A handful of familiar faces help make the Top 5 of October’s Top 40 Country Songs ... and Luke Combs are a few more stars ...

Ten more songs culled from five additional genres – a kind of lightning round which if my math is right, gets us to 40 songs ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...