Monday December 15th marked the year ending chart for 2008 and with this chart, we are excited to announce that our friends at Amazon.com will be posting our Top Ten on the Americana Landing Page moving forward into the New Year. Visit our landing page and click on the Airplay Chart box on the right hand side of the page to see what’s hot.
Also, today we announce the Annual Americana Top 100 albums. The Top Ten most played records, as charted on the Americana Airplay Chart include:
- Hayes Carll
- James McMurtry
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
- Steve Earle
- Tift Merritt
- Ryan Bingham
- John Hiatt
- Band of Heathens
- Levon Helm
- Alejandro Escovedo
Click here to view the full Top 100!
We have had a great year; our chart remains a fixture at R&R Magazine and with its placement in other periodicals like Rolling Stone Magazine and Country (in the UK) the americana movement continues to grow.
Submitted by Jed Hilly, executive director, the Americana Music Association
