Justin Timberlake at No. 1. Train at No. 7. O.A.R. at No. 9.
No, it's not a very bizarre edition of American Top 40. It's this month's edition of Headline Homes.
And no, before you puff your chest out and start making condescending calls to your cousin in Memphis about JT moving to the best city in Tennessee, it's not the man himself who bought December's top home. It is his mom and stepdad, though.
This month's list includes a lot of sneaky buyers, too: a couple of anonymous trusts and a Louisiana holding company. Though Princeton Hills makes the list as the required Williamson County luxury subdivision entry, it and its ilk are slowly getting pushed out by an even newer Williamson County luxury subdivision.
As always, what follows are the Top 10 single-family home sales in December in Nashville and surrounding counties, ranked by sales price.
1. 1219 Beech Hill Road, Brentwood, 37027
Buyers: Paul and Lynn Harless
Sale price: $2.83 million      Â
Sellers: Randall J. and Davonna B. Wachtler
Sellers' agent: Richard B. French, French King Fine Properties
Buyers' agent: Jane Hunter Hicks, Bob Parks Realty
Justin Timberlake hasn't bought a home in the Nashville area so far as we know, but his mother Lynn and stepfather Paul just picked up this 10,000-square-footer on more than 10 acres. Paul Harless is the former vice-president of marketing for First Tennessee, but is now CEO of Just-In Time Entertainment, his stepson's company.
Seller Randy Wachtler is the CEO and president of Warner/Chappell Production Music.
2. 412 Jackson Blvd., Belle Meade, 37205
Buyer: William T. Chapman IV, trustee for 412 Jackson Boulevard Trust
Sale price: $2.725 million      Â
Sellers: Jana J. and Ansel R. Davis
Sellers' agent: Richard B. French, French King Fine Properties
Buyer's agent: Barbara Moutenot, Village Real Estate Services
Trustee Chapman, as he is wont to do, sets up a trust for an anonymous buyer as anonymously as possible. This 1930s home is Jacobean Tudor — which, for what it's worth, are two distinct periods in English history (Henry VIII and Elizabeth, Protestant stalwarts they were, would have scoffed at being called Jacobeans), but the name is tagged to architecture which mixes two Renaissance styles. Seller Ansel Davis leads the eponymous entertainment law firm. Jana Davis is the senior vice president of corporate affairs for HCA.
3. 824 Windstone Blvd., Brentwood, 37027
Buyer: Thomas F. Dunham III
Sale price: $2,647,753Â Â Â Â Â
Seller: Mike Ford Custom Builders LLC
Seller's and buyers' agent: Sherry Erickson, Southern Land Company
The first of two Windstone homes on this month's list, as the Southern Land/Mike Ford joint venture starts to move ever more new custom-built homes. This 6,828-square-foot home has a five-car garage plus a private pool and guest house.
4. 1836 Old Natchez Trace, Franklin, 37069
Buyer: Cooke Holdings LLC
Sale price: $2.25 million      Â
Seller: Alison G. Ericksen
Seller's agent: Betty K. Brothers, Worth Properties
Buyer's agent: Christy Reed Tinius, Christianson, Patterson, Courtney and Associates
Old Natchez Trace is becoming another hot spot for the Headline Homes set with recent months' lists typically featuring at least one home on the stretch of the historic road. This equestrian estate sits on more than 22 acres, and in addition to the 6,450-square-foot home, includes two koi ponds. The buyer, Cooke Holdings, is a Louisiana company associated with, among other things, an Alexandria Harley-Davidson dealership.
5. 1204 Belle Meade Blvd., Belle Meade, 37205
Buyer: Greg Betterton, trustee for Belle Meade Land Trust
Sale price: $2.18 million      Â
Sellers: Christoper W. and Heather B. Cain
Sellers' agents: Dana Griscom and Jimmy Pilkerton, Pilkerton Realtors
Buyer's agent: Chip Wilkison, Neal Clayton Realtors
The Belle Meade Land Trust sounds like some old-money consortium dating from time immemorial. It's not: Records indicate this purchase is the only transaction the trust has ever made. Its lone purchase is a 1951 home on The Boulevard which promises to be "elegant European-inspired with a French flair." France, by the way, is in Europe. Christopher Cain is a Nashville endodontist.
6. 1125 Ridgeview Drive, Oak Hill, 37220
Buyers: Samuel C. and Shannon N. Clemmons
Sale price: $1.85 million
Seller: 1125 Ridgeview LLC
Seller's agent: Ryan Miller, The Lipman Group Sotheby's International Realty
Buyers' agent: Susan Gregory, Bob Parks Realty
A newly built Louisiana Low Country style home in Oak Hill comes in at No. 6. Sitting on nearly two wooded acres near Overton Lea, the home has "huge covered porches" and "great interior volume." Laissez les bons temps rouler, indeed. Though the home evokes life on the Mississippi, the name-sounds-the-same purchaser is not Mark Twain. He's a doctor.
7. 3719 Woodmont Lane, Nashville, 37215
Buyer: Scott Underwood
Sale price: $1.785 million
Seller: L.A. Investments LLC
Seller's agent: Emily Gillett Rosen, Worth Properties
Buyer's agent: Garrett Beasley, Brentview Realty Company
Part of Vintage South's new development on Woodmont, this 4,800-square-footer includes a courtyard and covered porches. Buyer Scott Underwood is the former drummer for MOR rock staple Train.
8. 4420 Forsythe Place, Belle Meade, 37205
Buyers: Daniel B. and Leslie G. Karl
Sale price: $1.775 million
Sellers: David H. and Kathryn C. Brown
Sellers' and buyers' agent: Steve G. Fridrich, Fridrich and Clark Realty
Built in 1956 and fully renovated "down to the studs" 41 years later, this Belle Meade home is an "entertainer's dream" with a "remarkable patio" and "back covered heated porch that everyone loves." Everyone including Dan Karl, vice-president at Intuitive Surgical.
9. 845 Windstone Blvd., Brentwood, 37027
Buyers: Christopher and Kathryn Culos
Sale price: $1,607,365
Seller: Mike Ford Custom Builders LLC
Seller's agent: Sherry Erickson, Southern Land Company
Buyers' agent: Heather Rolapp, Pilkerton Realty
The second Windstone entry this month includes two bonus rooms (the second being a bonus bonus room) and a recording studio, which ought to come in handy for Chris Culos, drummer for MOR cult favorite O.A.R. Maybe he can jam with the Train guy there.
10. 769 Princeton Hills Drive, Brentwood, 37027
Buyers: David and Holly Merrell
Sale price: $1.475 million
Sellers: Ian and Andrea Elliott
Sellers' agent: Amy B. Wyatt, Worth Properties
Buyers' agent: Matt Ligon, Zeitlin & Co. Realtors
This six-bedroom home in the heart of Brentwood includes a saltwater pool and a spa on more than one acre in Princeton Hills. David Merrell is the founder of TBH Global Asset Management.
