The reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan, is set to issue his new single “Kick The Dust Up” next week to country radio along with performing it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the season finale of NBC’s The Voice, all happening May 19. The single will ALSO be available via iTunes on May 19.
“Kick The Dust Up” is also the title of the star’s tour which launched last weekend. The song was written by Dallas Davidson, Chris Destefano and Ashley Gorley. It represents the lead single from the star’s next album project, set to be released this summer. The album is the proper follow-up to Luke’s Crash My Party album, an album which broke records on the country charts with 6 number one hits and is certified Double Platinum. It’s sold over 2.4 million copies with track sales representing over 8 million downloads as well.
Since debuting in 2007 with his self-titled debut album, Luke Bryan has sold nearly seven million albums and has sold 27 million tracks.
Brian Cole
I would really love to see "Kick Up The Dust" debut in the Top 10 on the Hot 100. But I'm worried about the "rolling effect" though, since his first week at radio expires Monday, which means airplay would drop Tuesday, and that's Wednesday data is what goes toward calculating. Bryan avoided that effect with "Crash My Party," but the sharp decrease in airplay recorded on the day the Hot 100 was released kept "Dirt" and "Burning It Down" from reaching the Top 10; both were very close. Bryan has shown he can sell the downloads, and he is one of Country's strongest streaming and airplay artists, so I hope he can get in there. The bottom of the Top 10 is weak point wise right now, but he'll have to deal with the BBMA effect, which will strengthen the chart once the full effect hits, which is the same week his label releases "Kick The Dust Up."