Josh Turner’s ‘Time Is Love’ Leads Billboard Top 30 Country Songs of 2012

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A slow climb up the charts and a song that endures after it has reached its chart peak, these are the elements that help radio hits onto the Billboard Top 30 Country Songs Chart of 2012. Josh Turner‘s ‘Time Is Love’ leads the chart having never topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs list. When it comes to longevity at country radio, it’s not all about getting to that #1 spot. Brantley Gilbert‘s ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ did top the chart and makes it to #2 here, followed by Jana Kramer‘s ‘Why Ya Wanna,’ which topped out at #3 during the year as well. Three other not-#1 hits follow, all songs which I believe will last at radio much longer than most 2012 chart-toppers: Dustin Lynch‘s debut ‘Cowboys and Angels,’ Gloriana‘s magnificent ‘(Kissed You) Good Night,’ and Tim McGraw‘s introspective ‘Better than I Used to Be.’

Also of note is that Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney are the only two established acts in the Top 15, everyone else rose to prominence only in the last two to three years. The changing of the guards at country radio is nearly complete.

And it would be remiss of me not mentioning the achievement of Keith Urban‘s ‘You Gonna Fly’ which lands at #23!

Billboard Top 30 Country Songs of 2012:

1. ‘Time Is Love’ – Josh Turner
2. ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ – Brantley Gilbert
3. ‘Why Ya Wanna’ – Jana Kramer
4. ‘Cowboys and Angels’ – Dustin Lynch
5. ‘(Kissed You) Good Night’ – Gloriana
6. ‘Better than I Used to Be’ – Tim McGraw
7. ‘Even if it Breaks Your Heart’ – Eli Young Band
8. ‘Lovin’ You Is Fun’ – Easton Corbin
9. ‘Springsteen’ – Eric Church
10. ‘Drunk on You’ – Luke Bryan
11. ‘You’ – Chris Young
12. ‘Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck’ – Kip Moore
13. ‘Reality’ – Kenny Chesney
14. ‘Alone With You’ – Jake Owen
15. ‘Over You’ – Miranda Lambert
16. ‘Home’ – Dierks Bentley
17. ‘I Don’t Want This Night To End’ – Luke Bryan
18. ‘Hard To Love’ – Lee Brice
19. ‘Dancin’ Away With My Heart’ – Lady Antebellum
20. ‘Wanted’ – Hunter Hayes
21. ‘Angel Eyes’ – Love And Theft
22. ‘A Woman Like You’ – Lee Brice
23. ‘You Gonna Fly’ – Keith Urban
24. ‘No Hurry’ – Zac Brown Band
25. ‘All Your Life’ – The Band Perry
26. ‘Fly Over States’ – Jason Aldean
27. ‘Good Girl’ – Carrie Underwood
28. ‘Fastest Girl In Town’ – Miranda Lambert
29. ‘Drink On It’ – Blake Shelton
30. ‘Postcard From Paris’ – The Band Perry

 

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She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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