Cowdude's Top 50 Artists of 2000

Rank	Artist	Point Total	#1 Weeks	Top 10 Weeks	Top 30 Weeks	Top 50 Weeks
1	Lonestar	2835	3	26	63	106
2	Dixie Chicks	2549	8	36	52	86
3	Toby Keith	2319	4	24	56	78
4	Tim McGraw	2306	2	26	50	85
5	Martina McBride	2095	3	15	51	81
6	Faith Hill	1968	6	20	42	85
7	Jo Dee Messina	1842	0	22	42	61
8	Phil Vassar	1760	2	21	45	52
9	George Strait	1752	1	23	39	57
10	Keith Urban	1608	0	15	43	51
11	Chad Brock	1607	1	12	40	61
12	Shedaisy	1606	4	13	39	51
13	Reba McEntire	1572	1	13	37	61
14	Brad Paisley	1572	0	11	40	59
15	Alan Jackson	1507	1	15	36	46
16	Mark Wills	1330	0	14	31	46
17	Kenny Chesney	1328	0	4	35	47
18	LeAnn Rimes	1312	0	13	31	42
19	Andy Griggs	1224	0	12	26	47
20	Clay Walker	1221	3	12	20	53
21	Joe Diffie	1209	0	6	32	40
22	Lee Ann Womack w/Sons of the Desert	1182	2	14	31	38
23	Tracy Lawrence	1162	0	6	30	40
24	Rascal Flatts	1117	0	14	25	37
25	Vince Gill	1033	0	6	31	40
26	Clay Davidson	997	0	12	23	38
27	Montgomery Gentry	965	0	0	21	50
28	Kenny Rogers	939	2	8	22	38
29	John Michael Montgomery	913	4	9	20	33
30	Aaron Tippin	884	0	8	22	31
31	Eric Heatherly	857	2	6	21	31
32	Travis Tritt	851	1	15	19	22
33	Yankee Grey	848	0	1	22	37
34	Trace Adkins	837	0	4	22	34
35	Brooks & Dunn	805	0	0	23	34
36	Patty Loveless	774	0	4	19	29
37	Collin Raye	760	2	8	18	24
38	Darryl Worley	760	0	5	19	30
39	Sara Evans	736	2	9	17	22
40	Faith Hill w/Tim McGraw	719	0	7	17	23
41	Clint Black w/Steve Wariner	715	0	13	16	20
42	Steve Holy	711	0	0	19	32
43	Chely Wright	709	0	1	19	22
44	Gary Allan	704	0	3	18	29
45	Garth Brooks	666	0	3	16	33
46	The Warren Brothers w/Sara Evans	645	0	0	17	28
47	Clint Black	584	0	4	9	31
48	Terri Clark	554	0	0	14	19
49	Billy Gilman	549	0	4	14	23
50	Alabama	536	0	0	15	21

Please contact Cowdude if you'd like an explanation of the methodology used to compile this list.