Rhett, Stapleton lead charts
Luke Bryan was third on the albums chart with "Kill the Lights," up three. Eric Church remained fourth with "Mr. Misunderstood." Blake Shelton held fifth with "Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits."
LeAnn Rimes' "Today is Christmas" stood at nine, up eight. Elvis Presley "Elvis: Ultimate Christmas" moved up 3 spots to 11. Jessie James Decker is back with "This Christmas" as the EP debuted at 16. One spot back was "Nashville: The Music of Nashville, Season 4, Volume 1." Underwood closed out the top 25 with "Greatest Hits: Decade #1," up 3.
Sam Hunt remained second on the songs chart with "Break Up in a Small Town." Cam's hit, "Burning House," inched up a spot to third. Shelton was fourth with "Gonna," one ahead of Chris Young's "I'm Comin' Over."
Bryan vaulted from 14 to 8 with "Home Alone Tonight," a song he recorded with Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild. Jana Kramer broke into the top 10 with "I Got the Boy" at 10.
Randy Houser stood at 19 with "We Went," up 3. Keith Urban's "Break On Me." Was in 22nd, up 4. The Voice contestant Emily Ann Roberts debuted at 25 with "9 to 5."
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell remained first with "So Familiar." Found Wandering was second with "On a Christmas Night." Punch Brothers were third with "The Wireless" EP and fourth with "The Phosphorescent Blues." Rhonda Vincent was fifth with "Christmas Time."
On the overall top 200, Stapleton was 9th, Underwood 20th, Bryan 23rd, Hunt 24th and Rhett 27th. The top 200 and country albums chart use different criteria.
More news for Thomas Rhett
- 03/21/25: Rhett unveils "What Could Go Right" with Gardner
- 01/13/25: Rhett plays Fenway
- 09/16/24: Rhett is "Better in Boots"
- 08/23/24: Wilson, Rhett, Zeiders, Acuff dish out new music
- 06/05/24: Rhett is All "About A Woman"
- 05/10/24: Rhett is as "Beautiful As You"
- 09/29/23: Rhett, Wallen team up for "Mamaw's House"
- 06/07/23: Rhett celebrates hits with September vinyl release
CD reviews for Thomas Rhett
Thomas Rhett's "Where We Started" begins with a wonderfully positive relationship song titled "The Hill." Over a quiet, acoustic guitar arrangement, Rhett sings of how a successful marriage is the hill he wants to die on. In other words, if he's going to fight for anything, he's going to battle for his romantic partnership. Unsurprisingly, Lori McKenna had a part in writing it. When it comes to setting the right priorities in life, McKenna is one of our greatest ...
Thomas Rhett is in the artistic zone. Rhett Atkins' boy never really struggled to get noticed, but starting around 2015, his impact went nuclear – "Die A Happy Man" wasn't just a number one, but a monster that stayed there for two months. The ACM Award for Entertainer of the Year still carries a lot of weight, and Rhett nabbed it in 2019.
Still, Rhett's sound has its doubters – a lot of the air-quote country hits were grafted to other dance, pop and soul styles. ...
Thomas Rhett represents a dilemma for traditional country music fans. Namely, that he doesn't create much country music that appeals to traditional tastes. Although "Center Point Road" doesn't entirely reverse that trend, even during its most overtly pop moments, this new collection of songs is still a pretty good one.
The best song is also a love song - to a truck - titled "That Old Truck." It's the kind of song that only makes sense within country music circles. ...
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