Billboard.com has released their list of the Top Country Artists of 2011. Artists are ranked based on album sales, song downloads and airplay, touring revenue, Social 50 chart action, ringtone sales and streaming data provided by Nielsen BDS. Congratulations to Taylor Swift for being named the Top Country Artist of 2011! What do you think of this ranking? Who’d top YOUR Top 50 list? Leave us a comment below!
1 Taylor Swift
2 Jason Aldean
3 Lady Antebellum
4 Zac Brown Band
5 Blake Shelton
6 The Band Perry
7 Rascal Flatts
8 Kenny Chesney
9 Brad Paisley
10 Luke Bryan
11 Keith Urban
12 Miranda Lambert
13 Sugarland
14 Eric Church
15 Scotty McCreery
16 Toby Keith
17 Thompson Square
18 Chris Young
19 Billy Currington
20 Tim McGraw
21 Sara Evans
22 Darius Rucker
23 George Strait
24 Carrie Underwood
25 Jerrod Niemann
26 Jake Owen
27 Eli Young Band
28 Justin Moore
29 Trace Adkins
30 Rodney Atkins
31 Brantley Gilbert
32 Ronnie Dunn
33 Alan Jackson34 Reba McEntire
35 Dierks Bentley
36 Lauren Alaina
37 Easton Corbin
38 Josh Turner
39 Craig Campbell
40 Martina McBride
41 Joe Nichols
42 Sunny Sweeney
43 the JaneDear girls
44 Steel Magnolia
45 Steve Holy
46 David Nail
47 Jamey Johnson
48 Randy Travis
49 Ashton Shepherd
50 Uncle Kracker
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