Lee Brice danced all the way to #1 with his third album I Don't Dance scoring the top spot this week. 39,000 fans took home the album while Dustin Lynch found 31,000 fans wanting a copy of Where It's At. The singer's promising new album should join Lee Brice's album in becoming a swift seller at iTunes and stores nationwide. Luke Bryan's Crash My Party sits at #3 with another 12k taking home the Double Platinum-certified album while former #1 album Moonshine In The Trunk from Brad Paisley, sits at #4. Rounding out the Top 5 is Brantley Gilbert's Just As I Am. He's sold 563k copies of the project.
Top Ten Recap
Alabama leads off the rest of the Top 10 with their new album Angels Among Us: Hymns and Gospel Favorites. The deluxe version of the album is at Cracker Barrel and it sold 8k in one week at the notable restaurant. Chase Rice's Ignite The Night remains in the Top 10 this week while Florida Georgia Line sits at #8. Last week's #1, Platinum from Miranda Lambert, slides down to #9 this week. Rounding out the Top 10 is the Nashville Outlaws tribute album to Motley Crue.
Notable Album Recap
Americana artist Justin Townes Earle sits next on our rundown with his new album Single Mothers. Earle is followed by Eric Church's The Outsiders, Dierks Bentley's Riser and Sam Hunt's x2c EP.
Other notable albums: Scotty McCreery remains in our rundown while Keith Urban's Fuse has sold another 2k to reach 390k scanned overall. The Brothers Osborne debut with their new EP moving 1,600 copies. Finally, Frank Foster's Rhythm & Whiskey rounds out the rundown with 1,300 more fans taking home the wholly indie album release.
Top 5 Country Albums - September 17, 2014*
*Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousand.
Top 200 | Artist | Album | Sales | Total |
5 | Lee Brice | I Don't Dance | 39,000 | 39,000 |
8 | Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | 31,000 | 31,000 |
24 | Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | 12,000 | 2,128,000 |
27 | Brad Paisley | Moonshine In The Trunk | 9,000 | 78,000 |
32 | Brantley Gilbert | Just As I Am | 8,000 | 563,000 |
Gloria
Thank you Matt for including Keith Urban's FUSE for me.
Matt Bjorke
You're welcome. Glad to give you an update. It'll be Gold before he moves onto the next record. Thanks for being a loyal reader!