Adult Music Artists Top This Season's Annual VH1 Holiday CD Poll

Adult Music Artists Top This Season's Annual VH1 Holiday CD Poll

Music Legends U2, The Beatles and Johnny Cash as Well as Country Artists Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban Rank Among Top 10 on VH1's Annual Holiday CD Wish List Poll

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Adult music artists are still alive and kicking their way to the top of the charts, according to the 4th annual VH1 Holiday CD Poll.

Legendary adult music artists including U2, The Beatles and Johnny Cash lead the pack in the telephone poll commissioned by VH1 that asked adults across the country which music CD they would like to receive this holiday season.

In fact, the only artist under 25 years of age in the Top 10 is Carrie Underwood with "Some Hearts," her first release since winning the "American Idol" competition in 2005.

Country music also influenced people's choices heavily this year with Cash, Underwood, Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban all landing in the Top 10.

"It's all about the 'grown-ups' table' this holiday season in the music world. The poll reaffirms the stature of adult artists and the incredibly strong connection and history that they have with music fans across the country," said Rick Krim, Executive Vice President, Music and Talent Programming, VH1. "Country music is also having a phenomenal year, appealing to music fans across the board."

U2's "U218 Singles" CD and limited edition DVD ranked #1 overall in a telephone poll commissioned by VH1 that surveyed a random national sample of 960 20-49 year-olds who listen to music.

Overall results include:

The Top 10 CDs People Most Want This Holiday Season are:

1. U2 - U218 Singles
2. The Beatles - Love
3. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
4. Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
5. Mary J. Blige - Greatest Hits: Reflections The Journey
6. Dave Matthews Band - The Best of What's Around, Volume 1
7. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
8. Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
9. Keith Urban - Love, Pain And The Whole Crazy Thing
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

The VH1 poll also broke out favorites in four regions of the U.S.: Northeast, Midwest, South and the West as well as overall male and female demographics. Regional and gender breakouts follow below:

Northeast Top 10

1. Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1
2. Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
3. Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
4. The Who - Endless Wire
5. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
6. The Beatles - Love
7. Pussycat Dolls - PCD
8. JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido
9. Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
10. U2 - U218 Singles

Midwest Top 10

1. Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
2. The Beatles - Love
3. Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
4. Bob Seger - Face The Promise
5. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
6. Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
8. U2 - U218 Singles
9. Mary J. Blige - Greatest Hits: Reflections The Journey
10. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

South Top 10

1. U2 - U218 Singles
2. Mary J. Blige - Greatest Hits: Reflections The Journey
3. Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
4. Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
5. Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics
6. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
7. The Beatles - Love
8. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
10. The Who - Endless Wire

West Top 10

1. The Beatles - Love
2. U2 - U218 Singles
3. Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
5. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
6. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
7. Nelly Furtado - Loose
8. Nickelback - The Right Reasons
9. Ludacris - Release Therapy
10. Mary J. Blige - Greatest Hits: Reflections The Journey

Male Top 10

1. Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
2. The Beatles - Love
3. U2 - U218 Singles
4. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
6. The Who - Endless Wire
7. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
8. JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido
9. Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1
10. Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood

Female Top 10

1. Mary J. Blige - Greatest Hits: Reflections The Journey
2. U2 - U218 Singles
3. The Beatles - Love
4. Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
5. Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
6. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
7. Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1
8. Beyonce - B'Day
9. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
10. Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way

* More Results Available Upon Request

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