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Taylor Continues To Dominate Album Sales Chart

While Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli continue to be remarkable year-end sales successes with their adult-favored albums, Taylor Swift continues to find audiences with her year-old album Fearless. How did the rest of the country artists do in post-black friday sales?
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Tim McGraw storms the Charts with his Southern Voice

It’s Wednesday again so if you’re a regular reader of Roughstock you know what today is – it’s SoundScan day – and this week’s chart-topping country album comes from Tim McGraw. Who else is on this week's Hot Country Albums chart?
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Taylor Swift Contines Country Album Chart Reign

For what seems like the billionth time, Taylor Swift continues her dominance of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot Country Albums charts with her Fearless album continuing to sell thousands of copies per week. How did the rest of country music's Top 10 shake out this week?
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Reba Leads Country Albums on SoundScan Charts

After a few weeks topping the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums charts, country music’s cavalcade of stars fell-off the Top spot (Colbie Calliat took the mantle from Reba) but four of the Top 10 albums this week were country records. How did the chart shake out?
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George Strait Scores #1 Album This Week With 'Twang'

For the second week in a row a country music album debuts at the top slot on the albums sales chart as “Twang” is the 4th George Strait album to top the Hot 200 Albums chart compiled by Nielsen SoundScan for Billboard. 
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Taylor Swift Continues To Be "Fearless" on the Charts

After a couple of weeks away from the top spot on the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart, Taylor Swift and her album "Fearless" return for the 9th non-consecutive week while her "Love Story" single takes the top spot on the CHR/Pop Charts as well.