Bryan doubles up
Thomas Rhett jumped from 11 to 2 on the songs chart with "Die a Happy Man." Old Dominion held third with "Break Up With Him," while Cam stayed fourth with "Burning House." Chris Young was fifth with "I'm Comin' Over."
Chase Rice was 10th with "Gonna Wanna Tonight," up 3, while Cole Swindell also moved up 3, to 11, with "Let Me See Ya Girl." Dan + Shay were at 13 with "Nothin' Like You," up 3. Sam Hunt was 14th with "Break Up in a Small Town," up 4.
Parmalee moved into the top 25 with "Already Callin' You Mine," at 23, up 3. LoCash's "I Love This Life" was at 24, up 3. Randy Houser closed out the top 25 as "We Went" was up 4 spots.
On the Albums chart, Toby Keith debuted in second with "35 mph Town," one ahead of "Thirty One" from Jana Kramer in its debut week. Don Henley held fourth with "Cass County." Last week's chart topper, George Strait's "Cold Beer Conversation,' fell to fifth.
Jason Boland And the Stragglers debuted at 11 with "Squelch." Josh Thompson debuted at 20 with "Change: The Lost Record Vol. 1" EP.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, The Infamous Stringdusters debuted in first with its "Undercover" EP. Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn were second with their self-titled debut, one ahead of Dailey & Vincent's "Alive! In Concert." Steep Canyon Rangers were fourth with "Radio." Fleck and Washburn's "Banjo Banjo" EP was fifth, up 8. "The Song of The Banjo" by Alison Brown debuted in eighth.
On the top 200 overall chart, Bryan was 7th, Rhett 9th, Kramer 10th, Keith 14 and Hunt 17th. The Top 200 and country charts use different criteria.
More news for Luke Bryan
- 08/08/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 07/16/24: Bryan adds final Farm Tour date
- 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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