McCreery makes Billboard top 10
McCreery scored his fifth top 10 album with the disc debuting at 7 with 40,000 units (34,000 in traditional album sales). The CD marks McCreery's debut for Thirty Tigers after having been with 19/Interscope/Mercury. McCreery released the hit "Five More Minutes" as the first single.
"It's been quite a journey these last few years, and to learn that 'Seasons Change' has debuted at number one on the Billboard Country Albums Chart is awesome and so gratifying," said McCreery. "I'm glad everyone is enjoying the new music. I am so thankful to my fans, who have always been so supportive. With a number one album, my first-ever number one single, and my upcoming wedding to the love of my life, I just don't see how 2018 can get any better."
The top selling CD in the U.S. was singer/rapper XXXTentacion's "?" moving 131,000 units.
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CD reviews for Scotty McCreery
"Boys from Back Home" is Scotty McCreery's amalgamation of Kenny Chesney's "I Go Back" and "Boys of Fall," which even borrows words from each hit song to create something attempting to be new. It's not new. Instead, it sounds more like songwriting by committee, relying upon radio listener demographics. Many of these songs were created to sound immediately familiar to mainstream ears. They will. This doesn't mean they're good, though, let alone meaningful. ...
Scotty McCreery's third release, "See You Tonight" is designed to market the season 10 American Idol champ as a more mature artist. Armed with songwriting heavies along with a guest vocal from Allison Krauss, it might work on paper. But in the end, he proves that his wheelhouse remains fun contemporary songs driven by his boy next door charm.
Ironically, for a fall release, the album is heavy on summertime themed tracks and upbeat party anthems. From Feel Good Summer Song to ...
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