Country Album Billboard Top 200 Chart News January 25, 2012

Country Album Billboard Top 200 Chart News January 25, 2012

TOBY KEITH
 CLANCY's TAVERN
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Adele's '21' tops the Top 200 Billboard Charts this week with sales of 95,144 and total sales of 6.14 million. It’s now had its 17th week at No. 1 position making it the Biggest #1 since the soundtrack 'BODYGUARD' which enjoyed a 20-week run at No. 1 on the chart (May 29, 1993) . Speaking of soundtrack albums The Joyful Noise featuring Dolly Parton moved up  #21 to #12 with a sales increase of 23% maintaining its place as #1 soundtrack for the second week and is having similar rewards to the 2011 Country Strong release which was embraced by country music fans.

For the first time since November 2, 2011 with sales of 17,153 copies Toby Keith's CLANCY'S TAVERN with a jump from #22 to #8 moves ahead of Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night (13832 copies sold, 13% drop) and Luke Bryan ‘s #3 album TAILGATES & TANLINES (13767 sales this week).  It's now become Keith's first album to spend more than one week at #1 on the Billboard Country album chart since HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY topped the chart for seven weeks back in 2005. The album's renaissance is due to the success of his Glee-boosted single "Red Solo Cup," which now stands at #15 on the Hot 100 and is this weeks Top Country Hot Digital download making it his highest-charting single in a Hot 100 career since 1993. It also benefitted by the stack-it-high-sell-it-cheap marketing gaining a 27% sales increase with physical CD priced for just $4.99 at Target stores and discounted on Amazon last week.

Also priced at $4.99 last week was George Strait's "Icon" Greatest hits going up from #118-#66 with 6,194 fans taking advantage, creating a 63% sales boost.

The Band Perry’s single With “All Your Life” is #4 on the Hot Country charts and the self-titled album also sits at #4 on the Billboard Country album selling another 12,206 copies. Jason Aldean’s MY KINDA PARTY stands at #5 shifting another 11899 copies taking it over the 2.3 million marker.

Scotty McCreery with 10,620 fans taking it home CLEAR AS DAY bagged a 7% sales increase, while his single “The Trouble With Girls” gains ground on the singles chart. Taylor Swift’s Speak Now gained 37% at retail this week with sales  at 9,495 and its now 47k short of the 4-million sold mark.

It is highly likely that Tim McGraw will debut at #1 next week with his new album EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC whilst his NUMBER ONE HITS sells 8,983 with a #8 chart position and with a tally of 545k, and the RIAA’s measurement of counting double albums twice per sale it gains Platinum status.

Martina McBride is now onto a new label in Republic Nashville and with the single “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” at #9 she’s back in the Top 10 for the first time since “Anyway” from 2007.  He latest release on old label RCA Nashville’s HITS AND MORE compilation debuted this week at #44 on the Top 200 Albums chart with sales of 7,497. As a expanded version of her 2001 Greatest Hits completists will be adding it to their collection but fans may be swayed to sample and download it’s 3 new song additions.  her ce and into our notables section as this week’s highest (and only) album debut. The record features 15 of her biggest hits and a couple un-released singles.

The Pistol Annies album with sales of 4,927 and a #80 position is less than a 1000 copies from reaching 250K.

Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Week Ending January 22, 2012

LW	TW	Artist Name	Album Title	TW	Total	Country Chart
22	8	Toby Keith	CLANCY'S TAVERN	17153	385,872	#1
17	17	Lady Antebellum	OWN THE NIGHT	13832	1,253,726	#2
18	18	Luke Bryan	TAILGATES & TANLINES	13767	696,104	#3
24	22	The Band Perry	THE BAND PERRY	12206	1,101,986	#4
25	24	Jason Aldean	MY KINDA PARTY	11899	2,304,476	#5
34	29	Scotty McCreery	CLEAR AS DAY	10620	889,877	#6
53	34	Taylor Swift	SPEAK NOW	9495	3,953,795	#7
48	37	Tim McGraw	NUMBER ONE HITS	8983	545,349	#8
41	38	Brantley Gilbert	Halfway To Heaven	8469	421,638	#9
43	44	Eric Church	CHIEF	7607	569,088	#10
-	47	Martina McBride	HITS & MORE	7497	7533	#11
51	57	Miranda Lambert	FOUR THE RECORD	6618	392,573	#12
86	58	Taylor Swift	FEARLESS	6597	6,487,054	#13
54	62	Zac Brown Band	You Get What You Give	6473	1,383,219	#14
118	66	George Strait	ICON	6194	80,246	#15
75	80	Pistol Annies	HELL ON HEELS	4987	249,154	#16
69	83	Civil Wars	BARTON HOLLOW	4941	275,138	#17
80	92	Blake Shelton	RED RIVER BLUE	4667	523,804	#18
132	94	George Strait	HERE FOR A GOOD TIME	4582	335,243	#19
144	97	Eli Young Band	LIFE AT BEST	4525	161,468	#20
45	98	Little Willies	For The Good Times	4521	12,251	#21
128	105	Taylor Swift	TAYLOR SWIFT	4280	5,156,082	#22
91	112	Lady Antebellum	NEED YOU NOW	4110	3,802,867	#23
106	116	Jake Owen	Barefoot Blue Jean Night	4039	209,430	#24
61	119	Dailey & Vincent	THE GOSPEL SIDE OF	4012	10,465	-
117	130	Zac Brown Band	FOUNDATION	3702	2,836,221	#25

ALBUMS DUE TO DROP

January 24

Kellie Pickler/100 Proof/19/BNA Records

Neal McCoy/XII/Blaster

Tim McGraw/Emotional Traffic/Curb

Randy Thompson/Collected/Jackpot

January 31

Susan Greenbaum/This Life/Compass

Matt Flinner Trio/Winter Harvest/Compass

February 7

Dierks Bentley/Home/Capitol

Carolina Chocolate Drops/Leaving Eden/Nonesuch

Various Artists/Waylon The Music Inside II/Scatter/Average Joes Entertainment

COUNTRY SINGLES NEWS

Luke Bryan
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Following on from the success of his last #1 platinum-certified single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”
Luke Bryan has now landed his fourth No. 1 single with
 “I Don’t Want This Night To End” . It was released in September 2011 and he co-wrote it with top songwriters Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip. It’s Luke’s fastest rising single to date nearing 1 million downloads and stands at #22 on Billboard Hot Digital Charts.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night To End” moves up one places to take the #1 spot

Chris Young with “You” moves up 1 spot from #3 - #2

Eric Church with lat weeks #1 ‘Drink In My Hand’ drops down 2 places to #3

The Band Perry with “All Your Life” move up two places from  #

6 - #4

Zac Brown Band with former #1 “Keep Me In Mind”  drops from #4 - #5

Kenny Chesney’s “Reality”  moves up 1 from  #7 - #6

Keith Urban with “You Gonna Fly” moves up two more spots #9 - #7

David Nail with former #1  “Let It Rain”  falls 3 places to land at #8

Martina McBride with “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” nudges up one #

10-#9

Dierks Bentley  with “Home” enters the Top 10 moving up from #11- 10

Hot Digital Tracks Top 200
Week Ending January 22, 2012

LW	TW	Artist Name	Title	TW	Total Sales
16	18	TOBY KEITH	RED SOLO CUP	77596	1,190,214
24	22	LUKE BRYAN	I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END	63777	970,750
34	37	TAYLOR SWIFT	OURS	49893	634,902
49	47	JAKE OWEN	ALONE WITH YOU	39278	271,415
63	50	CHRIS YOUNG	YOU	37404	410,991
58	56	LEE BRICE	A WOMAN LIKE YOU	32883	231,738
50	57	LADY ANTEBELLUM	JUST A KISS	32711	768,825
56	61	BLAKE SHELTON	GOD GAVE ME YOU	30529	127,7754
61	62	ERIC CHURCH	DRINK IN MY HAND	29241	514,989
42	63	THE CIVIL WARS	SAFE & SOUND	29171	447,674
55	64	THE BAND PERRY	IF I DIE YOUNG	29127	3,801,566
69	66	THE BAND PERRY	ALL YOUR LIFE	28855	568,095
83	75	SCOTTY McCREERY	THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS	24987	462,367
74	77	ZAC BROWNBAND	KEEP ME IN MIND	24399	434,867
76	85	JASON ALDEAN	DIRT ROAD ANTHEM	22706	2,239,694
92	90	ELI YOUNG BAND	CRAZY GIRL	21138	1,429,893
94	94	LUKE BRYAN	COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)	20761	469,476
79	95	JASON ALDEAN	TATTOOS ON THIS TOWN	20554	560,392
81	96	RASCAL FLATTS	BE EASY (w Natasha Bellingfield)	20029	803,933
111	116	JUSTIN MOORE	BAIT A HOOK	17127	303,134
118	127	BRAD PAISLEY	REMIND ME (w Carrie Underwood)	16204	1,379,916
128	137	JAKE OWEN	BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHT	15113	1,366,490
107	141	LADY ANTEBELLUM	WE OWNED THE NIGHT	14990	489,902
167	149	MARTINA MCBRIDE	I'M GONNA LOVE YOU THROUGH IT	14113	339,945
178	150	KIP MOORE	SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK	14068	112,717
126	152	RODNEY ATKINS	TAKE A BACK ROAD	13969	1,075,006
170	156	DIERKS BENTLEY	HOME	13482	148,246
168	158	BILLY CURRINGTON	LIKE MY DOG	13351	140,785
162	159	HUNTER HAYES	STORM WARNING	13240	305,074
150	167	BLAKE SHELTON	HONEY BEE	12812	1,768,160
161	168	TIM MCGRAW	BETTER THAN I USED TO BE	12578	101,643
149	172	ZAC BAND BROWN	KNEE DEEP	12493	1,441,975
-	174	MIRANDA LAMBERT	OVER YOU	12240	72,474
-	178	LADY ANTEBELLUM	DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART	11824	60,536
163	182	TAYLOR SWIFT	MEAN	11607	1,365,084
165	183	LADY ANTEBELLUM	NEED YOU NOW	11604	3,556,140
-	198	SUGARLAND	STUCK LIKE GLUE	10803	2,337,996