Gilbert reaches Platinum
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 – Brantley Gilbert has gone Platinum again, this time with "Just As I Am," his label announced today.
At the CMA Awards radio remotes at the Music City Center in Nashville, The Valory Music Co. Senior Vice President for Promotion George Briner surprised Gilbert.
"I'd been waiting to hear we hit a million," Gilbert said. "Because I can tell the way people respond to these songs live. 'One Hell Of An Amen' really hits them, and when people feel a song like that, you know it's a part of their lives."
Gilbert went Platinum with his debut, "Halfway to Heaven."
Gilibert also enjoyed a big hit with "Bottoms Up." His new single, "Stone Cold Sober," jumped 9 to 34 on Monday's radio chart.
Gilbert also just announced the 37-date Black Out Tour kicking off Nov. 11 in Amsterdam. The U.S. leg starts Jan. 28 in Saginaw, Mich.
More news for Brantley Gilbert
- 07/17/24: Gilbert "Tattoos" it
- 06/06/24: Gilbert is "Over When We're Sober"
- 04/26/24: Gilbert goes Off the Rails even more, adds tour dates
- 12/11/23: Gilbert goes Off the Rails
- 04/21/23: Gilbert, Townes, Evans drop new discs
- 02/24/23: "So Help Me God," Gilbert goes deluxe
- 01/24/23: Gilbert joins Nickelback on tour
- 11/03/22: Gilbert plans new album, "So Help Me God"
CD reviews for Brantley Gilbert
It would be easy (and lazy journalism) to write about how much Brantley Gilbert's music is un-country. You need only isolate the drum parts for most of these latest songs to confirm this is primarily a rock recording (masked as country). However, there are some quality - if not exactly country - songs on this effort, which cry out for a different sort of evaluation.
Gilbert saves his best for last with "Man That Hung The Moon," a song about fatherhood that will likely bring many dads to tears. ...
For those fans worrying over the potential demise of bro country, rest easy; Brantley Gilbert is here to keep that flag flying high. Comprised of a solid set of radio ready rockers alongside a few tamer numbers, Gilbert sets out to prove the establishment wrong, rolling his way through 16 tales of hard living and partying. Yet, while Gilbert holds strong to the "bro country" stance, he's also very much his own man, allowing his faith and values to pull front and center as well. ...
With the third version of Brantley Gilbert's "Just as I Am," he has almost doubled the average country album track listing. The definitive Platinum Edition contains 19 tracks that feature his trademark rock inflected country sound. The original 11 tracks are still intact, with the addition of the 3 songs from the original deluxe edition. Added on at the end are five new songs that largely fit well with the tone of the album.
Those who originally purchased the regular edition ...
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