Owen scores career high
Sunday, August 7, 2016 – Jake Owen leads a total of three country albums on the Billboard top 10 in a preliminary chart released on Sunday. Owen's "American Love" was the fourth best selling disc in the U.S. this week with 35,000 units.
Of that total, 29,000 were in traditional album sales. Owen's previous high was in 2011 when "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" was sixth with 55,000 units sold in its first week.
Blake Shelton's "If I'm Honest" jumped from 24 to 9 with 28,000 units, up 88 percent. The huge jump was mainly due to a 99-cent sale in the Google Play store.
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott led Hillary Scott & The Scott Family's "Love Remains" to seventh on the chart with 31,000 units (28,000 in traditional album sales). Scott was second on the Top Country Albums and first on the Top Christian Albums charts.
DJ Khaled led the charts with "Major Key," selling 95,000 units.
Billboard releases the full charts on Tuesday.
More news for Jake Owen
- 06/23/23: Ray, Owen, Tyminski release new discs
- 06/05/23: Owen uncorks Loose Cannon Tour
- 05/24/23: Owen becomes a "Loose Cannon
- 04/26/22: Owen goes Up There Down Here on tour
- 12/01/20: Owen gets engaged
- 05/17/20: Owen is "Made For You"
- 12/09/19: Owen announces acoustic tour
- 10/07/19: Pearce, Ray tie the knot
CD reviews for Jake Owen
Jake Owen contributes to the writing of his album "Greetings From...Jake" on just one song called "Damn." Therefore, the success this project rises or falls with his vocals and song choices. Fortunately, Own has chosen some memorable songs to sing, and his singing voice has never sounded better.
He's never better than on the single and album opener, "Down to the Honkytonk." It's a 'friends in low places' drinking song, where Owen's voice gets ...
Most everyone has made up their mind on bro-country music. Maybe you love the breezy images of the beach dippin' and sippin' lifestyle, or you write it off as empty headed and repetitive. Either way, Florida native Jake Owen was a torchbearer for the genre, and it's rewarded him well - four albums and five Number One singles (remember "Beachin"?). His career has been on a more-or-less upward arc, with higher-profile tours and bigger hits each time out. ...
Jake Owen aims to satisfy all comers (that is, if the current country is your thing), but the individual pieces don't quite add up. The songs may stand up on their own well enough, but when all is said and done, Owen remains an artist without much of an identity or sound. Take, for example, Beachin', one of countless country songs about the good life. Like many of his counterparts these days, there's a spoken, neo hip hop rap part to it. The song is breezy, on the catchy side, but ...
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