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Prior to the inception of Country Top 40 in 2005, radio host Bob Kingsley was the host of American Country Countdown, a Top 40 country music countdown show based on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Country Top 40 first aired January 1, 2006, on 300 affiliates, three weeks before Kix Brooks of the country music duo Brooks & Dunn took over ...
American Country Countdown was conceived as a spinoff program from American Top 40 (AT40), which had premiered in 1970 and showcased the week's most popular singles.The new program was a creation of Casey Kasem and Don Bustany, the same duo behind AT40, with Tom Rounds as co-creator and Watermark Inc. distributing.
Mediabase charts are the source for the following radio countdown programs: American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest (Top 40 and Hot AC shows) Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40; Bobby Bones Country Top 30; Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton; American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks (from 2009 to 2017) Crook & Chase Country Countdown
Leon Eric Brooks III, better known by his stage name Kix Brooks (born May 12, 1955), is an American country music artist, actor, and film producer best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn and host of radio's American Country Countdown.
Brooks & Dunn is an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of songwriter and record producer Tim DuBois. Before their formation, both members were solo recording artists, having charted two solo singles apiece in the 1980s.
With the show's revival in 1998, a new chart was implemented, the top 40 portion of Radio and Records CHR/Pop top 50 chart, which was already in use on Casey's Top 40. This chart used a recurrent rule that removed songs below No. 25 that had exceeded 26 weeks in the top 50; these removals, if they occurred in the top 40, would be reflected on ...
PHOTO: Ronnie Dunn, left, and Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, accept the Vocal Duo of the Year Award onstage during The 58th Annual CMA Awards, Nov. 20, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (Theo Wargo/Getty ...
American Country Countdown, 1973–present. Spinoff of American Top 40 hosted by Don Bowman (1973–1978), Bob Kingsley (1978–2005), and Kix Brooks (2006–present). Features the top 30 country songs of the week based on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.