Niemann scores first number one

Niemann takes over from Carrie Underwood's Undo It.

Having co-produced the album with Dave Brainard, Niemann finds the success of the album and single rewarding on a creative level. "It's pretty weird to have a song go number 1 10 years after the day you set foot in Nashville to visit. But at the end of the day, I'm just happy to have anything out there on the radio, and the most exciting thing for me is actually being able to step on stage and people be there to cheer you on, and then - of course, when we sing 'Lover, Lover' - to sing along. There's no other word to describe it than 'amazing.'"

Not since Underwood's 2005 album debut has a solo country artist achieved the double feat of earning one or more number 1 singles from a major label debut album that also hit the top in its first week on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

Niemann will hit the road beginning next month with headliner Gary Allan and Jerrod's good friend, Randy Houser, on Allan's "Get Off on the Pain Tour."