Little Big Town, Shelton lead country charts
Randy Rogers Band debuted in second with "Burning the Day" on the album chart. Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" stood at fourth, down two. Zac Brown Band remained fifth with "The Foundation."
Josh Turner was up from 23 to 20 with "Haywire." Lady A had a big decline with its "iTunes Session (EP)" down from 3 to 21. Eric Church was at 24, up 3 with "Carolina." The Bandy Perry's self-titled EP moved from 35 to 32. Rodney Atkins' "It's America" moved up 5 to 39.
On the bluegrass chart, Dierks Bentley once again was first with "Up on the Ridge." "Palomino" from Trampled by Turtles" was second with "Genuine Negro Jig" from Carolina Chocolate Drops" remaining third.
On the country song chart, Billy Currington's Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer was up one to third, switching sports with Keith Urban's I'm In. Lady Antebellum inched up one to fourth with Our Kind of Love, changing spots with Lee Brice and Love Like Crazy.
Little Big Town broke into the top 10 - at 10 - with Little White Church.
Taylor Swift looks ready to enter the top 10 next week as Mine was up 3 to 11 on its fourth week on the chart. Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson was a big mover with As She's Walking Away going from 25 to 21.
The bottom end of the chart showed action. With Miranda Lambert having a huge week thanks to the CMA nominations, her Only Prettier single moved from 29 to 26. Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party also climbed 3 to 27. The biggest mover was Chris Young, whose Voices jumped from 36 to 29. Steel Magnolia has another single moving up as Just By Being You (Halo And Wings) was at 30, up 4.
On the overall top 200 chart, LBT was 5th, Randy Rogers Band 8th, Adkins 11th, Lady A 12th and Zac Brown Band 26th.
More news for Little Big Town
- 04/08/24: LBT, Sugarland tour together
- 03/07/24: Lynne signs with Monument; "I Am Shelby Lynne" reissue coming
- 09/12/23: Strait, Stapleton, LBT team up for stadium shows in '24
- 12/16/22: "Rich Man" from LBT drops
- 08/12/22: LBT looks to "Better Love"
- 07/19/22: LBT's "Mr. Sun" coming in September
- 07/01/22: Little Big Town do it "All Summer"
- 01/07/22: Lambert, LBT jump on The Bandwagon
CD reviews for Little Big Town
Little Big Town has always been one of the more consistently good modern country groups. This latest album, not surprisingly, is also good. However, it's not exceptional. Sure, the quartet explores the happy and sad sides of love and romance, as per usual, but few tracks rise far above the merely good level.
Karen Fairchild sings lead on "Three Whiskeys and the Truth," and is a dead ringer for Lady A's Hillary Scott. This is somewhat ironic, as Lady A is probably the ...
Little Big Town gets billed as a country music vocal group, but "Nightfall" plays out more like a four-headed singer-songwriter effort. Many of these songs hearken back to some of the best '70s introspective songwriter efforts. The album opens with "Next to You," which builds from a gentle meditation, into a full-on anthemic ode to the comfort and strength of fidelity.
"Questions" interestingly finds an ex asking questions via song lyrics, which she can never ...
Anyone who missed Little Big Town's remarkable 2012 Unplugged performance on CMT should seek it out online. When they sing their monster hit "Pontoon," four hypnotic voices combine to harmonic perfection with no studio tricks - pick from any of the microphones, and it works as the song's lead vocal. But now that the group has ascended to the upper rung of stardom, different challenges arise. How do you compete with yourself fresh from a Grammy for Best Country Song ...
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