Young, Shelton top charts
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 – Chris Young is first on the Billboard Country Songs chart for the week ending Aug. 6 with Blake Shelton again first on the albums chart with "Red River Blue."
Young took over from Jason Aldean's Dirt Road Anthem, which slipped to second. Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett were third with Knee Deep. Lady Antebellum's Just a Kiss moved from six to four. Shelton's Honey Bee was fifth.
Toby Keith stood at 13, up 3, with Made in America. Shelton's new single, God Gave Me You was up 4 to 27.
On the album chart, Aldean was second with "My Kinda Party," switching places with Young' "Neon." Justin Moore remained fourth with "Outlaws Like Me." Zac Brown Band was fifth with "You Get What You Give."
"Mud Digger: Volume 2" debuted in 20th. Randy Travis was a big mover with "Top 10" going from 45 to 40.
On the overall top 200, Shelton was 6th, Aldean 7th , Young 13th , Moore 20th and ZBB 22nd.
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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