Billboard’s Year in Music is out, with listings of their top albums of 2008, chosen by Billboard writers and critics.

Raising Sand comes in at #8 on the Country Album Titles list.

Raising Sand shows up at #11 on the Top Rock Albums Titles list.

Gary Graff writes in Billboard that Grammy-nominated Adele is already working on her second album, and says she is influenced in part by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on Raising sand. She comments:

“…the melodies, I think they’re the best in the world, so I’m gonna try and incorporate a lot of that.”