THIS WEEK

Blake Shelton Co-Hosts 1/18-19

Blake Shelton Co-Hosts 1/18-19

| January 13, 2025

The co-host this wknd is Blake Shelton, who’s in our Top 20 with “Texas.” He talks about his new song, and his plans for new music and tour in 2025. He also says his wife Gwen Stefani has become a big fan of country music. Blake gives credit to Post Malone for this new music. “Post was actually […]

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Dan + Shay Co-Host 1/11-12

Dan + Shay Co-Host 1/11-12

| January 6, 2025

This wknd Dan + Shay return to co-host the countdown. Their current Top 10 is “Bigger Houses.” Shay is just a couple weeks away from becoming a parent for the 4th time! The guys will be taking a few months off to start the year. They look back at their experience as coaches on The […]

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Nashville’s Big Bash: NYE

Nashville’s Big Bash: NYE

| January 2, 2025

Nashville was once again home for one of the country’s pre-eminent New Year’s Eve celebrations. Nashville’s Big Bash was co-hosted by Keith Urban with headliners Kane Brown and Jelly Roll. More than 220,000 people attended the event in Bicentennial Park. The entire night was broadcast live on CBS-TV. Country Countdown USA was on hand for […]

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Two Dylans Co-Host 1/4-5

Two Dylans Co-Host 1/4-5

| December 30, 2024

The co-hosts this week are Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott, who’re in our Top 5 with “Boys Back Home.” The guys tell the story about writing the song, getting together for the duet, and then shooting the video. Plus Dylan Scott is in our Top 15 with his solo song “This Town’s Been Too Good […]

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The #1 Song of 2024

The #1 Song of 2024

| December 30, 2024

The #1 Song of 2024 is “World On Fire” by Nate Smith. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton was at Nate’s Nashville show where he gave Nate a plaque commemorating the milestone. Afterwards, Lon spoke to Nate about having the #1 song of the year. Nate’s response: “Dude, unreal! That is unreal. I can’t believe […]

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Remembering Toby Keith

Remembering Toby Keith

| December 29, 2024

As 2024 comes to an end, we remember those we lost during the year. Kris Kristofferson, Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys, and of course Toby Keith. Toby was special to us at CCUSA because his recording career began as we were in our early years as radio show. Toby was always happy to […]

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Top 60 Of 2024 Part 2 12/28-29

Top 60 Of 2024 Part 2 12/28-29

| December 23, 2024

This week, Lon continues his countdown of the Top 60 of 2024. He’ll pick things up at #30, and go all the way to #1. When he gets to the top, he’ll speak with the artist who has the #1 song for the entire year. Along the way, you’ll hear highlights from Lon’s co-hosts from […]

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Top 10 Christmas Songs

Top 10 Christmas Songs

| December 22, 2024

There are many ways to put together a list of the Top 10 Christmas Songs.  For this list, we consulted with the folks at Mediabase, who monitor the most popular country radio stations in the USA.  These are the same stations that make up our weekly Top 30.  So if you listen to country radio, […]

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Top 60 of 2024 Part 1 12/21-22

Top 60 of 2024 Part 1 12/21-22

| December 16, 2024

This week, Lon begins his countdown of the Top 60 songs of 2024. Along the way, he plays highlights from his conversations with his co-hosts, including Keith Urban, Jelly Roll, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, and many more.

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Dan + Shay Co-Host 12/14-15

Dan + Shay Co-Host 12/14-15

| December 9, 2024

The co-hosts this wknd are Dan + Shay, who’re in our Top 10 with “Bigger Houses.” They also have their first-ever holiday album: It’s Officially Christmas: The Double Album. They talk about that album and play some songs from it. They’re on a media tour now, appearing on a lot of TV shows. Dan told […]

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