LOVINLYRICS "TOP 50 MOST LISTENED TO SONGS OF 2021" - HAVE YOU HEARD THEM?

Radio seems to be the standard that most people seem to use to gauge if a song is good or not. If they play it, it must be the best out there. Nothing could be more off base. Yes, radio is a standard but it’s not a rule, especially over the last few years. I have found more truly quality music just by listening to the recommendations of others, through social media, satellite radio and surfing streaming services than I have found on the every day FM dial. Don’t get me wrong, I know radio is a business and I will be the first to say there are some amazing dj’s, program directors and promotion directors that would much prefer to also change the norm and I appreciate them for it, but while radio sticks to the corporate machine of making playlists filled with the ones that bring in the biggest bucks, I choose to curate my playlist of the “not so standard” songs that you don’t hear on every station every other hour, those that make the biggest impact on me personally.

Below are my top 50 most listened to songs of 2021. There may be a few mainstream songs on the list, but for the most part, you  may not have heard of some of these artists and I encourage you to give them a listen,

In these songs, I danced, I sang along loud and very much off-key, I smiled, I cried and I thought of things I hadn’t thought of in years. I related to the story, went back to a time when I was happiest and I found myself again. I hope you were able to find the songs that did this for you. Thank you to the artists who made my year in music a good one. I appreciate you more than you realize.

(I know, some were actually released in 2020 but didn’t really make their impression on me until this year.)


1.) “More Hearts Than Mine” - Ingrid Andress


2.) “God’s Got This” - Frank Myers


3.) “Buy Dirt” - Jordan Davis & Luke Bryan


4.) “Wyoming” - Skip Ewing


5.) “God is Good” - Troy Cartwright


6.) “Cover the Earth” - Ray Scott


7.) “Middle Man” - Kasey Tyndall


8.) “Home” - Jessie Ritter


9.) “Good Ol’ Dogs and God” - Pryor & Lee


10.) “Til You Can’t” - Cody Johnson


11.) “Travelin’ Soldier” - Home Free


12.) “Jesus and You” - Todd Tilghman


13.) “Easy on the Eyes” - Texas Hill


14.) “Don’t Talk About God” - Jason Tucker


15.) “ABBY” - Travis Denning


16.) “Long Walk” - Brandy Clark


17.) “Smilin’ on My Way” - Ray Scott


18.) “I’m Not For Everyone” - Brothers Osborne


19.) “I Was On a Boat That Day” - Old Dominion


20.)”I’m Not Going Anywhere” - Kelly Lang


21.) “Stealing Home” - James Robert Webb


22.) “I’m Gonna Love You” - Lance Carpenter


23.) “The Truth” - Drew Smith


24.) “29” - Carly Pearce


25.) “American Rust” - Ernest


26.) “You’re Gonna Love Me” - Hannah Dasher


27.) “Carolina to Me” - Scotty McCreery


28.) “Over Drinkin’ Under Thinkin’” - Drake Milligan


29.) “7 Summers” - Morgan Wallen


30.) “Wet Dream” - Austin Burke


31.) “Power of Garth” - Lucas Hoge


32.) “Leave it To A Woman” - Scooter Brown Band


33.) “Hard Time” - Cash Creek & Larry Stewart


34.) “Younger Me” - Brothers Osborne


35.) “Love Like I Drink” - Carter Winter & Allie Colleen


36.) “Sinners Only” - Chris Wallin


37.) “I’d Take Another One of Those” - Shenandoah & Zac Brown Band


38.) “Mountain Delight” - Desert City Ramblers


39.) “Blazer” - Luke Dick & Dierks Bentley


40.) “Out in the Rain” - Cory Marks


41.) “I’m No Good For Me” - Mercy Shine


42.) “God Bless the Boy (Cori’s Song)” - Cody Johnson


43.) “Bye Mom” - Chris Janson


44.) “Drink in My Hand” - Clark Hill


45.) “Good for Me” - Cotter Hill


46.) “Fist Through This Town” - Charlie Worsham


47.) “My Kind of Country” - TJ Harris


48.) “Son of a Sinner”- JellyRoll


49.) “Lady Down on Love” - Ward Davis


50.) “Love, Light and Healing” - The Oak Ridge Boys

50 SONGS THAT GAVE ME A REFUGE IN 2020

Maya Angelou once said that music was her refuge, a space to crawl between the notes when she needed a place to get away from the darkness of the world and I don't think anyone can argue that in 2020, a year when negativity has been at the highest levels many of us have never seen until now, music has been one thing that we have been able to depend on. It's never let us down, it's been there 24 hours a day and will continue to be there to see us through to a brighter place. 

This year, I'm not doing my standard "Top 50 Songs" list like I normally do because it hasn't been a standard year. These 50 songs, in no particular order, style or date of release (some are older, some are new), have been my place to shut out the noise and tune into something good. They helped me cry when I needed to or just dance when I needed to. These were my places to "hide".

Thank you to the artists, songwriters, musicians, and everyone involved in creating my escape. You are so much appreciated and just know that even though it's been hard on you, your talent has made it easier for so many others so this year was a success in that regard. You are important, you are needed and you are "essential". 

1.) "A Better Man" - Jared Blake

2.) "Ballad of Me, Myself and I" - Boo Radley

3.) "Hole in the Bottle" - Kelsea Ballerini

4.) "Remember To Dance" - Jack Schneider, Vince Gill

5.) "Wyoming" - Skip Ewing

6.) "You Won't See Me Cry" - Cash Creek

7.) "Some People Do" - Old Dominion

8.) "Tough People Do" - Jason Matthews

9.) "I Know You Won't (Live)" - Wendell Mobley

10.) "Anywhere But Here" - Brice Long

11.) "Faith Like That" - Gordon Mote

12.) "Leave Something Behind" - Chris Wallin

13.) "Think of Me" - Jesse Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan

14.) "Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna

15.) "God's Got This" - Frank Myers

16.) "I'm Not Going Anywhere" - Kelly Lang

17.) "More Hearts Than Mine"- Ingrid Andress

18.) "Nashville, TN" - Chris Stapleton

19.) "Song Don't Fail Me Now" - Gabe Dixon, Bonnie Bishop

20.) "Whiskey and Rain" - Michael Ray

21.) "Times Like These" - Jack Ingram

22.) "Girl Goin' Nowhere" - Ashley McBryde

23.) "Shine a Little Love" - Brian Collins

24.) "Hey World" - Lee Brice

25.) "You First" - Mac McAnally

26.) "Just the Way" - Parmalee, Blanco Brown

27.) "You Ain't Pretty" - Nate Barnes

28.) "Song In a Car" - Yesterday's Wine (Levi Lowrey, Wyatt Durrette)

29.) "No Stone Unturned” - Randy Houser

30.) "Boy With a Guitar" - Jason Blaine

31.) "Through My Ray-Bans" - Eric Church

32.) "Perfect to Me" - Clark Hill

33.) "Some People Piss Me Off" - Matt Kennon

34.) "Heart of a Hero" - Steve Holy

35.) "Heaven is a Small Town" - Dexter Roberts

36.) "Better Me" - Montgomery Gentry

37.) "Love Me When I'm Leaving" - Texas Hill

38.) "Things a Man Oughta Know" - Lainey Wilson

39.) "Sippin' on the Simple Life" - Craig Morgan

40.) "Mind on Fishin" - Trace Adkins

41.) "Where I Find God" - Larry Fleet

42.) "Whatcha Drinkin' 'Bout" - Stephanie Quayle

43.) "Nowhere Near Done" - Ray Scott

44.) "It Ain't My Fault" - Brothers Osborne

45.) "Back" - Mercy Shine

46.) "Jersey on the Wall" - Tenille Townes

47.) "On My Way to You" - Cody Johnson

48.) "Cold Bud" - George Ducas

49.) "Beers to Catch Up On" - LoCash

50.) "The Right Person" - Jackson Forrest