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Swift, Zac Brown Band lead charts

Thursday, November 5, 2009 – Taylor Swift is back atop the Billboard Country Albums chart for the week ending Nov. 14 with "Fearless." Only this is a different brand of her album because she re-released it with six new tracks, videos and other add ons. She switched spots with Tim McGraw and "Southern Voice," which slipped to second. On the song chart, Toes from the Zac Brown Band remained first.

Zac Brown Band remained third on the album chart with "The Foundation." Lady Antebellum's self-titled debut was up two to fourth. Toby Keith fell one to fifth with "American Ride."

Jason Aldean was up 3 to 7 with "Wide Open." Swift's self-titled debut climbed 4 places to 11 in its 158th week of release. Darius Rucker was at 13, up 3, with "Learn to Live." Joe Nichols debuted in 15th with "Old Things New." Sugarland was up 3 to 22 with "Love on the Inside." Lyle Lovett dropped 16 spots to 24 with "Natural Forces." The "NOW That's What I Call a Country Christmas" was at 34, up 4. Dierks Bentley moved up 4 to 36 with "Feel That Fire."

Brad Paisley stayed second on the song chart with Welcome to the Future. Carrie Underwood was up two to third with Cowboy Casanova. Lady Antebellum also was up two - to fourth - with Need You Know. Keith Urban was down two to fifth with Only You Can Love Me This Way.

Luke Bryan's Do I. continues moving up, this week at six up two. Reba McEntire made it into the top 10 - at 10 - with Consider Me Gone,< moving up 3 places.

Every song between 11 and 20 moved up, except one song. Rucker's History in the Making stood at 16, up 3. Miranda Lambert's White Liar was at 17, up 4. Rascal Flatts moved up 4 to 18 with Why. Only Honky Tonk Stomp from Brooks & Dunn featuring ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, moved down. The song was at 20, down 2.

Aldean was a huge mover with The Truth at 21, up 5. Billy Currington's That's How Country Boys Roll stood at 24, up 3. Newcomer Josh Thompson was up 3 to 29 with Beer on the Table.

On the overall top 200 album chart, Swift was 3rd, McGraw 9th, Zac Brown Band 22nd, Lady Antebellum 29th and Keith 32nd .

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