Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights holds off Kip Moore to remain at #1 with Moore hitting #2 on this week's chart with his critically acclaimed album Wild Ones debuts with over 35k albums scanned for the #2 debut on The Country Albums Chart Report for August 31, 2015. Elvis Presley's Elvis Forever is at #3 with 44k scanned in two weeks while Sam Hunt's Montevallo is at #4 with 722k scanned to date (and one of only 4 albums to be on the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 all of 2015). Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde is at #5 with 12k scanned, bringing them their Gold certification eligibility.
Top Ten Recap
Sitting at #6 this week is Eric Church's The Outsiders with Anything Goes from Florida Georgia Line sitting at #7. Sitting at #8 is Alan Jackson's Angels & Alcohol. Little Big Town's Pain Killer is at 334k to date while Brantley Gilbert's Anything Goes sits at #10 with over 896k 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, and "Tomatoes" Cam, Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!
Top 5 Country Albums: August 31, 2015
- Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest hundred albums sold.
Read the entire Top 10 and Notable Albums list here
| CNTRY | Artist | Album | Week | Total Scans |
| 1 | Luke Bryan | Kill The Lights | 53,900 | 457,800 |
| 2 | Kip Moore | Wild Ones | 35,300 | 35,300 |
| 3 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Forever | 17,000 | 44,100 |
| 4 | Sam Hunt | Montevallo | 14,300 | 722,300 |
| 5 | Zac Brown Band | Jekyll+Hyde | 12,000 | 505,900 |
acapellaluv
Can't wait for the official rls of Home Free's 'Country Evolution', 9/18 espec. new originals& 'Seven Bridge Road'!
Brian Cole
I wonder if Luke Bryan will overtake Sam Hunt or if the new guy on the block can hold on? Both artists have fans outside of the Country market.