Bryan doubles up
On the songs chart, Bryan was part of the second ranking song, "This Is How We Roll" by Florida Georgia Line as he sings on the track. Brantley Gilbert remained third with "Bottoms Up." Jerrod Niemann was fourth with "Drink To That All Night," and Eric Church held the fifth spot with "Give Me Back My Hometown." Dan + Shay scored their first top 10 hit with "19 You + Me" at 10, up 1.
Lee Brice moved up 5 to 17 with "I Don't Dance." Dustin Lynch was a huge mover as "Where It's At" skyrocketed from 48 to 19 in its second week out. Joe Nichols was at 23 with "Yeah," up 4.
On the albums chart, Florida Georgia Line also was second with "Here's to the Good Times." Church was in third with "The Outsiders." Johnny Cash's "Out Among the Stars" was fourth. Jessie James Decker's "Comin Home" EP debuted in fifth. Last week's number one, "Everlasting" by Martina McBride, fell to sixth.
Randy Rogers Band debuted at 11 with "Homemade Tamales: Live At Floore's." The sister duo, The Secret Sisters, debuted at 18 with "Put Your Needle Down." The late Ray Price debuted at 22 with "Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions." Rodney Crowell debuted at 25 with "Tarpaper Sky."
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Nickel Creek was first for the third straight week with "A Dotted Line." Alan Jackson held second with "The Bluegrass Album." Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell was third with "Live." "Let It Go" from The Infamous Stringdusters was fourth with Martin & Brickell's "Love Has Come For You" fifth.
On the Billboard 200 chart, Bryan was 6th, FGL 14th, Church 15th, Cash 23rd and Decker 28th.
More news for Luke Bryan
- 04/07/25: Bryan announces fall Farm Tour
- 03/25/25: Bryan announces Farm Tour line-up
- 01/27/25: Bryan plans summer tour
- 01/13/25: Bryan heads west with Farm Tour
- 11/11/24: For Bryan, "Country Song Came On"
- 09/30/24: Bryan, Manning, Wilson host CMAs
- 08/08/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 07/16/24: Bryan adds final Farm Tour date
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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