Bryan, Lady A lead charts
On the album chart, Bryan took over for Eric Church's "Chief," which slipped to second. Jason Aldean was third again with "My Kinda Party," and Blake stayed fourth with "Red River Blue." Zac Brown Band was fifth, up three, with "You Get What You Give."
Zac Brown Band also was at 13 with "The Foundation," up 4. Kevin Fowler debuted at 19 with "Chippin' Away." Thompson Square was at 28, up 4, with their self-titled debut. Zac Brown made a third appearance on the albums chart with "Pass the Jar: Live From Fabulous Fox" at 30, up 6. Micky & The Motorcars debuted at 36 with "Raise My Glass."
On the songs chart, Dierks Bentley was up one to second with Am I the Only One, flipping spots with Knee Deep from Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett. Brad Paisley's duet with Carrie Underwood Remind Me, climbed one spot to fifth. Bryan was fifth, down one with Country Girl (Shake It For Me). Rodney Atkins took a big leap forward with Take a Back road, at 8, up 5. Toby Keith moved from 11 to 9 with Made in America, while Keith Urban's Long Hot Summer stood at 10th, up 4.
George Strait was at 12, up 4 with Here for a Good Time. The next 11 songs were all up 4: Billy Currington - Love Done Gone 13; Eli Young Band - Crazy Girl 15; Scotty McCreery - I Love You This Big 15; Shelton - God Gave Me You 16; Thompson Square - I Got You 17; Brantley Gilbert - Country Must Be Country Wide 18; Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly 19; Jerrod Niemann - One More Drinkin' Song 20; Steve Holy - Love Don't Run 21; Darius Rucker - I Got Nothin 22, Ronnie Dunn - Cost of Livin 23. Miranda Lambert was at 24, up 9, with her new single Baggage Claim. Rascal Flatts' Easy featuring Natasha Bedingfield was up 4 to 25. David Nail was at 26, up 4, with Let It Rain. Joe Nichols' Take It Off was up 4 to 28. Alan Jackson jumped from 36 to 29 with Long Way to Go. Kellie Pickler rounded out the top 30, up 5, with Tough.
On the bluegrass chart, "Paper Airplane" from Alison Krauss & Union Station stayed first. Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers were second with "Rare Bird Alert." Sarah Jarosz was third with "Follow Me Down." Bentley moved up one to fourth with "Up on the Ridge." Trampled by Turtles was fifth with "Palomino."
On the overall top 200, Bryan was 2nd, Church 5th , Aldean 6th, Shelton 14th and Zac Brown Band 19th.
More news for Luke Bryan
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- 01/27/25: Bryan plans summer tour
- 01/13/25: Bryan heads west with Farm Tour
- 11/11/24: For Bryan, "Country Song Came On"
- 09/30/24: Bryan, Manning, Wilson host CMAs
- 08/08/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 07/16/24: Bryan adds final Farm Tour date
CD reviews for Luke Bryan
If there's one thing Luke Bryan knows how to do, it's to stay in his lane. And why not? It often leads to great chart position. The Deluxe edition of his seventh album "Born Here, Live Here, Die Here" was born out of the pandemic tour stoppage. It includes six new songs and increases the run time to 54 minutes. The original 10 tracks are mostly in the vein of the pop laced chart toppers "One Margarita" and "Knockin' Boots."
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After taking in Luke Bryan's "Born Here Live Here Die Here," the listener will never guess this full length was released during a pandemic. Maybe that's a good thing. After all, we might need a diversion from the international health crisis now and then. The release opens with "Knockin' Boots," which is how modern cowboys describe sexual intercourse. A few songs later, Bryan gives us the drinking song (and single) "One Margarita." In between, "What ...
Luke Bryan aims to please often, and that rarely goes unpunished. The Georgia native has a strong voice, some songwriting skill and even legitimate farming cred. But Bryan still gets pegged as the face of corporate country - that pandering beast packaging artists for mass consumption. The label can be unfair, but not wholly undeserved - Bryan has a long track record, for instance, of records about chasing girls and Bud Lights. In truth, he married his college sweetheart and they share a quiet, ...
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