Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood once again lead country music charts

Thursday, April 19, 2007 – Carrie Underwood stayed atop the Billboard country song chart for the week ending April 28 with "Wasted." On the album chart, Tim McGraw was first for the third straight week with "Let It Go" and remained the second best selling disc in the U.S. for the second straight week.

Rascal Flatts was up two to second on the song chart with "Stand," while Sugarland also climbed two places to third with "Settlin'." McGraw's "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" was down two to fourth as was Kenny Chesney's "Beer in Mexico" in fifth.

Billy Currington jumped three slots to sixth with "Good Directions." Songs by Martina McBride ("Anyway"), Alan Jackson ("A Woman's Love") and Joe Nichols ("I'll Wait For You") all were on the downslide, but still in the top 10.

There was little moment in the rest of the top 25 with the songs from 15 to 23 being exactly the same as last week.

On the album chart, McBride and Alison Krauss remained second and third respectively with "Waking Up Laughing" and "A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection." Underwood's "Some Hearts" was up two to fourth, while Larry the Cable Guy's "Morning Constitutions" remained fifth. Sugarland's "Enjoy the Ride" was up 4 to 11th. Dierks Bentley was up 4 to 15 with "Long Trip Alone." The big mover was comedien Rodney Carrington's "King of the Mountains," up from 23 to 16.

Other movers were Jack Ingram's "This Is It," down from 11 to 18; Jackson's "Precious Memories" up from 24 to 19; Tracy Lawrence' "For the Love," up from 30 to 22.

On the overall top 200, McBride was 8th, Krauss 10th, Underwood 14th and Larry the Cable Guy 22nd.