Hunt, Bryan, yet again, stay at the top
Chris Janson was second on the Songs chart with "Buy Me a Boat," one ahead of Thomas Rhett's "Crash And Burn." Keith Urban fell two to fourth with "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16." Luke Bryan remained fifth with "Strip It Down."
California singer Cam was up three to eighth with "Burning House." Maddie & Tae reached number nine with their second hit single, "Fly," up three.
Cole Swindell were at 15 with "Let Me See Ya Girl," up 3. Dan + Shay were at 16 with "Nothin' Like You," up 4. Chase Rice also moved up 4, to 17, with "Gonna Wanna Tonight." Blake Shelton's "Gonna" was up 3 to 21. Brothers Osborne were one back with "Stay a Little Longer," which moved up three.
Lady Antebellum was at 23 with "Long Stretch of Love," up 3. Jana Kramer was one back at 24 with "I Got the Boy," also up 3. Tim McGraw closed out the top 25 with "Top of the World," up 4.
On the albums chart, Hunt was second with "Montevallo," Maddie & Tae third with "Start Here," Zac Brown Band fourth with "Jekyll + Hyde" and Eric Church fifth with "The Outsiders."
Chris Stapleton jumped 7 to 13 with "Traveller." Zac Brown Band's "Greatest Hits So Far..." went from 22 to 19. Cole Swindell's self-titled debut was up 3 to 22, 1 ahead of "Django And Jimmie" from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, also up 3.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Dailey & Vincent were first with Alive! In Concert." Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn jumped from 11 to 2 with their self-titled debut. Last week's chart topper, "Radio" from Steep Canyon Rangers, fell to third. The SteelDrivers were fourth with "The Muscle Shoals Recordings." Punch Brothers closed out the top five with "The Phosphorescent Blues."
On the overall top 200, Bryan was 6th, Hunt 13th, Church 32nd, Zac Brown Band 36th and Maddie & Tae 43rd. The top 200 and country albums chart use different criteria.
More news for Luke Bryan
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- 06/14/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 05/03/24: Bryan hits the farms this fall
- 03/21/24: Tennessee enacts law protecting against AI, voice clones
- 02/02/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy Tour"
- 01/17/24: Bryan, HARDY, Old Dominion headline Watershed
- 08/11/23: Bryan extolls being "Southern and Slow"
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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