Shelton, Bryan remain atop Billboard charts
Lady Antebellum's new single, Downtown, was second, up one, switching spots with Miranda Lambert's Mama's Broken Heart. Carrie Underwood held the fourth spot with Two Black Cadillacs. Darius Rucker jumped from 11 to 5 with Wagon Wheel. Lee Brice moved from nine to six with I Drive Your Truck. Kenny Chesney broke into the top 10 - at 10 - with Pirate Flag.
I Can Take It From There by Chris Young stood at 18 up 3. Tim McGraw's new single, Highway Don't Care, with Taylor Swift, jumped 7 to 19. The Band Perry debuted at 23 with DONE. Jason Aldean's 1994 was at 27, up 4.
Florida Georgia Line was second on the Country Albums chart with "Here's to the Good Times." Swift was third with "Red," Little Big Town fourth with "Tornado" and Tim McGraw fifth with "Two Lanes of Freedom." Eric Church went from 13 to 10 with "Chief."
Brice was 14th with "Hard 2 Love," up 3. Kip Moore was 16th with "Up All Night," moving up 4. Shooter Jennings debuted at 19 with "The Other Life." Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" was 25, up 5. Scotty McCreery was at 36 with "Clear As Day," jumping 5. Blackberry Smoke went from 48 to 39 with "The Whippoorwill," while Love And Theft's self-titled disc was at 40, up 4.
On the bluegrass albums chart, Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman debuted in first with "Deep Roots." Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out" were second with "Timeless Hits From the Past: Bluegrassed." Old Crow Medicine Show were third with "Carry Me Back." Old Man Markley fell from first to fourth with "Down Side Up." The SteelDrivers were fifth with "Hammer Down."
On the overall top 200, Bryan was third after being first last week. Florida Georgia Line was 14th, Swift 22nd, Little Big Town 36th and McGraw 37th.
More news for Luke Bryan
- 08/08/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 07/16/24: Bryan adds final Farm Tour date
- 06/14/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 05/03/24: Bryan hits the farms this fall
- 03/21/24: Tennessee enacts law protecting against AI, voice clones
- 02/02/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy Tour"
- 01/17/24: Bryan, HARDY, Old Dominion headline Watershed
- 08/11/23: Bryan extolls being "Southern and Slow"
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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