2010 in country music explained

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2010.

Events

• January 31 – Taylor Swift becomes the youngest person to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her sophomore country album Fearless (2008). Fearless additionally wins the award for Best Country Album, while Swift's "White Horse" is awarded Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song.
• February 1 – Loretta Lynn marks 50 years since she signed her first recording contract.
• February 6 – Wynonna Judd announces that she will reunite with her mother, Naomi Judd, to tour and record a studio album for the final time as The Judds by the end of 2010.^[1]
• February 13 – Two men in a small pickup truck die from injuries they sustained after colliding with one of Trace Adkins's tour buses. The truck was believed to have crossed the "no passing" line in the center of the road which resulted in the crash. Several members of Adkins' band were aboard the bus, but did not suffer any major injuries. Adkins himself was not on board the bus at the time.^[2]
• April 14 – Disney Music Group announces the closure of Lyric Street Records. The label's flagship act, Rascal Flatts, along with Bucky Covington, Kevin Fowler, and Tyler Dickerson follow them within the label's parent company. Three other artists on the roster – Sarah Buxton, Love and Theft and The Parks – are released from the label.^[3]
• April 18 – Carrie Underwood becomes the first woman in history to win the Entertainer of the Year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards twice.^[4] Underwood previously won the award at the 2009 ceremony.
• May 3 – Chely Wright becomes the first major country artist to come out as homosexual.^[5]
• May 4 – Flooding on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, causes damage to the Grand Ole Opry House and Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, with several feet of water.^[6] Grand Ole Opry performances are moved to the Ryman Auditorium, War Memorial Auditorium and the Two Rivers Baptist Church; all of which were unaffected by the floods. The common areas of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel were destroyed, and parts of the hotel are under 10 feet of water.^[7]
• May 11 – Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert become engaged after five years of dating.^[8]
• May 26 – Country music legend Willie Nelson cuts his "trademark, waist-length braids."^[9]
• May 29 – The Lost Trailers announce that they will disband in September after the final date of their 2010 concert tour.^[10]
• June 23 – Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs become engaged after two and a half years of dating.^[11]
• July 10 – Carrie Underwood and Ottawa Senators player Mike Fisher marry in a private ceremony in Georgia.^[12]
• October 26 – Billy Ray Cyrus and wife Tish file for divorce in Nashville. According to People magazine, the couple filed for divorce documents on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, citing irreconcilable differences^{[13] [14]} Less than a year later, on March 18, 2011, Cyrus announces on The View that he has dropped the divorce.^[15]
• October 30 – Randy Travis and wife Elizabeth file for divorce. According to the Associated Press, Randy filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Albuquerque, N.M. on Thursday, October 28, citing that a "state of incompatibility exists between the parties".^[16]
• November 11 – The Nashville Scene publishes a report from representatives of British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, alleging that the chorus of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" – which during 2010 became a major crossover smash hit in the U.S. and worldwide – has the same melody as the chorus of Parsons' "Eye In The Sky", a 1982 hit single that peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.^{[17] [18]}
• December 5 – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors Merle Haggard for his lifetime contributions to the arts.
• December – The song "Love Like Crazy" by Lee Brice, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September, is named the No. 1 country song of 2010,^[19] and in doing so becomes the first non-No. 1 song in the chart's 66-year history to earn such an honor. Earlier in the year, "Love Like Crazy" broke the chart's longevity record, spending 55 weeks on the chart and surpassing (by one week) a 62-year-old record, established by Eddy Arnold's "Bouquet of Roses."^[20]

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2010:

See also: List of number-one country hits of 2010 (U.S.) and List of number-one country singles of 2010 (Canada).

width=45	US	width=45	CAN	width=auto	Single	width=auto	Artist	width=auto	Reference
3	2	Ain't Back Yet	Kenny Chesney	^[21]
1	3	All About Tonight	Blake Shelton	^[22]
1	15	All Over Me	Josh Turner	^[23]
1	1	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	^[24]
2	1	American Saturday Night	Brad Paisley	^[25]
1	1	Anything Like Me	Brad Paisley	^[26]
1	1	As She's Walking Away	Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson	^[27]
6	30	Backwoods	Justin Moore	^[28]
17	44	Beer on the Table	Josh Thompson	^[29]
1	1	The Boys of Fall	Kenny Chesney	^[30]
1	8	Come Back Song	Darius Rucker	^[31]
1	1	Consider Me Gone	Reba	^[32]
2	3	Crazy Town	Jason Aldean	^[33]
6	11	Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)	Toby Keith	^[34]
14	49	Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You	Kellie Pickler	^[35]
15	6	Every Dog Has Its Day	Toby Keith	^[36]
5	25	Farmer's Daughter	Rodney Atkins	^[37]
10	7	Fearless	Taylor Swift	^[38]
1	4	Free	Zac Brown Band	^[39]
18	50	Get Off on the Pain	Gary Allan	^[40]
1	1	Gimmie That Girl	Joe Nichols	^[41]
17	11	Hard Hat and a Hammer	Alan Jackson	^[42]
10	20	Hell on the Heart	Eric Church	^[43]
1	3	Highway 20 Ride	Zac Brown Band	^[44]
1	8	Hillbilly Bone	Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins	^[45]
20	—	Hip to My Heart	The Band Perry	^[46]
3	3	History in the Making	Darius Rucker	^[47]
1	2	The House That Built Me	Miranda Lambert	^[48]
17	42	How I Got to Be This Way	Justin Moore	^[49]
14	—	Hurry Home	Jason Michael Carroll	^[50]
3	4	I Gotta Get to You	George Strait	^[51]
7	6	I Keep On Loving You	Reba	^[52]
2	12	I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes	Dierks Bentley	^[53]
2	1	I'm In	Keith Urban	^[54]
1	8	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	^[55]
16	17	It's Just That Way	Alan Jackson	^[56]
4	29	Keep On Lovin' You	Steel Magnolia	^[57]
1	2	A Little More Country Than That	Easton Corbin	^[58]
6	38	Little White Church	Little Big Town	^[59]
3	11	Love Like Crazy	Lee Brice	^[60]
1	2	Lover, Lover	Jerrod Niemann	^[61]
1	3	The Man I Want to Be	Chris Young	^[62]
2	7	Mine	Taylor Swift	^[63]
12	31	Only Prettier	Miranda Lambert	^[64]
1	1	Our Kind of Love	Lady Antebellum	^[65]
13	12	Pray for You	Jaron and the Long Road to Love	^[66]
1	1	Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer	Billy Currington	^[67]
1	3	Rain Is a Good Thing	Luke Bryan	^[68]
1	1	Roll with It	Easton Corbin	^[69]
4	13	She Won't Be Lonely Long	Clay Walker	^[70]
6	13	Smile	Uncle Kracker	^[71]
1	1	Southern Voice	Tim McGraw	^[72]
16	11	Still	Tim McGraw	^[73]
2	3	Stuck Like Glue	Sugarland	^[74]
1	2	Temporary Home	Carrie Underwood	^[75]
1	1	That's How Country Boys Roll	Billy Currington	^[76]
15	44	This Ain't No Love Song	Trace Adkins	^[77]
13	44	This Ain't Nothin'	Craig Morgan	^[78]
3	1	'Til Summer Comes Around	Keith Urban	^[79]
18	—	Today	Gary Allan	^[80]
19	35	Trailerhood	Toby Keith	^[81]
1	1	The Truth	Jason Aldean	^[82]
20	—	Turning Home	David Nail	^[83]
14	13	Twang	George Strait	^[84]
1	2	Undo It	Carrie Underwood	^[85]
7	22	Unstoppable	Rascal Flatts	^[86]
1	1	Water	Brad Paisley	^[87]
15	50	Way Out Here	Josh Thompson	^[88]
2	2	White Liar	Miranda Lambert	^[89]
1	1	Why Don't We Just Dance	Josh Turner	^[90]
1	2	Why Wait	Rascal Flatts	^[91]
18	31	Work Hard, Play Harder	Gretchen Wilson	^[92]
11	18	Wrong Baby Wrong	Martina McBride	^[93]

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2010:

See also: List of number-one country albums of 2010 (U.S.).

width=45	US	Album	Artist	Record label	Release date	Reference
7	34 Number Ones	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville	November 23	^[94]
5	Achin' and Shakin'	Laura Bell Bundy	Mercury Nashville	April 13	^[95]

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/03/earlyshow/saturday/main6171092.shtml Judds Reuniting for One More Tour
2. Web site: Trace Adkins' Tour Bus Involved in Fatal Crash. February 13, 2010. TMZ. February 20, 2010.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20100514093818/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1637143/covington-fowler-dickerson-follow-rascal-flatts-to-disney-music-group.jhtml Covington, Fowler, Dickerson Follow Rascal Flatts to Disney Music Group
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100423000727/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iseaNi5A7u-ileQWIEuI9KdFY40gD9F5SSB80 Carrie Underwood wins ACM Entertainer of the Year
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20100505234223/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1638272/chely-wright-acknowledges-her-homosexuality.jhtml Chely Wright Acknowledges Her Homosexuality
6. News: Nashville flooding hits Grand Ole Opry . August 5, 2010 . USA Today Online . May 3, 2010.
7. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100504/NEWS01/5040335/Nashville+landmarks+underwater "Nashville landmarks underwater"
8. Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton Get Engaged . Billboard . May 11, 2010 . May 11, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100511064230/http://www.billboard.com/%23/new-releases?next=50. May 11, 2010 . live.
9. Web site: Willie Nelson Cuts Off His Braids . yahoo . May 26, 2010 . May 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100530065042/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ourcountry/32905/willie-nelson-cuts-off-his-braids/. May 30, 2010 . live.
10. Web site: The Lost Trailers Reach End of the Road . May 28, 2010 . May 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100601051616/http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2010/05/28/lost-trailers-reach-end-of-the-road/. June 1, 2010 . live.
11. News: Kyle Jacobs and Kellie Picker are Engaged . . June 23, 2010 . August 22, 2010 . Jessica . Derschowitz. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729170608/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20008621-10391698.html. July 29, 2010 . live.
12. Web site: Finan . Eileen . Carrie Underwood Gets Married in Southern Style . . August 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100813193241/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20401049%2C00.html . August 13, 2010 . live .
13. Web site: Miley Cyrus' Parents File for Divorce. Wendy Geller. Yahoo! News. October 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031164415/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ourcountry/69855/miley-cyruss-parents-file-for-divorce/. October 31, 2010 . live.
14. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus Divorce – He Pulled the Trigger. TMZ.com. October 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101029030116/http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/27/miley-cyrus-parents-billy-ray-tish-divorce-irreconcilable-differences/. October 29, 2010 . live.
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16. News: Randy Travis and wife-manager, Elizabeth, divorce . Chris Talbott . . Associated Press . October 30, 2010 . October 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101101025056/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2013298495_apuspeoplerandytravissplit.html. November 1, 2010 . live.
17. Web site: Alan Parsons' Camp Alleges Lady Antebellum Rip-Off . D Patrick Rodgers . . November 11, 2010 . November 19, 2010 . November 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111107191303/http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/11/11/alan-parsons-camp-alleges-lady-antebellum-rip-off . dead .
18. Web site: Lady Antebellum's 'Need You Now'--A Ripoff? . Wendy Geller . Yahoo!-Our Country blog . November 18, 2010 . November 19, 2010.
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20. Lee Brice Breaks Country Songs Longevity Record. Trust. Gary. September 7, 2010. Billboard. December 7, 2010.
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22. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for "All About Tonight" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
23. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh turner|chart=all}} Chart listing for "All Over Me" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
24. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady antebellum|chart=all}} Chart listing for "American Honey" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
25. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brad paisley|chart=all}} Chart listing for "American Saturday Night" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
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27. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=zac brown band|chart=all}} Chart listing for "As She's Walking Away" ]. Billboard . September 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100907053942/http://www.billboard.com/%23/news . September 7, 2010 . live .
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29. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Beer on the Table" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
30. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kenny chesney|chart=all}} Chart listing for "The Boys of Fall" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
31. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=darius rucker|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Come Back Song" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
32. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=reba|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Consider Me Gone" ]. Billboard . August 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822064322/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 22, 2010 . live .
33. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jason aldean|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Crazy Town"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
34. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=toby keith|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Cryin' for Me"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
35. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kellie pickler|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
36. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=toby keith|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Every Dog Has Its Day"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
37. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rodney atkins|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Farmer's Daughter"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
38. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Fearless"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
39. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=zac brown|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Free"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
40. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gary allan|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Get Off on the Pain"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
41. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=joe nichols|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Gimmie That Girl"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
42. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alan jackson|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Hard Hat and a Hammer"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
43. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eric church|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Hell on the Heart"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
44. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=zac brown|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Highway 20 Ride"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
45. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Hillbilly Bone"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
46. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the band perry|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Hip to My Heart"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
47. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=darius rucker|chart=all}} Chart listing for "History in the Making"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
48. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=miranda lambert|chart=all}} Chart listing for "The House That Built Me"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
49. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=justin moore|chart=all}} Chart listing for "How I Got to Be This Way"]. Billboard. September 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100920034937/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956430/katy-perry-tops-songs-of-the-summer-2010-chart. September 20, 2010 . live.
50. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jason michael carroll|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Hurry Home"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
51. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=george strait|chart=all}} Chart listing for "I Gotta Get to You"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
52. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=reba|chart=all}} Chart listing for "I Keep On Loving You"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
53. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dierks bentley|chart=all}} Chart listing for "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"]. Billboard. August 23, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021435/http://www.billboard.com/. August 23, 2010 . live.
54. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keith urban|chart=all}} Chart listing for "I'm In"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
55. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the band perry|chart=all}} Chart listing for "If I Die Young"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
56. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alan jackson|chart=all}} Chart listing for "It's Just That Way"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
57. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=steel magnolia|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Keep On Lovin' You"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
58. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=all}} Chart listing for "A Little More Country Than That"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
59. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=little big town|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Little White Church"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
60. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lee brice|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Love Like Crazy"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
61. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jerrod niemann|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Lover, Lover"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
62. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=chris young|chart=all}} Chart listing for "The Man I Want to Be"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
63. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Mine"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
64. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=miranda lambert|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Only Prettier"]. Billboard. October 5, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006074829/http://www.billboard.com/charts. October 6, 2010 . live.
65. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady antebellum|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Our Kind of Love"]. Billboard. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824182542/http://www.billboard.com/#/. August 24, 2010 . live.
66. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jaron and the long road to love|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Pray for You" ]. Billboard . September 29, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100928161223/http://www.billboard.com// . September 28, 2010 . dead .
67. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=billy currington|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" ]. Billboard . August 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100825030551/http://www.billboard.com/%23/new-releases/songs . August 25, 2010 . live .
68. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=luke bryan|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Rain Is a Good Thing"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
69. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Roll with It"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
70. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=clay walker|chart=all}} Chart listing for "She Won't Be Lonely Long"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
71. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=uncle kracker|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Smile"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
72. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tim mcgraw|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Southern Voice"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
73. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tim mcgraw|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Still"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
74. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sugarland|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Stuck Like Glue"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
75. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=carrie underwood|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Temporary Home"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
76. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=billy currington|chart=all}} Chart listing for "That's How Country Boys Roll"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
77. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trace adkins|chart=all}} Chart listing for "This Ain't No Love Song"]. Billboard. October 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010091755/http://www.billboard.com/charts. October 10, 2010 . live.
78. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=craig morgan|chart=all}} Chart listing for "This Ain't Nothin'"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
79. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keith urban|chart=all}} Chart listing for "'Til Summer Comes Around"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
80. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gary allan|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Today"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
81. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=toby keith|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Trailerhood"]. Billboard. August 31, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100831080906/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957260/christina-perri-signs-deal-with-atlantic-records. August 31, 2010 . live.
82. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jason aldean|chart=all}} Chart listing for "The Truth"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
83. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=david nail|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Turning Home"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
84. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=george strait|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Twang"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
85. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=carrie underwood|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Undo It"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
86. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rascal flatts|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Unstoppable"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
87. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brad paisley|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Water"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
88. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Way Out Here"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
89. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=miranda lambert|chart=all}} Chart listing for "White Liar"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
90. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh turner|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Why Don't We Just Dance"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
91. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rascal flatts|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Why Wait"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
92. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gretchen wilson|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Work Hard, Play Harder"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
93. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=martina mcbride|chart=all}} Chart listing for "Wrong Baby Wrong"]. Billboard. August 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100826025344/http://www.billboard.com/. August 26, 2010 . live.
94. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alan jackson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''34 Number Ones'' ]. Billboard . December 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101209193302/http://www.billboard.com/ . December 9, 2010 . live .
95. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mary chapin carpenter|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Age of Miracles'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
96. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=joey + rory|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Album Number Two'' ]. Billboard . September 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100930145201/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 30, 2010 . live .
97. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''All About Tonight'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824041852/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 24, 2010 . live .
98. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=reba|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''All the Women I Am'']. Billboard. December 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130193208/. November 30, 2010 . live.
99. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=johnny cash|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''American VI: Ain't No Grave'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
100. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the band perry|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Band Perry'' ]. Billboard . October 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029195352/http://www.billboard.com/%23/soyl/wizard . October 29, 2010 . live .
101. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=toby keith|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Bullets in the Gun'']. Billboard. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013150/http://www.billboard.com/. October 13, 2010 . live.
102. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=randy rogers band|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Burning the Day'' ]. Billboard . September 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100905005216/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 5, 2010 . live .
103. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=darius rucker|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Charleston SC, 1966'' ]. Billboard . October 29, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029192956/http://www.billboard.com/%23/new-releases/songs . October 29, 2010 . live .
104. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=colt ford|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Chicken & Biscuits'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100909195929/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 9, 2010 . live .
105. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=willie nelson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Country Music'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
106. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundtrack|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Country Strong'']. Billboard. January 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110120130700/. January 20, 2011 . live.
107. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trace adkins|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Cowboy's Back in Town'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100829203719/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 29, 2010 . live .
108. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundtrack|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Crazy Heart'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
109. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=easton corbin|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Easton Corbin'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826235207/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 26, 2010 . live .
110. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=billy currington|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Enjoy Yourself'']. Billboard. October 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101012150343/http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100. October 12, 2010 . live.
111. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alan jackson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Freight Train'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
112. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keith urban|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Get Closer'' ]. Billboard . November 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126173653/http://www.billboard.com/ . November 26, 2010 . live .
113. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gary allan|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Get Off on the Pain'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
114. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jaron and the long road to love|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Getting Dressed in the Dark'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100906124653/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 6, 2010 . live .
115. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jamey johnson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Guitar Song'' ]. Billboard . September 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100925053107/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 25, 2010 . live .
116. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brantley gilbert|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Halfway to Heaven'']. Billboard. September 22, 2011.
117. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=uncle kracker|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
118. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh turner|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Haywire'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101014160437/http://www.billboard.com/ . October 14, 2010 . live .
119. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kenny chesney|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Hemingway's Whiskey'']. Billboard. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013150/http://www.billboard.com/. October 13, 2010 . live.
120. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Hillbilly Bone'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
121. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brad paisley|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Hits Alive'' ]. Billboard . November 11, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101112111000/http://www.billboard.com/ . November 12, 2010 . live .
122. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gretchen wilson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''I Got Your Country Right Here'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
123. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sugarland|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Incredible Machine'' ]. Billboard . October 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029195352/http://www.billboard.com/%23/soyl/wizard . October 29, 2010 . live .
124. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady antebellum|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''iTunes Session EP'']. Billboard. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013150/http://www.billboard.com/. October 13, 2010 . live.
125. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jerrod niemann|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100911221023/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 11, 2010 . live .
126. Chart listing for Junky Star. Billboard. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013150/http://www.billboard.com/. October 13, 2010 . live.
127. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton'' ]. Billboard . December 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130193303/http://www.billboard.com/ . November 30, 2010 . live .
128. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=wynonna|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Love Heals'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
129. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lee brice|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Love Like Crazy'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100820040431/http://www.billboard.com/. August 20, 2010 . live .
130. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady antebellum|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''A Merry Little Christmas'' ]. Billboard . October 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029195352/http://www.billboard.com/%23/soyl/wizard . October 29, 2010 . live .
131. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=danny gokey|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''My Best Days'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
132. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jason aldean|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''My Kinda Party'' ]. Billboard . November 11, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101109215505/http://www.billboard.com/ . November 9, 2010 . live .
133. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady antebellum|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Need You Now'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100914143207/http://www.billboard.com/ . September 14, 2010 . live .
134. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rascal flatts|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Nothing Like This'' ]. Billboard . November 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126173651/http://www.billboard.com/ . November 26, 2010 . live .
135. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=various artists|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Now That's What I Call Country Volume 3'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100831145303/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 31, 2010 . dead .
136. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=various artists|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Now That's What I Call the USA: The Patriotic Country Collection'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
137. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tim mcgraw|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Number One Hits'' ]. Billboard . December 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101209193222/http://www.billboard.com/ . December 9, 2010 . live .
138. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=zac brown band|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Pass the Jar: Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826144313/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 26, 2010 . live .
139. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=little big town|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Reason Why'']. Billboard. September 2, 2010.
140. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=hank williams iii|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Rebel Within'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
141. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=james otto|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Shake What God Gave Ya'']. Billboard. September 23, 2010.
142. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=clay walker|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''She Won't Be Lonely Long'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100809170518/http://www.billboard.com/ . August 9, 2010 . live .
143. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Speak Now'']. Billboard. November 4, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101102043441/http://www.billboard.com/charts. November 2, 2010 . live.
144. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jewel|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Sweet and Wild'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100728013008/. July 28, 2010 . live.
145. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=randy houser|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''They Call Me Cadillac'']. Billboard. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013150/http://www.billboard.com/. October 13, 2010 . live.
146. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dierks bentley|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Up on the Ridge'' ]. Billboard . September 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822144917/http://www.billboard.com/. August 22, 2010 . live .
147. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Way Out Here'']. Billboard. September 1, 2010.
148. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=zac brown band|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''You Get What You Give'']. Billboard. October 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101012150343/http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100. October 12, 2010 . live.
149. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the band perry|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''The Band Perry'']. Billboard. September 2, 2010.
150. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=marty stuart|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions'']. Billboard. September 2, 2010.
151. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ricky skaggs|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Mosaic'']. Billboard. September 2, 2010.
152. News: Jimmy Dean Dies at Virginia Home. June 13, 2010. CBS News. June 14, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615022142/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/13/entertainment/main6579196.shtml. June 15, 2010 . live.
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155. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=laura bell bundy|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Achin' and Shakin'''|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> |- | align=center| 6 | ''[[The Age of Miracles (album)|The Age of Miracles]]| Mary Chapin Carpenter| Zoë| April 27| align=center|^[95] |-| align=center| 9| Album Number Two| Joey + Rory| Vanguard/Sugar Hill| September 14| align=center|^[96] |-| align=center| 1| All About Tonight (EP)| Blake Shelton| Reprise Nashville| August 10| align=center|^[97] |-| align=center| 3| All the Women I Am| Reba McEntire| Starstruck/Valory| November 9| align=center|^[98] |-| align=center| 2| | Johnny Cash| Lost Highway| February 23| align=center|^[99] |-| align=center| 2| The Band Perry| The Band Perry| Republic Nashville| October 12| align=center|^[100] |-| align=center| 1| Bullets in the Gun| Toby Keith| Show Dog-Universal Music| October 5| align=center|^[101] |-| align=center| 2| Burning the Day| Randy Rogers Band| MCA Nashville| August 24| align=center|^[102] |-| align=center| 1| Charleston, SC 1966| Darius Rucker| Capitol Nashville| October 12| align=center|^[103] |-| align=center| 8| Chicken & Biscuits| Colt Ford| Average Joes| April 20| align=center|^[104] |-| align=center| 4| Country Music| Willie Nelson| Rounder| April 20| align=center|^[105] |-| align="center"| 2| Country Strong Soundtrack| Various Artists| RCA Nashville| October 26| align=center|^[106] |-| align="center"| 5| Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture| Various Artists| Screen Gems| December 21| |-| align=center| 1| Cowboy's Back in Town| Trace Adkins| Show Dog-Universal Music| August 17| align=center|^[107] |-| align=center| 6| Crazy Heart Soundtrack| Various Artists| New West| January 19| align=center|^[108] |-| align=center| 4| Easton Corbin| Easton Corbin| Mercury Nashville| March 2| align=center|^[109] |-| align=center|2| Enjoy Yourself| Billy Currington| Mercury Nashville| September 21| align=center|^[110] |-| align=center| 2| Freight Train| Alan Jackson| Arista Nashville| March 30| align=center|^[111] |-| align=center| 2| Get Closer| Keith Urban| Capitol Nashville| November 16| align=center|^[112] |-| align=center| 2| Get Off on the Pain| Gary Allan| MCA Nashville| March 9| align=center|^[113] |-| align=center| 2| Getting Dressed in the Dark| Jaron and the Long Road to Love| Jaronwood Music/Universal
     Republic/Big Machine| June 22| align=center|^[114] |-| align=center| 1| The Guitar Song| Jamey Johnson| Mercury Nashville| September 14| align=center|^[115] |-| align="center"| 2| Halfway to Heaven| Brantley Gilbert| Average Joes| March 16| align=center|^[116] |-| align=center| 9| (EP)| Uncle Kracker| Atlantic| June 22| align=center|^[117] |-| align=center| 2| Haywire| Josh Turner| MCA Nashville| February 9| align=center|^[118] |-| align=center| 1| Hemingway's Whiskey| Kenny Chesney| Blue Chair/BNA Records| September 28| align=center|^[119] |-| align=center| 2| Hillbilly Bone (EP)| Blake Shelton| Reprise Nashville| March 2| align=center|^[120] |-| align=center| 4| Hits Alive| Brad Paisley| Arista Nashville| November 2| align=center|^[121] |-| align=center| 6| I Got Your Country Right Here| Gretchen Wilson| Redneck Records| March 30| align=center|^[122] |-| align=center| 1| The Incredible Machine| Sugarland| Mercury Nashville| October 19| align=center|^[123] |-| align=center| 3| iTunes Session (EP)| Lady Antebellum| Capitol Nashville| August 17| align=center|^[124] |-| align=center| 1| Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury| Jerrod Niemann| Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville| July 13| align=center|^[125] |-| align=center| 2| Junky Star| Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses| Lost Highway| August 31| align=center|^[126] |-| align=center| 4| | Blake Shelton| Reprise Nashville| November 9| align=center|^[127] |-| align=center| 6| Love Heals| Wynonna| Cracker Barrel| May 24| align=center|^[128] |-| align=center| 9| Love Like Crazy| Lee Brice| Curb| June 8| align=center|^[129] |-| align=center| 4| A Merry Little Christmas| Lady Antebellum| Capitol Nashville| October 12| align=center|^[130] |-| align=center| 3| My Best Days| Danny Gokey| RCA Nashville/19| March 2| align=center|^[131] |-| align=center| 1| My Kinda Party| Jason Aldean| Broken Bow| November 2| align=center|^[132] |-| align=center| 1| Need You Now| Lady Antebellum| Capitol Nashville| January 26| align=center|^[133] |-| align=center| 1| Nothing Like This| Rascal Flatts| Big Machine| November 16| align=center|^[134] |-| align=center| 3| Now That's What I Call Country Volume 3| Various Artists| Capitol| September 14| align=center|^[135] |-| align=center| 7| | Various Artists| Sony| June 15| align=center|^[136] |-| align=center| 6| Number One Hits| Tim McGraw| Curb| November 30| align=center|^[137] |-| align=center| 2| Pass the Jar| Zac Brown Band| Atlantic| May 4| align=center|^[138] |-| align=center|1| The Reason Why| Little Big Town| Capitol Nashville| August 24| align=center|^[139] |-| align=center| 4| Rebel Within| Hank Williams III| Curb| May 25| align=center|^[140] |-| align=center| 10| Shake What God Gave Ya| James Otto| Warner Bros. Nashville| September 14| align=center|^[141] |-| align=center| 5| She Won't Be Lonely Long| Clay Walker| Curb| June 8| align=center|^[142] |-| align=center| 1| Speak Now| Taylor Swift| Big Machine| October 25| align=center|^[143] |-| align=center| 3| Sweet and Wild| Jewel| Valory Music Group| June 8| align=center|^[144] |-| align=center| 8| They Call Me Cadillac| Randy Houser| Show Dog-Universal Music| September 21| align=center|^[145] |-| align=center| 2| Up on the Ridge| Dierks Bentley| Capitol Nashville| June 8| align=center|^[146] |-| align=center| 9| Way Out Here| Josh Thompson| Columbia Nashville| February 23| align=center|^[147] |-| align=center| 1| You Get What You Give| Zac Brown Band| Atlantic| September 21| align=center|^[148] |}

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     34	The Best of Chris Cagle	Chris Cagle	Capitol Nashville	February 9
     43	Best Of... So Far	Kevin Fowler	Kevin Fowler	December 7
     49	Brand New Me	Cory Morrow	APEX/Write On	August 31
     41	Breathe Deep	Guy Penrod	Spring House	February 23
     28	Christian Kane (EP)	Christian Kane	Bigger Picture	March 9
     14		Various Artists	Columbia Nashville	November 9
     19	Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers	Dailey & Vincent	Cracker Barrel	February 2
     12		Trace Adkins	Capitol Nashville	October 12
     40	The Essential Dixie Chicks	Dixie Chicks	Sony	October 26
     35	Everything Comes and Goes (EP)	Michelle Branch	Warner Bros. Nashville	July 13
     44	50th Anniversary Collection	Loretta Lynn	MCA Nashville	April 6
     41	14 Love Songs for the 14th	Rascal Flatts	Lyric Street	February 9
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     24	Good Ol' Nashville	Various Artists	Cracker Barrel	February 23
     16	The Gospel Music of The Statler Brothers: Volume 1	The Statler Brothers	Gaither	May 18
     17	The Gospel Music of The Statler Brothers: Volume 2	The Statler Brothers	Gaither	May 18
     24	Greatest Hits	Gretchen Wilson	Columbia Nashville	January 19
     41	Head Above Water	Brandon Rhyder	Reserve	February 16
     27		Jason Boland & the Stragglers	Thirty Tigers	April 20
     25	The House Rules	Christian Kane	Bigger Picture	December 7
     18	I Am What I Am	Merle Haggard	Vanguard	April 20
     43	Icon: Don Williams	Don Williams	MCA Nashville	August 31
     45	Icon: Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Mercury Nashville	August 31
     38	Icon: Patsy Cline	Patsy Cline	MCA Nashville	August 31
     69	Icon: Trisha Yearwood	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville	August 31
     32	Lifted Off the Ground	Chely Wright	Vanguard	May 4
     41	Live at Billy Bob's Texas	Wade Bowen	Smith	April 27
     36	Love Songs	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville	January 26
     19	Matt Kennon	Matt Kennon	BamaJam/Stroudavarious	May 11
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     50	Mosaic	Ricky Skaggs	Skaggs Family	August 24	^[151]
     46	Mud Digger	Various Artists	Average Joes	August 3
     32	Not That Far Away (EP)	Jennette McCurdy	Capitol Nashville	August 17
     42	Outlaw	Mark Chesnutt	Saguaro Road	June 22
     20	Party Heard Around the World	Lonestar	Saguaro Road	April 27
     47	Patchwork River	Jim Lauderdale	Emergent	May 11
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     41	Right Road Now	Whitney Duncan	Warner Bros. Nashville	April 20
     25	The Road & the Rodeo	Aaron Watson	31 Tigers	October 12
     11	Rodney Atkins	Rodney Atkins	Cracker Barrel	September 7
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     27	The Secret Sisters	The Secret Sisters	Universal Republic	October 12
     28	She's Like Texas	Josh Abbott Band	Pretty Damn Tough	February 16
     22	Somewhere in Time	Reckless Kelly	Yep Roc	February 9
     47	Steel Magnolia — EP	Steel Magnolia	Big Machine	February 23
     12	Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd	Various Artists	Hip-O Records	July 20
     16	Tailgate	Trailer Choir	Show Dog-Universal Music	July 6
     21	Taken	Rhonda Vincent	Upper Management	September 21
     40	Top 10	Randy Travis	Warner Bros. Nashville	September 28
     21	(EP)	Jo Dee Messina	Curb	April 27
     43	Wear the Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash	Esteban	Celestiel	November 16
     43	Welder	Elizabeth Cook	31 Tigers	May 11
     43	Winter Wonderland	Mandy Barnett	Rounder/Cracker Barrel	September 20
     31	A Woman Needs	Jessica Harp	Warner Bros. Nashville	March 16

     Deaths

     • January 16 – Carl Smith, 82, honky tonk-styled star of the 1950s through 1970s.
     • January 27 – Shirley Collie Nelson, 78, rockabilly artist, second wife of Willie Nelson.
     • May 26 – Judy Lynn, 74, Nashville Sound artist of the 1960s and former beauty pageant queen.
     • June 13 – Jimmy Dean, 81, popular country music singer, actor and entrepreneur, best known for his 1961 hit "Big Bad John" and his eponymously named sausage company.^[152]
     • July 15 – Hank Cochran, 74, songwriter behind hits such as "I Fall to Pieces" and "The Chair" among others.
     • July 17 – Fred Carter, Jr., 76, session guitarist and father of country artist Deana Carter.
     • July 22 – Margaret Ann Rich, 76, songwriter, wife of the late singer-songwriter Charlie Rich
     • July 26 – Ben Keith, 73, session pedal steel guitarist, record producer
     • July 31 – George Richey, 74, songwriter and record producer; widower of Tammy Wynette. (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
     • August 23 – Bill Phillips, 74, singer and songwriter best known for his 1966 country hit, "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", written by Dolly Parton.
     • October 24 – Linda Hargrove, 61, singer and songwriter, wrote "Just Get Up and Close the Door" by Johnny Rodriguez.

     Hall of Fame inductees

     Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Inductees

     • John Hartford
     • Louise Scruggs

     Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

     • Jimmy Dean (August 10, 1928 - June 13, 2010)
     • Ferlin Husky (December 3, 1925 - March 17, 2011)
     • Billy Sherrill (November 5, 1936 - August 4, 2015)
     • Don Williams (May 27, 1939 - September 8, 2017)

     Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

     • Donna & LeRoy Anderson
     • Willie P. Bennett
     • Marie Bottrell
     • Eddie Eastman
     • Don Harron
     • Fred McKenna
     • Wayne Rostad
     • Ray St. Germain
     • Joyce Smith
     • Tom Tompkins
     • Hal & Ginger Willis

     Major awards

     Academy of Country Music

     (presented April 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada)

     • Entertainer of the Year – Taylor Swift
     • Top Male Vocalist – Brad Paisley
     • Top Female Vocalist – Miranda Lambert
     • Top Vocal Group – Lady Antebellum
     • Top Vocal Duo – Sugarland
     • Top New Solo Artist – Eric Church
     • Top New Duo/Group – The Band Perry
     • Top New Artist – The Band Perry
     • Album of the Year – Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
     • Single Record of the Year – "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert
     • Song of the Year – "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert
     • Video of the Year – "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert
     • Vocal Event of the Year – "As She's Walking Away", Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson

     Americana Music Honors & Awards

     • Album of the Year – The List (Rosanne Cash)
     • Artist of the Year – Ryan Bingham
     • Duo/Group of the Year – The Avett Brothers
     • Song of the Year – "The Weary Kind" (Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett)
     • Emerging Artist of the Year – Hayes Carll
     • Instrumentalist of the Year – Buddy Miller
     • Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award – Mary Chapin Carpenter
     • Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting – John Mellencamp
     • Lifetime Achievement: Performance – Wanda Jackson
     • Lifetime Achievement: Instrumentalist – Greg Leisz
     • Lifetime Achievement: Executive – Luke Lewis
     • Lifetime Achievement: Producer/Engineer – Brian Ahern

     American Country Awards

     (presented December 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada^[153])

     • Artist of the Year – Carrie Underwood
     • Female Artist of the Year – Carrie Underwood
     • Male Artist of the Year – Brad Paisley
     • Group/Duo of the Year – Lady Antebellum
     • Touring Package of the Year – "Play On Tour", Carrie Underwood
     • Album of the Year – Play On, Carrie Underwood
     • Breakthrough Artist of the Year – Easton Corbin
     • Single of the Year – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Female Single of the Year – "Cowboy Casanova", Carrie Underwood
     • Male Single of the Year – "Why Don't We Just Dance", Josh Turner
     • Duo/Group Single of the Year – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Breakthrough Single of the Year – "A Little More Country Than That", Easton Corbin
     • Music Video of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone", Blake Shelton feat. Trace Adkins
     • Female Music Video of the Year – "Cowboy Casanova", Carrie Underwood
     • Male Music Video of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone", Blake Shelton feat. Trace Adkins
     • Duo/Group Music Video of the Year – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Breakthrough Music Video of the Year – "A Little More Country Than That", Easton Corbin

     ARIA Awards

     (presented in Sydney on November 7, 2010)

     • Best Country Album – Wrapped Up Good (The McClymonts)
     • ARIA Hall of Fame – John Williamson

     Canadian Country Music Association

     (presented September 12 in Edmonton)

     • Fans' Choice Award – Johnny Reid
     • Male Artist of the Year – Gord Bamford
     • Female Artist of the Year – Victoria Banks
     • Group or Duo of the Year – Doc Walker
     • Songwriter(s) of the Year – "Dance With Me", written by Johnny Reid, Victoria Banks, and Tia Sillers
     • Single of the Year – "Dance With Me", Johnny Reid
     • Album of the Year – Day Job, Gord Bamford
     • Top Selling Album – Fearless, Taylor Swift
     • Top Selling Canadian Album – Dance with Me, Johnny Reid
     • CMT Video of the Year – "Day Job", Gord Bamford
     • Rising Star Award – One More Girl
     • Roots Artist or Group of the Year – Corb Lund

     Country Music Association

     (presented November 10 in Nashville)

     • Single of the Year – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Song of the Year – "The House That Built Me", Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
     • Vocal Group of the Year – Lady Antebellum
     • New Artist of the Year – Zac Brown Band
     • Album of the Year – Revolution, Miranda Lambert
     • Musician of the Year – Mac McAnally
     • Vocal Duo of the Year – Sugarland
     • Music Video of the Year – "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert
     • Male Vocalist of the Year – Blake Shelton
     • Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
     • Musical Event of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone", Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
     • Entertainer of the Year – Brad Paisley

     CMT Music Awards

     (presented June 9 in Nashville)

     • Video of the Year – "Cowboy Casanova", Carrie Underwood
     • Male Video of the Year – "'Til Summer Comes Around", Keith Urban
     • Female Video of the Year – "White Liar", Miranda Lambert
     • Group Video of the Year – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Duo Video of the Year – "Indian Summer", Brooks & Dunn
     • USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year – "Do I", Luke Bryan
     • Collaborative Video of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone", Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
     • Performance of the Year – "Temporary Home", Carrie Underwood, from CMT Invitation Only
     • Video Director of the Year – Shaun Silva
     • Nationwide Is On Your Side Award – Chris Young

     CMT Artists of the Year
     (presented December 1 in Nashville)^[154]

     • Jason Aldean
     • Lady Antebellum
     • Taylor Swift
     • Carrie Underwood
     • Zac Brown Band

     Grammy Awards

     (presented February 13, 2011)

     • Best Female Country Vocal Performance – "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert
     • Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "'Til Summer Comes Around", Keith Urban
     • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum
     • Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "As She's Walking Away", Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson
     • Best Country Instrumental Performance – "Hummingbyrd", Marty Stuart
     • Best Country Song – "Need You Now", Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott
     • Best Country Album – Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
     • Best Bluegrass Album – Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless

     Juno Awards

     (presented March 27, 2011 in Toronto)

     • Country Album of the Year – A Place Called Love, Johnny Reid

     Other links

     • Country Music Association
     • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

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