Top spot is "kind" to McGraw
McGraw assumed the top from Cole Swindell's "You Should Be Here," which slipped to second. McGraw last hit number one in 2014 with "Shotgun Rider." Thomas Rhett was third with "Die a Happy Man," one ahead of "Somewhere on a Beach" by Dierks Bentley. Blake Shelton was fifth with "Came Here to Forget." Chris Young's duet with Cassadee Pope, "Think of You," was up three to sixth.
Jason Aldean was a huge mover with "Lights Come On" shooting up from 43 to 7. Luke Bryan was at 14, up 7, with "Huntin', Fishin' & Lovin' Every Day." Stapleton's "Nobody to Blame" was 15th, up 3. Keith Urban stood at 17 with "Wasted Time," up 3. Stapleton also was 25th with "Fire Away," up 12.
On the albums chart, Joey + Rory remained second with "Hymns." Carrie Underwood was sixth with "Storyteller," up three. Sam Hunt was fourth with "Montevallo" and Rhett fifth with "Tangled Up." Church's "Mr. Misunderstood" was up five to sixth. Chris Young was at eight, up seven, with "I'm Comin' Over." Joey + Rory were also 10th with "The Album Collection."
Kelsea Ballerini moved from 18 to 12 with "The First Time." Old Dominion's "Meat And Candy" was up 3 to 13, Cam's "Untamed" climbed 9 to 14. Little Big Town was at 18 with "Pain Killer," up 8. Maren Morris' EP was up 9 to 22. Underwood was at 23, up 4, with "Greatest Hits: Decade #1." Soul Circus Cowboys moved up 8 to 25 with "Tailgate Country."
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, The SteelDrivers jumped from sixth to first with "The Muscle Shoals Recordings." Steve Martin & Edie Brickell were down a spot to second with "So Familiar." The Willis Clan was third with "Chapter Two - Boots." Town Mountain debuted in fourth with "Southern Crescent." Dori Freeman's self-titled disc was up three to five.
On the overall top 200, Stapleton was 2nd, Joey + Rory 15th, Rhett 16th, Hunt 20th and Underwood's "Storyteller" 29th. The country albums and top 200 charts use different criteria.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 03/07/25: McGraw enlists McCollum to make "Paper Umbrellas"
- 10/11/24: McGraw releases "People Like Us"
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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