McGraw debuts in first
The disc sold more than 67,000 units, taking over the top spot from Toby Keith's "Clancy's Tavern." The CD is the second best selling CD in the U.S. behind Adele's "21." The hits Felt Good on My Lips and the current single Better Than I Used To Be are on the McGraw release.
Kellie Pickler's "100 Proof" gives the former "American Idol" contestant her third straight top 10 along with her highest-charting album yet. Pickler debuted at 7 with 27,000 units sold.
"The most beautiful thing about this number one debut, over the others, is that it was driven by the fans and their eagerness to finally have this music in their hands," said McGraw. "The fans don't care about the business side of things...they just want the artists they follow to keep putting out great songs, and I think we have delivered some of the best songs of my career on 'Emotional Traffic.' The reaction to the album makes me even more excited to get back on the road this summer on the 'Brothers of the Sun' tour."
McGraw and Curb Records are embroiled in a lawsuit over his contract. McGraw is free to sign with any label, although the court case is continuing. He will tour Australia with wife Faith Hill next month and goes on the road with Kenny Chesney in the stadium tour.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
- 03/10/23: For McGraw, it's "Standing Room Only"
- 12/10/21: McGraw announces '22 tour
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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