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Lady A, Niemann lead charts

Thursday, August 5, 2010 – Lady Antebellum had the top selling country album with "Need You Now" The disc sold 27,000 units, up 11 percent for the week ending Aug. 14. On the song chart, Jerrod Niemann notched his first number one with Lover, Lovergoing from third to first. Niemann took over from Carrie Underwood and Undo It, which slipped to fourth.

Zac Brown Band remained second on the song chart with Free. Keith Urban's I'm In was at three, up two. Blake Shelton was up one to fifth with All About Tonight.

Easton Corbin's second single is moving up the charts - Roll With It is at 13, up 3. The biggest mover by far was Sugarland, whose new single, Stuck Like Glue, skyrocketed from 44 to 22. Reba McEntire went from 32 to 28 with Turn on the Radio.

On the album chart, the second through eighth positions remained the same. Zac Brown Band was second with "The Foundation," Niemann third with "Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury," Miranda Lambert fourth with " Revolution" and Underwood fifth with "Play On."

Corbin moved from 13 to 9 with his self-titled debut. Zac Brown Band's "Pass the Jar: Live From the Fabulous Fox" went from 17 to 13. Craig Morgan blasted into the top 20 with "That's Why," going from 56 to 17. Rodney Atkins' "It's America" jumped from 44 to 33. The Band Perry's self-titled EP moved from 40 to 35.

Dierks Bentley stays first on the bluegrass chart with "Up on the Ridge."

On the overall top 200, Lady A was 7th, Zac Brown Band 11th, Niemann 18th, Lambert 24th and Underwood 34th.


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