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Taylor Swift Owned 41% of US Sales Market last week

Once again Taylor Swift has done the impossible.  For only the second time in country music history, she has given the genre a million seller.  She owned over 41% of the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums sales chart this week.  How did the rest of the artists fare?
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The Incredible Machine Tops The Albums Sales Charts This Week

Once again we find country music leading the way this week as Sugarland's latest album, the divisive The Incredible Machine, scores the pole position this week with over 200,000 albums sold.  How does the rest of the chart shake out in this
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Kenny Chesney Tops SoundScan Charts with 'Hemingway's Whiskey'

Country star Kenny Chesney found out today that his latest album Hemingway's Whiskey topped not only the Hot Country Albums sales chart but also the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart.  Did Kenny and his album reach the 200,000 albums sold mark in week one
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Zac Brown Band Has #1 Album in the USA

For the first time in their career, the Zac Brown Band have the best-selling album in the country. They scored the #1 slot on the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart rundown with You Get What You Give holding off the #2 album this week, Maroon 5's Hands All Over.
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Country Album Sales Chart Remains Virtually The Same

This week's Hot 200 Albums Chart numbers have been released by SoundScan and they find the top-selling album in the USA selling less than 100k copies.  Lady Antebellum's has the 12th best-seller, but #1 country album.  What other acts are
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CMA Fest TV Show Impacts Album Sales Charts This Week

Thanks to the September 1 airing of the CMA Music Fest: Country's Night To Rock on ABC TV, many of the stars of country music saw their album sales increase while others managed to hold steady in this light release week. Click the image to see this week's rundown.
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Little Big Town Scores First #1 Of Career

For the first time in their decade-long career, Little Big Town has scored their first chart-topping hit as their fourth album The Reason Why earned the distinction this week while Randy Rogers Band also scored a high debut this week on the Hot 200 Albums chart.
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Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift Rule Country Sales Charts this week

Another week, another week at the top of the charts for Lady Antebellum.  Most of the rest of the albums in this rundown have the same slots as the last two weeks due to limited release schedule.  Taylor Swift' "Mine," however, had an impressive single debut