Swift, Florida Georgia Line lead charts
Thursday, December 20, 2012 – Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line have much in common this week at least - both stayed atop the Billboard charts for the week ending Dec. 29. Swift had the best selling disc in the U.S. with "Red." FGL's Cruise topped the Billboard Country Songs chart.
On the song chart, Swift was second again with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Hunter Hayes remained third with Wanted. Stupid Boy from The Voice winner Cassadee Pope debuted in fourth. The Band Perry was fifth with Better Dig Two. Eric Church made it to the top 10 with Creepin' at 10, up 1.
Little Big Town was 15, up 4, with Tornado. Newcomer Kerry Musgraves rounded out the top 25 with Merry Go 'Round.
On the Country Albums chart, "Red" was followed by Blake Shelton's "Cheers, It's Christmas," Lady Antebellum's "On This Winter's Night," the debut of the "Nashville: the Music of Nashville: Season 1" (the television show soundtrack), which debuted in fourth, and Little Big town's "Tornado."
Lady A was 21st on the chart with "Own the Night," up 4. "Icon: George Strait" was up 5 to 29. Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" climbed 4 to 34.
The bluegrass chart remained exactly the same as last week. Old Crow Medicine Show was again first with "Carry Me Back." Slidawg's "Slidawg's Redneck Christmas" was second. "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" from Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile was third. Punch Brothers held fourth with "Who's Feeling Young Now?" Trampled by Turtles was fifth with "Stars And Satellites."
On the overall top 200, Shelton was 8th, Lady A 10th, Nashville 14th and LBT 16th.
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Editorial: Walking the talk –
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