With stiff competition on the Billboard 200 Albums chart in the way of the Dr. Dre's much-hyped Apple Music/iTunes exclusive Compton (soundtrack for the Straight Outta Compton film), Luke Bryan held Dre off with his latest album Kill The Lights to remain at #1 on the all-genre chart (a resurgent Ed Sheeran X even outsold the popular film soundtrack). Luke has now scanned nearly 404k in just two weeks. A new Elvis compilation, Elvis Forever is at #2 with 27k scanned. At #3 is Sam Hunt's Montevallo. He's now scanned 708k copies of his debut record. Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde is at #4 with 494k scanned while Pat Green debuts at #5 with 9k fans taking home the album Home in the first week it was for sale.
Top Ten Recap
Sitting at #6 this week is Eric Church's The Outsiders with Alan Jackson's Angels & Alcohol at #7. Sitting at #8 is Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free. The album has scanned 82k to date. Little Big Town's Pain Killer is at 329k while Anything Goes from Florida Georgia Line sits at #10 with 740k scanned to date.
Notables
Notables include news about the latest from Easton Corbin, Michael Ray, Chase Rice, the Now That's What I Call Country #8 series, Chris Stapleton, Old Dominion, Willie & Merle and "Tomatoes" Cam, Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!
Top 5 Country Albums: August 24, 2015
- Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest hundred albums sold.
| CNTRY | Artist | Album | Week | Total Scans |
| 1 | Luke Bryan | Kill The Lights | 83,400 | 403,800 |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Forever | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| 3 | Sam Hunt | Montevallo | 14,100 | 708,000 |
| 4 | Zac Brown Band | Jekyll+Hyde | 10,200 | 493,900 |
| 5 | Pat Green | Home | 8,900 | 8,900 |
Brian Cole
Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" finally crossed 2.5 million! If his label had put in a little more effort trying to crossover Play It Again (unsolicited airplay at Hot AC/Adult Top 40) and That's My Kind Of Night, CMP would have passed 3 million.
acapellaluv
Hi Matt! Thx for the love on Home Free/ORB's incredible "ELVIRA"!!! ****** WELL.. THEY DID IT AGAIN!...per USA TODAY 4/28/15 they rlsd awesome FISHIN' IN THE DARK/ BOONDOCKS MASH-UP!!! Can't wait for the new CD, espec. 'Seven Bridges Road' & new originals!! . YOU TUBE: Home Free Fair 8/19/15 Tim blows sound system! HILARIOUS! (Sound is bad, from the side) :)
Michael Rice
Hey Matt, any updates on Tim McGraw's Sundown Heaven Town sales? Haven't been able to find any recent news for awhile on the numbers.