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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.
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 […]
The co-host this wknd is George Birge, who’s in the Top 5 with “Cowboy Songs.” This is George’s first time to co-host. He talks about his journey from Austin TX to Nashville with help from Toby Keith. He toured this year with Parker McCollum and Sam Hunt, and will hit the road in 2025 with […]
The day of Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA on the last Thursday of November. The history of it goes back to English tradition during the 1500s. The pilgrims and puritans brought the tradition here. The first president, George Washington, proclaimed the first Thanksgiving in 1789. It was made a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln […]
