Eli Young Band EP Has Strong Debut
Eli Young Band’s Crazy Girl EP is sitting at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Album Chart following its Tuesday (5/3) release. The Republic Nashville project offers five songs from the band’s upcoming album Life At Best, and climbed to the top of the iTunes chart eight hours after release.
Lead single “Crazy Girl” also debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Singles Chart with over 45,000 downloads sold its first week. It has gone on to sell over 200,000 downloads in two months, averaging 25,000 each week.
“Crazy Girl” is getting good response at radio and video, sitting at No. 22 on MusicRow’s Country Breakout chart, as the fastest rising EYB single to date. The video debuted at No. 1 on CMT.com and has been viewed over 1 million times between YouTube and CMT.
Eli Young Band has been working social media to promote the EP, including hosting a USTREAM live video chat, and has seen a 40,000 spike in likes on Facebook in the last two months since the single was released.
