Found with a lack of commercials and available across the nation for all SXM users "The Highway," a new country radio station on Sirius channel 56, has to be the most listened to country radio station in America. With a large following, artists push to get their music on The Highway. From The Highway most songs then begin to be played on local stations therefore expanding the artist's fanbase, I mean just look at Jana Kramer's hit song "I Got the Boy." But even with the large amount of demos received, very few actually get played on The Highway. Most songs played are by big artists, such as this week's top song "Strip it Down" by no other than male country superstar Luke Bryan and what's with the top five all being songs by men?
Though it may not be entirely The Highway's fault for their top 45 list lacking songs by women, as the list is created with the help of their listeners, The Highway still plays a part in each week’s results by focusing their promotion efforts on the men. With the women of country controversy I have seen that The Highway has increased their number of women on the charts from 2 out of 45 to 9 out of 45, but the ratio still continues to portray a large amount of inequality.
Some may say it’s because of a lack of women in country music, but I beg to differ. Just check out all the women promoted by CMT's Next Women of Country event and on my Instagram account @nextwomenofcountry.
Being a listener to The Highway myself and a member of The Highway Patrol, voting each week for the top 45, I find it saddening to see the lack of females on the charts, while the same names continue to come up every week from Chris Young to Sam Hunt and Brett Eldredge. Though these artists deserve to be heard, I believe it's time to let some new voices into the country music scene while also tackling the issue of women in country. And I believe this can all be done with the help of The Highway and supporters like you.
To help hear your favorite new artist on SXM The Highway, request the artist and a song of your choice while tagging @nextwomenofcoun and @ sxmthehighway on Twitter and make sure to join The Highway Patrol in an effort to push these women to the top of the charts.
This week's top 45 on The Highway:
1. Luke Bryan – Strip It Down
2. Brothers Osborne – Stay A Little Longer
3. Chris Young – I’m Coming Over
4. Sam Hunt – Break Up In A Small Town
5. Chris Janson – Buy Me A Boat
6. Carrie Underwood – Smoke Break
7. Brett Eldredge – Lose My Mind
8. Randy Houser – We Went
9. Blake Shelton – Gonna
10. Brad Paisley – Country Nation
11. Russell Dickerson – Yours
12. A Thousand Horses – (This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial
13. Old Dominion – Nowhere Fast
14. Tim McGraw – Top of the World
15. The Cadillac Three – White Lightning
16. Cam – Burning House
17. William Michael Morgan – I Met A Girl
18. Clare Dunn – Move On
19. The Band Perry – Live Forever
20. Maddie & Tae – Fly
21. Dylan Scott – Crazy Over Me
22. Ryan Kinder – Tonight
23. George Strait – Cold Beer Conversation
24. Sister C – Faint of Heart
25. Jon Pardi – Head Over Boots
26. Florida Georgia Line– Anything Goes
27. Josh Abbott Band – Amnesia
28. Dustin Lynch – Hell of A Night
29. Thomas Rhett – Die A Happy Man
30. Kacey Musgraves – Family is Family
31. Dierks Bentley – Riser
32. Billy Currington – Don’t It
33. Kenny Chesney – Save It For A Rainy Day
34. LoCash – I Love This Life
35. Keith Urban – John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
36. Elle King – America’s Sweetheart
37. Blake Shelton – Sangria
38. Kelsea Ballerini – Dibs
39. Thomas Rhett – Buy Me A Boat
40. Chase Bryant – Little Bit Of You
41. Sam Hunt – House Party
42. Danielle Bradbery – Friend Zone
43. Brantley Gilbert – One Hell of an Amen
44. Zac Brown Band – Homegrown
45. Cole Swindell – Let Me See Ya Girl
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