McCreery, Bryan top charts
On the album chart, Willie Nelson, 80, debuted in second with "To All the Girls...," a duets disc. Bryan was third with "Crash My Party." Chase Rice, who helped write the Florida Georgia Line mega smash Cruise, was fourth, debuting with his EP "Ready Set Roll." Last week's number one from Cassadee Pope, "Frame By Frame," fell to fifth.
Nashville based singer/songwriter Will Hoge debuted at 23 with "Never Give In." "Joey + Rory Inspired: Songs Of Faith & Family" jumped from 43 to 27. Country hip hop rapper Bubba Sparxxx debuted at 40 with "Pain Management."
On the songs chart, Thomas Rhett was second again with It Goes Like This, one ahead of Mine Would Be You courtesy of Blake Shelton. Chris Young jumped four to fourth with Aw Naw. Jason Aldean was fifth with Night Train.
Tim McGraw was up three to sixth with Southern Girl. Florida Georgia Line remains in the top 10 with Cruise. The song was seventh, down one, in its 65th week on the chart. Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert combined on We Were Us now eighth, up three.
Jake Owen's Days of Gold, stood at 19, up five. Florida Georgia Line may have another hit on its hands with Stay. The song, in its fifth week out, jumped from 28 to 21.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Alan Jackson was first with "The Bluegrass Album." Steve Martin & Edie Brickell remained second with "Love Has Come For You." The Isaacs held onto third with "The Living Years." Michael Martin Murphey was fourth with "Red River Drifter." The first Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott album in 13 years, "Memories And Moments" stayed fifth.
On the overall top 200, McCreery was sixth. Nelson was ninth, Bryan 12th, Rice 16tgh and Pope 18th.
More news for Scotty McCreery
- 09/06/24: McCreery gives it up for NC State
- 05/10/24: Kelley, McCreery, Peck release new music
- 04/26/24: McCreery feels "Lonely"
- 03/29/24: McCreery unveils "Red Letter Blueprint"
- 03/01/24: McCreery will "Rise and Fall"
- 02/09/24: `McCreery touts "Love Like This"
- 01/23/24: McCreery drops "Cab in a Solo" video
- 12/04/23: McCreery invited to join Opry
CD reviews for Scotty McCreery
"Boys from Back Home" is Scotty McCreery's amalgamation of Kenny Chesney's "I Go Back" and "Boys of Fall," which even borrows words from each hit song to create something attempting to be new. It's not new. Instead, it sounds more like songwriting by committee, relying upon radio listener demographics. Many of these songs were created to sound immediately familiar to mainstream ears. They will. This doesn't mean they're good, though, let alone meaningful. ...
Scotty McCreery's third release, "See You Tonight" is designed to market the season 10 American Idol champ as a more mature artist. Armed with songwriting heavies along with a guest vocal from Allison Krauss, it might work on paper. But in the end, he proves that his wheelhouse remains fun contemporary songs driven by his boy next door charm.
Ironically, for a fall release, the album is heavy on summertime themed tracks and upbeat party anthems. From Feel Good Summer Song to ...
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