Joe Nichols sets career best with "It Ain't No Crime"
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 – Joe Nichols's new single, "It Ain't No Crime," will enter the R&R charts at 44 on Mediabase and 45 on Billboard/R&R this week, making it the highest chart debut ever for Nichols.
The single enters the charts a week earlier than the official ad date of Jan. 14. Nichols premiered the single on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last week (Jan. 3) and will perform it on the televised Opry Live this Saturday night (Jan. 12 on GAC TV).
The song is the second single from Nichols's well-received CD, "Real Things."
More news for Joe Nichols
- 10/17/18: Nichols splits with Broken Bow
- 07/28/17: Nichols returns with "Never Gets Old"
- 12/02/13: Nichols reaches the top
- 05/13/13: Nichols sets PR for adds for new single
- 10/31/12: Broken Bow forms new label, signs Joe Nichols
- 09/18/12: Nichols returns Down Under
- 05/30/12: Nichols shares pregnancy experiences on The View
- 05/22/12: Nichols, Show Dog split
CD reviews for Joe Nichols
Joe Nichols is best known by many as the guy that sings "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," so it seems like more than mere coincidence how "Never Gets Old" opens with "Diamonds Make Babies," another song featuring a lyrical example of anthropomorphism. Such a lyrical tactic may grow tiresome quick, but hearing Nichols' resonant, traditional country singing voice will never ever get old.
Nichols is an extremely expressive singer, which is why he can sing ...
Joe Nichols suffers from a split personality. With a fine voice like his and songs from his past like Brokenheartsville, Nichols is strongly positioned to lay claim to being one of the very few last traditional country singers standing. There just aren't a whole lot of folks out there with the twang and phrasing (listen to how he holds the notes on the lead-off Just Let Me Fall in Love With You or the twang in Baby You're in Love With Me) out there like Nichols.
One of the prime ...
It's an instance of truth in advertising that Joe Nichols calls his new holiday album "A Traditional Christmas." Traditions are mostly wonderful things. Few would enjoy Christmas, for example, if it was celebrated completely differently every year. However, Nichols' new traditional album is a little too faithful to these familiar Christmas songs. It's as though he's being so careful, he won't open presents on Christmas morning for fear that he might mess up the wrapping paper. ...
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