LBT crushes it to the top
Florida Georgia Line was third on the songs chart with "Sippin' On Fire," one ahead of Zac Brown Band's "Homegrown." Dierks Bentley was fifth with "Say You Do."
A Thousand Horses broke into the top 10 with "Smoke" at 10, up 1. "Sangria," Blake Shelton's new single, jumped from 20 to 11. Kelsea Ballerini was up 3 to 16 with "Love Me Like You Mean It." Jason Aldean broke into the top 25 with "Tonight Looks Good On You" at 22, up 4. Brantley Gilbert closed out the top 25 with "One Hell of an Amen," up 2.
On the albums chart, Hunt placed second with "Montevallo." Little Big Town's "Pain Killer" climbed four to third. Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen debuted at four with "Hold My Beer, Vol. 1." Miranda Lambert jumped from 10 to 5 with "Platinum." Garth Brooks was at 15 with "Man Against Machine," up 5. William Clark Green debuted at 18 with "Ringling Road."
Robert Earl Keen led the Bluegrass Albums chart with "Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions." Punch Brothers held second with "The Phosphorescent Blues." Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow" was third. Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn's self-titled debut was fourth, after being first last week. Gangstagrass's "American Music" stood at five, up five.
On the overall top 200, Hunt was 9th, Little Big Town 12th, McEntire 13th, Florida Georgia Line 20th and Lambert 26th. The top 200 and country albums charts use different criteria.
More news for Little Big Town
- 04/08/24: LBT, Sugarland tour together
- 03/07/24: Lynne signs with Monument; "I Am Shelby Lynne" reissue coming
- 09/12/23: Strait, Stapleton, LBT team up for stadium shows in '24
- 12/16/22: "Rich Man" from LBT drops
- 08/12/22: LBT looks to "Better Love"
- 07/19/22: LBT's "Mr. Sun" coming in September
- 07/01/22: Little Big Town do it "All Summer"
- 01/07/22: Lambert, LBT jump on The Bandwagon
CD reviews for Little Big Town
Little Big Town has always been one of the more consistently good modern country groups. This latest album, not surprisingly, is also good. However, it's not exceptional. Sure, the quartet explores the happy and sad sides of love and romance, as per usual, but few tracks rise far above the merely good level.
Karen Fairchild sings lead on "Three Whiskeys and the Truth," and is a dead ringer for Lady A's Hillary Scott. This is somewhat ironic, as Lady A is probably the ...
Little Big Town gets billed as a country music vocal group, but "Nightfall" plays out more like a four-headed singer-songwriter effort. Many of these songs hearken back to some of the best '70s introspective songwriter efforts. The album opens with "Next to You," which builds from a gentle meditation, into a full-on anthemic ode to the comfort and strength of fidelity.
"Questions" interestingly finds an ex asking questions via song lyrics, which she can never ...
Anyone who missed Little Big Town's remarkable 2012 Unplugged performance on CMT should seek it out online. When they sing their monster hit "Pontoon," four hypnotic voices combine to harmonic perfection with no studio tricks - pick from any of the microphones, and it works as the song's lead vocal. But now that the group has ascended to the upper rung of stardom, different challenges arise. How do you compete with yourself fresh from a Grammy for Best Country Song ...
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