Moore reaches top of chart
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Moore reaches top of chart

Thursday, July 14, 2011 – Justin Moore jumped to the top of the Billboard Country Songs chart with If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away for the week ending July 23. He pushed out Blake Shelton, whose Honey Bee fell to second. Jason Aldean was once again first on the Country Albums chart with "My Kinda Party."

Elsewhere on the songs chart, Aldean was up one to third with Dirt Road Anthem. Chris Young also moved up one to fourth with Tomorrow. Zac Brown Band jumped from eight to five with Knee Deep, which features Jimmy Buffett.

Toby Keith was at 17, up 5, with Made in America. Keith Urban probably likes the Long Hot Summer because the song moved from 26 to 22. Ronnie Dunn broke into the top 30 with his second single, Cost of Livin', at 29, up 3. David Nail also moved into the top 30 with Let It Rain rounding out the list.

On the albums chart, Moore was second, up one, with "Outlaws Like Me." Brad Paisley was third, up three, with "This is Country Music." Zac Brown was fourth, up four, with "You Get What You Give." Scotty McCreery was fifth with "American Idol Season 10 Highlights."

The Band Perry moved from 10 to 7 with its self-titled debut. Lady Antebellum was at 11, up 3, with "Need You Now." The biggest mover was Thompson Square. The duo's self-titled disc jumped 11 to 18. Darius Rucker was at 25 with "Charleston, SC 1966" up 5. Jerrod Niemann jumped from 36 to 28 with "Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury." Zac Brown Band was up 8 to 30 with "Pass the Jar: Live From the Fabulous Fox." Blake Shelton jumped from 41 to 31 with his "Hillbilly Bone" EP. "Icon: Josh Turner," a compilation, was up 3 to 32. Alan Jackson moved from 40 to 33 with "34 Number Ones." Turner also was at 35, up 7, with "Haywire." Randy Travis broke into the top 40 with "Top 10," which was 40th.

The top four spots on the Bluegrass Albums chart remained the same. Alison Krauss & Union Station were first with "Paper Airplane," Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers second with "Rare Bird Alert, Sarah Jarosz third with "Follow Me Down," Dierks Bentley fourth with "Up on the Ridge" and Trampled by Turtles fifth, up three, with "Palomino."

On the overall top 200, Aldean was 4th, Moore 12th, Paisley 14th, Zac Brown Band 18th and McCreery 19th.


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