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Brooks leads country chart

Tuesday, December 24, 2013 – Garth Brooks will have the number one selling country disc and overall number two disc in the U.S. when the Billboard charts are released Friday.

"Blame It All On My Roots" sold 199,000 copies, up 16 percent. The box set has sold 661,000 units since its release on Thanksgiving. The set is available only at Walmart.

Beyonce has the top disc in the U.S. with her self-titled album, selling 374,000 units.

The Robertson's "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" album climbed two spots to fourth with 132,000, up 22 percent. Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" was 10th with just over 68,000, up 44 percent.


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CD review - Gunslinger 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"). ...
CD review - Man Against Machine 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 ...
CD review - Blame It All On My Roots - Five Decades of Influences 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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