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Rhett dominates chart

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 – Thomas Rhett dominated the Billboard charts for the week ending Sept. 30 with his new disc, "Life Changes,' which was the top selling country in the U.S. Rhett also landed nine songs on the Top Country Songs chart. Sam Hunt yet again was first on the songs chart, though, with "Beauty Like a Back Road."

Kane Brown held second again with "What Ifs," his song featuring Lauren Alaina. Dustin Lynch remained third with "Small Town Boy." Rhett was fourth, up three, with "Unforgettable." Luke Combs was fifth with "When It Rains It Pours." Rhett also was ninth with "Craving You," his son with Maren Morris, which was back up three. Blake Shelton jumped from 40 to 10 with "I'll Name the Dogs."

Brown debuted at 13 with "Found You." Rhett also debuted at 23 with "Marry Me," was at 33 with "Sixteen," up 11, "35 with "Grave," up 6, 3 with "Leave Right Now," "Sweetheart" at 41, "Drink a Little Beer" at 42 featuring his father, Rhett Akins, and "When You Look Like that" at 49.

Kid Rock debuted at 36 with "Tennessee Mountain Top."

On the albums chart, Lynch debuted in second with "Current Mood" and Kip Moore third with "Slowheart." Brown was fourth with his self-titled debut. Combs fell from first to fifth with "This One's For You." Toby Keith debuted at six with "The Bus Songs."

The late Don William was at 14 with "20 Greatest Hits." The Texas Tenors debuted at 17 with "Rise." Montgomery Gentry was 18th with "Playlist: The Very Best of Montgomery Gentry" following the death of Troy Gentry.

On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Alison Krauss remained first with "Windy City." Sarah Jarosz was second with "Undercurrent,' Bradley Walker third with "Call Me Old-fashioned," Old Crow Medicine Show fourth with '50 Years of Blonde on Blonde" and Dailey & Vincent fifth with "Patriots And Poets."

On the Americana/Folk Albums chart, Jack Johnson was first with "All the Light Above It Too." The late Gregg Allman debuted in second with "Southern Blood,' Neil Young third with "Hitchhiker." Chris Stapleton's "Traveller," last week's chart topper, fell to fourth. He also was fifth with "From a Room: Volume 1."

On the top 200, Lynch was 7th, Moore 10th, Brown 30th and Combs 35th.


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CD review - Where We Started 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 ...
CD review - Country Again: Side A 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. ...
CD review - Center Point Road 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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