Richie's "Tuskegee" goes Platinum
The country duets album, which held the number 1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 for 2 consecutive weeks, sits at number 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the fourth week since its March 26 release.
The disc is the best-selling country album of 2012 and the first country album in more than a year to spend 2 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. He joins Ray Charles as the only artists in history to have number 1 albums on both the Billboard Country Albums and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
The album features duets of 13 of his hits with Jason Aldean, Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton and Shania Twain.
More news for Lionel Richie
- 09/06/12: Richie receives first CMA nomination
- 07/04/12: Richie's "Tuskegee" becomes second best selling CD
- 05/24/12: Richie sells "Tuskegee"
- 05/02/12: Richie leads country chart
- 04/25/12: Richie slated to lead charts again
- 04/19/12: Richie tops all charts, Shelton leads country songs
- 04/18/12: Richie reaches the top
- 04/05/12: Richie debuts atop country chart
CD reviews for Lionel Richie
Country music's definition has devolved to mean almost anything with slightly verifiable Southern roots, which means that Alabama-born Lionel Richie's music is about as country as anything else under the huge country umbrella. Some might call Richie's original songs soul/R&B. However, the singer/songwriter hasn't sounded truly funky since Brick House with The Commodores, and that song dates way back to 1977. "Tuskegee" is Richie's attempt to revive his ...
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