Top Twenty Countdown

Top Twenty Countdown is a show on CMT.The show counts down the biggest videos in country music and is hosted by Lance Smith. Top Twenty Countdown airs every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. and reruns on the weekend. Besides showing the biggest videos, Lance also shows the world premiere of music videos. The show celebrated its 300th episode with the top 20 videos of 2006, based on the weekly countdown. They also recapped the top 20 videos from 2001-2005. The show has had celebrity guests such as Blake Shelton and Little Big Town.The show originally aired each Friday at 10 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m., Sunday at 10 p.m. and Monday at 6 p.m. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20020111155326/cmt.com/cmt/shows/top20.jhtml Country.com: CMT - Top Twenty Countdown ] ] The first episode was the top 20 videos of 2001 (which aired the last week of 2001).

Current List

* Bold indicates that the music video is new to the list
* "Italic" indicates that the video is falling down the list
* Underline indicates that the video was/is a #1 video
* TW stands for "this week"
* LW stands for "last week"

Number 1s

2002

* January 4: "I'm Tryin'" - Trace Adkins (2 Weeks)
* January 18: "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" - Chris Cagle
* January 25: "Wrapped Up in You" - Garth Brooks (2 Weeks)
* February 8: "Bring on the Rain" - Jo Dee Messina (2 Weeks)
* February 22: "Inside Out" - Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley
* March 1: "Blessed" - Martina McBride (2 Weeks)
* March 15: "I'm Movin' On" - Rascal Flatts
* March 22: "The Cowboy in Me" - Tim McGraw
* March 29: "The Lighthouse's Tale" - Nickel Creek (2 Weeks)
* April 12: "Young" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* April 26: "My List" - Toby Keith (2 Weeks)
* May 10: "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" - Travis Tritt (2 Weeks)
* May 24: "Let Me Touch You for a While" - Alison Krauss & Union Station (2 Weeks)
* June 7: "Mendocino County Line" - Willie Nelson featuring Lee Ann Womack (2 Weeks)
* June 21: "The One" - Gary Allan (2 Weeks)
* July 5: "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" - Brad Paisley (2 Weeks)
* July 19: "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" - Alan Jackson
* July 26: "I Miss My Friend" - Darryl Worley (2 Weeks)
* August 9: "My Heart Is Lost to You" - Brooks & Dunn
* August 16: "The Good Stuff" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* August 30: "Long Time Gone" - Dixie Chicks
* September 6: "Ol' Red" - Blake Shelton
* September 13: "American Child" - Phil Vassar
* September 20: "Beautiful Mess" - Diamond Rio
* September 27: "Something Worth Leaving Behind" - Lee Ann Womack
* October 4: "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" - Willie Nelson
* October 11: "Where Would You Be" - Martina McBride
* October 18: "My Town" - Montgomery Gentry (2 Weeks)
* November 1: "Somebody Like You" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* November 15: "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks (2 Weeks)
* November 29: "This Side" - Nickel Creek
* December 6: "These Days" - Rascal Flatts
* December 13: "Who's Your Daddy?" - Toby Keith (2 Weeks)

2003

* January 2: "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain (2 Weeks)
* January 16: "Cry" - Faith Hill
* January 23: "Fall into Me" - Emerson Drive
* January 30: "I Just Wanna Be Mad" - Terri Clark
* February 6: "Waitin' on Joe" - Steve Azar
* February 13: "19 Somethin'" - Mark Wills
* February 20: "You Can't Hide Beautiful" - Aaron Lines
* February 27: "She's My Kind of Rain" - Tim McGraw (2 Weeks)
* March 13: "Brokenheartsville" - Joe Nichols
* March 20: "Concrete Angel" - Martina McBride (2 Weeks)
* April 3: "Big Star" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* April 17: "There's No Limit" - Deana Carter
* April 24: "Raining on Sunday" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* May 8: "Picture" - Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow (2 Weeks)
* May 22: "Hurt" - Johnny Cash (2 Weeks)
* June 5: "Have You Forgotten?" - Darryl Worley
* June 12: "Speed" - Montgomery Gentry
* June 19: "Beer for My Horses" - Toby Keith featuring Willie Nelson (2 Weeks)
* July 3: "Celebrity" - Brad Paisley (2 Weeks)
* July 17: "Stay Gone" - Jimmy Wayne
* July 24: "Forever and for Always" - Shania Twain (3 Weeks)
* August 14: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" - Kenny Chesney
* August 21: "Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn (2 Weeks)
* September 4: "The Back of Your Hand" - Dwight Yoakam
* September 11: "What Was I Thinkin'" - Dierks Bentley
* September 18: "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson featuring Jimmy Buffett (2 Weeks)
* October 2: "I Melt" - Rascal Flatts
* October 9: "Real Good Man/The Ride" - Tim McGraw
* October 16: "Wave on Wave" - Pat Green
* October 23: "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* November 6: "Tough Little Boys" - Gary Allan
* November 13: "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith (2 Weeks)
* November 27: "Hell Yeah" - Montgomery Gentry
* December 4: "Chicks Dig It" - Chris Cagle (2 Weeks)
* December 18: "Hot Mama" - Trace Adkins (2 Weeks)

2004

* January 8: "Perfect" - Sara Evans
* January 15: "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" - Brooks & Dunn (2 Weeks)
* January 29: "The First Cut Is the Deepest" - Sheryl Crow
* February 5: "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" - Shania Twain (2 Weeks)
* February 19: "There Goes My Life" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* March 4: "Remember When" - Alan Jackson
* March 11: "American Soldier" - Toby Keith (2 Weeks)
* March 25: "Long Black Train" - Josh Turner
* April 1: "Songs About Rain" - Gary Allan (2 Weeks)
* April 15: "Sweet Southern Comfort" - Buddy Jewell
* April 22: "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* May 6: "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker (2 Weeks)
* May 20: "Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson (3 Weeks)
* June 10: "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
* June 17: "Live Those Songs" - Kenny Chesney
* June 24: "Somebody" - Reba McEntire
* July 1: "Whiskey Girl" - Toby Keith (2 Weeks)
* July 15: "Break Down Here" - Julie Roberts (2 Weeks)
* July 29: "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" - Big & Rich (3 Weeks)
* August 19: "I Go Back" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* September 2: "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
* September 9: "Suds in the Bucket" - Sara Evans
* September 16: "Rough & Ready" - Trace Adkins
* September 23: "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss (2 Weeks)
* October 7: "Girls Lie Too" - Terri Clark
* October 14: "Hey Good Lookin'" - Jimmy Buffett & Friends
* October 21: "Here for the Party" - Gretchen Wilson (2 Weeks)
* November 4: "Stays in Mexico" - Toby Keith
* November 11: "Days Go By" - Keith Urban
* November 18: "Stays in Mexico" - Toby Keith
* November 25: "Days Go By" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* December 9: "Feels Like Today" - Rascal Flatts
* December 16: "Party for Two" - Shania Twain and Billy Currington (2 Weeks)

2005

* January 6: "He Gets That From Me" - Reba McEntire
* January 13: "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" - LeAnn Rimes (2 Weeks)
* January 27: "Portland, Oregon" - Loretta Lynn with Jack White
* February 3: "Trip Around the Sun" - Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride
* February 10: "Holy Water" - Big & Rich
* February 17: "When I Think About Cheatin'" - Gretchen Wilson
* February 24: "Monday Morning Church" - Alan Jackson
* March 3: "Anything But Mine" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* March 17: "Restless" - Alison Krauss
* March 24: "Mud on the Tires" - Brad Paisley
* March 31: "You're My Better Half" - Keith Urban
* April 7: "Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts
* April 14: "You're My Better Half" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* April 28: "God's Will" - Martina McBride
* May 5: "Old Blue Chair" - Kenny Chesney
* May 12: "Baby Girl" - Sugarland
* May 19: "Honkytonk U" - Toby Keith
* May 26: "Don't!" - Shania Twain (2 Weeks)
* June 9: "Making Memories of Us" - Keith Urban (3 Weeks)
* June 30: "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" - Dierks Bentley
* July 7: "Goodbye Time" - Blake Shelton
* July 14: "Pickin' Wildflowers" - Keith Anderson
* July 21: "I Ain't No Quitter" - Shania Twain
* July 28: "Something More" - Sugarland (2 Weeks)
* August 11: "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" - LeAnn Rimes (2 Weeks)
* August 25: "As Good As I Once Was" - Toby Keith
* September 1: "Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill (2 Weeks)
* September 15: "Georgia Rain" - Trisha Yearwood
* September 22: "Play Something Country" - Brooks & Dunn
* September 29: "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" - Alan Jackson
* October 6: "A Real Fine Place to Start" - Sara Evans
* October 13: "Alcohol" - Brad Paisley
* October 20: "Something to Be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry (2 Weeks)
* November 3: "Best I Ever Had" - Gary Allan
* November 10: "All Jacked Up" - Gretchen Wilson
* November 17: "Hicktown" - Jason Aldean
* November 24: "Come a Little Closer" - Dierks Bentley
* December 1: "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" - Jo Dee Messina
* December 8: "Like We Never Loved At All" - Faith Hill
* December 15: "Who You'd Be Today" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)

2006

* January 5: "Better Life" - Keith Urban
* January 12: "Like We Never Loved At All" - Faith Hill
* January 19: "Better Life" - Keith Urban
* January 26: "Boondocks" - Little Big Town
* February 2: "Big Blue Note" - Toby Keith
* February 9: "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" - Trace Adkins (2 Weeks)
* February 23: "Skin (Sarabeth)" - Rascal Flatts
* March 2: "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert
* March 9: "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood (2 Weeks)
* March 23: "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn
* March 30: "Cheatin'" - Sara Evans
* April 6: "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn
* April 13: "When I Get Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley (2 Weeks)
* April 27: "Why" - Jason Aldean
* May 4: "Tonight I Wanna Cry" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* May 18: "What Hurts the Most" - Rascal Flatts (2 Weeks)
* June 1: "Something's Gotta Give" - LeAnn Rimes
* June 8: "Bring It On Home" - Little Big Town (2 Weeks)
* June 22: "Why" - Jason Aldean
* June 29: "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" - Gary Allan
* July 6: "The Seashores of Old Mexico" - George Strait (2 Weeks)
* July 20: "How 'Bout You" - Eric Church
* July 27: "Don't Forget to Remember Me" - Carrie Underwood (2 Weeks)
* August 10: "The World" - Brad Paisley
* August 17: "Leave the Pieces" - The Wreckers (2 Weeks)
* August 31: "A Little Too Late" - Toby Keith
* September 7: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" - Rodney Atkins (2 Weeks)
* September 21: "8th of November" - Big & Rich
* September 28: "Would You Go with Me" - Josh Turner (2 Weeks)
* October 12: "Me and My Gang" - Rascal Flatts
* October 19: "Every Mile a Memory" - Dierks Bentley
* October 26: "Love You" - Jack Ingram
* November 2: "You Save Me" - Kenny Chesney (2 Weeks)
* November 16: "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood (5 Weeks)

2007

* January 4: "Want To" - Sugarland
* January 11: "Watching You" - Rodney Atkins
* January 18: "Amarillo Sky" - Jason Aldean
* January 25: "Tim McGraw" - Taylor Swift
* February 1: "Ladies Love Country Boys" - Trace Adkins
* February 8: "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban
* February 15: "I Don't Want To" - Ashley Monroe
* February 22: "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban
* March 1: "Hillbilly Deluxe" - Brooks & Dunn (2 Weeks)
* March 15: "Lips of an Angel" - Jack Ingram
* March 22: "Don't Make Me" - Blake Shelton
* March 29: "Long Trip Alone" - Dierks Bentley (3 Weeks)
* April 19: "A Country Boy Can Survive" - Hank Williams Jr.
* April 26: "Settlin'" - Sugarland
* May 3: "Wasted" - Carrie Underwood (3 Weeks)
* May 24: "Teardrops on My Guitar" - Taylor Swift
* May 31: "A Different World" - Bucky Covington
* June 7: "Teardrops on My Guitar" - Taylor Swift
* June 14: "Stand" - Rascal Flatts (2 Weeks)
* June 28: "Johnny Cash" - Jason Aldean
* July 5: "I Told You So" - Keith Urban (2 Weeks)
* July 19: "I Wonder" - Kellie Pickler
* July 26: "A Little More You" - Little Big Town
* August 2: "Lost In This Moment" - Big & Rich
* August 9: "I Wonder" - Kellie Pickler
* August 16: "Famous in a Small Town" - Miranda Lambert
* August 23: "I Need You" - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
* August 30: "These Are My People" - Rodney Atkins
* September 6: "Because of You" - Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson (2 Weeks)
* September 20: "Nothin' Better to Do" - LeAnn Rimes (2 Weeks)
* October 4: "Online" - Brad Paisley (3 Weeks)
* October 25: "Don't Blink" - Kenny Chesney
* November 1: "Stay" - Sugarland
* November 8: "So Small" - Carrie Underwood
* November 15: "Firecracker" - Josh Turner
* November 22: "Our Song" - Taylor Swift (4 Weeks)

2008

* January 3: "So Small" - Carrie Underwood
* January 10: "Stay" - Sugarland
* January 17: "Our Song" - Taylor Swift (3 Weeks)
* February 7: "Stay" - Sugarland
* February 14: "All-American Girl" - Carrie Underwood (2 Weeks)
* February 28: "Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney
* March 6: "All-American Girl" - Carrie Underwood (5 Weeks)
* April 11: "Picture to Burn" - Taylor Swift
* April 18: "All-American Girl" - Carrie Underwood
* April 25: "Picture to Burn" - Taylor Swift
* May 2: "All-American Girl" - Carrie Underwood
* May 9: "Picture to Burn" - Taylor Swift (2 Weeks)
* May 23: "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
* May 30: "Picture to Burn" - Taylor Swift
* June 6: "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood (7 Weeks)
* July 25: "All I Want to Do" - Sugarland (7 Weeks)
* September 12: "Just a Dream" - Carrie Underwood (5 Weeks)

References

ee also

*Top 12 Countdown
*Top 20 Country Countdown