Country Music Rankings

If you’ve ever wondered where country music ranks among the average American consumer, count on the people at Harris Poll to find out. Accoridng to an online poll of 2,230 adults, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson are among America's Top 10 favorite musical acts. Celine Dion led the list, with Tim charting at number 5, George at number 7, Rascal Flatts at number 8 and Alan tying with Frank Sinatra at number 9. In a demographic breakdown of the results, Rascal Flatts ranked highest among single women and people between the ages of 18 and 33. Tim was tops with respondents from the Midwest. Rounding out the Top 10 were U2 (No. 2), Elvis Presley and the Beatles (tied for No. 3) and Lady GaGa (No. 6).

As long as we’re looking at numbers and rankings today, are you ever curious to know the All-Time Top 24 from American Idol? The good people at Billboard have ranked them for us:
24. Allison Iraheta
Album Sales: 96,000
23. Diana DeGarmo
Album Sales: 167,000
22. Danny Gokey
Album Sales: 124,000
21. William Hung
Album Sales: 240,000
20. Kimberley Locke
Album Sales: 240,000
19. Taylor Hicks
Album Sales: 780,000
18. Blake Lewis
Album Sales: 367,000
17. Bo Bice
Album Sales: 738,000
16. Katharine McPhee
Album Sales: 417,000
15. Elliot Yamin
Album Sales: 687,000
14. Josh Gracin
Album Sales: 787,000
13. Jennifer Hudson
Album Sales: 798,000
12. Adam Lambert
Album Sales: 685,000
11. Kris Allen
Album Sales: 310,000
10. Ruben Studdard
Album Sales: 2,600,000
9. Fantasia
Album Sales: 2,300,000
8. David Archuleta
Album Sales: 968,000
7. Kellie Pickler
Album Sales: 1,300,000
6. Clay Aiken
Album Sales: 4,900,000
5. David Cook
Album Sales: 1,300,000
4. Jordin Sparks
Album Sales: 1,300,000
3. Chris Daughtry
Album Sales: 5,700,000
2. Carrie Underwood
Album Sales: 11,500,000
1. Kelly Clarkson
Album Sales: 10,600,000