AMERICANA ANNOUNCES TOP 10/TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2012

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JD McPherson's seductively kickass debut album, Signs & Signifiers, ranks No. 1 most played album for 2012 on the Americana Airplay chart.    (Nashville, Tenn.) December 14 2012 - The Americana Music Association has announced its year-end Top 10 & Top 100 Albums of the Year.  The Top 100 albums are based on those records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of November 15, 2011 through November 17, 2012.   This year's Top Ten most played albums are:   1) JD McPherson, Signs And Signifiers / Rounder 2) Darrell Scott, Long Ride Home / Full Light 3) Rodney Crowell, KIN: Songs By Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell /Vanguard 4) Justin Townes Earle, Nothing's Gonna Change The Way... /Bloodshot 5) Little Willies, For The Good Times  / Milking Bull/EMI 6) Willie Nelson, Heroes / Legacy 7) Lyle Lovett, Release Me / Lost Highway 8) Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Grifter's Hymnal /Bordello Records 9) Old Crow Medicine Show, Carry Me Back /ATO 10) Ryan Adams, Ashes & Fire / PAX-AM/Capitol   To view the full 2011-2012 Top 100 Albums, visit americanamusic.org and click the Top 100 Albums link in the right hand column on our home page.   AMERICANA MUSIC AND AMERICANAFEST REGISTRATIONS make great holiday gifts!  If you haven't heard these albums and others, go to Amazon.com, iTunes or visit your local independent record store to start your Christmas shopping now and BUY CD's!   If you are looking for a store, our friends at Record Store Day have a pretty good store finder.     EARLY BIRD RATES and VIP Packages for the 2013 Americana Music Festival and Conference (September 18-21) in Nashville, TN are available NOW. Click here to purchase your 2013 registrations!   The Americana Airplay Chart is managed by the Americana Music Association and represents the reported play of terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated shows, satellite radio and internet stations, which have agreed to submit weekly spin counts on Americana albums they've played during the previous week. The chart is an album-based chart for new releases and is not meant to reflect airplay on singles, recurrent plays or catalog albums.   Follow us on twitter  and Pinterest like us on Facebook    For More Information contact:   Michelle Aquilato Jed Hilly Americana Music Association (615) 386-6936 Americana Music Association | P.O. Box 128077 | Nashville, TN 37212 | 615-386-6936 www.americanamusic.org

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