Official Country Rankdown Thread

[taylor is terrified]

Feb 17, 2021 18:07:32 GMT -5 lady𝓐fan said:

I’d love to host an RD for Ingrid’s album! I probably wouldn’t get to it until mid-March tho so if someone else wants to host it sooner that’s fine also. 

March is booked and busy as is, with many 20+ song rankdowns (George Strait Extras, Mickey Guyton, Lee Ann Womack Album Tracks which is over 40 songs), not to mention the 120+ song 2000 Country Rankdown, so I for one certainly won't be upset if you wait, lol

While I'm here, I wanted to say that tomorrow I plan on opening up Jon Pardi's rankdowns for submissions. Remember I'm mass-launching these, so that's why I want to have it open as soon as possible so that people have enough time to prepare for it and get to each one. These will be due throughout the Saturdays in April, and the first day of May!

[lady𝓐fan]

Ok, so after looking at the OP I'm gonna preemptively set a due date of March 22 for Cam's album and April 5 for Ingrid's album (both Mondays to avoid the already-crowded Friday due dates). Both albums are pretty short so they shouldn't take too much time to rank. :)

[castleoblivion26]

so I've decided I'm gonna push the Warren Brothers rankdown to May. The next B&D albums will be due Apr 2nd and Apr 16th still but that is the last and then I'm gonna have both series take May off after two very busy months in March and April!

That being said I haven't decided if I'll still do the Ashley McBryde album rankdowns in May or wait to June for those

[taylor is terrified]

As promised, the Jon Pardi albums have been launched today!

[carriefan15]

Jan 31, 2021 19:13:35 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

That oughta work! Then the album tracks rd can be the big Rankdown of the summer!!!

Can’t wait!!!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Now that Runaway June RD is over, moving on to the next album, "Yours" by Russell Dickerson, due in a month!
(I am doing female --> male --> female... album rotation, after "Yours" is "Frame by Frame" by Cassadee Pope coming up.)

Also, reminder that 2020 Canadian Country RD is still open, after which I will start "2020 Best Female Countries" which features non-mainstream female country songs, (like Clare Dunn, Kylie Frey, Stephanie Quayle etc.)
(Will keep hosting 2 RDs at a time, one album and one themed.)

[bboat11]

Feb 22, 2021 12:51:16 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Now that Runaway June RD is over, moving on to the next album, "Yours" by Russell Dickerson, due in a month!
(I am doing female --> male --> female... album rotation, after "Yours" is "Frame by Frame" by Cassadee Pope coming up.)

Also, reminder that 2020 Canadian Country RD is still open, after which I will start "2020 Best Female Countries" which features non-mainstream female country songs, (like Clare Dunn, Kylie Frey, Stephanie Quayle etc.)
(Will keep hosting 2 RDs at a time, one album and one themed.)

Just so you know, taylor is terrified currently has claim to a rankdown honoring female releases in 2020 that didn't become hits, which is probably pretty much the same thing as what you're suggesting here. I mean, she would probably include mainstream people too (like Ingrid's "The Stranger" should absolutely be included, lol. And Martina, of course Does she still count as mainstream?), but the non-mainstream ladies like you mentioned would all be included as well :)

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Feb 22, 2021 23:35:43 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Feb 22, 2021 12:51:16 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Now that Runaway June RD is over, moving on to the next album, "Yours" by Russell Dickerson, due in a month!
(I am doing female --> male --> female... album rotation, after "Yours" is "Frame by Frame" by Cassadee Pope coming up.)

Also, reminder that 2020 Canadian Country RD is still open, after which I will start "2020 Best Female Countries" which features non-mainstream female country songs, (like Clare Dunn, Kylie Frey, Stephanie Quayle etc.)
(Will keep hosting 2 RDs at a time, one album and one themed.)

Just so you know, taylor is terrified currently has claim to a rankdown honoring female releases in 2020 that didn't become hits, which is probably pretty much the same thing as what you're suggesting here. I mean, she would probably include mainstream people too (like Ingrid's "The Stranger" should absolutely be included, lol. And Martina, of course Does she still count as mainstream?), but the non-mainstream ladies like you mentioned would all be included as well

Good to know, I just saw the post. I will make a decision once I see the taylor is terrified 's list. I would say my list is less mainstream, without Ingrid or Martina, as they will be obvious winners! 

[bboat11]

Feb 22, 2021 23:44:23 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Feb 22, 2021 23:35:43 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Just so you know, taylor is terrified currently has claim to a rankdown honoring female releases in 2020 that didn't become hits, which is probably pretty much the same thing as what you're suggesting here. I mean, she would probably include mainstream people too (like Ingrid's "The Stranger" should absolutely be included, lol. And Martina, of course Does she still count as mainstream?), but the non-mainstream ladies like you mentioned would all be included as well

Good to know, I just saw the post. I will make a decision once I see the taylor is terrified 's list. I would say my list is less mainstream, without Ingrid or Martina, as they will be obvious winners! 

You certainly have a pulse on the Canadian Country ladies that we don't necessarily know very well down in the states. So you might have enough to do your own separate rd! Or maybe you two could work together to come up with a list that incorporates both of your ideas. But we'll see :)

[taylor is terrified]

Feb 22, 2021 23:44:23 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Feb 22, 2021 23:35:43 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Just so you know, taylor is terrified currently has claim to a rankdown honoring female releases in 2020 that didn't become hits, which is probably pretty much the same thing as what you're suggesting here. I mean, she would probably include mainstream people too (like Ingrid's "The Stranger" should absolutely be included, lol. And Martina, of course Does she still count as mainstream?), but the non-mainstream ladies like you mentioned would all be included as well

Good to know, I just saw the post. I will make a decision once I see the taylor is terrified 's list. I would say my list is less mainstream, without Ingrid or Martina, as they will be obvious winners! 

Not to sound nitpicky or anything about that, but Ingrid and Martina both lost the most recent rankdown they were in, which was my own personal year-end chart's rankdown. "The Stranger" has only one a single rankdown (the April 2020 are country releases) and "Girls Like Me" has never won anything.

I currently have a plan to open the 2020 Female "Flops" of Country Radio rankdown (that's what the original creator came up with as a title) in April, with a due date about a week into May. The list I have compiled currently has people like RaeLynn, Abby Anderson, Caroline Jones, Lindsay Ell and Meghan Patrick (who I know are Canadian  ;)  ), and even Sunny Sweeney. I want to cap the list off at 20 minimum and 25 maximum so I can try to find some more Canadian artists to add if need be. About the mainstream part, the point of this series is to find songs by female artists that didn't do anything at radio, no matter whether they'd had an established track record at radio beforehand. Of course, that would mean those who had previously had hits at radio and now wouldn't are past their primes, so there's not too many in any given year. Many of the artists I've compiled for the list have never charted at radio, let alone had a hit. I'll be looking for more artists soon and will have the list up in the next month or so when the rankdown launches.  :)

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Feb 23, 2021 9:34:36 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

Feb 22, 2021 23:44:23 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Good to know, I just saw the post. I will make a decision once I see the taylor is terrified 's list. I would say my list is less mainstream, without Ingrid or Martina, as they will be obvious winners! 

Not to sound nitpicky or anything about that, but Ingrid and Martina both lost the most recent rankdown they were in, which was my own personal year-end chart's rankdown. "The Stranger" has only one a single rankdown (the April 2020 are country releases) and "Girls Like Me" has never won anything.

I currently have a plan to open the 2020 Female "Flops" of Country Radio rankdown (that's what the original creator came up with as a title) in April, with a due date about a week into May. The list I have compiled currently has people like RaeLynn, Abby Anderson, Caroline Jones, Lindsay Ell and Meghan Patrick (who I know are Canadian   ), and even Sunny Sweeney. I want to cap the list off at 20 minimum and 25 maximum so I can try to find some more Canadian artists to add if need be. About the mainstream part, the point of this series is to find songs by female artists that didn't do anything at radio, no matter whether they'd had an established track record at radio beforehand. Of course, that would mean those who had previously had hits at radio and now wouldn't are past their primes, so there's not too many in any given year. Many of the artists I've compiled for the list have never charted at radio, let alone had a hit. I'll be looking for more artists soon and will have the list up in the next month or so when the rankdown launches. 

Those are the artists I was definitely thinking of! Looking forward to your RD!  As our lists would look kinda similar, I'm not gonna host "2020 Best Female Countries", and move on to something else after my current Canadian RD.

[Darkest Hour]

Album rankdown for Chris Stapleton's Starting Over is launched. Due April 18th.

[HeyHeyHey]

I want to do a Brett Eldredge -‘Sunday Drive’ album Rankdown but might wait a little to open it up since there is a lot due in the next month or so!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Opened up a new RD series, "Global Country RD", which features 20 country songs 5 each from Texas, US small market, Canada, and Australia/UK.
You will see singers like Randall King, Laine Hardy, Orville Peck, and Ward Thomas.

Also, Lindsay Ell "The Project +" RD is coming up on Canadian Country RD thread.
(After the reveal of 2020 Canadian RD)

[Kanenrá:ke]

Would anybody mind if I come back to host something?

[castleoblivion26]

Time for me to evaluate where things stand with my rankdowns, especially where there are so many rankdowns open I want to approach things a little differently for May onward.

Currently Opened:
Pam Tillis - Dos Divas (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)
Pam Tillis - Come See Me and Come Lonely (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)
Disney Movies - Golden and Wartime Eras (Due: Mar 12th)

Lee Ann Womack - Album Tracks (Due: Mar 19th)
Brothers Osborne - Skeletons (Due: Mar 19th)

Pam Tillis - Looking For A Feeling (Due: Mar 26th)
Pam Tillis - Extras (Due: Mar 26th)

Patty Loveless - Strong Heart (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. (Due: Apr 2nd)

Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #6 (Due: Apr 9th)

Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Due: Apr 16th)
Brooks & Dunn - Tightrope (Due: Apr 16th)
Carly Pearce - Carly Pearce (Due: Apr 16th)

Pam Tillis - Album Tracks (Due: Apr 23rd)

I haven't opened the next Shuffle Rankdown or the next two Brooks & Dunn albums yet but they are coming and we are doing their debut album Brand New Man and their final 90s album Tightrope! The Pam Tillis Album Tracks rankdown has also not been opened yet but that one will be once we finish the Extras reveals!

Going into May I'm going to give both the Patty & the B&D series a break so that we can get some other rankdowns done.

Here are some tentative plans for May and beyond:
Songwriter Series #3: The Warren Brothers (Due: May 7th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #7 (Due: May 7th)
Ashley McBryde - Jalopies & Expensive Guitars(Due: May 7th)

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere(Due: May 14th)
Kip Moore - Slowheart(Due: May 14th)

Ashley McBryde - Never Will(Due: May 21st)
Kip Moore - Wild World(Due: May 21st)

Pam Tillis - Singles (Due: May 28th)
Ashley McBryde - Extras(Due: May 28th)

Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (Due: June 4th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul (Due: June 4th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #8 (Due: June 4th)

Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road (June 11th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II (Due: June 11th)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - Rebecca Lynn Howard(Due: June 11th)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - Forgive(Due: June 18th)
Collin Raye - Singles(Due: June 18th)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - No Rules(Due: June 25th)
The Wilkinsons - Nothing But Love(Due: June 25th)

Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #9 (Due: July 2nd)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - Extras(Due: July 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man (Due: July 2nd)

The Wilkinsons - Here and Now(Due: July 9th)
Patty Loveless - Dreaming My Dreams (Due: July 9th)

Brooks & Dunn - Cowboy Town (Due: July 16th)
Blackhawk- Singles (Due: July 16th)

Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights (Due: July 23rd)
The Wilkinsons - Shine(Due: July 23rd)

Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This(Due: July 30th)
Mark Wills- Singles (Due: July 30th)

This is a tentative plan through July. With this plan I'll be able to finish all of Ashley McBryde, Kip Moore, and Rebecca Lynn Howard. Plus the final Patty albums will be done so all we'll have left are the Extras and Album Tracks rankdowns left for her. Will also have singles rankdowns done for Collin Raye, Blackhawk, and Mark Wills. I'll also have launched into the Wilkinsons and Deana Carter Album Series that I'm really excited to do. The Wilkinsons I will be doing like Pam Tillis and doing the Singles rankdown last.

Things could obviously change and I know this is a lot but it is spaced over the next 4 months. I've also been thinking about taking a month off from rankdowns and if I do that may push back some of my plans so we'll see.

[ClevelandRox]

Blackhawk and Mark Wills singles

[Kanenrá:ke]

castleoblivion26 If I get inspired your inbox may get flooded early lol

[castleoblivion26]

Mar 10, 2021 11:58:33 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

castleoblivion26 If I get inspired your inbox may get flooded early lol

Sounds good! I'm gonna probably open most of what is due in May later today

[Kanenrá:ke]

Coming soon!

[castleoblivion26]

I really look forward to diving into Chely Wright's singles Kanenrá:ke! I've long enjoyed quite a few of her singles!

[tim]

I'll be re-launching the 1990s Country Year-End Rankdown series soon...more details to follow so stay tuned!

[Cody Wants Out...]

FYI (or a warning): "Help Me Hold On" is one of my all-time favorites!

[castleoblivion26]

Mar 22, 2021 16:51:08 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

FYI (or a warning): "Help Me Hold On" is one of my all-time favorites!

Just a quick shameless plug but my current Anything & Everything Shuffle Rankdown which is only 10 songs happens to include "Help Me Hold On" as on of the songs so you should totally do that one! Still a few weeks left before it is due so there's plenty of time!

[castleoblivion26]

Not to double post but I want to do a quick overview of my plans and

CURRENTLY (OR SOON TO BE) REVEALING
Pam Tillis - Come See Me and Come Lonely (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan)
Lee Ann Womack - Album Tracks
Brothers Osborne - Skeletons

Currently Opened:
Pam Tillis - Looking For A Feeling (Due: Mar 26th)
Pam Tillis - Extras (Due: Mar 26th)

Patty Loveless - Strong Heart (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. (Due: Apr 2nd)

Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #6 (Due: Apr 9th)

Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Due: Apr 16th)
Brooks & Dunn - Tightrope (Due: Apr 16th)
Carly Pearce - Carly Pearce (Due: Apr 16th)

Songwriter Series #3: The Warren Brothers (Due: May 7th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #7 (Due: May 7th) **YET TO BE OPENED**
Ashley McBryde - Jalopies & Expensive Guitars(Due: May 7th)

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere(Due: May 14th)

Ashley McBryde - Never Will(Due: May 21st)

Ashley McBryde - Extras(Due: May 28th)
Ashley McBryde - Elsebound(Due: May 28th)

My original plans were to open the remaining Kip Moore albums to be due in May. At this time I have decided to push those off due to the amount of different hosts opening rankdowns recently. Therefore my plans will be adjusted going forward:

Here are some tentative plans for June and beyond:

Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (Due: June 4th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul (Due: June 4th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #8 (Due: June 4th)

Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road (June 11th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II (Due: June 11th)
Kip Moore - Slowheart(Due: June 11th)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - Rebecca Lynn Howard(Due: June 18th)
Kip Moore - Wild World(Due: June 18th)
Collin Raye - Singles(Due: June 18th)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - Forgive(Due: June 25th)
The Wilkinsons - Nothing But Love(Due: June 25th)
Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This(Due: June 25th)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - No Rules(Due: July 2nd)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #9 (Due: July 2nd)

Rebecca Lynn Howard - Extras(Due: July 9th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man (Due: July 9th)
Patty Loveless - Dreaming My Dreams (Due: July 9th)

The Wilkinsons - Here and Now(Due: July 16th)
Deana Carter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright(Due: July 16th)
Blackhawk- Singles (Due: July 16th)

Brooks & Dunn - Cowboy Town (Due: July 23rd)
Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights (Due: July 23rd)

The Wilkinsons - Shine(Due: July 30th)
Deana Carter - I'm Just A Girl(Due: July 30th)
Mark Wills- Singles (Due: July 30th)

Pam Tillis - Album Tracks (Due: TBD)
Pam Tillis - Singles (Due: TBD)

So what I have opened for April is all I'll have opened. I will not be having the Pam Tillis Album Tracks due in April, I think I'll have that due in May, and then have the Singles due in July but will see how things are going when the time comes to open the rankdowns. As always this list is tentative.

Non-Country Music related but I have 2 rankdowns I'd like to do this coming summer. Part Two of my Disney series will be based on the Silver and Bronze eras of Disney's Animated Canon, going from Cinderella to The Rescuers. Still need to do some graphics for this which is why I haven't opened it yet.

The other one I want to open is an Aerosmith Singles rankdown that I've long had planned

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Opened a new one Cassadee Pope - Frame by Frame RD due by Apr. 22.
Also, Global Country RD is due in a week and half.

What's coming up in Contemporary Country RD.
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Apr. Cassadee Pope - Frame By Frame
May. Parmalee - Feels Like Carolina 
June. Jana Kramer - Jana Kramer
July. TBA Male
August. Gone West - Canyons
Sept. TBA Male
Oct. Caylee Hammack - If It Wasn’t For You 

While I wanted to wait longer, I will be revealing Canadian Country RD soon, as it is getting old, and coming up after is
Lindsay Ell series
Tenille Arts series


I might be missing, so if someone was claiming any of them, please let me know.

[taylor is terrified]

Hi y'all! It's high time for me to do an update on my plans, especially since I've had such a hectic month and many things now have to be changed around.

Current happenings:
Jake Owen's debut album is currently revealing, finally. I plan on finishing these reveals in a few hours, and then I'm going to give Shania Twain's Now album a new deadline, even if she might not need one. I wanna get Shania done ASAP, so April 9 will likely be her new due date.

What's planned:
Given the fact that I didn't get to give any reminders for my Adele and Jon Pardi rankdowns, they might have to be reconfigured a bit, but they will be moving forward. I'm certainly not blowing my Adele plans a second time, so I'm going to extend Adele by a month and have her music due throughout May. New due dates will come for Jon Pardi when I've figured out a final re-configuration.

Everything else that I had planned for May and June onward will move forward as planned, with the exception of my 20 songs for 20 years idea. I'm going to reconfigure that one and make a 21-song rankdown with a theme of my favorite country songs that have an alcoholic beverage (i.e. beer, wine, whiskey, etc.) in the title. This is in honor of my 21st birthday, which is October 5, so this rankdown isn't going to be coming for some time as the due date will likely be then, but we'll see how that goes as we get closer to the fall.

---

So here's how it looks now:
March:
Jake Owen - Startin' With Me (currently revealing)

April:
Shania Twain - Now (April 9)
Jake Owen - Easy Does It (due date in late April)
Jon Pardi Rankdowns (new due dates TBA)

May:
Adele Rankdowns (due throughout May)
Female "Flops" of 2020 Country Radio (May 8)
Darius Rucker Rankdown (May 12)
Luke Bryan Rankdown (May 26)

June:
Carrie Underwood - My Savior (June 4)
Country Pride: Our Allies (June 11)
Carrie Underwood Extras (June 18)
Country Pride: Our Siblings (June 25)

...and the thing I have planned on launching June 4 that only bboat11 knows about for now  :kii:  I'm just gonna keep teasing that one along  ;)

[castleoblivion26]

Quick update and overview of my plans:

CURRENTLY (OR SOON TO BE) REVEALING
Lee Ann Womack - Album Tracks
Pam Tillis - Looking For A Feeling (Due: Mar 26th)
Pam Tillis - Extras (Due: Mar 26th)
Patty Loveless - Strong Heart (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. (Due: Apr 2nd)

Currently Opened:
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #6 (Due: Apr 9th)

Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Due: Apr 16th)
Brooks & Dunn - Tightrope (Due: Apr 16th)
Carly Pearce - Carly Pearce (Due: Apr 16th)

Songwriter Series #3: The Warren Brothers (Due: May 7th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #7 (Due: May 7th) **YET TO BE OPENED**
Ashley McBryde - Jalopies & Expensive Guitars(Due: May 7th)

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere(Due: May 14th)

Ashley McBryde - Never Will(Due: May 21st)

Ashley McBryde - Extras(Due: May 28th)
Ashley McBryde - Elsebound(Due: May 28th)

TENTATIVE PLANS FOR: June and beyond:
Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (Due: June 4th)
Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road (June 4th)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - Rebecca Lynn Howard(Due: June 4th)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #8 (Due: June 4th)

Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul (Due: June 11th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II (Due: June 11th)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - Forgive(Due: June 11th)
Collin Raye - Singles(Due: June 11th)

Kip Moore - Slowheart(Due: June 18th)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - No Rules(Due: June 18th)
The Wilkinsons - Nothing But Love(Due: June 18th)
The Wilkinsons - Here and Now(Due: June 18th)

Kip Moore - Wild World(Due: June 25th)
Rebecca Lynn Howard - Extras(Due: June 25th)

Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This(Due: July 2nd)
Deana Carter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright(Due: July 2nd)
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #9 (Due: July 2nd)

Blackhawk- Singles (Due: July 16th)
Alecia Elliott - I'm Diggin' It(Due: July 16th)

Mark Wills- Singles (Due: July 30th)
Clay Davidson - Unconditional(Due: July 30th)

Pam Tillis - Album Tracks (Due: TBD)
Pam Tillis - Singles (Due: TBD)

That still leaves my Disney rankdown which I've opened already and my upcoming Aerosmith rankdown (both non-Country rankdowns obviously lol).

[bboat11]

castleoblivion26 are you really going to be able to host 4 rankdowns per week for like the next three months straight? Lmao you're gonna be so sick of us! 😂

[tim]

Apr 2, 2021 19:19:13 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

castleoblivion26 are you really going to be able to host 4 rankdowns per week for like the next three months straight? Lmao you're gonna be so sick of us! 😂

I had to stop looking at everyone's game plan because it gives me anxiety lol