The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame It on Your Heart | The Mavericks |
| 2 | Abandonitis | Terry Allen |
| 3 | Swingin' | The Mavericks |
| 4 | Count on Me | The Lone Bellow |
| 5 | Please Don't Call Me Crazy | The Cactus Blossoms |
| 6 | Like I Used to | AJ Lee & Blue Summit |
| 7 | Jump in | Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield |
| 8 | Options Open | Kathleen Edwards |
| 9 | End of My Rope | Pokey LaFarge |
| 10 | This Flatland Life | The Panhandlers |
| 11 | Bottle It Up | Jade Jackson |
| 12 | Calaveras County | Jason Eady |
| 13 | Carry Me | Roger Street Friedman |
| 14 | 90 Seconds of Your Time | Corb Lund |
| 15 | Greyhound | Jeremy Ivey |
| 16 | Bad Weather | Allison Moorer |
| 17 | Queen Jane Approximately | Emma Swift |
| 18 | Lucky Rocks | Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles |
| 19 | Big Road | David Bromberg |
| 20 | Diesel Baby | Grain Thief |
| 21 | That's How I Feel | Dori Freeman |
| 22 | Happy | Zoe Nutt |
| 23 | The Damn Truth | Chris Knight |
| 24 | Everything is Your Fault | Buddy & Julie Miller |
| 25 | You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome when You Go | The Wildmans |
| 26 | Midway Motel | Will Hoge |
| 27 | Weakness | Margo Price |
| 28 | A World Away | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 29 | Don't You Know I'm from Here | Brennen Leigh |
| 30 | Home Sweet Hollywood (feat. Shooter Jennings) | Ted Russell Kamp |
| 31 | Lucky Penny | JD McPherson |
| 32 | Desperate Love | JD McPherson |
| 33 | Mandolin Wind | Amy Helm |
| 34 | Blindsided | Mark Erelli |
| 35 | Ain't Nothin' New | The Texas Gentlemen |
| 36 | Devil May Care | Son Volt |
| 37 | Once in a Blue Moon | Dave Goddess Group |
| 38 | Devil Put the Coal in the Ground | Steve Earle |
| 39 | Long Walk | Brandy Clark |
| 40 | Down the Road | Chris Gardner |
| 41 | Slow Climb | Nora Jane Struthers |
| 42 | Miracles | Chris Gardner |
| 43 | When You're Happy, I'm Happy | Dave Goddess Group |
| 44 | I Feel Like My Old Self | Nora Jane Struthers |
| 45 | Bigger Boat (feat. Randy Newman) | Brandy Clark |
| 46 | Hardscuffle | Buzz Cason & Sons |
| 47 | Montana | Buzz Cason & Sons |
| 48 | Downey to Lubbock | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
| 49 | Apartmentos | Alisa Wood |
| 50 | Doin Time | Alisa Wood |
| 51 | Listen | Jim Lauderdale |
| 52 | Starting over | Chris Stapleton |
| 53 | Why | Buzz Cason & Sons |
| 54 | Little Sister | Alisa Wood |
| 55 | Sing to Me, Willie (feat. Willie Nelson) | Edie Brickell |
| 56 | You Don't Know How It Feels | Chatham County Line |
| 57 | High Steppin' | The Avett Brothers |
| 58 | You Can’t Fight Fire with Fire | Dave Goddess Group |
| 59 | I'm a Big Deal when the Sun Goes Down | Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band |
| 60 | The Middle | Trampled by Turtles |
| 61 | Resurrection | Kinky Friedman |
| 62 | Queen of Heartache (feat. Mali Freeman) | Elissa Pernu |
| 63 | I Only See You with My Eyes Closed | Reckless Kelly |
| 64 | Back Porch Gettin' Down | Mac Gayden |
| 65 | Cherokee Moon | Mac Gayden |
| 66 | America | Charley Crockett |
| 67 | Arizona Girl | Trae Sheehan |
| 68 | The Bridge That Wouldn't Burn | Kinky Friedman |
| 69 | Absolute Surprise | Craig Cummings |
| 70 | Test of Time | Craig Cummings |
| 71 | Lovin' of the Game | David Bromberg |
| 72 | Whiskey Road | Bill Abernathy |
| 73 | Come Along | Mac Gayden |
| 74 | Simple Twist of Fate | Emma Swift |
| 75 | The Ballad of Two Lovers | Jess Jocoy |
| 76 | Mobile Blue | Dave Alvin |
| 77 | Saying Goodbye | J.S. Ondara |
| 78 | Never Really Famous | Johnny Collier |
| 79 | Ain't Got a Dollar | Rodney Rice |
| 80 | Down at the Lah De Dah | Jimmy Buffett |
| 81 | Pussy Footin' | Chakra Bleu |
| 82 | I'd Rather Stand Alone | Chakra Bleu |
| 83 | Nobody Warned Me | Mira Goto |
| 84 | Existential Crossroads | Jess Jocoy |
| 85 | Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | Willie Nelson |
| 86 | Live and Die | The Avett Brothers |
| 87 | Cigarette Machine | Fred Eaglesmith |
| 88 | Broken Halos | Chris Stapleton |
| 89 | Murder in the City | The Avett Brothers |
| 90 | Swept Away | The Avett Brothers |
| 91 | The Once and Future Carpenter | The Avett Brothers |
| 92 | Morphine Girl | Mandolin Orange |
| 93 | Crawl | Eilen Jewell |
| 94 | Dusty Streets (feat. Jennifer Dodge) | Jon Spear |
| 95 | Take the Journey | Molly Tuttle |
| 96 | Keep 'Em on They Toes | Brent Cobb |
| 97 | All Some Kind of Dream | Josh Ritter |
| 98 | Fire Away | Chris Stapleton |
| 99 | Another Dead End | Bill Filipiak |
| 100 | Drop Top Cadillac | Wild Rabbit Salad |
| 101 | Natural Disaster | Craig Cummings |
| 102 | Everywhere I Go | Chakra Bleu |
| 103 | You Got You | Bryan Haraway |
| 104 | Jenny | Bryan Haraway |
| 105 | Lying | Wild Rabbit Salad |
| 106 | The Way It Goes | Gillian Welch |
| 107 | Livin' Legend | Bobby Bare |
| 108 | Me and Jimmie Rodgers | Bobby Bare |
| 109 | Someone to Talk to | Bobby Bare |
| 110 | Redneck Friend | Jesse Dayton |
| 111 | Born with the Blues | Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley |
| 112 | Four Days Sober | Wild Rabbit Salad |
| 113 | Moonlighting | Bryan Haraway |
| 114 | Welcome to Hard Times | Charley Crockett |
| 115 | Wine Thirty | Cheryl Cawood |
| 116 | Real American Hero | Chris Gardner |
| 117 | Colorado Women | Daybreakers |
| 118 | Rollin' on | Jon Spear |
| 119 | Band of Gypsies | Don Ray |
| 120 | Fool's Moon | Cheryl Cawood |
| 121 | Coming Home | Cheryl Cawood |
| 122 | Same Devil (feat. Brandi Carlile) | Brandy Clark |
| 123 | The Heartland | Don Ray |
| 124 | Texas | Don Ray |
| 125 | Hard on Everyone | Kathleen Edwards |
| 126 | Rosarita | Sam Morrow |
| 127 | Rebel | Daybreakers |
| 128 | Take Two | Daybreakers |
| 129 | Send Her All My Angels | Ross Kennedy |
| 130 | Angelene | Bill Wence |
| 131 | Willow Creek | Bill Abernathy |
| 132 | Can't Go Back | Bill Abernathy |
| 133 | The Coming Home Song | Bill Wence |
| 134 | Brand New Me | Bill Filipiak |
| 135 | Yuppie Blues | Bill Abernathy |
| 136 | The Coin | Michael Johnathon |
| 137 | Cry Wolf | Bill Abernathy |
| 138 | Feel the Way I Want | Caroline Rose |
| 139 | 18 Wheeler Fever | Dwayne Ferris |
| 140 | Bottom Dollar Boy | Vandoliers |
| 141 | All It Takes is Time | Joselyn & Don |
| 142 | Wayfarer's Son | Joselyn & Don |
| 143 | Mama Bird | Joselyn & Don |
| 144 | Icarus Ascending | Bill Abernathy |
| 145 | Letting Me Down | Margo Price |
| 146 | A Satisfied Mind [Live] | Darrell Scott |
| 147 | Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way | The Mavericks |
| 148 | It Must Be Someone Else’s Fault | Courtney Marie Andrews |
| 149 | Neon Heart | James Leblanc & The Winchesters |
| 150 | Eventide | Whippoorwill |
| 151 | The Eye | Tommy Townsend |
| 152 | Circle | Jonell Mosser |
| 153 | One Thing I Know About Love | Jonell Mosser |
| 154 | Slaying Dragons | Jonell Mosser |
| 155 | Forever Home | Jon Spear |
| 156 | Feels Like the Devil | Ben Morrison |
| 157 | Old Black Magic | Josh Ritter |
| 158 | Like a Rolling Stone | Michael Johnathon |
| 159 | Trapper Man | Mark Knopfler |
| 160 | Lift Me Up | Jared Rabin |
| 161 | Good Times | The Lone Bellow |
| 162 | Bottle & Bag | Chris Gardner |
| 163 | True True Love | Rich Krueger |
| 164 | The Ballad of Mary O'Connor | Rich Krueger |
| 165 | The Healer | The Steel Wheels |
| 166 | Tell the Truth | The Avett Brothers |
| 167 | Honey for Hire | Johnny Collier |
| 168 | The Rock and the Hill | Allison Moorer |
| 169 | Daylight's Burning | The Caleb Daugherty Band |
| 170 | You Were Mine | Tami Neilson |
| 171 | Call Your Mama | Tami Neilson |
| 172 | Five Star Dive Bar | James Leblanc & The Winchesters |
| 173 | Alabama Child (feat. Angela Hacker) | James Leblanc & The Winchesters |
| 174 | I Wonder | Claudia Nygaard |
| 175 | Lucky Girl | Claudia Nygaard |
| 176 | Love Drought | Emily Ortego |
| 177 | On This Sandbar | Ross Kennedy |
| 178 | One Way Ticket | Emily Ortego |
| 179 | Roll with It | Ross Kennedy |
| 180 | Teddy Ray Blues No. 34 | Heathcote Hill |
| 181 | Something | The Bros. Landreth |
| 182 | Hope (Such a Long Way) | Jess Jocoy |
| 183 | Bound Ta Git Down | Shooter Jennings |
| 184 | Bluebird | Pokey LaFarge |
| 185 | Walk Away | Lizanne Knott |
| 186 | Lover, Will You Lead Me? | David Ramirez |
| 187 | Midnight Stranger | The Black Lillies |
| 188 | No Direction | Jared Rabin |
| 189 | Never Mind | Margie Singleton |
| 190 | Wonder What She's Doing | Margie Singleton |
| 191 | Missing You | Margie Singleton |
| 192 | Too Hard to Get | Mike McAdoo |
| 193 | How Many More Years (feat. Omar Kent Dykes) | Cindy Cashdollar |
| 194 | Aching to Feel Alive | Jess Jocoy |
| 195 | Sins We Made | Harrow Fair |
| 196 | Brightest Star | Lilly Hiatt |
| 197 | Soul Mate | Bill Wence |
| 198 | Go So Soon | Bill Filipiak |
| 199 | The Way It Never Was | Kim Richey |
| 200 | Feelings in a Song | Sugarcane Jane |
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