Hit Country – Hits Of The Decade (2001 – 2010) features the best of the best! It’s a celebration of the last ten years of great country music globally.

Songs for this compilation have been selected on the basis of major chart success, music sales, industry awards and general impact on the music market.

With so many great artists recording so many great songs, the HitCountry.TV team's job of selecting the final 40 tracks was extremely tough!

We could have selected another 40 songs that could have been considered "Hits Of The Decade" but we could only fit 40 tracks on the two CDs, and the 40 on there are simply sensational! 

Country's biggest artists from the last decade from Australia and world are featured including Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kasey Chambers, George Strait, The McClymonts, Adam Brand, Jasmine Rae, Beccy Cole, Melinda Schneider, Brad Paisley, Steve Forde, Sugarland, Brooks & Dunn and many many more.

The compilation is released on June 11, 2010.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1

1. Planet Country - Lee Kernaghan
2. Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
3. Born To Survive - Troy Cassar-Daley
4. You’ll Think Of Me - Keith Urban
5. Jesus Take The Wheel - Carrie Underwood
6. Like A River - Kasey Chambers
7. I Go Back - Kenny Chesney
8. Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson
9. Bring Me Down - Miranda Lambert
10. Believe - Brooks & Dunn
11. Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith (with Willie Nelson)
12. I’m A Road Hammer - The Road Hammers
13. Country Singer - Jasmine Rae
14. There’s No Limit - Deanna Carter
15. Alcohol – Brad Paisley
16. Best I Ever Had – Gary Allan
17. All Kinds Of Tough - McAlister Kemp
18. Moments – Emerson Drive
19. Stronger – Melinda Schneider
20. Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World) – Beccy Cole

Disc 2

1. Summer’s Little Angel - Steve Forde
2. Best Days Of Your Life - Kellie Pickler
3. Blame It On Eve - Adam Brand
4. In Colour - Jamey Johnson
5. What I Did Last Night - Catherine Britt
6. Beautiful Life - Doc Walker
7. What Was I Thinkin’ - Dierks Bentley
8. Austin - Blake Shelton
9. Stay - Sugarland
10. Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
11. Fast Car - The Wilkinsons
12. I Saw God Today - George Strait
13. Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy - Big & Rich
14. Love Is A Beautiful Thing - Phil Vassar
15. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
16. Acting Stupid - The Sunny Cowgirls
17. What You Give Away – Vince Gill (featuring Sheryl Crow)
18. Song For The Old Rake - Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys
19. Boondocks - Little Big Town
20. Don’t Chase Me - Shea Fisher

You can buy the two CD compilation now at  

Australia's awards night for songwriters, the 2010 APRA Music Awards, will be held at the Sydney Convention Centre on Monday 21st June.

The nominees for all the catagories have been announced. The nominees for 'Country Work of the Year' are;

* Brooke McClymont - 'Kick It Up'  
* Adam Brand - 'Hell Of A Ride' 
* Steve Forde - 'I Ain't That Guy'  
* Troy Cassar-Daley - 'Big, Big Love'
* Brad Cole - 'Coming Home'.

Troy has also been nominated in the prestigious peer-voted 'Song of the Year' catagory for 'Big, Big Love'

Congrats to all the nominees. Click here for the full list of 2010 APRA Awards Nominees.  

The winners of the very first Queensland Country Music Awards, held at the Charters Towers Country Music Festival on friday night have been announced.

And the winners were:

Queensland Male Vocalist of the Year  Troy Cassar-Daley - I Love This Place

Queensland Female Vocalist of the Year  Harmony James - Precious Little 

Queensland Group or Duo of the Year Smokin’ Crawdads - She’s Crazy for Leavin’ 

Queensland New Talent of the Year  Shea Fisher - Getaway Heart 

Queensland Bush Ballad/Heritage Track of the Year  Dean Perrett - The Dust of Kalkadoon

Queensland Instrumental of the Year  Michael Fix - Light at the End of the Tunnel

Queensland Vocal Collaboration of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley & The McClymonts - Ain’t Gonna Change for You

The McClymonts have scored one of the best chart results for a country act in a long time, with their new album Wrapped Up Good debuting at #2 on the ARIA Album sales charts (all genres). Only Susan Boyle, who has the highest selling album for many years in Australia, stopped them from hitting the #1 spot.

Following the result, the girls thanked their fans via their facebook page saying, "Thank you to everyone who went out and bought the new record,you have made us reach this huge feat and we appreciate all the support you have shown us. We Love you!!"

Meanwhile, McAlister Kemp have debuted at #8 on the ARIA Country Chart and #18 on the ARIA Australian Albums chart (all genres) with there debut albums, All Kinds Of Tough.

The new duo only released their debut single at the end of November last year and the result suggests they have a big future in country music.

The 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, were delivered on Saturday night in Tamworth. The Awards were hosted by The McClymonts.

The McClymonts are set to release the follow-up to their hugely successful debut album Chaos And Bright Lights.  The album is titled Wrapped Up Good and is released on January 15, 2010.

Check out the new music video for the HOT new single 'Wrapped Up Good' here.

Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Brand, The McClymonts, Amber Lawrence and Keith Urban are amongst the finalists for this year's CMAA Country Music Awards (Golden Guitars).

For full finalist details visit www.country.com.au

Adam Harvey's upcoming duets album titled Both Sides Now features some of Australian music's biggest names.

They include Guy Sebastian, Wendy Matthews, David Campbell, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, John Williamson, Shannon Noll and The McClymonts to name just a few.

It's released on October 9 through Sony Music Australia.   

Check out the new music video from The McClymonts.

It's for the new track 'Kick It Up' which is the first single from their new album Wrapped Up Good which is released on October 2 through Universal Music.

The McClymonts are the latest Australian act to take on the lucrative US market. 

The girls have just arrived in LA and begin a US Country radio station tour tomorrow.

Brooke, Mollie and Sam are updating fans of their adventures on their Facebook fan page.

This morning they wrote...

"Landed in sunny L.A this morning, ready to get right into it and work the first record over here in the States! Tomorrow its off to San Francisco. Really excited to get out and meet all the radio programmers over here and convince them to play our mus...ic. will keep you updated on how we go...". 

Locally, The McClymonts have just released their new single 'Kick It Up' from their upcoming new album.

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