Country Billboard Chart
News December 26, 2013
In Brief: Billboard Country Charts
Country Album Chart ** No. 1
(4 weeks) ** Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades
of Influences Garth Brooks
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (4
weeks) ** “Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Country Digital Songs **
No.1 (1 week) ** "Bottoms Up” Brantley Gilbert
Billboard Top
200 / Country Album Chart News
This chart week
on the Billboard 200 albums chart
(BB200), Beyonce's new self-titled album ruled at No. 1 for a second week, as
it sold 373,803 copies (After 2
weeks – 991,122) according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's down 39% from its debut
frame, when it arrived on the chart with 617,000 from just three days of sales
(in the week ending Dec. 15).
Garth Brooks spent another week at #1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart with his box set BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS.
According to
Nielsen SoundScan, the Walmart-only release sold another 199,168 copies in the past week for a 4-week grand total of 680,547 copies total. Like all of
Garth's albums, Blame It All on My Roots is not available for digital download.
On the overall
Billboard 200 Albums chart, Garth sits at #2 behind Beyoncé's self-titled
album.
The eight-disk
set (six CDs, two DVDs) is the second box set to spend four weeks at #1 on the
country chart. The first was Brooks' six-CD "The Limited Series" in
1998. "Blame It All On My Roots" has sold a robust 681K copies.
Despite the controversy
surrounding Duck Dynasty star Phil
Robertson's anti-gay comments and African Americans in GQ, the Robertson
family's holiday album, "DUCK THE HALLS: A ROBERTSON FAMILY
CHRISTMAS, saw a 22% increase last week with 132,000 copies sold. That's
good enough for a #2 finish on the Country Albums chart and a 6-4 hop on the BB200
overall tally.
Kelly Clarkson's WRAPPED
IN RED (Sales down 9%) dropped from #3 to #5 on the BB200.
The two albums
are locked in a fierce battle to become this year's top-selling Christmas album. With one week to go in
the chart year, "Wrapped" has a razor-thin lead. "Wrapped"
has sold 702K copies, compared to 700K for "Duck."
Both albums are
in a position to make history should they come out on top:
- Clarkson is vying to become the first American
female artist to have the year's #1 holiday album since Nielsen SoundScan
began tracking music sales in 1991. Four American females had the year's
#2 holiday album: Amy Grant (1992), Mariah Carey (1994), Christina
Aguilera (2000) and Jackie Evancho (2010).
- The Robertsons' album would be the first country
album to emerge as the year's top holiday album since Garth Brooks'
"Beyond The Season" in 1992.
Billboard
Holiday Albums
TW/ LW/ Weeks on
Chart/ Title / Artist
1 2 8 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family
Christmas The Robertsons
2 1 8 Wrapped In
Red Kelly Clarkson
3 4 34 Christmas
Michael Buble
4 3 10 A Mary
Christmas Mary J. Blige
5 5 8 Home For Christmas Susan Boyle
TV "Voice"
finale performers saw big gains this week. Blake Shelton's BASED
ON A TRUE STORY climbs 32-30 on the BB200 (25,000; up 39%) and lands a No.5
slot on the Country Chart
Toby Keith tops the 30-million mark in career album sales this week. His latest album DRINKS AFTER WORK moved 23-20 on the
Billboard Country Album chart in his 8th week.
He's the fifth
male country solo artist to reach that plateau since 1991, following Garth
Brooks (69,333,000), George Strait (44,757,000), Tim McGraw (41,829,000) and
Alan Jackson (40,343,000).
Toby’s daughter Krystal
Keith has failed to
trouble the Top 50 Country Albums the last 2 weeks. Her album WHISKEY & LACE (Show Dog-Universal)
however appears on the Billboard Heatseekers
chart where it fell 12-39. Her father, co-produced the album and wrote four
of the 10 tracks. He even lent his background singer Mica Roberts to the
project – she's on seven songs; Toby sings background on one.
The collection
includes single "Get Your Redneck On" and the song that spawned a
viral wedding video "Daddy Dance With Me.
Deana Carter’s SOUTHERN
WAY OF LIFE is also something of a commercial flop failing to make the Top
50 Country Albums.
Regarding the
album, Billboard reviewer Chuck Dauphin wrote: Much has changed in the
life of Deana Carter since “Strawberry Wine” catapulted her to the fast lane in
1996. She has become a mother, and has endured the loss of her father – in
addition to her own health worries. That has given her a lot to write about
over the past couple of years – much of which can be heard in the material on
this album......One aspect of this album that scores very high is the romantic
songs....One can question whether this album would fit in at Country Radio, but
then again, Deana Carter has never been about landing in that neat little box.
And, that’s what makes her return to form all the more enchanting!
In their second
week at retail Nashville: The Music Of
Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack held up best on the Country Chart falling back 7-10, Parmalee with
FEELS LIKE CAROLINA slipped back 11 places (21-10) whilst Zac
Brown Band with The
Grohl Sessions: Vol. I (EP) slumped with
a mighty 5-35 decline.
Top Selling
Country Albums during 2013
3 Country Albums
in sold over 1-million copies
(Physical + digital sales) and just 2 were released in 2013.
12 Country Albums made the Top 50 best selling albums in
America during 2013.
The highest ranked at #3 is CRASH MY PARTY by Luke Bryan.
10 Country Albums
sold over 500, 0000 units or better
Rank
Estimated Sales TITLE Artist Release date
#1 2,407,000
The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
#3 1,468,000 Crash
My Party Luke Bryan (August 13, 2013)
#6 1,301,000 Here's
To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line (Dec 2012)
#8 1,092,000 Based
On A True Story Blake Shelton (March
26, 2013)
#17 840,000 Red Taylor
Swift (Oct 2012)
#23 700,000 Duck
The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas
(Oct 28, 2013)
#25 681,000 Blame
It All On My Roots Garth Brooks (Nov
28, 2013)
#35 545,000 Hunter
Hayes Hunter Hayes (Oct
11, 2011)
#38 539,000 Spring
Break: Here To Party Luke Bryan
(March 5, 2013)
#41 531,000 Golden Lady
Antebellum (May 7, 2013)
#43 510,000 Night Train Jason Aldean (Oct
2012)
#49 469,000 Tailgates And Tanlines Luke
Bryan (Catalog Album)
#50 460,000 Two
Lanes Of Freedom Tim Mcgraw (Feb 5, 2013)
Billboard Top 200 / Country Album
Placings
(Issue dated Chart week of January 4, 2014)
(Country Album positions #1 - #25)
(TW) This Week, (LW) Last
Week, Co (Country Album Chart placing / Movement)
Billboard Holiday 100 (all genre)
TW/ LW / Weeks
on Chart/ Title / Artist
1 1 14 All I
Want For Christmas Is YouMariah Carey
2 4 14 The
Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Nat King Cole
Country
interest:
3 3 14 Rockin'
Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
10 10 4 Underneath
The Tree Kelly Clarkson
30 29 14 Please
Come Home For Christmas Eagles
45 31 8 White
Christmas Michael Buble Duet With Shania
Twain
50 65 4 Do You
Hear What I Hear Carrie Underwood
64 59 6 Winter
Wonderland Amy Grant
66 72 6 It's The
Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Amy
Grant
81 90 4 Silver
Bells Martina McBride
89 86 3 Silent
Night Kelly Clarkson Featuring Reba
McEntire & Trisha Yearwood
93 New 1 Christmas
In Dixie Alabama
Top 25 Hot Country Songs (week of January 4, 2014)
On Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart - which blends:
a)
All-format airplay, as monitored by BDS
b) Sales,
as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan and
c) Streaming,
(tracked by Nielsen BDS from such services as
Spotify, Muve, Slacker, Rhapsody, Rdio and Xbox Music, among others) according
to BDS it results in:
Florida Georgia Line claimed a fourth week
at No.1 on Hot Country Songs with “Stay”
(Republic Nashville) in their 14th chart week.
Brantley Gilbert made a career-best start on the
sales/airplay/streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart, where "Bottoms Up" pops on with Hot Shot Debut
honors at No. 11. He registered his previous best debut on the list with
"You Don't Know Her Like I Do," which entered at No. 41 (Dec. 24,
2011), eventually reaching No. 3. ("Country Wide" became his first
and, so far, lone leader on the list.)
Top 25 Hot Country Songs:
Florida Georgia Line with “Stay” remains Top The Chart
Luke Bryan with “Drink A Beer” is up one, #3 - #2 p
David Nail with “Whatever She’s
Got” is up two, #5 - #3 p
Eli Young Band with “Drunk Last Night” stays at #4
Cassadee Pope with “Wasting All These Tears” is up one, #6 -5 p
Parmalee with “Carolina” falls
four, #2 - #6 q
Zac Brown Band with “Sweet Annie” stays at #7
Cole Swindell with “Chillin’ It” stays at #8
Luke Bryan with former #1 “That’s My Kind Of Night” stays at #9
Jason Aldean with “When She Says Baby” is up two, #12 - #10 p
Brantley Gilbert with “Bottoms Up” debuts at #11 NEW
The Band Perry with “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” is
down one, #11 - #12 q
Eric Paslay with “Friday Night” stays at #13
John Pardi with “Up All Night” moves up one, #15 - #14 p
Darius Rucker with “Radio” is down, #14 - #15 q
Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
with former No.1, falls six, #10- #16 q
Lady Antebellum with “Compass” is down one slot, #16 - #17 q
Blake Shelton with “Mine Would Be You” is down one, #17 - #18 q
Frankie Ballard with “Helluva Life” moves up one, #20 - #19 p
Scotty McCreery with “See You Tonight” is down one, #19 - #20 q
Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz with
“Everybody's Got Somebody But Me”, is down, #18 - #21 q
Dierks Bentley with “Hold On” is up two, #24 - #22 p
Danielle Bradbery with “The Heart Of Dixie” is down two,
#21 - #23 q
Jerrod Niemann with “Drink To That All Night” is up two, #26 - #24 p
Tim McGraw with “Southern Girl” falls, #22 - #25 q
Hot Country
Songs
** No.1 (4 weeks)
** “Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Billboard
Country Airplay Chart Week of January 4, 2014
Up 3-1 in their
15th chart week twosome Florida Georgia Line scored its landmark fourth career-opening
No.1 promoted single on Country
Airplay with latest single "Stay"
(It ranks at No. 30 on the Hot 100.)
With its Country
Airplay coronation, FGL ties fellow twosome Brooks & Dunn (1991-92) as the
only acts to begin with four leaders in the chart's nearly 24-year history.
(The latter pair peaked at No. 6 with its fifth entry, "Lost &
Found," so FGL could break the record with another No. 1 on its next try.)
"Stay" follows the Country Airplay toppers "Cruise,"
"Get Your Shine On" and "Round Here."
Last week’s No.1
Eli Young Band
with “Drunk Last Night” (Republic Nashville)
fell 1-2.
Zac Brown Band with “Sweet Annie” moved up 2 places 5-3
in their 19th week and likewise The Band Perry made a 6-4 hop with “Don’t Let Me
Be Lonely”.
Darius Rucker’s “Radio”
dropped one notch to round out The Top 5.
Former leader
“Carolina” from Parmalee and last week’s No.2
took a 6 place drop 2-8.
A No. 41 start with "Bottoms Up" earned Brantley Gilbert
another best bow, passing his No. 44 start with "Country Wide" (April
23, 2011).
Country
Airplay
*** No. 1 (1
week)*** "Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Billboard
Country Digital Singles Chart Week of January 4, 2014
After the digital track and
its accompanying ( >> video
clip) were released simultaneously on Dec. 16, Brantley Gilbert’s
"Bottoms Up" (Valory Music)
begins at No.1 on Country Digital Songs
with 63,000 downloads sold (#20 on all genre Digital Songs Chart), according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
The song becomes Gilbert's first leader on Country Digital Songs,
where his previous peak was No.13 with "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
two years ago. The Georgia native achieved his previous best digital sales week
when his breakthrough hit "Country Must Be Country Wide" sold 29,000
(Jan. 14, 2012).
No title or release date has
been announced for Gilbert's new album set, but it's reportedly expected in the
first few months of 2014. His last album, 2010's "Halfway to Heaven,"
reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums in a whopping 171-week chart run.
Roughstock Bottoms Up
(Single Review)….. So, for his fans, it’s
very good that he’s finally back with all-new stuff. But does it stack-up to
the rocking mid-tempos fans have come to expect from the self-made ‘rebel?’ In
a word? Maybe. This will ALL depend on what one thinks about the current sounds
and lyrical tropes in mainstream Country music. If you like the sound of the
stuff from Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Thomas Rhett, you’ll certainly
enjoy “Bottoms Up.” If you wanted the more ‘edgy’ rockin’ side to Brantley,
this one certainly isn’t gonna be your kind of song. It’s certainly no “Hell On
Wheels” or “Kick It In The Sticks” but it’s also not far removed vocally from
“More Than Miles.” …Quite simply, “Bottoms Up” is a youthful party song where I
hear parts of what’s popular in the mainstream mixed with a GnR-like guitar
solo and Mat Kearney-like elements and pop/rock vocal and production
techniques. …..As far as party tunes go, “Bottoms Up” is strongly-written and
easily likable and should make for a good debut single from his upcoming third
album.
Download “Bottom’s Up” from US iTunes
Top 20 Digital Singles in Country Music
(published December 27, 2013)
(LW) Last Week
(TW) This Week
*Numbers are
rounded to nearest 1000th
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