Bentley ends Swift's chart reign, scores chart double
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 – The reign of Taylor Swift on the Billboard country chart is over for now at least thanks to Dierks Bentley's new album, "Feel That Fire." Bentley had the top country album and number 3 in the U.S. selling 71,000 units. Bentley also is number one on the song chart with the title track.
This was Bentley's fourth consecutive top 10 CD on the Billboard 200 and third chart-topper on Country Albums. His last studio set, 2006's "Long Trip Alone," started at number 5 and 1 on the charts respectively, with 82,000. Swift's "Fearless" album was number 1 for 12 straight weeks.
Swift was fourth on the overall charts and second on the country chart.
The title track is Bentley's sixth number one single. He takes over from Blake Shelton's She Wouldn't Be Gone. Darius Rucker claims his second top 10 single as It Won't Be Like This for Long goes up three to eighth." He had a chart topper with Don't Think I Don't Think About It last October.
The charts will be officially out Thursday.
More news for Dierks Bentley
- 03/14/25: Bentley, Wilson think "Cold Beer Can"
- 02/17/25: Bentley announces Broken Branches Tour
- 02/17/25: Aldean, Bentley, Zimmerman headline Watershed
- 03/21/24: Bentley drops "American Girl" video
- 02/23/24: Bentley covers Petrty on "American Girl,' tribute disc coming
- 02/12/24: Bentley ges back to Gravel & Gold
- 06/13/23: Bentley keeps it "Something Real"
- 03/03/23: Bentley tours behind "Gravel & Gold"
CD reviews for Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley opens his first self-produced album with a song about personally stability, "Same Ol' Me." Although its lyric explains how while life circumstances may change, Bentley basically remains the same person. The same thing, though, can also be said about the country star's music. He's been recording for 20 years now. Yet Bentley has come this far with his integrity still intact. He's back with a strong, 14-song set that, like a good beverage, feels good ...
Dierks Bentley seems intent on expanding his musical boundaries, but he may have overreached too much in eschewing where he came from.
That most evident by the dominating textured beats. Producer Ross Copperman and Bentley seem hell bent on injecting odd meters and sounds, sharp detours from past efforts. Unfortunately, the atmospheric beats muddy up the vocal delivery on "Freedom," a song that stretches far too long at almost four minutes. Bentley also channels U2 with its ...
Change was in store for Dierks Bentley when it came to recording his seventh album, "Riser." On the personal front, he lost his father and added to his family, clearly affecting the subject matter of his latest. On the musical front, he traded long-time producer Brett Beavers, producer of every disc except "Up on the Ridge," for Ross Copperman, who has enjoyed more success as a writer, including several previous tracks for Bentley.
Bentley embraces current trends in country ...
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