Buxton sets record with Window
Friday, February 19, 2010 – Sarah Buxton's lead single, Outside My Window, from her debut out next week sold more than 12,000 paid downloads this week. That is the biggest opening digital single sales from a debut album for any female country artist in the history of Nielsen Soundscan.
After opening dates in Buffalo, N.Y. (Feb. 19), Baltimore, MD (Feb. 20) and Columbus, OH (Feb. 21) for Martina McBride and Trace Adkins on the "Shine All Night Tour," Buxton will return to Nashville to celebrate the release of her debut CD with a full band show at The Rutledge on Feb. 23.
Prior to the show, Buxton will offer up a behind the scenes look at her debut CD with Premiere: Sarah Buxton on GAC. The 30-minute special, which unveils on the network this Saturday, Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. eastern, showcases Buxton's take on Stupid Boy, Space and Big Blue Sky.
Buxton will round out the week with additional dates on the "Shine All Night Tour," in Ft. Wayne, IN (2/25); Cleveland, (Feb. 26); Pittsburgh, (Feb. 27) and Cincinnati (Feb. 28).
More news for Sarah Buxton
- 04/15/10: Disney chops roster - Buxton gone, Covington stays
- 01/20/10: Sarah Buxton opens Adkins/McBride tour
- 12/29/09: Buxton CD slated for February release
- 06/08/09: Sarah Buxton releases new single
- 10/07/08: Sarah Buxton offers new single
- 05/06/08: Sarah Buxton joins Dierks Bentley on Today
- 08/31/07: Reactions to CMA nominations predictably are happy
- 07/02/07: Sarah Buxton, Trent Tomlinson share something in common
CD reviews for Sarah Buxton
Sarah Buxton had to wait for the chance to release her own music after a few singles misfired, but she did not sit still. She wrote a hit song (Stupid Boy) for Keith Urban, chalked two ACM noms for Best New Vocalist and got personal encouragement from Stevie Nicks and John Rich.
So here is the actual record, after her digital-only 2007 release, "Almost My Record." It covers a lot of the same ground (five songs) from that introduction. But there are some key additions: the first being ...
Downloading music online is growing at a rapid pace, so it's no surprise that Lyric Street decided to release a digital-only package for new artist Sarah Buxton.
Buxton, taking the experience in stride, aptly named it "Almost My Record," and with just five generally contemporary country tunes, there's no room for filler. Buxton wrote Keith Urban's "Stupid Boy" and includes her version. It's much more convincing with a female voice narrating the story of a ...
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