As expected, Brad Paisley scored Country Music's highest debut with "American Saturday Night" although Lady Antebellum could partially claim that as their song "I Run To You" is part of the Chart-topping "Now 31" hits mix. "Now" sold a remarkable 169,145 copies while Brad Paisley placed second, just ahead of Rob Thomas' "Cradlesong" with 129,527 compared with Thomas' 121,511 copies scanned. Rounding out the Top 5 of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart are Wilco's self-titled album debuting 4th with 98,980 copies sold while Pop/rap fusion act Black Eyed Peas dropped from 1st to 5th as their month-old record "E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)" scanned another 69,935 units to give it more than 600,000 copies sold so far this year.
Taylor Swift may have slipped to #11 on the charts, only like the 3rd or 4th week the entire year that she's not been in the Top 10 on the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart, but Taylor's still managed to move 5% more albums than last week giving her album nearly 3.5 million copies sold. The Hannah Montana Movie soundtrack continues to be 2009's biggest selling release so far (barely ahead of Eminem's "Relapse") with 1.2 million copies sold. The soundtrack is the third highest "country" album on this week's chart and is followed on the charts by Zac Brown Band's "The Foundation" which is up 4 percent this week as well as it moves nearly another 25,000 copies to give Zac and co. a chance to break the 700,000 copies sold barrier next week. Jason Aldean's three-month-old "Wide Open" continues to sell well and it was actually up 14 percent against last week's numbers to give Jason the 18th bestselling album of the week and it brings his total scanned to nearly 400,000 copies (the album is already "gold" since retail bought over 500,000 copies from Aldean and Broken Bow).
LW | TW | Artist | Album | Sales TW | Sales Total |
-- | 2 | Brad Paisley | American Saturday Night | 129,527 | 129,630 |
11 | 11 | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 35,807 | 3,464,128 |
10 | 12 | Hannah Montana | Soundtrack | 34,342 | 1,210,948 |
16 | 17 | Zac Brown Band | Foundation | 24,840 | 680,737 |
19 | 18 | Jason Aldean | Wide Open | 23,421 | 384,055 |
The next set of 5 albums on the charts are actually showcasing that country music continues to sell well and might just be the most healthy genre sales-wise as Kenny Chesney's Greatest Hits II bows right after Aldean on the SoundScan Hot 200 chart with his record moving 3% more than last week and is nearing the 300,000 units sold mark, no small feat considering that Chesney only has one new single on that record. Darius Rucker's album actually dropped 3 spots on the Hot 200 Albums chart but it actually sold 12% more than last week (likely due to a sale at Best Buy) and so "Learn To Live" has now moved over 3/4 a million records in its 10.5 months on the charts. Rascal Flatts' "Unstoppable" isn't moving as fast as it had in past weeks but the album has still scanned just over 840,000 copies in three months on the charts. Lady Antebellum benefitted from the same Best Buy sale as Darius Rucker and moved nearly 17,000 more units and has now sold 673,500 units in 15 months on the charts. Billy Currington's "People Are Crazy" is a hit and is helping his 10 week-old album sell 11,499 units last week, enough to sell 30% more units and bring the album to nearly 200,000 copies sold.
LW | TW | Artist | Album | Sales TW | Sales Total |
17 | 19 | Kenny Chesney | Greatest Hits II | 22,865 | 280,863 |
21 | 24 | Darius Rucker | Learn To Live | 19,323 | 753,624 |
20 | 27 | Rascal Flatts | Unstoppable | 17,123 | 841,653 |
26 | 28 | Lady Antebellum | Lady Antebellum | 16,946 | 673,500 |
48 | 42 | Billy Currington | Little Bit of Everything | 11,499 | 191,228 |
In the interesting section of the chart, Sugarland continues to move units with their nearly year-old record "Love On The Inside." It's now moved 1,682,739 units while Keith Urban's "Defying Gravity" has now moved over 450,000 copies. Randy Houser's "Anything Goes" continues to move up the charts and now has moved 79,000 units as the singer's "Boots On" compelled fans to give the album a 24% sales increase over last week (and a 41 spot jump on the Hot 200 chart). Tanya Tucker's "My Turn," her new album on Saguaro Road Records, moved a disappointing 2,617 albums last week to garner a debut at 183 on the chart. Country rapper Colt Ford continues to have a place on the charts with his grass-roots album "Ride Through The Country," a record without much if any airplay, hitting the Hot 200's 188th place on the charts and the Georgia-native's album has now sold 45,277 copies.
LW | TW | Artist | Album | Sales TW | Sales Total |
33 | 43 | Sugarland | Love On The Inside | 11,158 | 1,682,739 |
34 | 47 | Keith Urban | Defying Gravity | 10,063 | 452,360 |
172 | 131 | Randy Houser | Anything Goes | 3,695 | 79,000 |
-- | 183 | Tanya Tucker | My Turn | 2,617 | 2,627 |
192 | 188 | Colt Ford | Ride Through The Country | 2,538 | 45,277 |
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