SUCCESS Sugarland Is the Chart -Topperon the Top Countryartists- a Run of No.1 Achievements Ends the Year Duo/Group Recap
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(fl) '08 YEAR IN MUSIC & TOURING Coun y Crossover queen: Songs tally is sweet victory for Otto, who failed TAYLOR SWIFT to score a hit during a previous record deal with and country honporos. Mercury Nashville. Strait's "I Saw God Today" (MCA Nashville) places No.2 on the Hot Country Songs list, followed by Man Jackson's "Small Town Southern Man" (Arista Nashville); Hootie & the Blowfish frontmau. Darius Rucker's country debut, °Don t Think I Don't Think SWIFT About it" (Capitol Nashville); and Blake Shelton s "Home" (Warner Bros. /W RN), an AC hit for Michael Bublé in 2005. Strait is the top male country artist of2008, supplanting last year's winner, Tim McGraw. Strait's "Troubadour" comes in at No. 12 on the Top Country Albums recap, and his "22 More Hits" places at No. 16. He also notches three titles on the Hot Country Songs recap. SUCCESS Sugarland is the chart -topperon the Top CountryArtists- A Run Of No.1 Achievements Ends The Year Duo/Group recap. bumping 2007 winner Rascal Flans to For Taylor Swift By Ken Tucker No. 2. The duo ofJennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush also finishes third on the Top Country Albums Artist recap RISING SUPERSTAR TAYLOR swift is making her mark, and No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs Artists list. The Capitol Nashville trio Lady Antebellum, which Bill. 18- of that there can be no doubt. This year -old concludes the year board picked as an act to watch in early 2008, ends the year in the No.1 spot on the Top Country Artists recap and the Hot Coun- at No. 1 on the Top New Country Artists tally. try Songwriters tally. W She also leads the Top Country Album Artists Capitol Records, once known as the home ofGarth Brooks, has comes long way in remaking itself into a label that relies recap and is No.1 on the Top Country Artists-Female tally. Her self - on the combined successes of its artists: Capitol Nashville is debut album (Big Machine), which places No. 5 on the Top Bill- titled No. 1 on the Top Country Imprints chart, besting last year's board 200 Albums recap, is the No.2 title on the Top Country Albums champ, Arista Nashville. Capitol's jump from No.4 to No.1 is due to airplay and sales success from Rucker, Lady Antebellum, tally. Swift is also No. 4 on the Top Billboard 200 Artists review, . - Bentley. Nashville behind Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus. n Billboard's ace Adkins, Keith Urban and Dierks Capitol a . n tops the Hot Country Songs Imprints recap. year -end music chart recaps are based on data compiled dur- Arista Nashville, home to Underwood. Paisley. Jackson and ing the chart year that began with the Dec. 1, 2007, issue and Brooks & Dunn, repeats in the No. 1 spot on the Hot Country ended with the Nov. 29, 2008, issue. On the year-end Hot tongs Labels chart, while parent Sony BMG Nashville tops the Hot Label list. Country Songs tally, Swift No. Country Songs Groups appears at 29 with "Should've On the sales side, Universal is the big winner. Universal Said No," No. 31 with "Picture to Burn" and No. 39 with Music Group Nashville is No.1 on the Top Country Albums "Our Song," all from her 2006 debut album. abels recap and MCA Nashville, home to Strait, Gary Allan, Josh Tumor, and, until recently, Reba McEntire, leads the Her newest set, "Fearless," was released Nov. 11 and saw first-week sales of Top Country Album Imprints tally. Universal is No. 1 on 592,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It is the best-selling debut for the Top Country Album Distributors recap. a country title in more than a year. Acts with Nashville lies continue to make an impors Meanwhile, the Eagles' "Long Road out of Eden" (ERC), the Wal- Martonlyre- mark on the Top Independent Artists and Top In- lease that debuted a year ago. lands at No. l on the Top Country Albums chart. dependent Albums lists. The Eagles and Brookshire Rounding out the top Rye oiler Swift at No. 2 are Carrie Underwood's ''Car- the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on those recaps with, re- nival Ride" (19 /Arista /Arise Nashville). Garth Brooks' °The Ultimate Hits spectively, "Long Road out of Eden (ERC) and aEr (Pearl) and Rascal Flath "Still Feels Good" (Lyric Street /Hollywood). "The Ultimate Hits" (Pearl). On the Top Inde- Underwood. who was last years lop country artist, had a pretty good pendent Albums recap, Jason Aldean lands at year herself. In addition to finishing No. 2 on the Top Country Artists No. I3 with "Relentless" (Broken Bow). and Top Country Albums Artists recaps, Underwood tops the Hot Craig Morgan, who has since left Broken Country Songs Artist tally. She scores three of the top 50 songs on Bow fur Sony BMG Nashville's BNA Records, the Hot Country Songs recap. is at No. 17 on the Top Independent Albums Swift is No.2 on the Hot Country Songs Artists recap. Brad Pain tally with "Little Bit of Life Thanks to the ley, who finishes third. also lands three titles on the Hot Conn. Eagles and Brooks, ERC and Pearl rank try Songs list including "I'm Still a Guy" at No. 10. No.1 and No. 2. respectively, on the Top Rounding out the top five spots on the Hot Country Songs Independent Imprints chart and Top Artists recap are perennials George Strait and Kenny Ches- Independent Labels recap. ney. Frank Rogers, who works with But the top country song of 2008 belongs to relative Paisley, Rucker and Adkins, is No. newcomer James Ono, whose single "Just Got Started 1 on 2008's Hot Country Produc- Lan You" (Raybaw /Warner Bros./WRN) topped list. Two songs he produced, the weekly Hot Country Songs chart in May. His ersRucker's "Don't Think I Don't No. 1 triumph on the year .end Hot Country Think About It" and Paisley's "I'm Still a Guy," are in the top 10 of the Hot Country ARTISTRannyChesnoy VOW GROSS Songs recap. TOP SB63 milico NO.OF SHOW S:46 NO. OF COUNTRY SELLOUrS:25 TorALCAPACITV:lamillgn TOUR OF TOTALATTENOANCE:12miBOnCompiled '08 hom Bilboard Bmvswras dated Nw.14, 2007. BroughNoy11,2008 BD BILLBOARD /// DECEMBER 20, 2008 www.americanradiohistory.com.