Check Out The Complete List of The Top 20 Country Artists of 2012 via Billboard!
The past year has definitely been an exciting one for country music with new music, lots of great tours and festivals, and old and new faces rising in the ranks! Newbies like AI alumn Scotty McCreery and Hunter Hayes had great years, and artists we’ve known and loved for some time like Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney and so many more also did really well in 2012! We’re especially proud to see CMNB favorites like Zac Brown Band, Eric Church, and Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert in the Top 20! See the complete list below, and tell us who you’re happy to see and who you think is missing!
Top 20 Country Artists for 2012!
1. Taylor Swift
2. Jason Aldean
3. Luke Bryan
4. Lady Antebellum
5. Carried Underwood
6. Eric Church
7. Zac Brown Band
8. Blake Shelton
9. Toby Keith
10. Kenny Chesney
11. The Band Perry
12. Tim McGraw
13. Miranda Lambert
14. Rascal Flatts
15. Lionel Richie
16. Lee Brice
17. Hunter Hayes
18. Scotty McCreery
19. Brantley Gilbert
20. Little Big Town
