville-based company surveys a panel of nearly 250 club owners, DJs and dance instructors from across the country to compile its rankings. Overall votes by the panel determine each song’s placement on the list.

“The added emphasis on dance in the music videos for this year’s top club hits was hugely popular with club DJs and choreographers,” says Club Connection Manager of Venue Marketing, Bobbe Morhiser.  “By featuring dancers and dance clubs in the videos, these records leave a lasting connection with fans that dancing and Country music are a natural match.”

The 2011 Marco Club Connection Top Ten Country Dance Club Hits are:

1. Luke Bryan – “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)”  

2. Blake Shelton – “Footloose” 

3. Big & Rich – “Fake ID”

4. Blake Shelton – “Honey Bee”

5. Gloriana – “Wanna Take You Home” Continue Reading

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Sugarland photo by Jennifer Tzar, courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Marco Club Connection, a Nashville-based country music dance venue marketing company, has released its seventh annual Top Ten list of the year’s most requested country dance club songs — Sugarland tops the list with the sticks-in-your-head tune, ”Stuck Like Glue.”

Each year in December, Club Connection surveys a panel of more than 240 club owners, DJs and dance instructors from across the country to compile its Top Ten rankings.

“As country music continues to incorporate more and more of a pop element, the dance clubs can be a very important tool in breaking an artist,” says Club Connection Venue Marketing Specialist Bobbe Morhiser. “Look no further than Laura Bell Bundy for proof of that. ‘Giddy On Up’ was huge in the dance clubs, and for a brand new artist to place in Club Connection’s top five at the end of the year is very impressive.”

The results of the 2010 Top Ten Country Dance Club Hits are: Continue Reading

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Zac Brown Band photo courtesy of Atlantic Records.

Week in and week out fans are peppered with charts of every kind for country music.   The most played songs on the radio. The top selling digital singles and albums.  The most downloaded ringtones.  The most popular videos and on and on.  But this chart really got my attention because it represents the songs that are getting the most action in dancehalls and honky tonks across the U.S.  In other words, the songs that are moving more butts out of seats and on to the hardwood!

Thanks to our friends at Marco Club Connection, here is the list of the Top 10 Country Dance Club Hits of 2009: Continue Reading

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