Saturday 28 January 2012

Country Album Billboard Top 200 Chart News January 25, 2012

Country Album Billboard Top 200 Chart News January 25, 2012

TOBY KEITH
 CLANCY's TAVERN
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Adele's '21' tops the Top 200 Billboard Charts this week with sales of 95,144 and total sales of 6.14 million. It’s now had its 17th week at No. 1 position making it the Biggest #1 since the soundtrack 'BODYGUARD' which enjoyed a 20-week run at No. 1 on the chart (May 29, 1993) . Speaking of soundtrack albums The Joyful Noise featuring Dolly Parton moved up  #21 to #12 with a sales increase of 23% maintaining its place as #1 soundtrack for the second week and is having similar rewards to the 2011 Country Strong release which was embraced by country music fans.

For the first time since November 2, 2011 with sales of 17,153 copies Toby Keith's CLANCY'S TAVERN with a jump from #22 to #8 moves ahead of Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night (13832 copies sold, 13% drop) and Luke Bryan ‘s #3 album TAILGATES & TANLINES (13767 sales this week).  It's now become Keith's first album to spend more than one week at #1 on the Billboard Country album chart since HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY topped the chart for seven weeks back in 2005. The album's renaissance is due to the success of his Glee-boosted single "Red Solo Cup," which now stands at #15 on the Hot 100 and is this weeks Top Country Hot Digital download making it his highest-charting single in a Hot 100 career since 1993. It also benefitted by the stack-it-high-sell-it-cheap marketing gaining a 27% sales increase with physical CD priced for just $4.99 at Target stores and discounted on Amazon last week.
Also priced at $4.99 last week was George Strait's "Icon" Greatest hits going up from #118-#66 with 6,194 fans taking advantage, creating a 63% sales boost.

The Band Perry’s single With “All Your Life” is #4 on the Hot Country charts and the self-titled album also sits at #4 on the Billboard Country album selling another 12,206 copies. Jason Aldean’s MY KINDA PARTY stands at #5 shifting another 11899 copies taking it over the 2.3 million marker.

Scotty McCreery with 10,620 fans taking it home CLEAR AS DAY bagged a 7% sales increase, while his single “The Trouble With Girls” gains ground on the singles chart. Taylor Swift’s Speak Now gained 37% at retail this week with sales  at 9,495 and its now 47k short of the 4-million sold mark.

It is highly likely that Tim McGraw will debut at #1 next week with his new album EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC whilst his NUMBER ONE HITS sells 8,983 with a #8 chart position and with a tally of 545k, and the RIAA’s measurement of counting double albums twice per sale it gains Platinum status.

Martina McBride is now onto a new label in Republic Nashville and with the single “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” at #9 she’s back in the Top 10 for the first time since “Anyway” from 2007.  He latest release on old label RCA Nashville’s HITS AND MORE compilation debuted this week at #44 on the Top 200 Albums chart with sales of 7,497. As a expanded version of her 2001 Greatest Hits completists will be adding it to their collection but fans may be swayed to sample and download it’s 3 new song additions.  her ce and into our notables section as this week’s highest (and only) album debut. The record features 15 of her biggest hits and a couple un-released singles.

The Pistol Annies album with sales of 4,927 and a #80 position is less than a 1000 copies from reaching 250K.


Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Week Ending January 22, 2012



LW
TW
Artist Name
Album Title
TW
Total
Country
Chart
22
8
Toby Keith
CLANCY'S TAVERN
17153
385,872
#1   
17
17
Lady Antebellum
OWN THE NIGHT
13832
1,253,726
#2   
18
18
Luke Bryan
TAILGATES &
TANLINES
13767
696,104
#3   
24
22
The Band Perry
THE BAND PERRY
12206
1,101,986
#4   
25
24
Jason Aldean
MY KINDA PARTY
11899
2,304,476
#5   
34
29
Scotty McCreery
CLEAR AS DAY
10620
889,877
#6 
53
34
Taylor Swift
SPEAK NOW
9495
3,953,795
#7   
48
37
Tim McGraw
NUMBER ONE HITS
8983
545,349
#8   
41
38
Brantley Gilbert
Halfway To Heaven
8469
421,638
#9   
43
44
Eric Church
CHIEF
7607
569,088
#10   
-
47
Martina McBride
HITS & MORE
7497
7533
#11   
51
57
Miranda Lambert
FOUR THE RECORD
6618
392,573
#12   
86
58
Taylor Swift
FEARLESS
6597
6,487,054
#13   
54
62
Zac Brown Band
You Get What You Give
6473
1,383,219
#14   
118
66
George Strait
ICON
6194
80,246
#15   
75
80
Pistol Annies
HELL ON HEELS
4987
249,154
#16   
69
83
Civil Wars
BARTON HOLLOW
4941
275,138
#17   
80
92
Blake Shelton
RED RIVER BLUE
4667
523,804
#18   
132
94
George Strait
HERE FOR A GOOD
TIME
4582
335,243
#19   
144
97
Eli Young Band
LIFE AT BEST
4525
161,468
#20   
45
98
Little Willies
For The Good Times
4521
12,251
#21   
128
105
Taylor Swift
TAYLOR SWIFT
4280
5,156,082
#22   
91
112
Lady Antebellum
NEED YOU NOW
4110
3,802,867
#23   
106
116
Jake Owen
Barefoot Blue Jean
Night
4039
209,430
#24   
61
119
Dailey & Vincent
THE GOSPEL SIDE OF
4012
10,465
-
117
130
Zac Brown Band
FOUNDATION
3702
2,836,221
#25   

ALBUMS DUE TO DROP
January 24
Kellie Pickler/100 Proof/19/BNA Records
Neal McCoy/XII/Blaster
Tim McGraw/Emotional Traffic/Curb
Randy Thompson/Collected/Jackpot

January 31
Susan Greenbaum/This Life/Compass
Matt Flinner Trio/Winter Harvest/Compass

February 7
Dierks Bentley/Home/Capitol
Carolina Chocolate Drops/Leaving Eden/Nonesuch
Various Artists/Waylon The Music Inside II/Scatter/Average Joes Entertainment

COUNTRY SINGLES NEWS

Luke Bryan
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Following on from the success of his last #1 platinum-certified single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”
Luke Bryan has now landed his fourth No. 1 single with
 “I Don’t Want This Night To End” . It was released in September 2011 and he co-wrote it with top songwriters Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip. It’s Luke’s fastest rising single to date nearing 1 million downloads and stands at #22 on Billboard Hot Digital Charts.

Thursday, January 26, 2012
Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night To End” moves up one places to take the #1 spot
Chris Young with “You” moves up 1 spot from #3 - #2
Eric Church with lat weeks #1 ‘Drink In My Hand’ drops down 2 places to #3
The Band Perry with “All Your Life” move up two places from  #
6 - #4
Zac Brown Band with former #1 “Keep Me In Mind”  drops from #4 - #5
Kenny Chesney’s “Reality”  moves up 1 from  #7 - #6
Keith Urban with “You Gonna Fly” moves up two more spots #9 - #7
David Nail with former #1  “Let It Rain”  falls 3 places to land at #8
Martina McBride with “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” nudges up one #
10-#9
Dierks Bentley  with “Home” enters the Top 10 moving up from #11- 10

Hot Digital Tracks Top 200
Week Ending January 22, 2012


LW
TW
Artist Name
Title
TW
Total Sales
16
18
TOBY KEITH
RED SOLO CUP
77596
1,190,214
24
22
LUKE BRYAN
I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END
63777
970,750
34
37
TAYLOR SWIFT
OURS
49893
634,902
49
47
JAKE OWEN
ALONE WITH YOU
39278
271,415
63
50
CHRIS YOUNG
YOU
37404
410,991
58
56
LEE BRICE
A WOMAN LIKE YOU
32883
231,738
50
57
LADY ANTEBELLUM
JUST A KISS
32711
768,825
56
61
BLAKE SHELTON
GOD GAVE ME YOU
30529
127,7754
61
62
ERIC CHURCH
DRINK IN MY HAND
29241
514,989
42
63
THE CIVIL WARS
SAFE & SOUND
29171
447,674
55
64
THE BAND PERRY
IF I DIE YOUNG
29127
3,801,566
69
66
THE BAND PERRY
ALL YOUR LIFE
28855
568,095
83
75
SCOTTY McCREERY
THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS
24987
462,367
74
77
ZAC BROWNBAND
KEEP ME IN MIND
24399
434,867
76
85
JASON ALDEAN
DIRT ROAD ANTHEM
22706
2,239,694
92
90
ELI YOUNG BAND
CRAZY GIRL
21138
1,429,893
94
94
LUKE BRYAN
COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)
20761
469,476
79
95
JASON ALDEAN
TATTOOS ON THIS TOWN
20554
560,392
81
96
RASCAL FLATTS
BE EASY (w Natasha Bellingfield)
20029
803,933
111
116
JUSTIN MOORE
BAIT A HOOK
17127
303,134
118
127
BRAD PAISLEY
REMIND ME (w Carrie Underwood)
16204
1,379,916
128
137
JAKE OWEN
BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHT
15113
1,366,490
107
141
LADY ANTEBELLUM
WE OWNED THE NIGHT
14990
489,902
167
149
MARTINA MCBRIDE
I'M GONNA LOVE YOU THROUGH IT
14113
339,945
178
150
KIP MOORE
SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK
14068
112,717
126
152
RODNEY ATKINS
TAKE A BACK ROAD
13969
1,075,006
170
156
DIERKS BENTLEY
HOME
13482
148,246
168
158
BILLY CURRINGTON
LIKE MY DOG
13351
140,785
162
159
HUNTER HAYES
STORM WARNING
13240
305,074
150
167
BLAKE SHELTON
HONEY BEE
12812
1,768,160
161
168
TIM MCGRAW
BETTER THAN I USED TO BE
12578
101,643
149
172
ZAC BAND BROWN
KNEE DEEP
12493
1,441,975
-
174
MIRANDA LAMBERT
OVER YOU
12240
72,474
-
178
LADY ANTEBELLUM
DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART
11824
60,536
163
182
TAYLOR SWIFT
MEAN
11607
1,365,084
165
183
LADY ANTEBELLUM
NEED YOU NOW
11604
3,556,140
-
198
SUGARLAND
STUCK LIKE GLUE
10803
2,337,996