Gloriana, Katie Armiger on "Top 20"

Gloriana hams it up with GAC host Suzanne Alexander during a recent visit to the GAC studio in Nashville, Tenn.

Aug. 14, 2009 — Gloriana is enjoying an appropriately glorious debut, and the band joins Katie Armiger this week with guest host Suzanne Alexander on this week’s edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.

Gloriana came together in Nashville in late 2007 and quickly gained the attention of producer Matt Serletic (Santana, matchbox twenty), who signed them to a recording deal and took them in the studio. With Little Big Town-like harmonies, they put out their first single, "Wild At Heart," in January, then got an opening slot on Taylor Swift’s Fearless Tour. The band’s self-titled debut landed at No. 2 on the Billboard country album chart its first week out and checked in at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

Katie had her own special moment recently. She was featured in a prestigious New York Times trend story about the roll out of youthful women in country music. The 18-year-old singer, who’s released a pair of albums, appeared alongside Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler in the piece. Katie concludes a summer mall tour, sponsored in part by GAC, Sunday in St. Paul, Minn.

Top 20 Country Countdown counts down the week's top country videos from No. 20 to No. 1 as voted by viewers on each week on GACTV.com. A new countdown premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on GAC and airs again Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET; Sundays at 1 p.m. ET; and Mondays at 10 a.m. ET. Viewers can vote for their favorite videos, as well as purchase Top 20 artists' albums and ringtones at GACTV.com.

THIS WEEK’S CHART:

1. Billy Currington "People Are Crazy"
2. Luke Bryan "Do I"
3. Kellie Pickler "Best Days Of Your Life"
4. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
5. Miranda Lambert "Dead Flowers"
6. Lady Antebellum "I Run To You"
7. Jason Aldean "Big Green Tractor"
8. Keith Urban "Kiss A Girl"
9. Reba McEntire "Strange"
10. Martina McBride "I Just Call You Mine"
11. Darius Rucker "Alright"
12. Due West "I Get That All The Time"
13. Gloriana "Wild At Heart"
14. Brooks & Dunn "Indian Summer"
15. Whitney Duncan "Skinny Dippin’"
16. Kenny Chesney "Out Last Night"
17. Rascal Flatts "Summer Nights"
18. Jimmy Wayne "I’ll Be That"
19. Alan Jackson "Sissy’s Song"
20. Miley Cyrus "The Climb"