Swift, Florida Georgia Line top charts again
Thursday, January 17, 2013 – Taylor Swift was first on the Country Albums chart with "Red" for the week ending Jan. 26, while Florida George Line held onto first with their hit single Cruise on the Country Songs chart.
Elsewhere on the song chart, Hunter Hayes was second with Wanted, The Band Perry third with Better Dig Two, Gary Allan fourth with Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) and Swift fifth with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Blake Shelton was the biggest mover by far with Sure Be Cool If You Did, skyrocketing from 45th to 6th. Brad Paisley was at 10, up 4, with Southern Comfort Zone.
Tim McGraw's One of Those Nights was at 11, up 4. Swift debuted at 16 with The Moment I Knew. She also was 20th with Begin Again. Thompson Square broke into the top 25, at 25, with If I Didn't Have You, up 2.
Florida Georgia Line was second on the albums chart with "Here's To the Good Times." Luke Bryan followed in third with "tailgates & tanlines," with the "Nashville: The Music of Nashville" soundtrack fourth and "Tornado" from Little Big Town fifth.
Brantley Gilbert held 14th with "Halfway to Heaven" up 3. Miranda Lambert also moved up 3, to 15, with "Four the Record." Lambert's Pistol Annies trio was at 22nd, up 3, with "Hell on Heels." The "NOW That's What I Call Country" compilation was also up 3 to 23. Jake Owen was 24th, up 5, with "Barefoot Blue Mean Night." Dwight Yoakam jumped 7 to 25 with "3 Pears." Chris Young also climbed 7, to 28, with "Neon." Colt Ford's "Declaration of Independence" stood at 21, up 2. Eli Young Band hit a lucky 7 in going from 41 to 34 with "Life at Best." Chris Cagle's "Back in the Saddle" moved up 4 to 35.
"Playlist: The Very Best of Alan Jackson" was at 36, up 6. Blackberry Smoke's "The Whippoorwill" moved 5 to 38.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out debuted in first with "Timeless Hits from the Past," displacing Old Crow Medicine Show's "Carry Me Back" which was second. Trampled by Turtles were third with "Stars and Satellites." The Punch Brothers were fourth with "Who's Feeling Young Now?' "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" from Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile was fifth.
On the overall top 200 album chart, Swift was 4th, Florida Georgia Line 21st, Bryan 25th, "Nashville" 26th and LBT 27th.
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Here's to the Good Times
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It's Just What We Do
Tragic abuse of proper spelling aside, Florida Georgia Line's debut EP, "It'z Just What We Do," can already be considered a success. The duo of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard was recently signed to Republic Nashville, and a listen to their songs makes it clear why. Considering the runaway success of the likes of Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and the like, Florida Georgia Line's brand of rockin' country - emphasis on the "rockin'" fits right in with mainstream radio trends. »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Steve Earle doesn't rest (on laurels) –
If you didn't realize Steve Earle had a new disc out, "The Low Highway," it would have been no problem realizing that quite and quickly.
That was because Earle started the two-hour show with three straight tracks from "The Low Highway," and he would not be done for the night. The title track of was a midtempo effort... »»»
Concert Review: The Howlin' Brothers leave the radar behind –
The Howlin' Brothers - this trio, in reality, contains no brothers - are about eight years into their career and on their fifth album. To say they've been under the radar screen may be an understatement. You couldn't even say they've been flying under that screen because they have stuck very close to their Nashville environs.... »»»
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