Here is a year end run down of the most played songs on bluegrass radio for the year 2020. These numbers are compiled from our weekly bluegrass playlist charts, adding total spins to determine the songs played most frequently over the last twelve months.
We will publish the 2020 Top 30 charts for Gospel and grassicana over the next few days.
ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | SONGWRITERS | TOTAL | |
1 | Balsam Range | Richest Man | Mountain Home | Jim Beavers, Jimmy Yeary, Connie Harrington | 6032 |
2 | Buddy Melton & Milan Miller | The Last Moonshiner | Melton & Miller Music | Milan Miller, Thomm Jutz | 5917 |
3 | Irene Kelley | Hills of Home | Mountain Fever | Irene Kelley, Ronnie Bowman | 5162 |
4 | Terry Baucom’s Dukes Of Drive | Here Come The Teardrops | Driving Duke | Milan Miller | 4635 |
5 | Appalachian Road Show | Goin’ To Bring Her Back | Bill Blue | Jim Van Cleve | 4426 |
6 | Missy Armstrong | Creeping Round My Cabin Door | Melton & Miller Music | Beth Husband, Milan Miller | 4176 |
7 | Terry Baucom’s Dukes Of Drive | Every Road I Travel | Driving Duke | Milan Miller | 4167 |
8 | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Hitcthiking To California | Billy Blue | Wes Golding, Alan Bibey, Jerry Salley | 3956 |
9 | Billy Droze | Waiting Out The Storm | RBR | Billy Droze, Wayne Burton | 3846 |
10 | Justin Moses w/Dan Tyminski | Between The Lightning And The Thunder | Mountain Fever | Thomm Jutz , Charley Stefl | 3534 |
11 | Merle Monroe | Hello Sunshine | Pinecastle | Tim Raybon | 3514 |
12 | Milan Miller & Tim O’Brien | Walking Home To Wexford | Melton & Miller Music | Beth Husband, Milan Miller | 3328 |
13 | Marija Droze | Ghost Of Your Memory | RBR | Chris Myers, Billy Droze | 3303 |
14 | Special Consensus | Chicago Barn Dance | Compass | Becky Buller/Missy Raines/Alison Brown | 3081 |
15 | Chris Jones & The Night Drivers | We Needed This Ride | Mountain Home | Chris Jones | 3038 |
16 | Steve Thomas & The Time Machine | All Of These Years | Pinecastle | Jason Cope and Wesley Bayliss | 2950 |
17 | Balsam Range | Grit and Grace | Mountain Home | Ann Melton, Beth Husband, Milan Miller | 2892 |
18 | Steve Thomas & Time Machine | Down In The Wildwood | Pinecastle | Steve Thomas | 2794 |
19 | Lindley Creek | I Gotta Go | Pinecastle | Ashby Frank | 2683 |
20 | Shawn Lane | One More | Cat Town | Shawn Lane, Ronnie Bowman | 2672 |
21 | Becky Buller | The Barbers Fiddle | Dark Shadow | Becky Buller, Lynda Dawson | 2669 |
22 | Chris Jones & The Night Drivers | Leave It At The Gate | Mountain Home | Chris Jones, Jon Weisberger | 2630 |
23 | Jerry Salley | Let Me Be The Bridge | Very Jerry | Jerry Salley, Jim Rushing | 2627 |
24 | Band of Ruhks | Julie | Rebel | Ronnie Bowman, Billy Droze, Don Rigsby | 2606 |
25 | Larry Cordle | Cherokee Fiddle | Mighty Cord | Michael Martin Murphey | 2584 |
26 | Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper | Mountain Heartache | Compass | Alex Leach, James R. Waters | 2525 |
27 | Adam Wright | The Edge | RBR | Adam Wright | 2474 |
28 | Billy Droze | Small Town Mystery | RBR | Billy Droze, Chris Myers | 2451 |
29 | Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time | Sailor’s Regret | Mighty Cord | Johnny Williams | 2401 |
30 | Kristy Cox | No Headlights | Mountain Fever | Liz Hengber, Tammy Rogers, Jerry Salley | 2392 |