The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise Sun | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 2 | Like Reflections | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 3 | Blue Moon over Texas | Williamson Branch |
| 4 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band |
| 5 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 6 | Let Me Be the Bridge | Jerry Salley |
| 7 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus |
| 8 | A Few Years Ago | Daryl Mosley |
| 9 | Feelin' Bad Blues | Ry Cooder |
| 10 | Emmylou | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 11 | I'm Gonna Ride (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown, Todd Parks & Jana Mougin) | Stephen Mougin |
| 12 | Helplessly Hoping | Chris Luquette |
| 13 | The Barber's Fiddle (feat. Sam Bush, Laurie Lewis, Shawn Camp, Jason Carter, Kati Penn, Michael Cleveland, Stuart Duncan, Deanie Richardson, Johnny Warren, Laura Orshaw, Tyler Andal, Fred Carpenter & Brian Christianson) | Becky Buller |
| 14 | A Place for a Fool (with Eric Gibson, Becky Buller, Laura Orshaw, Cory Piatt & Mike Bub) | Stephen Mougin |
| 15 | Julie | Band Of Ruhks |
| 16 | The Bartender | The Steeldrivers |
| 17 | Finger Picking Good | Kristy Cox |
| 18 | Shots You Never Take | Nothin' Fancy |
| 19 | I Found Love | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 20 | Falling Down | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 21 | Living Like There's No Tomorrow (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 22 | The Log Train (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 23 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox |
| 24 | Tall Fiddler (feat. Flamekeeper & Tommy Emmanuel) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 25 | I Robbed a Train | Claybank |
| 26 | Norman Rockwell World | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 27 | Ride This Road (feat. Michael Cleveland & Steve Cooley) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 28 | I Can Tell by the Way You Dance | Hammertowne |
| 29 | Get on Board | Amanda Cook |
| 30 | Goodbye Again (feat. Claire Lynch & Ronnie Bowman) | The Sharp Flatpickers |
| 31 | Everybody's Talkin' | The Seldom Scene |
| 32 | Runaway Train | Gena Britt |
| 33 | They Call It Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 34 | Tell the Truth (Shame the Devil) [feat. the Fairfield Four, Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin] | Becky Buller |
| 35 | Old Home Place | High Fidelity |
| 36 | Two Timer | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 37 | One Way Rider (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 38 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris |
| 39 | County Fool | Boone & Foster |
| 40 | The South Bound Train | High Fidelity |
| 41 | Tear-Stained Letter | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 42 | Winding Road | Fireside Collective |
| 43 | Poison | Sierra Hull |
| 44 | The Likes of You | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 45 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull |
| 46 | Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 47 | Headlight | Della Mae |
| 48 | I Gotta Go | Lindley Creek |
| 49 | How Long | Sierra Hull |
| 50 | Will You Be Leaving | Amanda Cook |
| 51 | In a Country Town | Daryl Mosley |
| 52 | Taxland (feat. Sierra Hull) | Justin Moses |
| 53 | Get Up John | The Price Sisters |
| 54 | Creeping Round My Cabin | Missy Armstrong |
| 55 | Bailey's Ridge | Nothin' Fancy |
| 56 | Middle of the Woods | Sierra Hull |
| 57 | Something About a Train Sound | Irene Kelley |
| 58 | If the Kansas River Can | Rick Faris |
| 59 | Bluegrass Radio | Irene Kelley |
| 60 | Someone's Everything | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 61 | I Can't Pretend | Della Mae |
| 62 | Throw the Stone | Thomm Jutz |
| 63 | Stop and Smell the Roses | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet |
| 64 | Soppin' the Gravy | Deanie Richardson |
| 65 | What You Need | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 66 | Wake the Dead | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 67 | Courage for the Road | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 68 | Forgive | The Steeldrivers |
| 69 | Beautifully out of Place | Sierra Hull |
| 70 | Big Country | Gena Britt |
| 71 | I May Not Take You Back Again | Nothin' Fancy |
| 72 | I Can’t Wait | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 73 | No Smoky Mountains | Sister Sadie |
| 74 | Callin' Your Name | The Grascals |
| 75 | I Miss My Miss in Mississippi | Jerry Salley |
| 76 | Johnson City Blues | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 77 | All About the Banjo | Rhonda Vincent |
| 78 | Whole Lotta Laying Around | Chris Roberts |
| 79 | The Run | Paper Bird |
| 80 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers |
| 81 | Bluebird Blackbird (feat. Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 82 | Peg Monster | Della Mae |
| 83 | Pack Up Your Sorrows | The Seldom Scene |
| 84 | Bend in the Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 85 | Limitless | Paper Bird |
| 86 | Blind Bartimaeus | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 87 | Looking out My Back Door | Special Consensus |
| 88 | Emma | Claybank |
| 89 | Yesterday's Heartache | Kristy Cox |
| 90 | Head on Down the Line (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 91 | Doc Watson Morning (with Bryan Sutton) | Peter Rowan |
| 92 | Devil's Broom | Shannon Slaughter |
| 93 | Soldier's Joy (feat. Michael Cleveland) | Jesse McReynolds |
| 94 | Sirens | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 95 | Two Acres at a Time | Amanda Cook |
| 96 | Less | Sierra Hull |
| 97 | Calhoun County | Amanda Cook |
| 98 | I'll Go with You | Williamson Branch |
| 99 | You Better Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter |
| 100 | I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 101 | Got a Little Light | High Fidelity |
| 102 | 99 Year Blues | Rock Hearts |
| 103 | Calamity Jane (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Becky Buller |
| 104 | Losing You Blues | Sister Sadie |
| 105 | Aunt Birdie's Wing Back Chevrolet | Hammertowne |
| 106 | We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven | Jason Barie |
| 107 | You Made the Break | High Fidelity |
| 108 | Sleep with One Eye Open (feat. Alison Brown & Molly Tuttle) | Della Mae |
| 109 | Looking out for You and Me | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 110 | Big Dreams, Small Talk | Old Salt Union |
| 111 | Mississippi Steamboat Blues | Rick Faris |
| 112 | Never Were My Baby | The Church Sisters |
| 113 | Adams County Breakdown | Ned Luberecki |
| 114 | I Cried All the Way to Kentucky | Alecia Nugent |
| 115 | Foxhounds | Kathy Kallick Band |
| 116 | Coon Dog Cemetery | Milan Miller |
| 117 | Anywhere is Home when You're with Me | Rhonda Vincent |
| 118 | Heartbreak Hall of Fame | The Grascals |
| 119 | Untold Stories | Gena Britt |
| 120 | Waiting on Isaac | Jason Barie |
| 121 | Two Left Shoes | Jason Barie |
| 122 | Blue Eyed Darlin' | Jason Barie |
| 123 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley |
| 124 | Tater Valley Chimes | Flashback |
| 125 | Waltz Through the Ages (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Jerry Salley |
| 126 | You Can't Hear a Heart Break | Jerry Salley |
| 127 | Who Needs You | The Grascals |
| 128 | Wild One | Della Mae |
| 129 | I Like It when You're Home | Della Mae |
| 130 | 12 O’Clock Blues | The Steeldrivers |
| 131 | Point of No Return | Amanda Cook |
| 132 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 133 | Brace for Impact (Live a Little) | Sturgill Simpson |
| 134 | Be Still Moses | Steep Canyon Rangers |
| 135 | City That Drowned | Mile Twelve |
| 136 | Cloud Valley | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 137 | Innocent Man | The Steeldrivers |
| 138 | Nellie Kane (Live) | Hot Rize |
| 139 | High on a Mountain (Live) | Hot Rize |
| 140 | Quick Select | Nate Lee |
| 141 | Won't That Be a Happy Time | Special Consensus |
| 142 | B N Me | Band Of Ruhks |
| 143 | Do It Alone | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 144 | Trouble in the Fields | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 145 | The Long Game | Della Mae |
| 146 | Railroad Man (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown & Todd Parks) | Stephen Mougin |
| 147 | Sixteen Tons (feat. Avril Smith & Alison Brown) | Della Mae |
| 148 | Oh Darlin' (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 149 | Honeybabe | Rick Faris |
| 150 | How Long | Rick Faris |
| 151 | Bourbon Hound (feat. Molly Tuttle & Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 152 | I Choose You | The Steeldrivers |
| 153 | City of New Orleans | Special Consensus |
| 154 | Mama Says No | The Steeldrivers |
| 155 | Time Flies | Armchair Boogie |
| 156 | On the Riverside (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown, Todd Parks, Alan Bartram & Jana Mougin) | Stephen Mougin |
| 157 | Gonna Make It After All (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 158 | Back when | Larry Cordle |
| 159 | Flint Hill Special | Darren Nicholson |
| 160 | Those Pictures Mean a Whole Lot More These Days | Hammertowne |
| 161 | Tennessee Gypsy | Claybank |
| 162 | Stoneman's Raid | Rick Faris |
| 163 | She's Gone to L.A. Again (feat. Balsam Range) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 164 | Rocky Road Blues | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 165 | Life to My Days | Jerry Salley |
| 166 | High on the Mountain | Emily Kirsch |
| 167 | Cherokee Shuffle | Josh Williams |
| 168 | Kentucky Borderline | Rhonda Vincent |
| 169 | Ragin' Live for You Tonight | Rhonda Vincent |
| 170 | Muleskinner Blues | Rhonda Vincent |
| 171 | So Danged Lonesome | Kathy Kallick Band |
| 172 | All I Can Do | Sister Sadie |
| 173 | No Regrets | Bluegrass Outlaws |
| 174 | Ain't It Funny | Lou Reid & Carolina |
| 175 | Riding the Fence | Wildfire |
| 176 | Always on My Mind | Holly Norman |
| 177 | Remember Who You Are | The Gibson Brothers |
| 178 | What Am I Gonna Do with This Broken Heart | Lawson & Williams |
| 179 | It's Mighty Dark to Travel | Peter Rowan |
| 180 | Armadillo Breakdown | Rob Benzing |
| 181 | As Lonesome As I Am | The Lonesome River Band |
| 182 | To Whom It May Concern | Billy Droze |
| 183 | Our Last Goodbye | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 184 | If I Could Play Guitar Like Carl Jackson | Jerry Salley |
| 185 | Lynchburg Chicken Run | The Grascals |
| 186 | Leaving Louisville | Amanda Cook |
| 187 | Georgia Bound | Rebekah Long |
| 188 | Hammer Down | Feller & Hill |
| 189 | All of Me | Emily Kirsch |
| 190 | Boeing Boeing 707 | Chris Roberts |
| 191 | Dusty Gravel Road | The Family Sowell |
| 192 | Follow the Leader | High Fidelity |
| 193 | Less of Me | Nothin' Fancy |
| 194 | That Home Far Away | Nothin' Fancy |
| 195 | My Honey Lou | Kathy Kallick Band |
| 196 | Kentucky Waltz | Deanie Richardson |
| 197 | Because He Loved Me | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 198 | The Redbird River | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 199 | Second Cup of Coffee | Chris Roberts |
| 200 | The Whiskey or the Coal | Big Country Bluegrass |
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