McGraw raises his Southern Voice to the top
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – Tim McGraw will be first on the Billboard country song chart with Southern Voice, when the charts are released Thursday. This is McGraw's first number 1 since Last Dollar (Fly Away) on April 14, 2007. McGraw moved from third to first and takes over from Reba McEntire's Consider Me Gone.
The title cut of McGraw's 10th studio album is his 23rd number 1. Since his first topper, Don't Take the Girl, on May 28, 1994, no artist has enjoyed more chart toppers. George Strait ranks with 19.
In November, McGraw achieved a first in the 53-year history of the Billboard 200 when the CD debuted at number 2, meaning McGraw went top 10 with each of his 13 Billboard 200 chart entries.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
- 03/10/23: For McGraw, it's "Standing Room Only"
- 12/10/21: McGraw announces '22 tour
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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