Young goes to number one again
Monday, February 7, 2011 – Chris Young scored a hat-trick today as Voices became his third consecutive number one single from his sophomore album, "The Man I Want To Be." The song took over the top spot on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Aircheck charts.
Young breaks a 25-year record, marking only the second time in the modern era of the Billboard country chart that an artist re-released the same recording to chart-topping status. Randy Travis' On The Other Hand went to the top in 1986 after initially peaking at 67.
Voices, co-written by Young, Chris Tompkins, and Craig Wiseman, was first released summer 2008 and originally peaked on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart at 37 as the debut single. Gettin' You Home and The Man I Want To Be both went to number one for Young.
The brand new single, Tomorrow, from Young's forthcoming summer release goes to country radio today.
More news for Chris Young
- 05/07/20: Young cancels summer gigs
- 02/10/20: Young expands tour, opens earlier
- 01/14/20: Young plans Town Ain't Big Enough tour
- 09/23/19: Young makes directorial debut with "Drowning"
- 07/12/19: Young, Alaina collab gets released
- 06/14/19: Young releases emotional single "Drowning"
- 06/10/19: Young joins Billion Airs club
- 02/04/19: Since it worked at first, Young will try it again
CD reviews for Chris Young
Chris Young has one of the best country voices, and it's always a pleasure to hear him sing. But it's disappointing when the title cut sounds more like the groove to a Justin Bieber song than anything truly country. When, say, someone like Jason Aldean performs music with barely any resemblance to real country music, it's not that big a deal; he's not a great natural singer to begin with. However, Young's voice is just too good to waste on mere pop. ...
Song selection can sometimes seem fairly inessential whenever chosen by a master singer. Such is the case with "It Must Be Christmas," Chris Young's new holiday collection. He sounds as perfectly comfortable with the jazzy "I'll Be Home for Christmas," where its supper club vibe takes a little of the edge off one seriously sad song, as he does with the Phil Spector rock nugget "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)."
Young is also helped out by a few special guests. ...
Chris Young has enjoyed steady success from his previous four releases, and there's no reason to suggest that "I'm Comin' Over" won't do the same. But that doesn't mean that Young is doing anything all that different from what's au courant.
Young's go to has always been his full-sounding, big-bodied voice, and that remains intact here throughout these 11 songs, 9 of which he had a hand in writing. His voice is front and center (that's apparent ...
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