Artist	Song
Lady Antebellum	Need You Now
from Need You Now (2010)
Chris Young	The Man I Want to Be
from The Man I Want to Be (2009)
Darius Rucker	Come Back Song
from Charleston, SC 1966 (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Luke Bryan	Rain Is a Good Thing
from Doin' My Thing (2009)
Easton Corbin	A Little More Country Than That
from Easton Corbin (2010)
Lee Brice	Love Like Crazy
from Love Like Crazy (2010)
Jerrod Niemann	Lover, Lover
from Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury (2010)
Steel Magnolia	Keep On Lovin' You
from Steel Magnolia (2011)
Jamey Johnson	In Color
from That Lonesome Song (2008)
Justin Moore	Small Town USA
from Justin Moore (2009)
The Band Perry	If I Die Young
from The Band Perry (2010)
Kellie Pickler	Best Days of Your Life
from Kellie Pickler (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Eric Church	Hell On the Heart
from Carolina (2009)
Jaron and the Long Road to Love	Pray for You
from Getting Dressed In the Dark (2010)
James Otto	Just Got Started Lovin' You
from Sunset Man (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Thompson Square	Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not
from Thompson Square (2011)
Randy Houser	Boots On
from Anything Goes (2008)
Jake Owen	Don't Think I Can't Love You
from Easy Does It (2009)
David Nail	Red Light
from I'm About to Come Alive (2009)
Sunny Sweeney	From a Table Away
from Concrete (2011)
The JaneDear Girls	Wildflower
from The JaneDear Girls (2011)
Josh Thompson	Way Out Here
from Way Out Here (2010)
Gloriana	Wild At Heart
from Gloriana (2010)
Eli Young Band	Always the Love Songs
from Jet Black & Jealous (2008)
Ashton Shepherd	Look It Up
from Where Country Grows (Deluxe Edition) (2011)
Josh Kelley	Georgia Clay
from Georgia Clay (2011)
James Wesley	Real
from Real - Single (2010)
Danny Gokey	My Best Days Are Ahead of Me
from My Best Days (2010)
Laura Bell Bundy	Giddy On Up
from Achin' and Shakin' (2010)
Frankie Ballard	Tell Me You Get Lonely
from Tell Me You Get Lonely - Single (2010)
Brett Eldredge	Raymond
from Raymond - Single (2010)
LoCash Cowboys	Keep In Mind
from Keep In Mind - Single (2010)
Troy Olsen	Summer Thing
from Troy Olsen - EP (2010)
Randy Montana	Ain't Much Left of Lovin' You
from Randy Montana (2011)
Walker Hayes	Pants
from Walker Hayes - EP (2010)
Joey + Rory	Cheater, Cheater
from The Life of a Song (2008)
Ash Bowers	Stuck
from Stuck - Single (2009)
Mallary Hope	Love Lives On
from Love Live On - Single (2010)
Adam Brand	Ready for Love
from Ready for Love - Single (2010)
Katie Armiger	Best Song Ever
from Confessions of a Nice Girl (2010)
Bucky Covington	A Different World
from Bucky Covington (2007)
Chuck Wicks	Stealing Cinderella
from Starting Now (2009)
Love and Theft	Runaway
from World Wide Open (Bonus Track Version) (2009)

Comment:

Where do all these hot, new Nashville stars come from? Well, country music’s an equal-opportunity employer — it doesn’t matter who you are as long as you can bang out a barn-burning boogie or belt a heart-hammering ballad like your very being depends on it. So the rising country kings and queens of today include American Idol’s Kellie Pickler, superstar rocker Darius Rucker, Jamey Johnson (who takes a long look back to bring his family tree’s Kodak moments to life on “In Color”), and Chris Young, who has the kind of sour-mash-and-smokehouse-BBQ voice that lets you know you’re into some deep country. For all their differences, they have one thing in common: they’re all lighting up the landscape of modern country music. Actually, make that two things — you can catch all these rising stars right here.

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