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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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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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Ryan Bingham - Junky Star

With his profile raised as high as it can possibly go after winning the Oscar earlier this year for The Weary Kind, Ryan Bingham worked with his co-writer/producer T-Bone Burnett on this record.  Does Junky Star live up its buzzworthyness?