Weekly Register: Brett Eldredge Debuts at No. 1

Brett performed his current single “Lose My Mind” this week on Good Morning America. Pictured left to right: George Stephanopoulos, 2016 Miss America Betty Cantrell, Brett Eldredge, Amy Robach, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee.

Brett Eldredge performed his current single “Lose My Mind” last week on Good Morning America. Pictured (L-R): George Stephanopoulos, 2016 Miss America Betty Cantrell, Brett Eldredge, Amy Robach, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee.

Brett Eldredge sings his way to the No. 1 country album spot this week, debuting with sales of 51K (44K album only). His sophomore album, Illinois, lands at No. 3 on the overall chart. Eldredge celebrated the Warner Music Nashville release with an album preview event recently at Ocean Way studios in Nashville.

Rounding out the top 5 country albums are: Luke Bryan (27K), Sam Hunt (9K), Zac Brown Band (6.6K) and Eric Church (5.4K)

Bryan and Hunt also have tracks in the country top 5: Bryan’s “Strip It Down” is at No. 1 with 42K TW, and Hunt’s “House Party” is at No. 5 with 26K.

Compared to 2014, the number of downloads being sold by the top country track is down significantly. During the same week last year, Jason Aldean was moving 78K of “Burnin’ It Down.”

In 2015, Cam is the one on fire. Her “Burning House” sold 33K this week, landing at No. 2 country, followed by Chris Janson “Buy Me A Boat” (28K) and Keith Urban “John Cougar, John Deere…” (27K).

Toby Keith’s “Rum Is The Reason” is the top country debut track, coming in at No. 24 with 8.4K downloads.

On the overall charts, The Weeknd has the top album with 99K total activity (48K album only), and Justin Bieber has the top track, selling 128K of “What Do You Mean?”

YTD Albums
Overall -4%
Overall digital -.3%
Country -3.2%
Country digital +4.2%

YTD Tracks
Overall -10.5%
Country -16%