Hayes, Bryan split the charts
Florida Georgia Line was second on the songs chart with "This Is How We Roll," featuring Bryan. Brantley Gilbert was third with "Bottoms Up," one ahead of "Get Me Some of That" from Thomas Rhett. Rascal Flatts was fifth with "Rewind." Blake Shelton was a big mover with "My Eyes." The song featuring Gwen Sebastian jumped from 21 to 10.
Joe Nichols was at 17, up 3, with "Yeah." Brad Paisley jumped 5 to 18 with "River Bank," the first single from his next disc. Gilbert also debuted at 19 with "17 Again." George Strait closed out the top 25 with "I Got a Car," up 1.
Hayes edged out Bryan's "Crash My Party," which fell to second on the albums chart. Florida Georgia Line was third with "Here's to the Good Times." "Nashville: The Music of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2" debuted in fourth. Eric Church stood in fifth with "The Outsiders."
Dierks Bentley went from 10 to 7 with "Riser." Martina McBride also climbed 3, to 11, with "Everlasting." The "Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1" soundtrack shifted up 5 spots to 13. Lady Antebellum's "Golden" moved to 22, up 3. The Band Perry went from 28 to 23 with "Pioneer." The late Ray Price debuted at 24 with "Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions." Darius Rucker's "True Believers" was back in the top 25, at 25, up 2.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Nickel Creek's "A Dotted Line" led for the sixth straight week. Alan Jackson was second with "The Bluegrass Album." "Live" by Steve Martina and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell was third. The Steep Canyon Rangers also were fourth with "Tell the Ones I Love," up four. The Devil makes three jumped six to fifth with "I'm a Stranger Here."
On the Billboard top 200, Hayes was 3rd, Bryan 7th, Florida Georgia Line 11th, Nashville 13th and Church 25th .
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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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