TOP TEN COUNTRY ALBUMS OF 2012: 1. Taylor Swift – Red (Big Machine) 2. Jerrod Niemann – Free The Music (Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville) 3. Blackberry Smoke – The Whippoorwill (Southern Ground) 4. Thomas Rhett – Thomas Rhett EP (The Valory Music Co. EP) 5. Darrell Scott – Long Way Home (Thirty Tigers/Full Light) 6. Kip Moore – Up All Night (MCA Nashville) 7. Turnpike Troubadors – Goodbye Normal Street (Bossier City/Thirty Tigers) 8. Kix Brooks – New To This Town (Arista Nashville) 9. Bryan Clark & The New Lyceum Players – Southern Intermission (Rainfeather) 10. Drew Nelson -- Tilt A Whirl (Red House)
TOP TEN COUNTRY SINGLES OF 2012: 1. Kacey Musgraves – Merry Go ‘Round 2. Pistol Annies – Takin’ Pills 3. Carrie Underwood – Blown Away 4. Edens Edge – Too Good To Be True 5. Kix Brooks feat. Joe Walsh – New To This Town 6. The Farm Inc. – Home Sweet Home 7. Dean Brody - Canadian Girls 8. Alan Jackson – So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore 9. Toby Keith – Beers Ago 10. David Nail – The Sound Of A Million Dreams
TOP [ONE] COUNTRY REISSUE OF 2012: 1. (Various) – Country Funk 1969-1975 (Light In The Attic)
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST DUOS, TRIOS OR GROUPS OF 2012: 1. Blackberry Smoke 2. Turnpike Troubadors 3. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST NEW ACTS OF 2012: 1. Thomas Rhett 2. Kip Moore 3. Miss Willie Brown
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST OVERALL ACTS OF 2012: 1. Taylor Swift 2. Jerrod Niemann 3. Lionel Richie
Chuck's Nashville Scene ballot
1. Taylor Swift – Red (Big Machine)
2. Jerrod Niemann – Free The Music (Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville)
3. Blackberry Smoke – The Whippoorwill (Southern Ground)
4. Thomas Rhett – Thomas Rhett EP (The Valory Music Co. EP)
5. Darrell Scott – Long Way Home (Thirty Tigers/Full Light)
6. Kip Moore – Up All Night (MCA Nashville)
7. Turnpike Troubadors – Goodbye Normal Street (Bossier City/Thirty Tigers)
8. Kix Brooks – New To This Town (Arista Nashville)
9. Bryan Clark & The New Lyceum Players – Southern Intermission (Rainfeather)
10. Drew Nelson -- Tilt A Whirl (Red House)
TOP TEN COUNTRY SINGLES OF 2012:
1. Kacey Musgraves – Merry Go ‘Round
2. Pistol Annies – Takin’ Pills
3. Carrie Underwood – Blown Away
4. Edens Edge – Too Good To Be True
5. Kix Brooks feat. Joe Walsh – New To This Town
6. The Farm Inc. – Home Sweet Home
7. Dean Brody - Canadian Girls
8. Alan Jackson – So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore
9. Toby Keith – Beers Ago
10. David Nail – The Sound Of A Million Dreams
TOP [ONE] COUNTRY REISSUE OF 2012:
1. (Various) – Country Funk 1969-1975 (Light In The Attic)
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST DUOS, TRIOS OR GROUPS OF 2012:
1. Blackberry Smoke
2. Turnpike Troubadors
3. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST NEW ACTS OF 2012:
1. Thomas Rhett
2. Kip Moore
3. Miss Willie Brown
COUNTRY MUSIC’S THREE BEST OVERALL ACTS OF 2012:
1. Taylor Swift
2. Jerrod Niemann
3. Lionel Richie