Pulse Country Artist of the Year - Round 1 -Newbie2 Division

[Markus Meyer]

Reba McEntire won the last one, edging out King George by one vote.

Artists Moving On:

Zac Brown Band
Eric Church
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Gary Allan
Reba McEntire

Voting Easton Corbin.

[.indulgecountry]

Easton Corbin, with Hunter Hayes close behind. I love both, but Easton's neo-traditional style is more my style.

Not familiar enough with Charlie Worsham yet, and I dislike Brantley Gilbert.

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[carriekins]

Easton! Charlie did make me pause, though... but I absolutely adore Easton.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Easton and Charlie are actually neck-and-neck for me, with Hunter right behind them.

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Thanks for tagging me, .indulgecountry!

I absolutely love both Easton and Charlie, but I have to give the slight edge to Charlie here. His debut album is simply flawless, and while he's not quite as traditional as Easton, I think his album is slightly stronger than each of Easton's. I'm a big fan of the traditional country music but Charlie's lyrics and instrumentation are soo good and so remniscent of early Keith Urban, plus guys like Vince Gill and just 90's/early 2000's quality country in general, and I love me some of that stuff as well.

So, I've gotta vote for Charlie here, by a hair over Easton. Hunter is pretty good too, although I don't like his voice nearly as much. Brantley has a few good songs, but he's more 'miss' than 'hit' for me.