Weekly Register: Brett Eldredge Leads Top Album Sales Chart With Self-Titled Project

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Brett Eldredge is the top sales leader this week with his self-titled album landing at the top of the overall current albums chart, as well as the current country albums chart, with 36K for the week. On the Top 200, his new album debuts at No. 2, with 45.2K in total activity just behind Kendrick Lamar’s Damn. project, with 46.5K.

Following Eldredge on the current country albums chart is perennial Chris Stapleton, who continues to sell with his From A Room Vol. 1 at 8.3 K, and his Traveller at 6.6K. Various Artists on Now Country 10 is at No. 4 with 6K, and Tyler Childers’ Purgatory rounds out the Top 5 with 5.5K.

Following last week’s death of music icon Glen Campbell, his 20 Greatest Hits collection comes in at No. 6 on the country albums chart, and tops the country catalog chart, with 5.1K sold.

On the digital side, San Hunt continues his chart domination with his monster smash “Body Like A Back Road,” which logs 37K this week to bring his total to 1.508 million RTD. Rounding out the top five are Kane Brown‘s “What Ifs” with 19K, Dustin Lynch‘s “Small Town Boy” with 16K, Midland‘s “Drinkin’ Problem” at 12K, and Rhett Thomas‘ “Unforgettable” with 12K.

Weekly Register: Lucas Hoge Tops Country Albums Rankings

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In its second week of release, Rebel Engine Entertainment artist Lucas Hoge tops the Nielsen Soundscan Country Albums rankings, with Dirty South moving 9.9K and rising from No. 3 to the top slot.

Chris Stapleton takes the second and third slots on the country charts, with From A Room at No. 2 with 9.2K, and Traveller at No. 3 with 6.4K. Now That’s What I Call Country 10 rises one spot to No. 4, with 6.1K moved this week.

Lady Antebellum‘s Heart Break rises from No. 6 to No. 5, with 5.4K.

Joe Nichols‘ Never Gets Old debuts at No. 6 on the country albums chart this week, with 4.8K. Logan Mize‘s Come Back Road debuts at No. 20 on the country albums rankings with 1.6K.

Digital Songs

Thomas Rhett makes this week’s top debut on the country digital songs chart, with “Unforgettable” landing at No. 2 country and moving 29K in its first week. The singer-songwriter has two tracks in the Top 5 this week on the country digital songs chart, with “Craving You” (ft. Maren Morris) at No. 5, with 14K.

Sam Hunt‘s “Body Like A Back Road” continues at No. 1 , with 40K moved this week, and 1.471 million to date.

Kane Brown‘s “What Ifs” (ft. Lauren Alaina) is at No. 3, with 18K, while Dustin Lynch‘s “Small Town Boy” is at No. 4, with 17K.

Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan

 

 

Dylan Scott Celebrates Gold In NYC

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Pictured (L-R): RJ Meacham (Curb Records); John Fox and Katie Neal (Nash FM 94.7 New York); John Clore and Mike Rogers (Curb Records); Dylan Scott; Mike Allan (Nash FM 94.7 New York); Benson Curb, Ryan Dokke, Jeff Tuerff, Lori Hartigan, Taylor Childress, Brooke Meris, Samantha DePrez and Jessie Lowe (Curb Records)

Curb Records artist Dylan Scott headlined his first concert in NYC to a sold-out crowd at Gramercy Theatre on Aug. 1.

As he prepared to perform his recent chart-topper “My Girl,” he was surprised by his Curb Records team, as well as members of NASH FM 94.7, with his first RIAA-certified Gold record.

Scott will release the deluxe edition of his 2016 self-titled album on Friday (Aug. 4). The album features three new tracks including “Hooked,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Can’t Take Her Anywhere.”

Weekly Register: Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” Makes History

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Sam Hunt

Sam Hunt remains the king of the hill as his monster smash “Body Like A Back Road” continues to dominate the Nielsen Soundscan country digital sales chart with 42K moved this week and 1.430 million sold to date.

The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart more than six months ago, and it has been entrenched in the top position for 25 weeks, breaking the record for most weeks atop the nearly 59-year-old chart.

Rounding out the top five in the country digital sales rankings are Dustin Lynch‘s “Small Town Boy” at No. 2, with 16K, Kane Brown‘s “What Ifs” at No. 3, also with 16K, Lady Antebellum‘s “You Look Good,” at No. 4 with 14K, and Brett Young‘s runaway hit “In Case You Didn’t Know” at No. 5 with 14K.

Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton continues his steady sales pace this week, moving another 10K units on his latest CD, From A Room: Vol. 1, which has logged 465K in sales to date and has already reached gold status. Trailing behind Stapleton is Sara Evans, whose first indie project Words bows with 9.9K for the week to land at No. 2. Lucas Hoge lands in third for the week with 7.1K for his Dirty South project, followed by Stapleton’s Traveller at No. 4 with 6.9K and Various Artists on Now Country 10 at No. 5 with 6.1K.

Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan.

Weekly Register: Zac Brown Band, Sam Hunt Top Country Charts

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Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band‘s Welcome Home returns to the top of Nielsen Soundscan’s top country albums rankings this week, with 13K and a total of 242K to date.

Chris Stapleton‘s From A Room: Vol. 1 and Traveller take the No. 2 and No. 3 slots, respectively, with Room moving 12K and Traveller 7.9K. Lady Antebellum‘s Heart Break is at No. 4 this week, with 7.5K, while the compilation Now That’s Country Vol. 10 rounds out the Top 5 with 7.2K.

Mitchell Tenpenny‘s Linden Ave. is this week’s top debut at No. 12, with 2.1K.

Sam Hunt continues his domination on the country digital songs rankings, with “Body Like A Back Road” selling 46K and rising to 1.388 million to date.

Dylan Scott‘s recent radio airplay chart-topper, “My Girl,” is at No. 2 this week, with 17K. Dustin Lynch‘s “Small Town Boy” is at No. 3, with 16K, while Brett Young‘s “In Case You Didn’t Know” is at No. 4, with 16K. BMLG trio Midland‘s “Drinkin’ Problem” rounds out the Top 5 with 15K.

Information courtesy Nielsen Soundscan.

Apple Commercial To Spotlight Brantley Gilbert

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Brantley Gilbert

Big Machine Label Group artist Brantley Gilbert has teamed with Apple for a new commercial spot aimed at letting music fans get to know the platinum-selling singer-songwriter a bit better. The clip was filmed over two days just outside of Nashville in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee.

Gilbert worked with film/video/advertising director Anthony Mandler on the commercial, which will air on NBC on Sunday, July 23, prior to the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. Gilbert will also perform at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 24th running of the race.

“I’ve never been one for commercials,” Gilbert says. “But when we started talking to the folks at Apple, they were saying, ‘We want to capture you, the way you live and the values you hold. We want people to see your world, show them what you hear and respond to. If they see you, it says everything.’”

“We’re always looking for the right moments to crystalize careers. Moments that represent the artist and the artistic vision. Apple Music’s vision for Brantley and his music aligned perfectly with his own,” says Big Machine Label Group President and CEO Scott Borchetta. “He represents so much more than even any single song; he’s emblematic of a slice of America that can’t be bought, or sold, or stopped. It’s heroic, and whomever we teamed with, the alliance needed to represent that.”

Gilbert’s career accolades include two back-to-back platinum albums, Halfway to Heaven and Just As I Am, as well as an ACM Award, and a CMA Triple Play Award.

Kane Brown Surprised With Second Gold Record During Industry Gathering For “What Ifs”

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Kane Brown first hears the news of his Top 20 “What Ifs” single’s RIAA Gold certification. Photo: Alan Poizner

Country newcomer Kane Brown was invited to a industry gathering at WME for what he thought was an event honoring his agent, Rob Beckham, on Monday, July 17.

When Sony Nashville’s Randy Goodman welcomed the crowd after Brown’s arrival, the program immediately revealed the true purpose behind the gathering: Brown’s latest single, “What Ifs,” was announced to have earned Gold certification.

“We’ve been giving out Gold and Platinum records on behalf of the industry for almost 60 years,” said the RIAA’s Liz Kennedy. “In the last six months, only four country songs have been released and certified in our program. One of those songs was Kane Brown’s…”

To a standing ovation, Brown walked before the gathering to accept his plaque for the song he co-wrote with Matt McGinn and Jordan Schmidt, featuring Brown’s middle school pal and UMG Nashville breakout star Lauren Alaina, who was not in attendance.

“I just want to say thanks to everybody that has been behind,” said the reserved Brown, naming a few executives he spotted in the audience from UMPG, Sony and WME. “I wouldn’t be where I’m at today if it wasn’t for y’all. And thank you for believing in me even with all the hate on Facebook.” [laughs]

Pictured (L-R): WME’s Braeden Rountree, EFG Management’s Martha Earls, Kane Brown, RIAA Director of Communication and Gold & Platinum Awards Program Liz Kennedy and Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Randy Goodman. Photo: Alan Poizner

Goodman introduced a sizzle reel he described as showing the breadth of what Brown has been up to.

“It’s nice to step back and take a look at the enormity of the body of work that Kane Brown has already produced with records, at radio and on the road,” said Goodman. “We thought we had it updated, but as of today, [“What Ifs”] went Top 20, and by the end of the day today we’re 15 stations away from being locked.”

The single also marks the Academy of Country Music New Male Vocalist and CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year nominee’s first Top 20 hit, with more than 66 million streams to date. His debut single, “Used to Love You Sober,” was certified Gold earlier this year from his debut album, released at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 10 on the Billboard 200 charts in December 2016. The album earned Brown the fourth best-selling new artist debut in album sales across all genres.

In addition to headlining the Monster Energy Outbreak Ain’t No Stopping Us Now and the Hometown Proud Tours, Brown has earned opening slots for Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean.

Pictured (L-R): Sony Music Nashville’s Jim Catino, Caryl Healey, Ken Robold and Randy Goodman; EFG Management’s Martha Earls; Kane Brown; RIAA Director of Communications and Gold & Platinum Program Liz Kennedy; Sony Music Nashville’s Steve Hodges and Alaina Vehec. Photo: Alan Poizner [Click for full size]

Pictured (L-R): Universal Music Publishing Group’s Kent Earls, Sony Music Nashville’s Jim Catino, Ken Robold and Randy Goodman; EFG Management’s Martha Earls; Kane Brown; and, Sony Music Nashville’s Steve Hodges; WME’s Braeden Rountree and Rob Beckham. Photo: Alan Poizner [Click for full size]

Weekly Register: Chris Stapleton And Sam Hunt Dominate, Old Dominion Makes Strong Debut

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Old Dominion. Photo: Dove Shore

Chris Stapleton continues to top the Nielsen Soundscan country albums sales chart this week, with From A Room: Vol. 1 again at No. 1 with 11K. Now That’s What I Call Country 10 (Various Artists) is at No. 2, with 8K. Lady Antebellum‘s Heart Break re-enters the Top 5 at No. 3, with 7.3K. Stapleton’s 2015 debut album Traveller is again in the Top 5 this week, to land at No. 4 with 6.3K sold. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit‘s The Nashville Sound rounds out the Top 5 with 5K.

Two top debuts this week include Rhonda Vincent & Daryle Singletary‘s No. 10 debut on the country albums chart, with American Grandstand selling 3.1K. Parker McCollum debuts at No. 15 with Probably Wrong selling 2K.

On the country digital songs chart, Sam Hunt again dominates with “Body Like A Back Road” at No. 1, selling 46K. The song is now at 1.341 million units RTD.

Brett Young‘s “In Case You Didn’t Know” is at No. 2, with 17K. Billy Currington‘s “Do I Make You Wanna” is at No. 3 with 17K. Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood‘s “The Fighter” is at No. 4 with 16K, and Dustin Lynch‘s “Small Town Boy” rounds out the Top 5 with 15K. The top country debut is Old Dominion‘s “Written In The Sand,” landing at No. 6 country and selling 15K.

Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan.

Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Luke Combs Get RIAA Heavy Metal

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For June 2017, several country, Christian, and pop artists earned heavy metal from the RIAA.

Sam Hunt‘s sales juggernaut “Body Like A Back Road” has been certified 2x platinum, while his debut major label album Montevallo has been certified 3x platinum.

Luke Combs‘ debut single “Hurricane” has earned platinum sales, while Dylan Scott‘s “My Girl” has gone gold. “State Of Grace,” a track from Taylor Swift‘s 2012 album Red, has also gone gold.

Chris Stapleton‘s From A Room, Vol. 1, which released just over two months ago, has been certified gold. Maren Morris’ debut album Hero, which debuted in June 2016, has been certified gold. Brett Eldredge‘s second album Illinois, released in 2015, has also gone gold.

In the CCM world, For King and Country‘s “Fix My Eyes” has earned gold, as has Francesca Battistelli‘s “Holy Spirit” and Matt Redman‘s “You Never Let Go.”

Big Yellow Dog songwriter and pop superstar Meghan Trainor‘s “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” (ft. John Legend) has been certified 4x platinum.

Weekly Register: Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt Continue To Dominate Country Sales Charts

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Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton commands two spots again this week on the Nielsen country albums sales chart with his From A Room Vol 1 coming in at No. 1 with 13K sold and 2015’s Traveller landing at No. 4 with 7.6 K sold. Top-selling albums rounding out the Top five for the week include the Now Country 10 compilation at No. 2 with 10K, Lady A‘s Heart Break in third with 8.9K,  and Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit‘s The Nashville Sound in fifth place with 7.1K sold.

On the digital side Sam Hunt continues riding that back road into multi-platinum territory with his mega-smash “Body Like A Back Road,” which remains at the top of the chart this week with 50K sold, bringing the song to a total of 1.296 million RTD. Following the July 4th holiday, Lee Greenwood‘s perennial patriotic favorite, “God Bless The U.S.A.,” land at No. 2 with 23K, while Thomas Rhett‘s “Craving You,” (ft. Maren Morris) lands at No. 3 with 19K. Brett Young‘s “In Case You Didn’t Know” is at No. 4 with 18K, and Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood‘s “The Fighter” rounds out the Top 5with  17K.

Curb Records artist Dylan Scott’s “Hooked” is the top country single debut this week, entering at No. 28 country and selling 6.5K.

Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan.