Lionel Richie drops from #1 to #3 on the SoundScan Top 200 Charts this week while retaining the #1 slot on the Top Current Country Albums chart. Richie’s album has now sold 615,000 copies in just five weeks on the charts. at #2 on the country album chart is Lee Brice with his sophomore album Hard 2 Love while Kip Moore’s Up All Night debuts at #3.
Luke Bryan’s tailgates & tanlines Platinum
Luke’s third album continues to sell well with it officially scanning Platinum. Burgeoning Texas Music act Josh Abbott Band debuts with their latest album Small Town Family Dream. The indie artists sold 21,000 copies of the record, their best week ever on the charts and the highest debut for a Texas Music artist since Casey Donahew Band’s Double Wide Dreams last fall.
Blake Shelton Leaps Up Chart with Red River Blue
Rascal Flatts leads off the second half of the Top 10 with Changed. The lead single from the album, “Banjo,” hit #1 this week on the radio charts. Eric Church’s Chief has now scanned ¾ of a million copies as “Springsteen” continues to move up the single chart. Meanwhile, Blake Shelton’s Red River Blue jumps the charts this week with a jump of sales cause of The Voice. My Kinda Party continues to sell thousands of albums every week while Lady Antebellum closes out the Top 10 with Own The Night, now nearly a 1.6 million seller.
Brantley Gilbert and Zac Brown Band lead notables
The Gold-selling Halfway To Heaven continues to sell while Miranda Lambert’s Four The Record continues to move the needle as well. Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give is still selling even though they’re getting ready to move onto their next single and album. Scotty McCreery’s Clear As Day has now sold 1,035,000 while Hunter Hayes continues to move units of his self-titled album as “Wanted” jumps up the charts and has sold 110,000.
Other notable albums this week include Toby Keith’s Clancy’s Tavern (5,000 sold this week), Eli Young Band’s Life At Best (4,000), Jake Owen’s Barefoot Blue Jean Night (3,000), and Dierks Bentley’s Home (3,000)..
Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*
#3 - Lionel Richie – Tuskegee 78k (615,000)
#5 - Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love 46k (46,000)
#6 - Kip Moore - Up All Night 37k (37,000)
#12 – Luke Bryan – tailgates & tanlines 28k (981,000)
#15 - Josh Abbott Band - Small Town Family Dream 21k (21,000)
#19 - Rascal Flatts - Changed 17k (212,000)
#20 – Eric Church – Chief 17k (756,000)
#21 – Blake Shelton – Red River Blue 17k (665,000)
#28 – Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 14k (2,543,000)
#40 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night 10k (1,587,000)
#48 – Brantley Gilbert - Halfway To Heaven 8k (549,000)
#55 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record 7k (533,000)
#72 – Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give 6k (1,476,000)
#73 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day 6k (1,029,000)
#122 – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes 3K (110,000)
This coming week, we’ll see the arrival of Carrie Underwood’s new album. Look for our thoughts on the charts here!
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