Brooks tops chart
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 – Garth Brooks will be number one on the Billboard charts on Thursday with his box set release, "Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences," in its second week out.
The set of six CDs and two DVDS - sold only at Walmart - sold 146,000 units, down from 164,000 last week. The disc was released on Thanksgiving, instead of Tuesday when new releases are out.
This is Brooks' ninth number one release, tying him with the Rolling Stones and Barbara Streisand at nine. The Beatles top the list with 19.
Last week's chart topper, "Midnight Memories" from One Direction fell to number two with 117,000 units sold, down 79 percent.
The Robertsons' "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas," fell one place to fourth with 105,000 units, down 23 percent.
The charts will be officially released on Thursday.
More news for Garth Brooks
- 10/04/24: Brooks accused of sexual assault; he denies it
- 12/04/23: McCreery invited to join Opry
- 11/02/23: Brooks becomes the "Rodeo Man"
- 10/25/23: Brooks becomes a "Time Traveler"
- 06/15/23: Brooks launches The BIG 615 radio
- 03/29/23: Brooks, Parton to cohost ACMs
- 11/14/22: Brooks returns to Vegas
- 06/29/22: Brooks honored with Kristofferson award
CD reviews for Garth Brooks
If naming your release "Gunslinger," you'd better let it rip and go for a harder country sound, especially if donning a black cowboy hat on the cover. The reality does not exactly match that sentiment for Garth Brooks, but at times he comes mighty close.
The high points for Brooks are the three most traditional country songs - a couple of honky tonkers ("Honky-Tonk Somewhere" and "Cowboys and Friends") and a ballad ("Whiskey to Wine"). ...
After releasing his debut album in 1989, Garth Brooks released music almost every year until he announced his retirement in 2000. Since then, he has released repackaged hit collections, new music on "Scarecrow" and "The Lost Sessions" and last year's cover song collection "Blame it All on My Roots." Over the years, there have been live recordings, concert and music video collections. The country songwriter became a pop culture icon, transcending genre to become ...
Garth Brooks is back with his first release of "new" material since 2001's "Scarecrow." (Truth in advertising, his "The Ultimate Hits," which actually is part of the new box set, included four new songs back in 2007). And it's quite an undertaking - four CDs of covers - Country Classics, Classic Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul and Melting Pot, an amalgam of country, rock, soul and folk; the two-CD set, "The Ultimate Set" and a DVD of his live performance in Vegas. ...
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