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Thanks to the new Fearless [Platinum Edition], Taylor Swift has moved back to the top of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart. With this feat all but given last week, how did the rest of the latest releases from country superstars shape up this week?

Country music icon Alan Jackson recently partnered with Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores for a signature product line and one of the products was this exclusive album package which features two exclusive tracks.

You better take this from me: Carrie Underwood’s Play On is like a disease.  This disease is one that assaults your senses so that you are now listening to contemporary country pop record.  Is this good or bad? Or is it both?

Former CMT Can You Duet winners Steel Magnolia have scored their first Top 40 hit with "Keep on Loving You" and to celebrate that success, the duo has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry while also now getting this plum promotional slot on iTunes this week.

The superstar country artists will be touring together in early 2010 as they support their newest albums Twang and Keep On Loving You.  The singers joined forces earlier this year for the first performance at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. 

Country icon George Jones recently told the associated press his thoughts on the current state of country music and particularly the two divas racking up all the sales and awards, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.  Do his thoughts equate bitterness or true concern?

After stumbling their way to #30 with "Fight Like a Girl" earlier this year, Bomshel seems to finally have something that their career has previously lacked: momentum. "19 and Crazy" has broken into the 40 with surprising speed, but should it be moving this fast?

There just aren't enough sad songs on country radio anymore, are there? I mean, truly sad songs. Songs that get you right in the heart. Songs that make you want to cry a little. And can you believe that, of all singers, Toby Keith has a song just like that now?

Taylor Swift today achieved something no other artist has achieved this decade. Her self-titled debut album for Big Machine Records broke a record on the billboard charts for most time spent on it.  Taylor also will be making news with her upcoming SNL appearance.