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There cannot be any doubt that Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Cruise’ is the song that dominated country music in 2013. It spent a large part of the year taking root at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Darius Rucker‘s unimaginative re-imagining of ‘Wagon Wheel’ follows, ahead of Blake Shelton‘s ‘Boys Round Here.’

If, as I do, you feel that an album of which most songs were promoted to pop radio doesn’t belong on the country charts, then you also consider FGL’s Here’s to the Good Times to be leading the 2013 Country Albums Chart, rather than Taylor Swift‘s Red. It is also worth noting that 33% of this top 10 belongs to Luke Bryan. Whether you consider that to be a good thing depends on your tolerance of his dudebro-country.

Very interesting is the top 10 of the Country Airplay Songs Chart, sorted by chart position. It’s a little hard to grasp given the dominance of ‘Cruise,’ but after the Nielsen BDS radio data is analyzed it is Billy Currington‘s ‘Hey Girl’ that comes out on top. To illustrate how male-dominated the radio waves are, you have to look to #15, and Carrie Underwood‘s ‘See You Again,’ to find the first female solo artist. For shame.

Billboard 2013 Year-End Country Songs Chart:
1. ‘Cruise’ – Florida Georgia Line
2. ‘Wagon Wheel’ – Darius Rucker
3. ‘Boys Round Here’ – Blake Shelton
4. ‘Crash My Party’ – Luke Bryan
5. ‘I Want Crazy’ – Hunter Hayes
6. ‘Highway Don’t Care’ – Tim McGraw feat. Keith Urban, Taylor Swift
7. ‘Get Your Shine On’ – Florida Georgia Line
8. ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’ – Miranda Lambert
9. ‘Sure Be Cool if You Did’ – Blake Shelton
10. ‘Runnin’ Outta Moonlight’ – Randy Houser

Billboard 2013 Year-End Country Albums Chart:
1. Red – Taylor Swift
2. Here’s to the Good Times – Florida Georgia Line
3. Crash My Party – Luke Bryan
4. Based on a True Story – Blake Shelton
5. Night Train – Jason Aldean
6. Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes
7. Tornado – Little Big Town
8. Tailgates & Tanlines – Luke Bryan
9. Blown Away – Carrie Underwood
10. Spring Break…Here to Party/ – Luke Bryan

Billboard 2013 Year-End Country Airplay Songs Chart:
1. ‘Hey Girl’ – Billy Currington
2. ‘It Goes Like This’ – Thomas Rhett
3. ‘All Over the Road’ – Easton Corbin
4. ‘Don’t Ya’ – Brett Eldredge
5. ‘Parking Lot Party’ – Lee Brice
6. ‘Point at You’ – Justin Moore
7. ‘Redneck Crazy’ – Tyler Farr
8. ‘Hey Pretty Girl’ – Kip Moore
9. ‘Done.’ – The Band Perry
10. ‘Night Train’ – Jason Aldean

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Liv Carter

Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.

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