Cowdude's Top 100 Country Artists of 2012

Rank	Artist	Points
1	Taylor Swift	1,773.84
2	Jason Aldean	1,742.09
3	Luke Bryan	1,670.57
4	Eric Church	1,442.80
5	Zac Brown Band	1,373.50
6	Kenny Chesney	1,296.64
7	Carrie Underwood	1,280.22
8	Tim McGraw	1,247.27
9	Miranda Lambert	1,195.31
10	Jake Owen	1,184.70
11	Lee Brice	1,172.75
12	Blake Shelton	1,171.46
13	Rascal Flatts	1,139.33
14	Lady Antebellum	1,139.23
15	The Band Perry	1,133.69
16	Hunter Hayes	1,060.88
17	Kip Moore	1,016.31
18	Dierks Bentley	1,008.89
19	Toby Keith	1,005.54
20	Brantley Gilbert	960.07
21	Eli Young Band	918.65
22	Jana Kramer	819.73
23	Keith Urban	811.25
24	Dustin Lynch	758.68
25	Justin Moore	757.73
26	Gloriana	751.51
27	Josh Turner	734.76
28	Little Big Town	666.81
29	Love And Theft	651.34
30	Chris Young	614.83
31	Casey James	607.62
32	Easton Corbin	602.79
33	Chris Cagle	596.23
34	Thompson Square	580.69
35	Florida Georgia Line	566.17
36	Thomas Rhett	537.23
37	Brad Paisley	503.91
38	Greg Bates	459.53
39	Rodney Atkins	456.91
40	Randy Houser	452.31
41	Craig Morgan	415.80
42	Scotty McCreery	413.35
43	Montgomery Gentry	402.86
44	The Farm Inc.	396.13
45	George Strait	388.40
46	Jerrod Niemann	366.72
47	Edens Edge	357.17
48	Alan Jackson	325.99
49	Kelly Clarkson	307.40
50	Jon Pardi	298.93
51	David Nail	293.64
52	Martina McBride	288.87
53	Andy Gibson	280.88
54	Big & Rich	272.51
55	Gary Allan	270.88
56	Lauren Alaina	264.00
57	Darius Rucker	214.38
58	Kacey Musgraves	212.34
59	Faith Hill	203.07
60	Kristen Kelly	189.59
61	Josh Thompson	176.68
62	Phil Vassar	171.42
63	Kix Brooks	164.29
64	Sara Evans	151.38
65	The Lost Trailers	144.59
66	Billy Currington	137.44
67	Maggie Rose	130.49
68	Ronnie Dunn	116.95
69	Colt Ford	115.93
70	Hayden Panettiere	110.21
71	Sam Palladio	100.14
72	Katie Armiger	98.33
73	Clare Bowen	91.58
74	Tyler Farr	90.02
75	Craig Campbell	88.38
76	Parmalee	85.13
77	Pistol Annies	73.60
78	Steve Holy	72.82
79	Kelleigh Bannen	66.73
80	Trace Adkins	65.54
81	Joe Walsh	61.79
82	Natasha Bedingfield	61.75
83	Aaron Lewis	58.59
84	JT Hodges	58.19
85	Wade Bowen	54.74
86	Randy Rogers Band	53.60
87	Sugarland	52.39
88	Due West	51.92
89	Uncle Kracker	50.40
90	The Mavericks	49.57
91	Clay Walker	47.89
92	Charles Esten	47.28
93	Darryl Worley	43.99
94	Sunny Sweeney	35.50
95	James Wesley	35.28
96	Jimmy Buffett	34.72
97	Josh Abbot Band	34.42
98	Grace Potter	31.69
99	Cassadee Pope	29.07
100	Vince Gill	27.90