It’s that time again: We’re kicking off our 2016 Year-End Rodeo!
Before the end of the year, we’ll be showcasing the Country Universe staff’s Top 40 Singles and Top 20 Albums, along with the individual writers’ ballots for each countdown. Because everyone loves a good list or a meta-list made up of other lists.
As ever, list-making is an inexact science, in that the sheer volume of new music that gets released during any given year makes it nearly impossible to catch everything. But we’ve done our best to identify as many eligible contenders for both the Albums and Singles lists as possible, and we’re sharing our Master Lists with you so that you can– calmly and politely, and without screaming at us about how negligent we are for forgetting [YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST]– let us know if there’s anything we’ve missed along the way!
Obviously, we’re not tipping our hands with the images we’ve chosen to accompany these master lists. Y’all know better.
Albums
We set a cut-off date of 12/02/2016 for eligibility for this year and rolled last year’s December releases– including Cam’s Untamed— forward for this year. We didn’t include reissues here, and we generally excluded albums that were entirely self-released without having at least a distribution deal, if not necessarily backing from a record label.
First
Last
Title
Ben
Abraham
Sirens
Dave
Adkins
Dave Adkins
Jason
Aldean
They Don’t Know
American Young
AY
Andrew Leahey & The Homestead
Skyline in Central Time
Angie & The Deserters
Blood Like Wine
Michaela
Anne
Bright Lights & The Fame
Applewood Road
Applewood Road
Eddy
Arnold
Let’s Make Memories One More Time
Avett Brothers
True Sadness
Rob
Baird
Wrong Side of the River
Drew
Baldridge
Dirt On Us
Frankie
Ballard
El Rio
Band of Horses
Why Are You OK?
Moe
Bandy
Lucky Me
Devendra
Banhart
Ape in Pink Marble
Sam
Beam & Jessica Hoop
Love Letter for Fire
Ryan
Beaver
Rx
Bethany
Becker
I Want Love
Luke
Bell
Luke Bell
Dierks
Bentley
Black
John
Berry
What I Love the Most
Bonnie
Bishop
Ain’t Who I Was
Black Feathers
Soaked to the Bone
Blackberry Smoke
Like An Arrow
Blackfoot
Southern Native
Blind Pilot
And Then Like Lions
Blue Rodeo
1000 Arms
Bo-Keys
Heartaches by the Number
Bobby
Bones & The Raging Idiots
The Critics Give It Five Stars
Wade
Bowen
Then Sings My Soul
Eric
Brace & Peter Cooper
C&O Canal
Brad Mehldau Trio
Blues & Ballads
Billy
Bragg & Joe Henry
Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
Doyle
Bramhall II
Rich Man
Carl
Broemel
4th of July
Garth
Brooks
Gunslinger
Garth
Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Christmas Together
Brothers Osborne
Pawn Shop
Marc
Broussard
Save Our Soul II: Soul on a Mission
Hollis
Brown
Cluster of Pearls
Kane
Brown
Kane Brown
Luke
Bryan
Farm Tour: Here’s to the Farmer EP
Paul
Burch
Meridian Rising
Sam
Bush
Storyman
Cadillac Three
Bury Me in Boots
Cam
Untamed
Hayes
Carll
Lovers and Leavers
Mary Chapin
Carpenter
The Things That We Are Made Of
Bill
Carter
Innocent Victims & Evil Companions
Troy
Cartwright
Don’t Fade EP
case/lang/viers
case/lang/viers
Caleb
Caudle
Carolina Ghost
Chatham County Line
Autumn
Kenny
Chesney
Cosmic Hallelujah
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home by Now
Chris Stalcup & The Grange
Downhearted Fools
Churchwood
Hex City
Brandy
Clark
Big Day in a Small Town
Coal Porters
No. 6
Brent
Cobb
Shine On Rainy Day
Charly
Cole
Gotcha
Jason
Collett
Song & Dance Man
Shawn
Colvin & Steve Earle
Colvin & Earle
RJ
Comer
Nightly Suicide
Confederate Railroad
Lucky to Be Alive
Elizabeth
Cook
Exodus of Venus
Diana
Corcoran
In America
Billy Ray
Cyrus
Thin Line
Anthony
D’Amato
Cold Snap
Dan + Shay
Obsessed
Charlie
Daniels
Nighthawk
Elise
Davis
The Token
Dawes
We’re All Gonna Die
Dawg Yawp
Dawg Yawp
Jared
Deck
Jared Deck
Del McCoury Band
Del and Woody
Devil Makes Three
Redemption & Ruin
Alex
Dezen
Alex Dezen
Luther
Dickinson
Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook
John
Doe
The Westerner
Casey
Donahew
All Night Party
Drive-By Truckers
American Band
Ronnie
Dunn
Tattooed Heart
Earls of Leicester
Rattle & Roar
Stewart
Eastham
Dancers in the Mansion
Tim
Easton
American Fork
Edison
Familiar Spirit
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
PersonA
Brett
Eldredge
Glow
Robert
Ellis
Robert Ellis
Will
Erickson
The Five Year Weight
Alejandro
Escovedo
Burn Something Beautiful
John
Evans
Polyester
Florida Georgia Line
Dig Your Roots
John
Fogerty
Tales from the Bayou
Sawyer
Fredericks
A Good Storm
Dori
Freeman
Dori Freeman
Robbie
Fulks
Upland Stories
Gaither Vocal Band
Better Together
Vince
Gill
Down to My Last Bad Habit
Grascals
…and then there’s this
Great American Canyon Band
Only You Remain
Green River Ordinance
Fifteen
Greensky Bluegrass
Shouted, Written Down, & Quoted
Wayne
Hancock
Slingin’ Rhythm
Handsome Family
Unseen
Hard Working Americans
Rest in Chaos
Kree Harrisson
This Old Thing
Harvest Thieves
Rival
Ty
Herndon
House on Fire
Herrick
Cottonfields
Fay
Hield
Old Adam
High Valley
Dear Life
Gary
Hoey
Dust & Bones
Randy
Houser
Fired Up
Sierra
Hull
Weighted Mind
Infamous Stringdusters
Ladies & Gentlemen
Jack
Ingram
Midnight Motel
Jim
James
Eternally Even
James Edge & The Mindstep
On a Red Horse
Sarah
Jarosz
Undercurrents
Jayhawks
Paging Mr. Proust
Shooter
Jennings
Countach (For Giorgio)
Cody
Jinks
I’m Not the Devil
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Sacred Memories
Joey+Rory
To Joey, With Love
Joey+Rory
Hymns That are Important to Us
Buck
Johnson
Enjoying the Ride
Robby
Johnson
Don’t Look Back
Cody
Johnson
Gotta Be Me
Eric
Johnson
EJ
Norah
Jones
Day Breaks
Cledus T.
Judd
Things I Remember Before I Forget
Damien
Jurado
Visions of Us on the Land
Kacy & Clayton
Strange Country
Robert Earl
Keen
Live Dinner Reunion
Josh
Kelley
New Lane Road
Charles
Kelley
The Driver
Irene
Kelley
These Hills
Paul
Kelley & Charlie Owen
Death’s Dateless Nights
Stephen
Kellogg
South, West, North, East
Pete
Kent
The Hidden Hand
Kentucky Headhunters
On Safari
Kris
Kristofferson
The Cedar Creek Sessions
Daniel
Kushnir
Nothin Left to Give
Jim
Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur
Penny’s Farm
Lake Street Drive
Side Pony
Seth
Lakeman
Ballads of the Broken Few
Lambchop
FLOTUS: For Love Often Turns Us Still
Miranda
Lambert
The Weight of These Wings
Ray
LaMontagne
Ouroboros
Chris
Lane
Girl Problems
Greg
Laswell
Everyone Thinks I Dodged a Bullet
Cyndi
Lauper
Detour
Johnny
Lee
You Ain’t Never Been to Texas
Amos
Lee
Spirit
Brennen
Leigh
Sings Lefty Frizzell
Aaron
Lewis
Sinner
Bob
Lind
Magellan Was Wrong
Lissie
My Wild West
Little Big Town
Wanderlust
Bill
Lloyd
Lloyd-ering
Lonesome River Band
Bridging the Tradition
Lonestar
Never Enders
Liz
Longley
Weightless
Lydia
Loveless
Real
Loving Mary Band
Little Bit of Love
Claire
Lynch
North by South
Loretta
Lynn
White Christmas Blue
Loretta
Lynn
Full Circle
Mandolin Orange
Blindfaller
Martina
McBride
Reckless
Edwin
McCain
O Edwin, Where Art Thou?
Leyla
McCalla
A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
Neal
McCoy
You Don’t Know Me
Michael
McDermott
Willow Springs
James Vincent
McMorrow
We Move
Tony
Memmel
We’ll Be on the Radio
Buddy
Miller & Friends
Cayamo Sessions at Sea
Parker
Millsap
The Very Last Day
Monkeyjunk
Time to Roll
Justin
Moore
Kinda Don’t Care
Kip
Moore
Underground
Craig
Morgan
A Whole Lot More of Me
Lorrie
Morgan
Letting Go…Slow
William Michael
Morgan
Vinyl
Mount Moriah
How to Dance
Mountain Heart
Blue Skies
Michael Martin
Murphey
High Stakes: Cowboy Songs VII
Kacey
Musgraves
A Very Kacey Christmas
David
Nail
Fighter
Jeremy
Nail
My Mountain
Graham
Nash
This Path Tonight
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
A Little More From… EP
Tami
Neilson
Don’t Be Afraid
Willie
Nelson
For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price
Willie
Nelson
Summertime – Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Jennifer
Nettles
Playing with Fire
Carrie
Newcomer
The Beautiful Not Yet
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Friends
Circlin’ Back
Nudie
Everything’s Different in the Light
O’Connor Band
Coming Home
Aofie
O’Donovan
In the Magic Hour
O’s
Honeycomb
Conor
Oberst
Ruminations
Marie
Osmond
Music is Medicine
Jake
Owen
American Love
Jon
Pardi
California Sunrise
Dolly
Parton
Pure & Simple
Jason
Paulson
Crow River Ramble
Grant-Lee
Phillips
The Narrows
Pines
Above the Prairie
Mo
Pitney
Behind This Guitar
Margo
Price
Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Price Sisters
Price Sisters
John
Prine
For Better or Worse
Joe
Purdy
Who Will Be Next
Bonnie
Raitt
Dig In Deep
Randy Rogers Band
Nothing Shines Like Neon
Johnny
Rawls
Tiger in a Cage
Reckless Kelly
Sunset Motel
Kelly
Richey
Shakedown Soul
Rides
Pierced Arrow
LeAnn
Rimes
Remnants
Carrie
Rodriguez
Lola
Randy
Rogers & Wade Bowen
Watch This
Daniel
Romano
Mosey
Dex
Romweber
Carrboro
Chelle
Rose
Blue Ridge Blood
Rossington
Take It on Faith
Bobby
Rush
Porcupine Meat
John
Scofield
Country for Old Men
Darrell
Scott
Couchville Sessions
Hillary
Scott & The Scott Family
Love Remains
Aubrie
Sellers
New City Blues
Blake
Shelton
If I’m Honest
Shenandoah
Good News Travels Fast
Amanda
Shires
My Piece of Land
Shires
My Universe
Shovels & Rope
Little Seeds
Sturgill
Simpson
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Sister Hazel
Lighter in the Dark
David G.
Smith
First Love
Elliott
Smith
Heaven Adores You OST
Granger
Smith
Remington
Todd
Snider
Eastside Bulldog
Snowapple
Tracks
Frank
Solivan
Family, Friends, & Heroes
Southern Culture on the Skids
Electric Pinecones
Mavis
Staples
Livin’ on a High Note
Stray Birds
Magic Fire
Streets of Laredo
Wild Mercury
Kiefer
Sutherland
Down in a Hole
Cole
Swindell
You Should Be Here
Sylvia
It’s All in the Family
Tall Heights
Neptune
Aaron Lee
Tasjan
Silver Tears
Jack
Tempchin
One More Song
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
A Man Alive
The Cactus Blossoms
You’re Dreaming
The Lumineers
Cleopatra
The Roosevelts
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn
Ward
Thomas
Cartwheels
Teddy
Thompson & Kelly Jones
Little Windows
Time Jumpers
Kid Sister
Trent
Tomlinson
That’s What’s Working Right Now
Steven
Tyler
We’re All Somebody from Somewhere
Keith
Urban
Ripcord
Vandaveer
Wild Mercury
Various Artists
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
Various Artists
Southern Family
Various Artists
God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Various Artists
I Saw the Light OST
Various Artists
Bright Star – Original Broadway Cast Recording
Various Artists
Feel Like Going Home: The Songs of Charlie Rich
Phil
Vassar
American Soul
Rhonda
Vincent
All the Rage Volume 1
Waco Brothers
Going Down in History
Henry
Wagons
After What I Did Last Night
Kelsey
Waldon
I’ve Got a Way
Jason
Walker
All Night Ghost Town
Wheeler
Walker Jr.
Redneck Shit
Steve
Wariner
All Over the Map
Sara
Watkins
Young in All the Wrong Ways
Sean
Watkins
What to Fear
Gene
Watson
Real Country Music
Bob
Weir
Blue Mountain
Whiskey Myers
Mud
Tony Joe
White
Rain Crow
Drake
White
Spark
John Paul
White
Beulah
Jenny
Whiteley
The Original Jenny Whiteley
Chuck
Wicks
Turning Point
Wilco
Schmilco
Lucinda
Williams
The Ghosts of Highway 20
Marlon
Williams
Marlon Williams
Joy
Williams
Venus EP
Hank
Williams Jr.
It’s About Time
Luke
Winslow-King
I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Always Last
Bob
Woodruff
The Year We Tried to Kill the Pain
Chely
Wright
I am the Rain
Wynonna & The Big Noise
Wynonna & The Big Noise
Dwight
Yoakam
Swimming Pools, Movie Stars…
Pete
Yorn
Arranging Time
Singles
Note that we defined official “singles” as having had an add-on date at country radio, having an official music video (or, as much as it pains me to write this, an “official” lyric video), having been added by at least 3 stations at AAA radio, or having otherwise been tagged as a single by an artist’s promotional team. We’re fairly generous with what we considered for this list, even taking a second look at some singles that were released late in 2015 but that didn’t have their greatest commercial impact until 2016.
We also tried to weed out things that were obvious album tracks or potential 2017 singles. As with the albums, we set a cut-off of 12/02– meaning some terrific singles like Drake White’s “Makin’ Me Look Good Again” and Candi Carpenter’s “Burn the Bed”– will have to wait until our 2017 list.
First
Last
Title
A Thousand Horses
Southernality
Trace
Adkins
Lit
Trace
Adkins
Jesus & Jones
Lauren
Alaina
Road Less Traveled
Jason
Aldean
A Little More Summertime
Jason
Aldean
Lights Came On
Gary
Allan
Do You Wish It Was Me
Avett Brothers
Ain’t No Man
Avett Brothers
True Sadness
Frankie
Ballard
Cigarette
Frankie
Ballard
It All Started With a Beer
Kelsea
Ballerini
Yeah Boy
Kelsea
Ballerini
Peter Pan
Band Perry
Comeback Kid
Banditos
Old Ways
Jeff
Bates
That Thing We Do
Tucker
Beathard
Momma and Jesus
Tucker
Beathard
Rock On
Luke
Bell
Sometimes
Dierks
Bentley
Black
Dierks
Bentley
Somewhere on a Beach
Dierks
Bentley feat. Elle King
Different for Girls
Beyonce w/Dixie Chicks
Daddy Lessons
Big & Rich
Lovin’ Lately (with McGraw)
Bonnie
Bishop
Mercy
Blackberry Smoke
Sunrise in Texas
Blackberry Smoke
Let It Burn
Billy
Bragg & Joe Henry
The Midnight Special
Doyle
Bramhall II
Mama Can’t Help You
Garth
Brooks
Baby Let’s Lady Down and Dance
Brothers Osborne
21 Summer
Kane
Brown
Thunder in the Rain
Kane
Brown
Used to Love You Sober
Luke
Bryan
Home Alone Tonight (w/Karen Fairchild)
Luke
Bryan
Huntin, Fishin, Lovin’ Every Day
Luke
Bryan
Move
Chase
Bryant
Room to Breathe
Sam
Bush
Transcendental Meditation Blues
Cactus Blossoms
Stoplight Kisses
Cadillac Three
Graffiti
Calexico
Falling from the Sky
Cam
Mayday
Craig
Campbell
Outskirts of Heaven
Hayes
Carll
The Love That We Need
Mary Chapin
Carpenter
Something Tamed, Something Wild
case/lang/viers
Atomic Number
Caleb
Caudle
Carolina Ghost
Kenny
Chesney
Noise
Kenny
Chesney w/ Pink
Setting the World on Fire
Mark
Chesnutt
Oughta Miss Me By Now
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Leave My Guitar Alone
Eric
Church
Kill a Word (w/ Rhiannon Giddens)
Eric
Church
Record Year
Brandy
Clark
Girl Next Door
Brandy
Clark
Love Can Go to Hell
Coal Porters
The Day the Last Ramone Died
Brent
Cobb
Down Home
Colvin & Earle
You’re Right (I’m Wrong)
Luke
Combs
Hurricane
RJ
Comer
One Day
RJ
Comer
The Moon Ain’t Fallen On Me Yet
Elizabeth
Cook
Dyin’
Easton
Corbin
Are You With Me
Billy
Currington
It Don’t Hurt Like it Used to
Dan + Shay
From the Ground Up
Dan + Shay
How Not To
Elise
Davis
The Token
Dawg Yawp
Lost at Sea
Jared
Deck
17 Miles
Devil Makes Three
Drunken Hearted Man
Luther
Dickinson
Hurry Up Sunrise
Casey
Donahew
Kiss Me
Drive-By Truckers
Surrender Under Protest
Ronnie
Dunn
Damn Drunk (w/Kix Brooks)
Clare
Dunn
Tuxedo
Earls of Leicester
The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
Anderson
East
Devil in Me
Stewart
Eastham
Leavin’ By Sundown
Tim
Easton
Right Before Your Own Eyes
Tim
Easton
Elmore James (feat. Megan Palmer)
Brooke
Eden
Diamonds
Brett
Eldredge
Wanna Be That Song
Eli Young Band
Saltwater Gospel
Alejandro
Escovedo
Heartbeat Smile
Farewell Angelina
If It Ain’t With You
Farewell Angelina
Shotgun Summer
Tyler
Farr
Our Town
Felice Brothers
Plunder
Florida Georgia Line
H.O.L.Y.
Florida Georgia Line
May We All (with Tim McGraw)
Ryan
Folesse
Float Your Boat
Colt
Ford
4 Lane Gone
Kevin
Fowler
Sellout Song (feat. Zane Williams)
Sawyer
Fredericks
Take It All
Dori
Freeman
Fine Fine Fine
Brantley
Gilbert
The Weekend
Vince
Gill
Me and My Girl
Shakey
Graves
Tomorrow
Green River Ordinance
Red Fire Night
Mickey
Guyton
Heartbreak Song
Merle
Haggard
Kern River Blues
Trent
Harmon
There’s a Girl
Kree
Harrison
This Old Thing
Kree
Harrison
Dead Man’s House
Hunter
Hayes
Yesterday’s Song
Henningsens
Sugar Rush
Ty
Herndon
That Kind of Night
High Valley
Make You Mine
Randy
Houser
Chasing Down a Good Time
Randy
Houser
Song Number 7
Randy
Houser
We Went
Sierra
Hull
Black River
Sam
Hunt
Make You Miss Me
Infamous Stringdusters
Sirens
Jack
Ingram
I’m Drinking Through It
Alan
Jackson
The One You’re Waiting On
Chris
Janson
Holdin’ Her
Sarah
Jarosz
House Of Mercy
Jayhawks
Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces
Cody
Jinks
I’m Not the Devil
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
All Dressed Up
Cody
Johnson
With You I Am
Robby
Johnson
Together
Norah
Jones
Carry On
Kacy & Clayton
Strange Country
Toby
Keith
A Few More Cowboys
Toby
Keith
Beautiful Stranger
Charles
Kelley
Lonely Girl
Josh
Kelley
It’s Your Move
Kristen
Kelly
Fire
Jana
Kramer
Said No One Ever
Jana
Kramer
Circles
April
Kry
Fireflies
Seth
Lakeman
Meet Me in the Twilight
Miranda
Lambert
Vice
Ray
LaMontagne
Hey, No Pressure
Lanco
Long Live Tonight
Chris
Lane
Fix
Chris
Lane
For Her
Olivia
Lane
Make My Own Sunshine
Last Bandoleros
Where Do You Go?
Cyndi
Lauper
Funnel of Love
Brennen
Leigh
Mama
Aaron
Lewis
That Ain’t Country
Lissie
Don’t You Give Up On Me
Little Big Town
Better Man
Little Texas
Slow Ride Home
LoCash
I Know Somebody
Liz
Longley
Swing
Love and Theft
Candyland
Lydia
Loveless
Longer
Lydia
Loveless
Same to You
Loving Mary Band
Little Bit of Love
Lumineers
Ophelia
Lumineers
Cleopatra
Dustin
Lynch
Seein’ Red
Claire
Lynch
Molly May
Lera
Lynn
Shape Shifter
Loretta
Lynn & Elvis Costello
Everything It Takes
Maddie & Tae
Sierra
Martina
McBride
Reckless
Martina
McBride
Just Around the Corner
Michael
McDermott
Shadow In the Window
Reba
McEntire
Just Like Them Horses
Tim
McGraw
How I’ll Always Be
Tim
McGraw
Humble and Kind
Lori
McKenna
Wreck You
James Vincent
McMorrow
Get Low
Midlan
Drinkin’ Problem
Parker
Millsap
Pining
Steve
Moakler
Suitcase
Kip
Moore
Running for You
William Michael
Morgan
I Met a Girl
Craig
Morgan
I’ll Be Home Soon
Maren
Morris
80s Mercedes
Maren
Morris
My Church
Mount Moriah
How to Dance
Kacey
Musgraves
Late to the Party
David
Nail
Good At Tonight (w/Brothers Osborne)
Tami
Neilson
Holy Moses
Jennifer
Nettles
Hey Heartbreak
Jennifer
Nettles
Unlove You
Jarrod
Niemann
A Little More Love (w/Lee Brice)
Nudie
It Ain’t Gonna Happen Today
Old Dominion
Snapback
Old Dominion
Song for Another Time
Os
Halfway Sideways
Jake
Owen
American Country Love Song
Jake
Owen
If He Ain’t Gonna Love You (w/Chris Stapleton)
Brad
Paisley
Today
Brad
Paisley (w/Demi Lovato)
Without a Fight
Jon
Pardi
Dirt on My Boots
Parmalee
Roots
Dolly
Parton
Outside Your Door
Dolly
Parton
Pure & Simple
Eric
Paslay
Angels in This Town
Mo
Pitney
Everywhere
Cassadee
Pope
Summer
Margo
Price
Four Years of Chances
Margo
Price
Hurtin’ (On the Bottle)
Stephanie
Quayle
Drinking With Dolly
RaeLynn
Love Triangle
Jordan
Rager
Now That I Know Your Name
Randy Rogers Band
Tequila Eyes
Nathaniel
Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Look It Here
Nathaniel
Rateliff & The Night Sweats
I Need Never Get Old
Nathaniel
Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Wasting Time
Michael
Ray
Think a Little Less
Restless Heart
Wichita Lineman
Thomas
Rhett
Star of the Show
Thomas
Rhett
T-Shirt
Thomas
Rhett
Vacation
Chase
Rice
Everybody We Know Does
Chase
Rice
Whisper
LeAnn
Rimes
Celebrate Me Home (w/Gavin DeGraw)
LeAnn
Rimes
How to Kiss a Boy
LeAnn
Rimes
The Story
Chelle
Rose
Reckon With the Devil
Rossington
Take It On Faith
Darius
Rucker
If I Told You
Runaway June
Lipstick
SaraBeth
Runnin’ Outta Lipstick
Kalie
Schorr
He’s Just Not That Into You
Dylan
Scott
Crazy Over Me
Dylan
Scott
My Girl
Darrell
Scott
Down to the River
Hillary
Scott & The Scott Family
Thy Will
Scott Brothers
Hold On
Aubrie
Sellers
Sit Here and Cry
Aubrie
Sellers
Light of Day
Blake
Shelton
A Guy with a Girl
Blake
Shelton
Came Here to Forget
Blake
Shelton
Savior’s Shadow
Blake
Shelton
She’s Got a Way With Words
Amanda
Shires
When You’re Gone
Kalie
Shorr
Fight Like a Girl
Shovels & Rope
I Know
Shovels & Rope
Botched Execution
Dee Jay
Silver
Just Got Paid (with Austin Webb)
Sturgill
Simpson
Sugar Daddy
Sturgill
Simpson
Brace for Impact (Live a Little)
Sturgill
Simpson
In Bloom
Alex
Smith
Load it Up
Granger
Smith
If the Boot Fits
Canaan
Smith
Hole in a Bottle
Smithfield
Hey Whiskey
Todd
Snider
Ways and Means
Southern Culture on the Skids
Grey Skies
Southern Halo
Rewind
Jamie Lynn
Spears
Sleepover
Morgane
Stapleton & Chris Stapleton
You Are My Sunshine
George
Strait
Goin’ Goin’ Gone
Striking Matches
Trouble Is As Trouble Does
Kiefer
Sutherland
Not Enough Whiskey
Kiefer
Sutherland
Can’t Stay Away
Cole
Swindell
Middle of a Memory
Cole
Swindell
You Should Be Here
Sylvia
Every Time a Train Goes By
Aaron Lee
Tasjan
Little Movies
Jack
Tempchin
One More Song
Jack
Tempchin
Song for You
Tara
Thompson
Somebody to Take Your Place
Teddy
Thompson & Kelly Jones
Never Knew You Loved Me Too
Thompson Square
You Make it Look So Good
Cyndi
Thomson
Sippin’ Wine on the Water
Time Jumpers
I Miss You
Trent
Tomlinson
When She Goes There
Rick
Trevino
Cowboys Like Me
Josh
Turner
Hometown Girl
Turnpike Troubadours
Come As You Are
Steven
Tyler
Red, White, and You
Steven
Tyler
We’re All Somebody from Somewhere
Carrie
Underwood
Church Bells
Carrie
Underwood
Dirty Laundry
Carrie
Underwood
Heartbeat
Keith
Urban
Blue Ain’t Your Color
Keith
Urban
Wasted Time
Vandaveer
Love is Melancholy
Various Artists
Forever Country
Phil
Vassar
American Soul
Waco Brothers
Had Enough
Henry
Wagons
Santa Fe
Kelsey
Waldon
All By Myself
Wheeler
Walker Jr
Redneck Shit
Morgan
Wallen
The Way I Talk
Ward Thomas
Carry You Home
Waterloo Revival
Backwood Bump
Sean
Watkins
What To Fear
Sara
Watkins
Move Me
Sara
Watkins
Young in All the Wrong Ways
Aaron
Watson
Outta Style
Aaron
Watson
Bluebonnets (Julia’s Song)
Bob
Weir
Only a River
Whiskey Myers
Mud
Drake
White
Livin’ the Dream
John Paul
White
Simple Song
John Paul
White
What’s So
White Stripes
City Lights
Chuck
Wicks
She’s Gone
Wilco
If I Ever Was a Child
Lucinda
Williams
Dust
Marlon
Williams
I’m Lost Without You
Hank
Williams Jr.
The Party’s On
Chely
Wright
What About Your Heart
Wynonna & The Big Noise
Jesus & A Jukebox
Wynonna & The Big Noise
Cool Ya
Wynonna & The Big Noise
Ain’t No Thing (feat. Susan Tedeschi)
Trisha
Yearwood
Broken
Dwight
Yoakam
These Arms
Pete
Yorn
Lost Weekend
Pete
Yorn
I’m Not the One
Brett
Young
Sleep Without You
Chris
Young
Sober Saturday Night (w/Vince Gill)
Chris
Young
Think of You (w/Cassadee Pope)
Zac Brown Band
Beautiful Drug
Zac Brown Band
Castaway
And there we have it! Over 300 albums and 300 singles– plus anything our sharp-eyed readers have noticed that we’ve missed– that we’re considering for this year’s final lists!