After one week with Willie Nelson on top of this chart with his “Band Of Brothers” album, Miranda Lambert returns to the #1 slot with “Platinum.”
Miranda Lambert returns to #1 this week with “Platinum”, giving her 3 out of 4 weeks in the pole position of Country Music’s Top slot. She’s sold 305k copies of the album in this time and has remained in the SoundScan Top 200’s Top 10 in this time. Brantley Gilbert’s “Just As I Am” falls out of the Top 10 of the All-genre chart for the first time. In the 6 weeks it has been on the charts, “Just As I Am” has scanned over 412k times, bringing it ever so close to a Gold RIAA certification. at #3 this week is Luke Bryan’s “Crash My Party.” The album still is 6 weeks away from its 1 year birthday yet it’s still inside the Top 20 of the all-genre chart with sales approaching Double Platinum. Willie Nelson slides down to #4 on the Country tally with sales now at 49k. Rounding out the Top 5 is the “Now Country 7” compilation.
Blake Shelton “Based On A True Story” & Dierks Bentley “Riser” inside Top 10 thanks to Father’s Day Sales.
Florida Georgia Line’s set to move on from Here’s To The Good Times their 82 week old nearly Double Platinum debut album. The record still sold 10k this week and features 5 massive hits. Eric Church is at #7 with his latest RIAA certified album, “The Outsiders.” Blake Shelton’s “Based On A True STory” Has sold 1.285 million copies to date to land at #8. At #9 is A&E TV star Big Smo with “Kuntry Livin’.” The Rural Rapper has sold over 30k in the month on this chart. Rounding out the Top 10 is Dierks Bentley’s “Riser,” a record benefitting from the summer hit “Drunk On A Plane.” the album has scanned 178k in 18 weeks on this chart.
Notable albums include the latest from Rascal Flatts, Cole Swinell, Hunter Hayes, and the Zac Brown Band.
Rascal Flatts falls outta the Top 10 for the first time with “Rewind.” they’ve sold 136k copies of the album in seven weeks. While a far cry from the days they sold hundreds of thousands of copies in a few weeks, this total is still not too shabby for today’s market. Cole Swindell’s self-titled Warner Bros. debut has now scanned 194k to date and is followed in this rundown by Hunter Hayes “Storyline” album. The sophomore release from the twentysomething artist has sold 121k in 8 weeks. Zac Brown Band has one of this week’s best-sellers thanks to a 33% sales increase with “Uncaged.” the album has moved nearly 1.1 million copies to date. Finally, Lucy Hale rounds out our notable album sales this week with 29k copies sold to date (2,500 last week).
Top 10 Country Albums for The Week of July 2, 2014 with Some Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement in First column, Country Rank in Second)*
*Top Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousand.
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SS 08 12 20 23 25 28 38 45 48 55 56 65 83 89 140 177 |
CY 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 -- -- -- -- -- |
Artist Miranda Lambert Brantley Gilbert Luke Bryan Willie Nelson Now What I Call... Florida Georgia Line Eric Church Blake Shelton Big Smo Dierks Bentley Rascal Flatts Cole Swindell Hunter Hayes Zac Brown Band Lucy Hale Frankie Ballard |
Album Platinum Just As I Am Crash My Party Band Of Brothers Now Country 7 Here’s To The Good Times The Outsiders Based On A True Story Kuntry Livin’ Riser Rewind Cole Swindell Storyline Uncaged Road Between Sunshine & Whiskey |
TW 29,000 21,000 13,000 11,000 10,000 11,000 7,000 7,000 6,000 5,300 5,300 4,400 3,700 3,400 2,500 2,000 |
Total 305,000 412,000 1,976,000 49,000 74,000 1,924,000 642,000 1,285,000 30,000 178,000 136,000 194,000 121,000 1,083,000 29,000 37,000 |
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