Bentley reaches for the Gold
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – Dierks Bentley's rowdy Am I The Only One was officially certified Gold by the RIAA for digital sales of more than 500,000 song downloads. The hit became Bentley's eighth career number one song as an artist and writer last fall when it topped country radio charts.
The song was the lead track off of Bentley's upcoming sixth studio album "Home," in stores Feb. 7.
"Am I The Only One seems to really have resonated with country fans looking to get out, drink some cold beer on the weekends and have a good time...it's become one of the rowdiest songs in our set," said Bentley. "It's now the moment in the show when girls go up on shoulders and beer cans go up in the air."
The new album's current single and title track is currently on the charts. Bentley will return home for a special album release show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Feb. 2. The second leg of the Country & Cold Cans tour will resume on Feb. 15 with the first dates scheduled internationally in Canada and Australia.
More news for Dierks Bentley
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- 02/17/25: Bentley announces Broken Branches Tour
- 02/17/25: Aldean, Bentley, Zimmerman headline Watershed
- 03/21/24: Bentley drops "American Girl" video
- 02/23/24: Bentley covers Petrty on "American Girl,' tribute disc coming
- 02/12/24: Bentley ges back to Gravel & Gold
- 06/13/23: Bentley keeps it "Something Real"
- 03/03/23: Bentley tours behind "Gravel & Gold"
CD reviews for Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley opens his first self-produced album with a song about personally stability, "Same Ol' Me." Although its lyric explains how while life circumstances may change, Bentley basically remains the same person. The same thing, though, can also be said about the country star's music. He's been recording for 20 years now. Yet Bentley has come this far with his integrity still intact. He's back with a strong, 14-song set that, like a good beverage, feels good ...
Dierks Bentley seems intent on expanding his musical boundaries, but he may have overreached too much in eschewing where he came from.
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Change was in store for Dierks Bentley when it came to recording his seventh album, "Riser." On the personal front, he lost his father and added to his family, clearly affecting the subject matter of his latest. On the musical front, he traded long-time producer Brett Beavers, producer of every disc except "Up on the Ridge," for Ross Copperman, who has enjoyed more success as a writer, including several previous tracks for Bentley.
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