Re-charting the Chart

Every week we will take a look at the top 30 Mediabase Country Chart. We will re-rank the songs on the chart based on the quality and overall enjoyment of each song. Next to each song I will provide the ranking the we would give it and the actual ranking on the Mediabase chart in parenthesis. At the end of each ranking there will be some thoughts about the current chart as well as any news or updates that are deemed important. I hope everyone enjoys this weekly post and feel free to comment/agree/disagree with anything you see.

1. Eric Church ft Rhiannon Giddens                              Kill a Word (14)
2. Chris Janson                                                               Holdin' Her (26)
3. Brad Paisley                                                               Today (15)
4. Darius Rucker                                                             If I Told You (30)
5. Chris Young                                                                Sober Saturday Night (11)
6. Tim Mcgraw                                                               How I'll Always Be (5)
7. Chris Stapleton                                                           Parachute (17)
8. Little Big Town                                                          Better Man (12)
9. Carrie Underwood                                                     Dirty Laundry (2)
10. Jon Pardi                                                                    Dirt On My Boots (18)
11. Florida Georgia Line ft Tim Mcgraw                        May We All (6)
12. Josh Turner                                                                Hometown Girl (25)
13. Luke Bryan                                                                Fast (23)
14. Old Dominion                                                            Song For Another Time (10)
15. Jason Aldean                                                              Any Ol' Barstool (28)
16. High Valley                                                                Make You Mine (21)
17. Blake Shelton                                                             A Guy With a Girl (4)
18. Garth Brooks                                                              Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance (22)
19. Trent Harmon                                                             There's a Girl (27)
20. Maren Morris                                                              80's Mercedes (13)
21. Brett Eldredge                                                            Wanna Be That Song (3)
22. Keith Urban                                                                Blue Ain't Your Color (1)
23. Thomas Rhett                                                             Star Of The Show (7)
24. Lauren Alaina                                                             Road Less Traveled (19)
25. Granger Smith                                                            If The Boot Fits (9)
26. Kelsea Ballerini                                                          Yeah Boy (24)
27. Dierks Bentley                                                            Black (29)
28. Dustin Lynch                                                              Seein' Red (8)
29. Michael Ray                                                               Think a Little Less (16)
30. Brantley Gilbert                                                         The Weekend (20)

My goodness there are some horrible songs on this chart. The fact that the stupid "A Guy With a Girl" is as high as 17 truly speaks to the bottom half of the chart. Outside of the top 10 there really is no quality country songs at all. The bottom 3 songs are 3 of the worst songs you will ever hear. "Think a Little Less" is a douchey pickup song, "The Weekend" is Brantley's worst song ever, it's just bad bro country and clearly Dustin Lynch has no motivation to release a decent song. Kelsea Ballerini is what I would call Disney Glitter Pop Music. As for the top of the chart, there are some really good songs including what I think is the best song on the chart "Kill A Word." "Holdin' Her" is a beautiful and personal song that has plenty of steel guitar and "Today" is a song that I think I like more than most people. It is a return of Brad Paisley to quality country music but, I wouldn't count on it lasting long when I look at some of the duets on his next album with Mick Jagger, Timbaland and Demi Lovato. 

** This is the first Re-Charting the Chart that I have done. If anyone has any feedback or comments please feel free to leave them in the comment section or on twitter. Hope you enjoyed!