Anyone who knows me can’t be shocked that a Zac Brown Band song is my number one song of the year. I’ve bonded with so many different groups of friends over ZBB over the past twelve months, and once I got a hold “Keep Me in Mind” it was easily my favourite song from their last album.
It’s fun, puts me in a happy place, and I’ve taken to calling in my own personal anthem.
So after counting down Song #5 (Toby Keith), #4 (Bruno Mars), #3 (Taylor Swift), and #2 (Taking Back Sunday), your #1 song of the year…
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Haters gonna hate, but I’m still a big Taylor Swift fan. This song blew me away when she performed it at the CMA’s awards, both in her song writing as well as the performance. The line “Don’t you worry your pretty little mind/People throw rocks at things that shine” is my favourite lyrics of the year.
One of the things I love best about country music is how seamless you can go from songs about Jesus and America, to drinking and partying. Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” is obviously the later, and probably one of the catchiest songs of the year.
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge Zac Brown Band fan, so it shouldn’t be a shock that my “New Artist of the Year’ is a tie between two Southern Ground artists: Levi Lowrey (“I Confess I Was a Fool”) and Sonia Leigh (“1978 December”). Though as incredible as I felt both albums were, it’s the personal connection I made with the music this year that really affected me.
