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Rascal Flatts
Band Columbus United States Active 1999–2021
Rascal Flatts formed in 1999 in Columbus, United States and was active until 2021. Rascal Flatts has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2006–2013. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Life Is A Highway”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #125. The station that charted Rascal Flatts most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 3 appearances.
Rascal Flatts formed in 1999 with Gary LeVox singing lead, Jay DeMarcus on bass and Joe Don Rooney on lead guitar, the two of them stacking harmonies behind him, and by 2006 they were running country radio. Me and My Gang went straight to the top of the Billboard 200 that year, as Feels Like Today had before it and Still Feels Good and Unstoppable would after, and all six of their albums from 2000 to 2009 went platinum or better.
The song that crossed over to rock radio was "Life Is a Highway", their cover of Tom Cochrane's road anthem for the Disney/Pixar film Cars: big, glossy, pedal-down and polished to a mirror shine. Their other famous cover, Marcus Hummon's "Bless the Broken Road", became their longest-running number one and won Best Country Song at the 48th Grammy Awards. All told they have 16 number-one country hits.
The Country Music Association named them Vocal Group of the Year every year from 2003 to 2008, the Academy of Country Music did the same through 2009, and they took the American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2006. The Grand Ole Opry inducted them in 2011 and they got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2012. They called it a day in 2021, but reunited in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Rascal Flatts on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Is A Highway | 2 | #125 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 758 | Life Is A Highway | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) |
| 2010 | 125 | Life Is A Highway | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2006 | 757 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
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