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[ Top 50 Artists of 2005 ]
LAST
YEAR
RANK ARTIST NAME
CD TITLE
RECORD LABEL
CHARTED SONGS
49

50

BRAD COTTER
CD: Patient Man
Epic Records/Sony
"I Miss Me"
--

49

CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CD: Some Hearts
Arista Records/BMG
"Jesus Take The Wheel" ♦
--

48

VAN ZANT
CD: Get Right With The Man
Columbia Records/Sony
"Help Somebody" ♦
43

47

JOHNNY REID
CD: Born To Roll
Open Road/Universal
"Sixty To Zero" ♦
60

46

RASCAL FLATTS
CD: Rascal Flatts
Lyric Street/Universal
"Fast Cars And Freedom" ♦
--

45

JAMIE O'NEAL
CD: Brave
Mercury Records/Universal
"Trying To Find Atlantis" ♦
"Somebody's Hero" ♦
--

44

JASON BLAINE
CD: While We Were Waiting
Jay Bird Music/Royalty
"Heartache Like Mine" ♦
--

43

AMANDA WILKINSON
CD: Amanda Wilkinson
Universal South
"No More Me And You" ♦
26

42

DWIGHT YOAKAM
CD: Blame The Vain
New West/Columbia
"Intentional Heartache" ♦
"Blame The Vain" ♦
50

41

BUDDY JEWELL
CD: Times Like These
Columbia Records/Sony
"If She Were Any Other Woman" ♦
--

40

BILLY DEAN
CD: Let Them Be Little
Curb Records/EMI
"Let Them Be Little" ♦
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39

STEVE FOX
CD: Lunch With Chet
Royalty Records
"Dream On" ♦
52

38

ANDY GRIGGS
CD: This I Gotta See
RCA Records/BMG
"If Heaven" ♦
25

37

JOSH GRACIN
CD: Josh Gracin
Lyric Street/Universal
"Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" ♦
--

36

BLAINE LARSEN
CD: Off To Join The World
BNA Records/BMG
"How Do You Get That Lonely" ♦
8

35

REBA McENTIRE
CD: #1's
MCA Records/Universal
"He Gets That From Me" ♦
"My Sister"
"You're Gonna Be" ♦
--

34

THE WILKINSONS
CD: Highway
Open Road/Universal
"Leaving Song" ♦
--

33

GARTH BROOKS
CD: The Limited Series
Lyric Street/Universal
"Good Ride Cowboy"
11

32

GARY ALLAN
CD: Tough All Over
MCA Records/Universal
"Best I Ever Had" ♦
32

31

DERIC RUTTAN
CD: Deric Ruttan
Lyric Street/Universal
"Take The Wheel" ♦
10

30

JASON McCOY
CD: Sins, Lies And Angels
Open Road/Universal
"I Lie"
--

29

JO DEE MESSINA
CD: Delicious Surprise
Curb Records/EMI
"My Give A Damn's Busted" ♦
59

28

DIERKS BENTLEY
CD: Dierks Bentley
Capitol Records/EMI
"Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do" ♦
--

27

AARON LINES
CD: Waiting On The Wonderful
BNA Records/BMG
"Waiting On The Wonderful" ♦
--

26

TRISHA YEARWOOD
CD: Jasper County
MCA Records/Universal
"Georgia Rain" ♦
15

25

BLAKE SHELTON
CD: Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
Warner Brothers
"Goodbye Time" ♦
33

24

TRICK PONY
CD: R.I.D.E.
Asylum Records/Curb
"It's A Heartache" ♦
12

23

CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON
CD: Dress Rehearsal
Arista Records/BMG
"Dress Rehearsal" ♦
--

22

LEE ANN WOMACK
CD: There's More Where That Came From
MCA Records/Universal
"I May Hate Myself In The Morning" ♦
"He Oughta Know That By Now"
16

21

LONESTAR
CD: Coming Home
BNA Records/BMG
"Class Reunion (That Used To Be Us)"
"You're Like Coming Home" ♦
14

20

SARA EVANS
CD: Real Fine Place
RCA Records/BMG
"A Real Fine Place To Start" ♦
"Cheatin'" ♦
6

19

MARTINA McBRIDE
CD: Timeless
RCA Records/BMG
"Trip Around The Sun" (with Jimmy Buffett) ♦
"God's Will" ♦
"Rose Garden"
9

18

GEORGE STRAIT
CD: Somewhere Down In Texas
MCA Records/Universal
"You'll Be There"
"She Let Herself Go"
39

17

CRAIG MORGAN
CD: My Kind Of Livin'
Broken Bow Records
"That's What I Love About Sunday" ♦
"Redneck Yacht Club" ♦
3

16

ALAN JACKSON
CD: What I Do
Arista Records/BMG
"Monday Morning Church" ♦
"The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" ♦
"USA Today"
4

15

KENNY CHESNEY
CD: The Road And The Radio
BNA Records/BMG
"The Woman With You"
"Anything But Mine" ♦
"Keg In The Closet"
"Who You'd Be Today" ♦
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14

FAITH HILL
CD: Fireflies
Warner Brothers
"Mississippi Girl" ♦
"Like We Never Loved At All" ♦
38

13

LeANN RIMES
CD: This Woman
Asylum Records/Curb
"Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" ♦
"Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" ♦
5

12

BRAD PAISLEY
CD: Time Well Wasted
Arista Records/BMG
"Mud On The Tires" ♦
"Alcohol" ♦
"When I Get Where I'm Going" (with Dolly Parton) ♦
13

11

JOE NICHOLS
CD: III
Universal South
"What's A Guy Gotta Do" ♦
"Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" ♦
54

10

DARRYL WORLEY
CD: Darryl Worley
DreamWorks/Universal
"Awful Beautiful Life" ♦
"If Something Should Happen" ♦
30

9

MONTGOMERY GENTRY
CD: Something To Be Proud Of
Columbia Records/Sony
"Gone" ♦
"Something To Be Proud Of" ♦
"She Don't Tell Me To" ♦
23

8

TERRI CLARK
CD: Life Goes On
Mercury Records/Universal
"The World Needs A Drink" ♦
"She Didn't Have Time" ♦
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7

SUGARLAND
CD: Twice The Speed Of Life
Mercury Records/Universal
"Baby Girl" ♦
"Something More" ♦
"Just Might (Make Me Believe)" ♦
20

6

PAUL BRANDT
CD: This Time Around
Orange Records/Universal
"Home" ♦
"Rich Man"
"Alberta Bound" ♦
18

5

TIM McGRAW
CD: Live Like You Were Dying
Curb Records/EMI
"Back When"
"Drugs Or Jesus" ♦
"Do You Want Fries With That"
"My Old Friend"
7

4

KEITH URBAN
CD: Be Here
Capitol Records/EMI
"You're My Better Half" ♦
"Making Memories Of Us" ♦
"Better Life" ♦
2

3

BROOKS & DUNN
CD: Hillbilly Deluxe
Arista Records/BMG
"It's Getting Better All The Time"
"Play Something Country" ♦
"Believe" ♦
1

2

TOBY KEITH
CD: Honkytonk University
DreamWorks/Universal
"Honkytonk U" ♦
"As Good As I Once Was" ♦
"Big Blue Note" ♦
21

1

GRETCHEN WILSON
CD: All Jacked Up
Epic Records/Sony
"When I Think About Cheatin'" ♦
"Homewrecker"
"All Jacked Up" ♦
"I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" ♦


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