Lady A tops country charts, bests AJ
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – Lady Antebellum will continue holding down the top spot on the Billboard country album chart when it is released on line Thursday with "Need You Show." The disc sold 87,000 units, up 11 percent and good for fifth on the overall top 200 chart.
Lady A outsold Alan Jackson's new CD, "Freight Train," which had 72,000 units rung up at registers. That's good for the seventh best selling CD of any genre Usher leads the pack with "Raymond vs. Raymond." Jackson's last album, 2008's "Good Time," debuted in first on the Billboard 200 with 119,000 sold.
Album sales in this past chart week (ending April 4) totaled 6.84 million units, up 13 percent from the previous week (6.03 million) and down 4 percent compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (7.11 million). Year to date album sales stand at 81.95 million, down 8 percent compared to 89.02 million last year.
More news for Lady A (formerly Lady Antebellum)
- 09/22/23: Lady A can "Love You Back"
- 12/24/22: Lady A's Kelley releases good bye to alcohol song
- 08/04/22: Lady A postpones tour; Kelley seeks treatement
- 06/21/22: Lady A is in a "Summer State of Mind"
- 04/14/22: Lady A sets the Request Line Tour
- 01/04/22: Lady A shows "What a Song Can Do"
- 10/22/21: Lady A, Xmas releases top schedule
- 08/20/21: Lady A expands upon "What a Song Can Do"
CD reviews for Lady A (formerly Lady Antebellum)
Lady Antebellum may lean a little too closely to pop music for many tastes, but it's hard to argue with the trio's song choices. And its latest collection is filled with many memorable songs.
The single "What If I Never Get Over You," poses a rarely asked pop song question. Humans have come to believe the cliché, 'Time heals all wounds,' as if it were some sort of scientific fact. But what if it's just that, a well-worn cliché, with no actual ...
Lady Antebellum may cause you to throw out many of your country music principles. They don't sing and play traditional country music, for starters. They're not cool like more rocking Americana artists. In fact, they're huge mainstream country stars. So, why are some of us still suckers for their sound? And why does the new "Heart Break" sound so good on the ears? Well, it's simple, but complicated.
Hillary Scott is simply a wonderfully sincere singer. ...
Six albums into its career, Lady Antebellum pretty much has the formula down pat. Either Hillary Scott or long and lanky Charles Kelley assumes lead vocals with Dave Haywood also providing vocals plus guitars and mandolin in a bunch of songs easy on the ears with a story often involving a lust for love.
The typical song ("Lie With Me," for example) starts with Kelly or Scott taking a stanza, followed by the other with both then tackling the chorus together. This has worked quite well ...
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