Annual Music Awards, Top Albums and Singles of 2024
Kacey Musgraves, J.C’s top music artist of 2024, dominated his weekly charts throughout the year.
J.C.’s Annual Music Awards 2024
● Music Artist of the Year: Kacey Musgraves
● Live Performer of the Year: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
● Male Music Artist of the Year: Bruce Springsteen
● Female Music Artist of the Year: Kacey Musgraves
● Band or Duo of the Year: Larkin Poe
● Favorite New Artist: Stella Cole (She released her debut album in August).
● Favorite Rising Music Artist: Hannah McFarland
● Favorite Comeback of the Year: Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour
☆ ACHIEVEMENTS IN RECORDED MUSIC:
● Album of the Year (overall): Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
● Single of the Year (overall): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
● Favorite Achievement in Songwriting: Deeper Well (entire album) – Kacey Musgraves
● Favorite Rock Album: Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits – Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs
● Favorite Country Album: Sugarado – Nilsen’s Southern Harmony (Bjørn Nilsen from Norway)
● Favorite Pop Album: Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
● Favorite R&B/Soul Album: Small Changes – Michael Kiwanuka
● Favorite Americana Album: (3 tied)
> For the Life of Me – Will Kimbrough
> Heartbreak, Misery & Death – Grayson Capps
> On a Mission – Sugarcane Jane
● Favorite Blues Album: Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside
● Favorite Classical Jazz Album:
> The 1968 Tapes – Jazz Sabbath
● Favorite Contemporary Jazz or American Standards Album:
> Stella Cole by Stella Cole
● Favorite Folk (also: Country-Folk or Pop Folk album): Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
● Favorite Hip Hop/Rap Album:
> The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) – Eminem
● Favorite Metal Album:
> Invincible Shield – Judas Priest
● Favorite Tribute Album: (4 tied)
> Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense – Various Artists
> Petty Country (A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty) – Various Artists
> The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed – Various Artists
> Silver Patrons Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin – Various Artists
● Favorite Live Album of the Year: (4 tied)
> Live at The Blue Note Chicago – Nat King Cole
> Live at The Ryman – The Red Clay Strays
> The Live Series: Songs From Around The World Vol. 2 – Bruce Springsteen
> The Live Series: Songs Of Celebration – Bruce Springsteen
● Favorite Compilation Album of the Year: (5 tied)
> Best of Bruce Springsteen – Bruce Springsteen
> Memphis – Elvis Presley
> Swan Songs: The Singles 1976–1981 – Dave Edmunds
> Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) – David Bowie
> Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 – Lou Reed
● Favorite Anniversary or Re-issued Album or Boxed set: (8 tied)
> The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) – Joni Mitchell
> How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Special 2024 Reissue – U2
> Jungle (40th Anniversary Edition) – Dwight Twilley
> Long After Dark: Deluxe Edition – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
> Neil Young Archives Volume III: 1976–1987 – Neil Yoing
> One Hand Clapping – Paul McCartney & Wings
> The 1974 Live Recordings – Bob Dylan and The Band
> The Carnegie Hall Concert – Alice Coltrane
● Favorite EP of the Year: (4 tied)
> Hot Sun Cool Shroud – Wilco
> I Dreamed It – Margy
> Lie to Me – Garbage
> Unreal Unearth – Hozier
☆ ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIVE MUSIC:
● Concert Tour of the Year:
> Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2024 Tour
● Best New Music or Album Release Show:
> Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well album release show at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN (Mar. 15)
● Farewell Concert Tour of the Year:
> Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O. “Over and Out Tour”
● Favorite Special Live Music or House Concert Event: (2 tied)
> An annual pre-Grammy house concert and party at a private residence on Willow Glen Road in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 3)
> Super Bowl Party and After Super Bowl House Concert at private residence in Colts Neck, NY (Feb. 11)
● Favorite Special Music-Themed Event: (2 tied)
> Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Presents “Celebrating The Stone Pony Anniversary: Spotlighting 50 Legendary Years of Music Memories” at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ (Feb. 10)
> The Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival’s Inaugural “Relatives of Nashville Royalty” at The Flora-Bama on the AL/FL Gulf Coast (Nov. 8)
● Favorite Las Vegas Concert or Live Music Engagement: (2 tied)
> The Eagles at The Sphere in Las Vegas, NV
> U2 Live at The Sphere in Las Vegas, NV
● Favorite Live Charity Event: (3 tied)
> 33rd Annual Benefit Gala: MusiCares Person of the Year, honoring Jon Bon Jovi, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, Jason Isbell, Lainey Wilson, Brandy Clark, Melissa Etheridge with Larkin Poe, Marcus King, The Goo Goo Dolls, Jelly Roll, Sammy Hagar, and more, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 2).
> The 8th Annual “Love Rocks NYC” charity event featuring The Black Keys, Dave Grohl, Hozier, Nile Rodgers, Tom Morello, former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Larkin Poe, Marcus King, Trombone Shorty, Lucius, The Struts’ Luke Spiller, Joss Stone, Allison Russell, an all-star house band led by Will Lee, and many more, will be held at The Beacon Theatre in New York City, NY (March 7).
> 18th Annual Stand Up for Heroes ft. Bruce Springsteen, Jim Gaffigan, Norah Jones, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Questlove, and Mark Normand (presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival) at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, NY (Nov. 11).
● Favorite Milestone Concert Event:
> Billy Joel, with special guest Axl Rose, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, “the final show of his monthly residency at the Garden, which began in 2014” (July 25).
● Favorite Tribute Concert/Live Music Event: (2 tied)
> AmericanaFest Pre-Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, an event featuring Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell, Jason Isbell with Sadler Vaden, Bobby Rush, Ruthie Foster, Larkin Poe, Allison Russell, Rufus Wainwright, Susanna Hoffs, Marcus King, and more, at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA (Feb. 3).
> “Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett” featuring Paul McCartney, the Eagles, Zac Brown, Brandi Carlile, Jackson Browne, Dave Grohl, and more, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA (Apr. 15).
● Favorite Awards or Hall of Fame Ceremony: (4 tied)
> 66th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Peacock Theatre and Crypton .com Arena in Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 4)
> Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music presents “American Music Honors,” an event honoring Dion Dimucci, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, and Mavis Staples at Monmouth University (Apr. 24).
> Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring Glen Ballard, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, and Howlin’ Wolf at The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs, MS (Sept. 19).
> Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honoring Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Buffett, Cher, the Dave Matthews Band, Suzanne de Passe, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, MC5, Ozzy Osbourne, Big Mama Thornton, A Tribe Called Quest, Dionne Warwick, and Norman Whitfield at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH (Oct. 19).
● Favorite Music Festival in 2024:
> Sea.Hear.Now Festival ft. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Noah Kahan, Trey Anastasio Band, Black Crowes, Norah Jones, the Gaslight Anthem, and more, at North Beach and Bradley Park in Asbury Park, NJ (Sept. 14 & 15).
● Favorite Music Festival Dedicated to Songwriting: (2 tied)
> Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival on the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast (attended Nov. 5-8).
> Mississippi Songwriters Festival in Ocean Springs/Gautier, MS (Sept. 20-22)
● Favorite Classical Music Show or Event:
> New York Philharmonic’s “Art of the Score” concert spotlighting the Bernard Herrmann score from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”. The orchestra performed in front of a giant screen at David Geffen Hall/Lincoln Center in New York City, NY (Jan. 24)
☆ FAVORITE LIVE MUSIC VENUES IN 2024:
● Favorite Live Music Music (Overall) Venue: (2 tied)
> Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, AL
> The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ
● Favorite New Live Music (Overall) Venue:
> The Sound Amphitheater in Gautier, MS
● Favorite (Club/Bar-Size) Venue:
> Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, AL
● Favorite (Larger Club-Size) Venue: (4 tied)
> The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA
> Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi, MS
> The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ
> The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA
● Favorite (Concert Hall/Theatre-Size) Venue: (4 tied)
> The Beacon Theatre in New York City, NY
> Hackensack Theatre/Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ
> The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs, MS
> The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN
● Favorite (Indoor Arena-size) Venue: (2 tied)
> Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA
> Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY
● Favorite (Outdoor Amphitheater/Music Park) Venue: (2 tied)
> The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA
> The Sound Amphitheater in Gautier, MS
● Favorite (Intimate Outdoor) Venue: (2 tied)
> The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, AL
> Granny’s Garden in Jackson County, MS
● Favorite (Stadium-size) Venue: (2 tied)
> Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain
> Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain
☆ ACHIEVEMENTS IN FILM, TELEVISION, STAGE, AND MEDIA:
● Best Music Video of the Year:
> “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves (a video directed by Hannah Lux Davis).
● Favorite Music Documentary: (8 tied)
> The Beach Boys (Disney+/HULU)
> Beatles ’64 (Disney+)
> Jersey Sound: The Musicians Who Call New Jersey Home (Prime Video & Tubi)
> Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (Netflix)
> Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (Disney+/HULU)
> Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (HBO)
> Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Disney+/HULU)
> Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (MAX)
● Favorite Music-Themed Biopic:
> A Complete Unknown (a biopic about Bob Dylan; directed by James Mangold)
● Favorite Movie Soundtrack:
> Joker: Folie à Deux (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga
> Twisters: The Album (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists
● Favorite Original Song Used in a Film or Television Production:
> “Caddo Country” (from Twisters: The Album)- The Red Clay Strays
● Favorite Previously Released Song Used in a Film of Television Production:
> “MacArthur Park” – Richard Harris (featured in Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice)
● Favorite Local (Gulf Coast) Production Company: (3 tied)
> All This Entertainment
> Mississippi Songwriters Alliance
> Red Radio South Productions
● Favorite Music-Themed Podcast: (2 tied)
> Leland Sklar’s podcast
> Otis Gibb’s podcast: Thanks For Giving A Damn
● Favorite YouTube or Other Streaming Service Show: (2 tied)
> Professor of Rock (YouTube)
> Rick Beato (YouTube)
● Favorite Sirius XM channels: (4 tied)
> E Street Radio
> 70s at 7
> 80s on 8
> Underground Garage: Little Steven’s Rock & Roll Radio
● Favorite Sirius XM Shows: (3 tied)
> “80’s at 8 Big 40 Countdown” (80s On 8)
> “Live From E Street Nation with Dave Marsh and Jim Rotolo” (E Street Radio)
> “The Wild & The Innocent with Jim Rotolo” (E Street Radio)
● Favorite Music Event on Broadway or Stage:
> The Broadway production of “Days of Wine and Roses” at Studio 54 in New York City, NY.
● Favorite Music Educational Program: (4 tied)
> Lakehouse Music Academy in Asbury Park, NJ
> Mississippi Songwriters Alliance Education
> The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s Library and Archives at Metro Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH
> TeachRock, an online educational resource presented by Stevie Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.
● Favorite Music- Related Fiction or Non-Fiction:
> Superstar Guitars by Eleanor Jane
● Favorite Music-Related Magazine:
> Billboard magazine
● Favorite Music-Related Online Website: (2 tied)
> Setlist. com
> Springsteen. net
● Favorite Music Photographer: (4 tied)
> Danny Clinch
> Pam Springsteen
> Rob DeMartin
> Stephen “Andy” Anderson
Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well and its title track topped Johnny Cole’s year-end chart in 2024.
☆ My Top 125 Albums of 2024
The chart is based on the 52 weekly charts compiled throughout the year.
1) Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
2) Made by These Moments – The Red Clay Strays
3) For the Life of Me – Will Kimbrough
4) Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty – Various Artists
5) Sugarado – Nilsen’s Southern Harmony
6) On a Mission – Sugarcane Jane
7) Heartbreak, Misery & Death – Grayson Capps
8) Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits – Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs
9) Grits & Greens – Grits & Greens
10) Jubilee – Jimmy Lee Hannaford
11) It Would Have Been You – Steve Eriksson
12) Luck and Strange – David Gilmour
13) Stella Cole – Stella Cole
14) Rhumba Country – Pokey Lafarge
15) Sweet Critters – Caleb Caudle
16) Ole Blue – Cary Hudson
17) Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish
18) Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside
19) Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin – Various Artists
20) Songwriter – Johnny Cash
21) Visions – Norah Jones
22) Skin in the Game – Immediate Family
23) The Border – Willie Nelson
24) Forever – Bon Jovi
25) 50 – Herb Alpert
26) The In Between – Kevin Gordon
27) Passage du Desir – Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)
28) Songs for a Nervous Planet – Tears for Fears
29) Sandcastle – Mardi Gras
30) Lucinda Williams Sings the Beatles at Abbey Road – Lucinda Williams
31) Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed – Various Artists
32) Woodland – Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
33) Orgy of the Damned – Slash
34) Visitor – John Moreland
35) Muscle Shoals Sessions – Texas and Spooner Oldham
36) Viva Lone Justice – Lone Justice
37) Blame It on Eve – Shemekia Copeland
38) The Great American Bar Scene – Zach Bryan
39) Stellar Evolution – Aaron Lee Tasjan
40) Songs of a Lost World – The Cure
41) Cowboys and Dreamers – George Strait
42) Little Rope – Sleater-Kinney
43) Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions – Various Artists
44) The Love You Bleed – Danielle Nicole
45) Wall of Eyes – The Smile
46) Daylight Savings Time – Steve Forbert
47) Portrait – Samara Joy
48) Rockabilly Queen – Linda Gail Lewis
49) Leon – Leon Bridges
50) Harlequin – Lady Gaga
51) The Other Side – T Bone Burnett
52) Light Verse – Iron & Wine
53) Live at the Ryman – The Red Clay Strays
54) Mood Swings – Marcus King
55) Magnet Factory – Pylon Reenactment Society
56) Long Way Home – Ray LaMontagne
57) Undefeated – Frank Turner
58) Small Changes – Michael Kiwanuka
59) Don’t Forget Me – Maggie Rogers
60) Nothing to Lose – Hollow Coves
61) Smoke & Fiction – X
62) No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose
63) Mind, Man, Medicine – The Secret Sisters
64) Girl Friends – Dion
65) The Past Is Still Alive – Hurray for the Riff Raff
66) Wonder, Won’t You? – Harrison Storm
67) All This Time – Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
68) Twisters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists
69) Bad Monkey (Original Series Soundtrack) – Various Artists
70) Mahashmashana – Father John Misty
71) Ghost Notes – The Loving Apparitions
72) Lolly Lee – Lolly Lee
73) Beethoven Blues – Jon Batiste
74) Moon Music – Coldplay
75) Picasso’s Villa – Anders Osborne
76) TexiCali – Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
77) Silver Bullet Bluegess – Various Artists
78) The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) – Eminem
79) Oh Brother – Dawes
80) What Now – Brittany Howard
81) Paradise State of Mind – Foster the People
82) Roll it Out – The Deslondes
83) Last Leaf on the Tree – Willie Nelson
84) How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean – Joan Armatrading
85) Evergreen – Soccer Mommy
86) Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense – Various Artists
87) Friendlytown – Steve Cropper and The Midnight Hour
88) Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations – The Vaccines
89) Dark Matter – Pearl Jam
90) Flash-A-Magic – Luke Winslow-King
91) Still Hungover – Ella Langley
92) American Boys – Don Mclean
93) Lives Outgrown – Beth Gibbons
94) Hummingbird – Carly Pearce
95) D – Daryl Hall
96) My Favorite Place – Jim Lauderdale
97) $10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett
98) Revelations – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
99) A Dream Is All We Know – The Lemon Twigs
100) Drive My Car – Bill Wyman
101) Wild God – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
102) All In: Unreleased & Rarities – Justin Townes Earle
103) Miami Moon – Devon Allman
104) Milton + Esperanza – Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
105) Indoor Safari – Nick Lowe
106) I Hear Thunder – Tab
107) Brighter Days – Dwight Yoakam
108) Father & Son – Garfunkel & Garfunkel
109) Reunion – John Oates
110) Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee
111) Naked Truth – Tinsley Ellis
112) One Deep River – Mark Knopfler
113) How Much Is Enough? – Iain Matthews
114) Can We Please Have Fun – Kings of Leon
115) Starstruck – Hollywood Stars
116) No Name – Jack White
117) The Collective – Kim Gordon
118) No Obligation – The Linda Lindas
119) Nobody Loves You More – Kim Deal of The Breeders
120) Letter To Self – The Sprints
121) People Who Aren’t There Anymore – Future Islands
122) Aghori Mhori Mei – The Smashing Pumpkins
123) Here in the Pitch – Jessica Pratt
124) Only God Was Above Us – Vampire Weekend
125) Cartoon Darkness – Amyl and The Sniffers
☆ My Top 100 Singles of 2024:
The chart is based on the 52 weekly charts compiled throughout the year.
1) “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves (spent ten weeks at #1)
2) “Too Pretty to Cry” – Margy ft. Cherie McCabe (spent four weeks at #1)
3) “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
4) “She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen
5) “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
6) “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves (spent three weeks at #1)
7) “Mr. Nice Try” – Chaislyn (Chaislyn’s sixth straight year with at least one song in my year-end top ten; this year she has two).
8) “Don’t Forget Me” – Maggie Rogers
9) “Sandpiper” – Zach Bryan and Bruce Springsteen
10) “Make Believe” – Chaislyn (spent two weeks at #1)
11) “All in Good Time” – Iron Wine & Fiona Apple
12) “Holdin’ On to Nothing” – Nilsen’s Southern Harmony
13) “Dare to Dream” – Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
14) “Monster” – Margy
15) “Wings to Fly” – Naughty Professor & Maggie Koerner
16) “Cardinal” – Kacey Musgraves
17) “Hey Highway” – Hannah McFarland
18) “Southern Accents” – Dolly Parton
19) “Dream, Dream, Dream” – Drew Young
20) “Heaven Is” – Kacey Musgraves
21) “The Girl That I Call Home” – Tears for Fears
22) “Die with a Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
23) “Every Day” – Will Kimbrough
24) “Disease” – Lady Gaga
25) “Wish” – Al Jardaine
26) “On the Way” – Hollow Coves
27) “Legendary” – Bon Jovi
28) “Turn the Lights Back On” – Billy Joel
29) “Good People” – Mumford & Sons with Pharrell Williams
30) “Moody River” – Grayson Capps
31) “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green
32) “Halo” – Texas with Spooner Oldman
33) “Call Me Irresponsible” – Steve Perry and his father Ray Perry
34) “It Would Have Been You” – Steve Eriksson
35) “I’ve Come to Love You Madly” – Drew Young
36) “I’m Waiting for the Man” – Keith Richard
37) “Song While You’re Away” – Tyler Childers
38) “Tomorrow” – Harrison Storm
39) “Sweet Sister Singing” – Jimmy Lee Hannaford
40) “The Border” – Willie Nelson
41) “Fake Flowers” – Maggie Rose
42) “Running” – Norah Jones
43) “Wanna Be Loved” – The Red Clay Strays
44) “Hey Highway” – Hannah McFarland
45) “Don’t Do Me Good” – Madi Diaz with Kacey Musgraves
46) “Moon River” – Stella Cole
47) “Something” – Lucinda Williams
48) “Irish Goodbye” – Kacey Musgraves
49) “Bright Lights” – The Killers
50) “Arm’s Length” – Kacey Musgraves
51) “Different Kind of Blue” – Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
52) “Evil Woman” – Duran Duran
53) “Jenny Jenny (The Telephone Song) – David Lee Roth
54) “Throw My Cane Away” – Randall Bramblett
55) “Faces in the Sky” – Jimmy Lee Hannaford
56) “Designed This Way” – Blonde Roses
57) “You Are Not Alone – Mats Dernánd
58) “Don’t Run Out of Time” – Drew Young Band
59) “Baby Blue Bathing Suit” – Stephen Sanchez
60) “Running Down a Dream” – Larkin Poe
61) “One You, One Me” – Pokey Lafarge
62) “Psycho Killer” – Miley Cyrus
63) “All the Ways” – The Secret Sisters and Ray LaMontagne
64) “Too Much” – Girl in Red
65) “Three Little Birds” – Kacey Musgraves
66) “Love Moved Her Along” – Sugarcane Jane
67) “My Golden Years” – The Lemon Twigs
68) “You Had Your Chance” – Hunter Lott
69) “Obsessed” – Olivia Rodrigo
70) “Oh Well” – Slash ft. Chris Stapleton
71) “Hill Country Love” – Cedric Burnside
72) “Orden” – Steve Eriksson
73) “America Take My Hand” –
74) ‘No Thank You for The Music” – Frank Turner
75) “Overtime” – Rainbow Kitten Surprise ft. Kacey Musgraves
76) “Awake” – Julia Wallace
77) “Well Alright” – Johnny Cash
78) “Drowning” – Madison Grace
79) “Song to a Siren” – Garbage (cover of the Tim Buckley song)
80) “Oysters and Pearls” – Mac McAnally
81) “She’s So High” – Eaves Wilde
82) “Burning Down the House” – Paramore
83) “Hurricane” – The Castellows
84) “Sweet Critters” – Caleb Caudle with John Paul White
85) “Piper’s Call” – David Gilmour
86) “Hard Luck & Circumstances” – Charley Crockett
87) “Too Sweet” – Hozier
88) “Lead Me On” – Fletcher
89) “Spades” – Oh Jeremiah
90) “Picture of You” – U2
91) “Good and Broken” – Eric Erdman
92) “Long Way Home” – Ray LaMontagne
93) “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – Kevin Gordon
94) “You Wreck Me” – The War on Drugs
95) “Coming Back for More” – Laurel
96) “Between Two Points” – David Gilmour
97) “Mockingbird” – Larkin Poe
98) “Humble Pie” – Serabee
99) “Baby One More Time” – Tenacious D
100) “Love Is” – Ingrid Michaelson and Jason Mraz
☆ Review of my 52 Weekly Charts:
● WEEK #1 (Dec. 29 – Jan. 4): “On the Way” – Hollow Coves
● WEEK #2 (Jan. 5 -11): “Too Pretty to Cry” – Margy ft. Cherie McCabe
● WEEK #3 (Jan. 12 -18): “Too Pretty to Cry” – Margy ft. Cherie McCabe
● WEEK #4 (Jan. 19 – 25): “Too Pretty to Cry” – Margy ft. Cherie McCabe
● WEEK #5 (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1): “Too Pretty to Cry” – Margy ft. Cherie McCabe
● WEEK #6 (Feb. 2 – 8): “Three Little Birds” – Kacey Musgraves; “Turn the Lights Back On” – Billy Joel
● WEEK #7 (Feb. 9 – 15): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #8 (Feb. 16 – 22): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #9 (Feb. 23 – 29): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #10 (Mar. 1 – 7): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #11 (Mar. 8 – 14): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #12 (Mar. 15 – 21): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #13 (Mar. 22 – 28): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #14 (Mar. 29 – Apr. 4): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #15 (Apr. 5 – 11): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Halo” -Texas with Spooner Oldham; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #16 (Apr. 12 – 18): “Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves; “Too Good to Be True” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #17 (Apr. 19 – 25): “I’m Waiting for the Man” – Keith Richards
● WEEK #18 (Apr. 26 – May 2): “Monster” – Margy
● WEEK #19 (May 3 – 9): “Monster” – Margy
● WEEK #20 (May 10 – 16): “One You, One Me” – Pokey Lafarge
● WEEK #21 (May 17 – 23): “Psycho Killer” – Miley Cyrus
● WEEK #22 (May 24 – 30): “Wanna Be Loved” – The Red Clay Strays
● WEEK #23 (May 31 – June 6): “Baby Blue Bathing Suit” – Stephen Sanchez; “The Border” – Willie Nelson; “Wanna Be Loved” – The Red Clay Strays
● WEEK #24 (June 7 – 13): “Dare to Dream” – Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
● WEEK #25 (June 14 – 20): “Dare to Dream” – Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
● WEEK #26 (June 21 – 27): “Make Believe” – Chaislyn
● WEEK #27 (June 28 – July 4): “Make Believe” – Chaislyn
● WEEK #28 (July 5 – 11): “Sandpaper” – Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #29 (July 12 – 18):
“Sandpaper” – Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #30 (July 19 – 25): “Sandpaper” – Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #31 (July 26 – Aug. 1): “Sandpaper” – Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #32 (Aug. 2 – 8): “Irish Goodbye” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #33 (Aug. 9 – 15)): “Moody River” – Grayson Capps
● WEEK #34 (Aug. 16 – 22): “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish; “Die With a Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars; “Running Down a Dream” – Larkin Poe
● WEEK #35 (Aug. 23 – 29): “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish; “Die With a Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
● WEEK #36 (Aug. 30 – Sept. 5): “She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #37 (Sept. 6 -12): “She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen; “Wish” – Al Jardine
● WEEK #38 (Sept. 13 – 19): “Mr. Nice Try” – Chaislyn; She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen; “Wish” – Al Jardine
● WEEK #39 (Aug. 20 – Sept. 26): “Mr. Nice Try” – Chaislyn; She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #40 (Sept. 27 – Oct. 3): “Moon River” – Stella Cole; “Mr. Nice Try” – Chaislyn; She Don’t Love Me Now” – Bruce Springsteen
● WEEK #41 (Oct. 4 – 10): “Holdin’ on to Nothin'” – Nilsen’s Southern Harmony
● WEEK #42 (Oct. 11 – 17): “Holdin’ on to Nothin'” – Nilsen’s Southern Harmony
● WEEK #43 (Oct. 18 – 24): “Wings to Fly” – Naughty Professor & Maggie Koerner
● WEEK #44 (Oct. 25 – 31): “Disease” – Lady Gaga
● WEEK #45 (Nov. 1 – 7): “Disease” – Lady Gaga
● WEEK #46 (Nov. 8 – 14): “The Girl That I Call Home” – Tears for Fears
● WEEK #47 (Nov. 15 – 21): “Hey Highway” – Hannah McFarland
● WEEK #48 (Nov. 22 – 28): “Call Me Irresponsible” – Steve Perry & his father Ray Perry; “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green
● WEEK #49 (Nov. 29 – Dec. 5): “Call Me Irresponsible” – Steve Perry & his father Ray Perry; “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green
● WEEK #50 (Dec. 6 – 12): “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #51 (Dec. 13 – 19): “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
● WEEK #52 (Dec. 20 – 26): “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
Links:
The Southland Music Line 2024: A Year in Review
J.C.’s Complete List of Concerts & Favorite Concerts of 2024
A Year in Photos by Stephen Anderson
Will Kimbrough: 2024 Music Artist of the Year