The top-selling country album (with nearly 21k copies sold) for the first full sales week of July, 2015 is Easton Corbin's About To Get Real. This marks the first time in his career that he's attained the #1 slot for one of albums (which include his 2010's self-titled release and 2012's All Over The Road). Meanwhile, Kacey Musgraves' Pageant Material slides to #2 on this week's look at the Country Album Chart Report for July 8, 2015 with over 73k fans buying her sophomore album in two weeks in stores. Sam Hunt's Montevallo sits at #3 with sales now at nearly 624k to date while Zac Brown Band's Jekyll + Hyde sits at #4 with 428k to date. Sitting at #5 is Now Country 8. It has scanned over 58k in four weeks on the chart.
Top Ten Recap
Little Big Town sits at #6 with Pain Killer, a record which has scanned 283k to date. Landing at #7 is the Platinum-certified The Outsiders from Eric Church (997k scanned to date). Brantley Gilbert's Just As I Am sits at #8 with 859k scanned while Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's Django & Jimmie has scanned 72k to date and sits at #9 this week. Rounding out the Top 10 of the Country Album Chart Report for July 8, 2015 is Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt. It is certified Platinum and has scanned 989k to date.
Notables
Notables include news about the latest from A Thousand Horses, Blake Shelton (now at 400k scanned), Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, JB & the Moonshine Band, Billy Currington, Dierks Bentley, Old Dominion, and the latest figures from the most-recent albums from "Tomatoes" Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!
Top 5 Country Albums: July 1, 2015
- Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest hundred albums sold.
| CNTRY | Artist | Album | Week | RTD |
| 1 | Easton Corbin | About To Get Real | 20,400 | 20,400 |
| 2 | Kacey Musgraves | Pageant Material | 18,300 | 73,100 |
| 3 | Sam Hunt | Montevallo | 14,600 | 623,900 |
| 4 | Zac Brown Band | Jekyll+Hyde | 13,400 | 428,900 |
| 5 | Various | Now Country 8 | 9,800 | 58,000 |
Brian Cole
Has Billboard already shifted "Crash My Party" to the Country Catalog Album Chart?
Matt Bjorke
No. It just fell out of Top 15.