Joey + Rory's "Hymns" goes to the top
Sunday, March 13, 2016 – Joey + Rory will have the top selling country disc on Billboard when the charts are out on Tuesday.
"Hymns" went from 10th to 6th on the overall top 200 chart with 45,000 units sold, a 35-percent jump. Joey Feek died on March 4 of cancer at 40. The disc, of course, will be first on the country chart.
Chris Stapleton's "Traveller" was seventh on the overall chart with 39,000 units sold, down 9 percent. He is second on the country chart.
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- 08/29/24: Stapleton takes "Think I'm In Love With You" to video
- 05/20/24: Stapleton/Lipa collaboration gets released
- 04/26/24: Stapleton takes on Petty's "I Should Have Known It"
- 02/04/24: Stapleton, Isbell & The 400 Unit take two GRAMMYS each
- 01/18/24: Stapleton, Nick Creek, Giddens, Tuttle play New Orleans Fest
- 11/10/23: Stapleton gets "Higher," ZBB "Covers" live
- 11/03/23: Stapleton adds four dates to '24 tour
CD reviews
There was a bit of a controversy at the recent CMAs when Chris Stapleton beat out Morgan Wallen for best male vocalist, especially after Wallen had such a huge year, commercially speaking. Yes, one can make the case that Wallen is the most popular male singer in country music these days. However, when it comes to pure singing, Stapleton is arguably the genre's most naturally talented singer. He doesn't really need any more proof of that, of course, but his "Higher" album ...
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You may love the title track, which puts flesh and bone onto the 'better luck next time' wish. Then again, the spiritual truth contained within the Creedence Clearwater Revival-esque "Devil Always Made Me Think Twice" might also ...
There is no bigger artist in country music today, perhaps even in American music, than Chris Stapleton. His appeal reaches beyond just the commercial country fans for his gritty bluesy approach. 2015's "Traveller" set a high bar, which was met by this year's release of "From A Room: Volume 1," which won Album of the Year in the 51st CMA Awards. Stapleton also garnered the Male Vocalist of the Year for his second time. Now seven months after that release, "From ...
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