Artist	Song
Jason Aldean	She's Country
from Wide Open (2009)
Brad Paisley	Then
from American Saturday Night (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Darius Rucker	It Won't Be Like This for Long
from Learn to Live (2008)
Lady Antebellum	Need You Now
from Need You Now (2010)
Jason Aldean	Big Green Tractor
from Wide Open (2009)
Sugarland	Already Gone
from Love On the Inside (2008)
Keith Urban	Sweet Thing
from Defying Gravity (2009)
Rascal Flatts	Here
from Still Feels Good (2007)
Kenny Chesney	Down the Road
from Greatest Hits II (2010)
Alan Jackson	Country Boy
from Good Time (2008)
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban	Start a Band
from Play (2008)
Blake Shelton	She Wouldn't Be Gone
from Startin' Fires (2008)
Dierks Bentley	Feel That Fire
from Feel That Fire (2009)
Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me
from Fearless (2008)
Toby Keith	American Ride
from American Ride (2009)
Rodney Atkins	It's America
from It's America (2010)
George Strait	River of Love
from Troubadour (2008)
Rascal Flatts	Here Comes Goodbye
from Unstoppable (2009)
Sugarland	It Happens
from Love On the Inside (2008)
Kenny Chesney	Out Last Night
from Greatest Hits II (2010)
Toby Keith	God Love Her
from That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (2008)
Dierks Bentley	Sideways
from Feel That Fire (2009)
Lady Antebellum	I Run to You
from Lady Antebellum (2008)
Billy Currington	People Are Crazy
from Little Bit of Everything (2008)
Carrie Underwood	Cowboy Casanova
from Play On (2009)
Darius Rucker	Alright
from Learn to Live (2008)
Justin Moore	Small Town USA
from Justin Moore (2009)
Chris Young	Gettin' You Home
from The Man I Want to Be (2009)
Keith Urban	Only You Can Love Me This Way
from Defying Gravity (2009)
Brooks & Dunn	Cowgirls Don't Cry
from #1s...and Then Some (2009)
Carrie Underwood	I Told You So
from Carnival Ride (2007)
Keith Urban	Kiss a Girl
from Defying Gravity (2009)
Rascal Flatts	Summer Nights
from Unstoppable (2009)
Brad Paisley	Welcome to the Future
from American Saturday Night (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Randy Houser	Boots On
from Anything Goes (2008)
Reba McEntire	Consider Me Gone
from Keep On Loving You (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Taylor Swift	White Horse
from Fearless (2008)
Luke Bryan	Do I
from Doin' My Thing (2009)
Billy Currington	Don't
from Little Bit of Everything (2008)
Craig Morgan	Bonfire
from That's Why (2009)
Jake Owen	Don't Think I Can't Love You
from Easy Does It (2009)
George Strait	Living for the Night
from Twang (2009)
Tim McGraw	Nothin' to Die For
from Let It Go (2007)
Taylor Swift	Fifteen
from Fearless (2008)
Dierks Bentley	I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes
from Feel That Fire (2009)
Kenny Chesney	I'm Alive
from Greatest Hits II (2010)
Reba McEntire	Strange
from Keep On Loving You (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Montgomery Gentry	One In Every Crowd
from Back When I Knew It All (2008)
Kellie Pickler	Best Days of Your Life
from Kellie Pickler (2008)
Alan Jackson	Sissy's Song
from Good Time (2008)
Blake Shelton	I'll Just Hold On
from Startin' Fires (2008)
David Nail	Red Light
from I'm About to Come Alive (2009)
Jamey Johnson	In Color
from That Lonesome Song (2008)
Lee Ann Womack	Last Call
from Call Me Crazy (2006)
Toby Keith	Lost You Anyway
from That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (2008)
Eric Church	Love Your Love the Most
from Carolina (2009)
Tim McGraw	Southern Voice
from Southern Voice (2009)
Love and Theft	Runaway
from World Wide Open (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Jack Ingram	Barefoot and Crazy
from Big Dreams & High Hopes (2009)
Eli Young Band	Always the Love Songs
from Jet Black & Jealous (2008)
Martina McBride	Ride
from Shine (2009)
Pat Green	Let Me
from What I'm For (2009)
Tim McGraw	It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You
from Southern Voice (2009)
Darryl Worley	Sounds Like Life to Me
from Sounds Like Life (2009)
John Rich	Shuttin' Detroit Down
from Son of a Preacher Man (2009)
Jason Michael Carroll	Where I'm From
from Growing Up Is Getting Old (2009)
Miranda Lambert	White Liar
from Revolution (2009)
Jason Aldean	The Truth
from Wide Open (2009)
Darius Rucker	History In the Making
from Learn to Live (2008)
Trace Adkins	All I Ask for Anymore
from X (Ten) (2008)
Jake Owen	Eight Second Ride
from Easy Does It (2009)
Trace Adkins	Marry for Money
from X (Ten) (2008)
Gloriana	Wild At Heart
from Gloriana (2010)

Comment:

As America elected its first African-American President and dug its way out of a near economic meltdown, the word [i]change[/i] was on everyone's lips, and the drive for something new wasn't confined merely to Washington's Beltway crowd. The Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association couldn't agree on the entertainer of the year, splitting their votes between two blonde bombshells (Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, respectively), but they did find common ground in naming Sugarland the best vocal duo, and Brad Paisley as the year's top male vocalist. And from budding stars like Gloriana, Luke Bryan, and Randy Houser to time-tested hit-makers like Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and Reba McEntire, we've got all the smashes that made 2009 an unforgettable close to the new millennium's first decade.

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