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Chart Date 02-21-2012
Rank   Spins
2W LW TW   ARTIST (Stations Playing | Stations Added)
  TITLE LABEL
TW LW 2W Total
1 1 1 Various Artist (22|21) This Ones For Him (a Tribute To Guy Clark)

257 ^ 247   264   768  
5 4 2 Darrell Scott (17|16) Long Ride Home
Full Light
214 ^ 171   156   541  
2 3 3 Little Willies (19|18) For The Good Times

212 ^ 203   196   611  
4 2 4 Ryan Adams (16|15) Ashes & Fire
Pax-am
204 204   181   589  
3 5 5 Kathleen Edwards (16|15) Voyageur

159 160   183   502  
6 6 6 Gretchen Peters (10|9) Hello Crue World
Scarlet Letter
147 152   151   450  
10 7 7 Wood Brothers (13|12) Smoke Ring Halo
Southern Ground
135 146   123   404  
8 8 8 Charlie Faye (14|13) Travels With Charlie

135 ^ 131   128   394  
34 14 9 Reckless Kelly (14|13) Good Luck And True Love

130 ^ 95   63   288  
17 12 10 Chris Castle (14|13) Last Bird Home
Dirtsandwich
119 ^ 101   94   314  
23 24 11 Linda Chorney (16|15) Emotional Jukebox

116 ^ 83   84   283  
7 9 12 Red Molly (13|12) Light In The Sky
Self released
110 120   141   371  
21 10 13 Damn Quails (11|10) Down The Hatch

110 ^ 107   88   305  
40 33 14 Pistol Annies (8|7) Hell On Heels
Columbia / Legacy
101 ^ 66   60   227  
11 20 15 Robert Earl Keen (14|13) Ready For Confetti
Lost Highway
100 ^ 89   110   299  
161 16 16 Various Artist (5|4) Chimes Of Freedom-the Songs Of Bob Dylan
Amnesty International
100 ^ 92   22   214  
9 13 17 Chris Isaak (8|7) Beyond The Sun
Vanguard
95 96   125   316  
22 15 18 Lorrie Singer And Bradly Kopp (7|6) A Deep Oasis

94 95   86   275  
26 19 19 Orbo & Longshots (12|11) Prairie Sun
Blue Mood
91 91   82   264  
14 23 20 Will Hoge (5|4) Number Seven

91 ^ 84   102   277  
18 17 21 Donal Hinely (5|4) The Famous Rocket Cage
Atom/scuffletown
91 92   92   275  
31 18 22 Lincoln Durham (9|8) The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones

88 91   76   255  
85 29 23 Randy Thompson (13|12) Collected

85 ^ 72   35   192  
189 147 24 Jonathan Jeter (12|11) Late For My Own Funeral
Self-released
84 ^ 23   19   126  
19 25 25 Deep Dark Woods (8|7) The Place I Left Behind
Sugar Hill
84 ^ 82   89   255  
13 11 26 Merle Haggard (8|7) Working In Tennessee
Vanguard
83 102   102   287  
44 44 27 Willie Nelson (10|9) Remember Me Vol. 1
R&j
83 ^ 55   57   195  
16 26 28 Jayhawks (12|11) Mockingbird Time
Rounder
79 80   96   255  
37 34 29 Honeyhoney (10|9) Billy Jack

78 ^ 65   62   205  
28 22 30 Ruthie Foster (9|8) Let It Burn
Blue Corn Music
78 84   82   244  
67 67 31 Great American Taxi (7|6) Paradise Lost
Gatrecords
73 ^ 43   43   159  
42 46 32 Mike Mcclure (6|5) Fifty Billion

72 ^ 53   58   183  
119 64 33 Gretchen Peters (10|9) Hello Cruel World
Scarlet Letter
72 ^ 43   27   142  
29 27 34 Erisa Rei (9|8) Black Balled

69 80   79   228  
15 21 35 Dale Watson (9|8) The Sun Sessions

67 87   97   251  
64 48 36 Jack Higginbotham (7|6) Roots

67 ^ 52   43   162  
54 32 37 Cash Box Kings (4|3) Holler And Stomp
Blind Pig
66 67   48   181  
27 30 38 Folk Family Revival (3|2) Unfolding

66 71   82   219  
  166 39 Leonard Cohen (3|2) Old Ideas
Columbia
66 ^ 21   -   87  
157 38 40 John Batdorf (5|4) One Last Wish
Batmac Music
65 ^ 60   22   147  
32 28 41 Shane Dwight (10|9) A Hundred White Lies
R-tist
63 72   68   203  
50 54 42 David G Smith (6|5) Non-fiction
Hey Dave Music
62 ^ 47   49   158  
20 42 43 Various Artist (11|10) The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams
Columbia
59 ^ 56   88   203  
47 36 44 Ben Kweller (7|6) Go Fly A Kite
The Noise Company
58 61   51   170  
38 40 45 Sugar & The Hilows (5|4) Sugar & The Hilows

56 57   62   175  
65 79 46 Ollabelle (7|6) Neon Blue Bird

55 ^ 37   43   135  
25 35 47 6 East (4|3) Living The Dream
Self released
54 65   83   202  
33 37 48 Girls Guns & Glory (7|6) Sweet Nothins
Lonesome Day
53 60   65   178  
36 39 49 Elders (7|6) Wanderin' Life & Times

53 59   62   174  
39 43 50 Bearfoot (4|3) American Story
Compass
53 56   60   169  
105 45 51 Kevin Gordon (6|5) Gloryland
Crowville Media
52 54   29   135  
43 47 52 Connie Smith (6|5) Long Line Of Heartaches
Sugar Hill
52 52   58   162  
DEBUT 53 Chuck Mead (8|8) Back At The Quonset Hut
Ramseur Records
51 ^ -   -   51  
35 41 54 Jim Lauderdale (6|5) Reason And Rhyme
Sugar Hill
51 57   63   171  
49 51 55 Dawes (3|2) Nothing Is Wrong

49 49   49   147  
52 56 56 Kerry Patrick Clark (1|0) On The Road To Human Being
Studio-234
48 ^ 46   49   143  
41 63 57 Tom Russell (2|1) Mesabi
Shout! Factory
48 ^ 43   59   150  
61 52 58 Great Unknown (8|7) Homefront

47 48   45   140  
59 61 59 Jason Boland And The Stragglers (4|3) Rancho Alto

46 ^ 44   46   136  
12 57 60 The Gourds (9|8) Old Mad Joy

45 46   106   197  
  86 61 Martin Zellar & The Hardways (5|4) Roosters Crow
Owen Lee Recordings
44 ^ 34   -   78  
53 66 62 Sarah Pierce (1|0) Bring It On

44 ^ 43   49   136  
46 49 63 Joan Osborne (5|4) Shake Your Hips

42 51   51   144  
  161 64 Andre Williams (3|2) Hoods And Shades
Bloodshot
42 ^ 21   -   63  
56 65 65 Sons Of Fathers (5|4) Sons Of Fathers
Self released
41 43   48   132  
48 53 66 Etta James (7|6) The Dreamer
Verve Forecast
41 48   51   140