Lambert, Lady Antebellum lead charts
On the song chart, Jason Aldean moved from fourth to second with Crazy Town. Brad Paisley's Water was third, up three. Chris Young's former number one, The Man I Want to Be was fourth, down two from last week. Clay Walker jumped from eighth to fifth with She Won't Be Lonely Long.
I'm In from Keith Urban was up 4 to 12. Lee Brice also moved up 4 spots - to 14 - withLove Like Crazy. Zac Brown Band had a big mover with Free up 5 to 15. Uncle Kracker's Smile stood at 20, up 3. Dierks Bentley's bluegrass-framed Up on the Ridge was at 25, up 3. Bucky Covington made it to 27 with A Father's Love up 3.The biggest mover by far was Lady Antebellum's new single, Our Kind of Love up 9 to 29.
On the country album chart, Zac Brown Band is second with "The Foundation," Lambert third with "Revolution," Carrie Underwood fourth with "Play On" and Taylor Swift fifth with "Fearless." Lambert and Swift were both up three.
Luke Bryan's "Doin' My Thing" was at eight, up five. Paisley was at 14 with "American Saturday Night," up 4. Alan Jackson's "Freight Train" was 21, up 3. Urban was at 24, up 6 with "Defying Gravity." Rascal Flatts was at 25, up 6, with "Unstoppable." Dixie Chicks debuted at 27 with "Playlist: The Very Best of the Dixie Chicks." Justin Moore's self-titled debut was at 30, up 3.
Gretchen Wilson was a big mover with "I Got Your Country Right Here" at 31, up 14. Toby Keith was at 35, up 7, with "American Ride." George Strait's "Twang" was 39, up 4.
On the overall top 200, Lady Antebellum is 4th, Zac Brown Band 14th, Lambert 23rd, Underwood 24th and Swift 27th.
More news for Miranda Lambert
- 03/14/25: 20 years later, Lambert celebrates "Kerosene"
- 09/13/24: Lambert, Gilbert, Watson put out new music
- 08/26/24: Worthington, Lambert team up
- 08/21/24: Lambert occupies "No Man's Land"
- 07/29/24: Wilson rides "Good Horses"
- 06/13/24: Lambert drops "Wranglers" video
- 04/23/24: Lambert signs with Republic; new single coming
- 04/08/24: Lambert announces short tour
CD reviews for Miranda Lambert
Cynics might think that Miranda Lambert is presumptuous in entitling her fifth disc "Platinum" and, in effect, assuming she'll get her plaque for selling 1 million units. But Lambert says that isn't the case, but more a matter of style, looks and feel.
Lambert also wrote and discovered a lot of excellent songs that fit her quite well in an album in which she exposes her inner self as she matures. That may never more apparent than in the country rocker Lambert wrote ...
Every once in a while an album comes along that restores your faith in mainstream country music. Miranda Lambert's "Revolution" is just such a recording. It's not revolutionary, as the title might suggest. Instead, this CD is chock full of topnotch songs that are both memorable and sincere and never sound slick or overproduced. (Come to think of it, such old school values as these may in fact be revolutionary around Nashville).
Lambert vocalizes a bit like a little girl at ...
Even though it sounds like a cliche from the big book of country songwriting, the truth is that, when the timing's right, a loser can end up being the biggest winner of all. Today's object lesson comes from Miranda Lambert and her sophomore album, the follow-up to her 2005 near-platinum debut, "Kerosene."
Imagine for a moment if the then-19-year-old had actually taken the crown in 2003's Nashville Star and then been forced into the studio within weeks to be primped and ...
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