Shelton achieves number one status
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 – Blake Shelton's roll continues. He will earn his first number 1 album ever when "Red River Blue" debuts at the top of the Billboard 200 chart out on Thursday with sales of 116,000, his best sales week ever. Shelton assumes the top spot from Beyonce's "4," which slipped to fifth.
Shelton has had 4 previous top 10 discs with "Hillbilly Bone" gong number 3 last year. Shelton's previously biggest selling week was "The Dreamer" in 2003, which sold 77,000 units, good for eighth.
Of course, Shelton will top the Country Albums chart as well. This will be the second time as "All About Tonight" EP hit the top last year.
Chris Young debuted in fourth with "Neon" selling 73,000 units. This is his first top 10. Jason Aldean was seventh with "My Kinda Party," down 3, selling 42,000 units, up 1 percent.
More news for Blake Shelton
- 03/28/25: Shelton, Flatts revamp "Mayberry"
- 01/27/25: Opry hosts centennial live celebration
- 11/13/24: Shelton goes to "Texas"
- 11/11/24: Shelton hits "The Road" (no, not a tour. A TV show)
- 09/23/24: Shelton inks with BBR/BMG Nashville
- 09/20/24: Shelton will "Go Tell it on the Mountain"
- 09/05/24: Shelton plans Friends & Heroes Tour 2025
- 09/03/24: Shelton, Warner call it quits after 23 years
CD reviews for Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton has been openly critical of the traditional album format. "Fully Loaded: God's Country" is his fourth greatest hits album and third in the "Loaded" series. In an effort to release music more often, he packages five new songs with seven of previously released material that has received considerable airplay and time on the charts.
if you're looking for the fresh stuff, this is essentially an EP spearheaded by the Platinum lead single "God's Country. ...
Blake Shelton's 11th studio album finds The Voice advisor in a contented, one might even say homey, frame of mind. The opening track and first single "I'll Name the Dogs" sets the tone. It's a rollicking ode to domesticity that manages to make household chore distribution ("You find the spot and I'll find the money / You be the pretty and I'll be the funny") both romantic and amusing. The beat switches to hip-hop on "Money," but the sentiment ...
This six-song "Blake Shelton Live EP" seems a little odd. It's not as though Shelton had an especially noteworthy tour to document. Besides, at only six songs long, it's a relatively short document, anyhow. While it may be little more than a post-it note of a project, though, it also packs a powerful punch.
You recognize right away the large amount of enthusiasm the act of singing to an audience brings out of Shelton. When compared to the recorded versions of these hits, ...
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