Urban, Lady A remain first on charts
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Urban, Lady A remain first on charts

Thursday, March 1, 2012 – Keith Urban held onto the top spot for the second straight week of the Billboard Country Songs chart for the week ending March 10 with You Gonna Fly. Lady Antebellum continued atop the Country Albums chart with "Own the Night."

Kenny Chesney held onto the second spot with Reality, while Home by Dierks Bentley inched up one to third. Martin McBride moved from sixth to fourth with I'm Gonna Love You Through It. Jake Owen was a big mover as Alone With You is at five, up five. Taylor Swift moved from nine to six with Ours.

Eli Young Band made it into the top 30 - at 29 - with Even If It Breaks Your Heart, up 2. Carrie Underwood debuted with her new single Good Girl at 30 in its first week of release.

On the Country Albums chart, "tailgates & tanlines" from Luke Bryan was second, up two. Jason Aldean was third with "My Kinda Party," Bentley fourth with "Home" and The Band Perry fifth with its self-titled debut.

"Act of Valor: The Album" debuted in eighth. The disc is the soundtrack for a movie about the Navy SEALS. Chris Young was up 4 to 24 with "Neon." "NOW That's What I Call Country Ballads" was up 3 to 26. "Icon: Billy Currington" was up 6 to 27. Eli Young Band jumped from 35 to 30 with "Life At Best." Thompson Squared crept up 3 spots to 36 with its self-titled debut. "Icon: Patsy Cline" was up 5 to 38, while Hunter Hayes' self-titled debuted moved up 4 to 40.

"The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent" reclaimed the Bluegrass Albums number one slot, switching places with "Who's Feeling Young Now?" by the Punch Brothers. "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" from Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile was third. Alison Krauss & Union Station held fourth with "Paper Airplane." Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers were fifth with "Rare Bird Alert."

On the overall top 200 chart, Lady A was 19th , Bryan 21st, Aldean 23rd, Bentley 36th and The Band Perry 41st.


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