"Cruise" ties record
FGL ties In the Jailhouse Now,Webb Pierce (1955); I'm Moving On, Hank Snow (1950-51) and I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms), Eddy Arnold (1947-48)
Cruise has been number 1 for 16 straight weeks, since April 20.
The chart premiered in 1944. An article in Billboard said the mark was partially due to a metholodology change in the chart introduced last fall. The old method was a result of audience airplay impression on terrestrial country stations. The new hybrid method includes paid digital downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, streaming data and an expanded radio panel, according to BDS.
Cruise has sold 5.1 million downloads, becoming the third-best-selling country digital track ever, according to SoundScan. Lady Antebellum is first with Need You Now (6.2 million), followed by Taylor Swift's Love Story (5.6 million).
More news for Florida Georgia Line
- 05/10/24: Kelley, McCreery, Peck release new music
- 11/18/22: Kelley is "Florida Strong"
- 10/14/22: FGL goes for the greatest
- 10/12/22: Kelley plans Opry debut as solo artist
- 08/04/22: Kelley rides Second Wave of Summer
- 07/15/22: BK shows his "American Spirit"
- 05/12/22: Hubbard announces debut single
- 03/04/22: Rhett contemplates "Death Row"
CD reviews for Florida Georgia Line
When Florida Georgia Line sing about how much they love their country with "I Love My Country," this lightning rod duo must certainly be aware that not everybody loves 'their' country. 'Their' country doesn't always match the country music of George Strait, after all, who is name-dropped in said song. Strait is just too stylistically straight, for instance, to ever work in the sort of hip-hop cadence that drives "Ain't Worried About It. ...
From the ribbits and Dobro on "Smooth," the lead-off song, one might think that Florida Georgia Line is eschewing its rap rock meets country past for something completely different. While at times that is true - "Smooth" has a swampy beat - Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard haven't veered so far from what brought them to the dance.
That is evident with the title track where the thwack of drum programming from long-time producer Joey Moi meets the soulful, somewhat shiny vocals. ...
The title of Florida Georgia Line's second full length is accurate. For the duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelly, that means girls, girls and more girls plus an ultra dose of partying.
That is evident from the refrain of the title track, which, of course, focuses on Friday night activities. "I brought the songs and you brought the party/
Only one way to do it up right/Everybody goes where eveybody knows/That anything goes on a Friday Night/Get your party right/It's a Friday night. ...
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