Rascal Flatts leads country discs
Keith Urban chartered seventh overall with "Get Closer," selling 162,000 units. Taylor Swift went from second to ninth with "Speak Now," selling 146,000 units, down 30 percent from the previous week.
Whether you consider Kid Rock country depends upon where he would land on the charts. Kid Rock sold 189,000 units of "Born Free" in its debut week, good for sixth overall.
This proved to be a good week for album sales. For the week ending Nov. 21, sales were 8.12 million, up 29 percent compared to last week's figure (6.3 million) and up two percent from 2009's similar week (7.99 million) Year-to-date album sales are 261.78 million, down 13 compared to the same period of time last year (300.98 million).
Charts will be officially released Thursday.
More news for Rascal Flatts
- 03/28/25: Shelton, Flatts revamp "Mayberry"
- 03/14/25: Rascal Flatts is "Movin' On" with Clarkson
- 10/01/24: Rascal Flatts returns
- 05/31/24: LeVox goes live
- 08/26/22: LeVox will "Get Down Like That"
- 01/27/22: DeMarcus forms country label, signs Griffin
- 05/21/21: Shelton, Hiatt/Douglas, LeVox release new music
- 06/22/20: Rascal Flatts announces EP for July
CD reviews for Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts' swan song EP grapples with the issues like legacy, time and memory. Right off the bat, "How They Remember You" posits that it's not a question of if, but how we're remembered. After we leave this planet for good, we won't be forgotten. However, we will be remembered, and we'd like to be remembered well. Then again, if one assumes there is no afterlife, does it really even matter? If there is no one to remember you, your legacy is basically a moot point. ...
As summer insistently steps forward and knocks at our doorstep with bright sunny rays and promises of sun-soaked hijinks, longtime pop country superstars Rascal Flatts aim to provide the perfect soundtrack with "Back To Us." Loaded with the band's signature tight harmonies and upbeat jams built around lyrics of love and loss, Rascal Flatts doesn't move far off the beaten path while carving out a high energy declaration of summer love.
Fans looking for those beach cruising jams ...
It's the big things - and sometimes the little things - that make Rascal Flatts' Christmas album "The Greatest Gift of All" stand out. On the macro level, the country vocal trio put a little funk - well, as much funk as three Nashville guys can muster - into "Go Tell It on The Mountain." And then, the cool little bass line introducing "Let It Snow" helps differentiate this act's version from possibly millions of other versions.
Much of "The ...
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