THE HOTTEST MALE COUNTRY MUSIC STARS OF 2011                                                                                  

10.Charles Kelley

Charles Burgess Kelley (born September 11, 1981) is an American country music singer-songwriter and founding member of Lady Antebellum, a country rock trio formed in 2006 and signed to Capitol Nashville. -Wikipedia.org

9. Brad Paisley

Paisley was the 2008 CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year winner. Starting with the release of his 1999 album Who Needs pictures Paisley has recorded seven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified gold or higher by the RIAA.

In addition, he has charted 25 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 16 of which have reached #1 with a record 10 consecutive singles reaching the top spot on the chart. On November 10, 2010, Paisley won the Entertainer of the Year award at the 44th annual CMA Awards. -Wikipedia.org

8. Keith Urban

Urban has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as banjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, sitar, bouzouki and drums. -Wikipedia.org

7. Blake Shelton

Overall, Shelton has charted seventeen singles on the country charts, including ten Number One hits: “Austin” (2001), “The Baby” (2003), “Some Beach” (2004–2005), “Home” (2008), “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” (2009), “Hillbilly Bone” (2010), a duet with Trace Adkins, “All About Tonight” (2010), “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking” (2011)”, “Honey Bee” (2011), and “God Gave Me You” (2011) . Additionally, three more of his singles have reached Top Ten: a cover version of Conway Twitty’s “Goodbye Time”, “Nobody but Me”, and “I’ll Just Hold On”. -Wikipedia.org

6. Tim McGraw

McGraw has ventured into acting, with supporting roles in The Blind Side (with Sandra Bullock), Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, and Four Christmases (with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), and lead roles in Flicka (2006) and Country Strong (2010). He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League’s Nashville Kats. Taylor Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw”, refers to him and his song, “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’”.

In acknowledgement of his grandfather’s Italian heritage, McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in 2004, receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Gala. -Wikipedia.org

5. Jake Owen

He released his third studio album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night, on August 30, 2011. The lead-off single and title track to the album, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” has become his first Number One single on the country chart.In 2011, he joined Keith Urban on his 2011 Get Closer world tour. -Wikipedia.org

4. Kenny Chesney

The Country Music Association honored Chesney with the Entertainer of the Year award in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Other notable awards include the Academy of Country Music’s 1997 New Male Vocalist of the Year, 2002 Top Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Triple Crown Award in 2005. He was awarded his fourth consecutive Entertainer of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music on May 18, 2008. -Wikipedia.org

3. Luke Bryan

Bryan released his seventh single, “Country Girl (Shake It for Me),” to country radio on March 14, 2011. It served as the lead-off single to his third studio album, Tailgates & Tanlines, which was released August 9, 2011. The album debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums and number two on the Billboard 200. -Wikipedia.org

2. Tom Gossin

Gloriana is an American country music group founded in 2008. It is composed of brothers Tom Gossin and Mike Gossin (vocals, guitar), as well as Rachel Reinert (vocals, tambourine) and, until July 2011, Cheyenne Kimball (vocals, mandolin). Before the band’s foundation, Kimball was the 2002 winner of the competition America’s Most Talented Kid and a solo artist on Epic Records. -Wikipedia.org

1. Mike Gossin

Brothers Tom and Mike Gossin were born in Utica, New York. They both took piano lessons from age 6, and Tom began studying guitar with the help of a local jazz musician. Tom, along with third Gossin brother Stephen, founded their own band “Captain Zippy” in High School . Stephen and Tom later moved to Wilmington, North Carolina together, where they attended University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with Tom majoring in guitar. Tom and Mike moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they began performing as a duo. -Wikipedia.org