Bryan takes over "Again"' Willie debuts at #1 on albums chart
Last week's number one of all albums in the U.S., "Platinum" by Miranda Lambert, on the Top Country Albums chart. Brantley Gilbert was third with "Just As I Am," Bryan fourth with "Crash My Party" and Florida Georgia Line fifth with "Here's to the Good Times."
Chris Young was up 5 to 15 with "A.M" as was Dan + Shay with "Where IT AlL Began, at 21. Chase Rice's "Ready Set Roll" EP stood at 24, up 5. Tyler Farr was 25th with "Redneck Crazy," up 7.
Elsewhere on the songs chart, Jake Owen was second with "Beachin'," Florida Georgia Line third with "This Is How We Roll," Blake Shelton fourth with "My Eyes" featuring Gwen Sebastian, and Dierks Bentley fifth with "Drunk on a Plane."
Lady Antebellum went from 10 to 6 with "Bartender." Joe Nichols also jumped four, to ninth, with "Yeah" as did Brad Paisley with "River Bank" at 12, Dustin Lynch with "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" and Tim McGraw's "Meanwhile Back At Mama's" with wife Faith Hill at 16.
Kenny Chesney debuted at 17 with "American Kids." Chase Rice was 19th with "Ready Set Roll," up 3. Cole Swindell broke into the top 25 with "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" at 24, up 2. Eli Young's "Dust" closed out the top 25, up 2.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Nickel Creek continued its dominance with "A Dotted Line" first for the 12th straight week. Alan Jackson was second with "The Bluegrass Album" and Steve Martin and Edie Brickell third with "Love Has Come For You." Balsam Range debuted in fourth with "Five." Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Brickell was fifth with "Live."
On the overall top 200 album chart, Nelson was 5th, Lambert 6th, Gilbert 10th, Bryan 20th and Florida Georgia Line 21st.
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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