Country Sweep: August 4, 2012...

Hey folks, thanks again for droppin' by, it's time for the fourth part of this week's five-part "chart sweeps" of the weekly music charts in Billboard magazine. This time out we'll take a look at the new music on the Country Songs chart.

The new #1 country song this week is Dierks Bentley's "5-1-5-0"...

The highest entry on the country radio list, like the Hot 100, is the new one from Jason Aldean, who has had seven previous #1 hits, from 2005's "Why" to last year's "Fly Over States".  His latest, from the upcoming as-yet unnamed album, is "Take a Little Ride" all the way up at #19...

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American Idol runner-up (to fellow country singer Scotty McCreery) Lauren Alaina has the third single from her debut album Wildflower, "Eighteen Inches", come in at #55.Her last single, "Georgia Peaches", hit #28..

Miss Willie Brown isn't a polite woman, but a country singing duo, with their first chart hit, "You're All That Matters To Me" at #57...

 Atlanta's Lost Trailers earned a top-10 country hit with "Holler Back" from their last album of the same name, and now debut at #59 with "American Beauty"...they're now a duo, with new recruit Jason Wyatt joining Stokes Nielson...

And at #60 is Brantley Gilbert, whose last single "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" became his second straight #1 hit. His latest is the re-release of "Kick It In The Sticks"...

Next up in 90 minutes is the final "Sweep" with the latest dance tunes in the clubs and on the radio. Twang on!