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 recently 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.

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

• 20- What Do You Think AbOUT That - Montgomery Gentry
• 19- International Harvester - Craig Morgan
• 18- Peace in the Valley - Faith Hill (Last Time 16)
• 17- Stealing Cinderella - Chuck Wicks
• 16- Better Get To Livin' - Dolly Parton (Last Week 12)
• 15- Ready, Set, Don't Go - Billy Ray Cyrus (Last Week 13)
• 14- As If - Sara Evans (Last Week 15)
• 13- Shiftwork - Kenny Chesney
• 12- Online - Brad Paisley (Last Week 7)
• 11- Nothin' Better To Do - LeAnn Rimes (Last Week 8)
• 10- More Than A Memory - Garth Brooks (Last Week 11)
• 9- Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan (Last Week 14)
• 8- Take Me There - Rascal Flatts (Last Week 6)
• 7- Everybody - Keith Urban
• 6- Don't Blink - Kenny Chesney (Last Week 4)
• 5- Firecracker - Josh Turner (Last Week 9)
• 4- Letter To Me - Brad Paisley (Last Week 5)
• 3- Our Song - Taylor Swift (Last Week 1)
• 2- Stay - Sugarland (Last Week 3)
• 1- So Small - Carrie Underwood (Last Week 2)

Videos that just exited the Countdown--
* I Got My Game On -Trace Adkins (20)

• Fall - Clay Walker (19)
• I Wonder (Excerpt From 2007 CMA Awards) - Kellie Pickler (18)
• Because of You - Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson (17)
• Go Tell It On The Mountain - Toby Keith and Jewel (10)

Number 1s

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
• April 21: "God's Will" - Martina McBride (2 Weeks)
• 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 4: "So Small" - Carrie Underwood

See also

• Top 20 Country Countdown