Urban, Chesney top charts
Brett Eldredge debuted in second on the albums chart with his holiday disc, "Glow." Urban was third with "Ripcord." Chris Stapleton, last week's chart topper, fell to fourth with "Traveller." Cole Swindell debuted in fifth with "Down Home Sessions III" EP.
Jimmy Buffett was sixth in his first week with his holiday disc "Tis the Season." Maren Morris jumped from 26 to 7 with "Hero," with her CMA win for Best New Artist likely contributing to her spike. Thomas Rhett was eighth with "Tangled Up," up 19. He also was victorious at the CMAs.
Kip Moore debuted at 12 with his EP "Underground." Texas artist debuted at 13 with "Good Country Music." Eric Church stood in 15 with "Mr. Misunderstood," 1 ahead of Kacey Musgraves' "A Very Kacey Christmas" in its debut week. Jennifer Nettles debuted at 17 with "To Celebrate Christmas." Dierks Bentley was 21st with "Black," up 10.
Urban took over the number one spot from Chesney's "Setting the World on Fire" with Pink, which fell to second. Florida Georgia Line remained third with "May We All," which features Tim McGraw. Swindell stayed fourth with "Middle of a Memory." Luke Bryan stayed fifth with "Move."
Little Big Town was a big mover with "Better Man" jumping from 20th to 6th. Old Dominion broke into the top 10 with "Song For Another Time" up 1 to 10th. Rhett was at 14 with "Star of the Show," up 3. Brad Paisley stood at 22nd with "Today," up 3. Blake Shelton was 23rd with "A Guy With a Girl," climbing 3. Brothers Osborne closed out the top 25 with "21 Summer," moving up from 30th.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Bradley Walker remained first with "Call Me Old-fashioned." Dwight Yoakam stayed second with "Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band third with "Circlin' Back: Celebrating 50 Years, Live at the Ryman Auditorium, TN" and Mandolin Orange staying fourth with "Blindfaller." Balsam Range debuted in fifth with "Mountain Voodoo."
On the Americana/Folk Albums chart, Stapleton was first, Leonard Cohen second with "You Want it Darker," Chuck Murphy third with "Peace Be With You," Bon Iver fourth with "22, A Million" and She & Him debuting in fifth with "Christmas Party."
On the overall Top 200, Chesney was 2nd, Urban 12th, Stapleton 17th, Rhett 23rd and Florida Georgia Line 26th. The overall top 200 and country albums chart use different criteria.
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- 09/20/24: Urban, Midland, ZBB, Tenpenny release new discs
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