NOW, LBT lead Billboard charts
"NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8" was, of course, first on the country albums chart. Zac Brown Band was second with "Jekyll + Hyde." A Thousand Horses debuted in third with "Southernality." Sam Hunt was fourth with "Montevallo."
Montgomery Gentry debuted at 13 with "Folks Like Us." Carrie Underwood was up 4 to 17 with "Greatest Hits: Decade #1." Kenny Chesney was at 22 with "The Big Revival," up 3.
Hunt is second again on the songs chart with "Take Your Time." Luke Bryan is third with "Kick the Dust Up," switching spots with "Sangria" by Blake Shelton, which fell to fourth. Kelsea Ballerini is fifth with "Love Me Like You Mean It."
Eric Church was a big mover with "Like a Wrecking Ball" up five to eighth. Jason Aldean also was up five with "Tonight Looks Good On You" at nine. Thomas Rhett was at 12 with "Crash and Burn," up 3. Hunt also was at 16 with "House Party," up 6. Chris Janson's "Buy Me a Boat" checked in at 17, up 4.
Keith Urban had the biggest chart shaker by far with his new single "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" jumping from 47 to 24.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Dailey & Vincent held first with "Alive! In Concert." Robert Earl Keen was second with "Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions." Punch Brothers was third with "The Phosphorescent Blues." The Willis Clan was fourth with "Chapter Two - Boots." Ralph Stanley was fifth with "Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow."
On the overall top 200, Hunt was 7th, ZBB 12th, A Thousand Horses 20th, NOW 22nd and Little Big Town 28th with "Pain Killer." The country and top 200 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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