2015 Bluegrass Radio Airplay Chart

The Rock - Terry BaucomHere again is our annual recounting of the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart, showing the Top 30 songs played during 2015 based on total spins from bluegrass radio.

It’s a great mix of new songs from our music’s top writers, along with a couple of classic covers, recorded by the brightest stars in today’s bluegrass firmament.

Following is our 2015  list, showing Artist, Song Title, and total annual spin count:

  1. Terry Baucom – The Rock  5540
  2. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out – Brown County Red  4743
  3. Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle – She’s A Taker  4706
  4. Chris Jones & The Night Drivers – Laurie  4621
  5. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Roll Big River  4515
  6. Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle – Leaving CrazyTown  4472
  7. Darin & Brooke Aldridge – Tennessee Flat Top Box  4217
  8. Big Country Bluegrass – The Bluefield West Virginia Blues  3959
  9. Adkins & Loudermilk – Georgia Mountain Man  3926
  10. Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time – Against The Grain  3671
  11. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out – I’m Leaving You and Fort Worth Too  3373
  12. Chris Jones & The Night Drivers – Like A Hawk  3357
  13. Dale Ann Bradley – Till I Hear It From You  3247
  14. Hot Rize – Western Skies  3184
  15. Trinity River Band – How Blue  3121
  16. Shannon & Heather Slaughter – That’s What’s Good In America  3114
  17. Shannon & Heather Slaughter – Moonshiner  3093
  18. Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell – Test of Time  3080
  19. Sideline – Mountain Girl  3051
  20. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Wilma Walker  2977
  21. The Roys – Those Boots  2722
  22. Flatt Lonesome – You’ll Pay  2708
  23. Volume 5 – Dream Softly  2680
  24. Lonesome River Band – Her Love Won’t Turn On A Dime  2492
  25. Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers – Another Day From Life  2418
  26. Balsam Range – Chasing Someone Else’s Dreams  2376
  27. Hot Rize – Clary Mae  2291
  28. Nu Blu w/Rhonda Vincent – That’s What Makes The Bluegrass Blue  2242
  29. Band of Ruhks – Here Comes a Broken Heart Again  2234
  30. Flatt Lonesome – You’re The One  2175

 

Congratulations to all these talented artists and songwriters, and many thanks to all the radio broadcasters who contribute every week to our chart.

If you host a bluegrass radio show and would like to participate in our chart as a weekly reporter, please fill out this form and we’ll get right back to you.

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John Lawless

John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2006 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. He continues in that capacity here, managing a strong team of columnists and correspondents.