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Stapleton dominates chart

Thursday, February 8, 2018 – Chris Stapleton jumped to the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums for the week ending Feb. 10 with "From a Room: Volume 2" after being seventh last week. Stapleton's Grammy wins no doubt helped put him at number one. Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line remained first on the Billboard Hot Country Songs with "Meant to Be."

Stapleton also was second with "Traveller" and third with "From a Room: Volume 1." Kane Brown's self-titled debut was fourth with Thomas Rhett fifth with "Life Changes.

Kenny Chesney jumped from 19 to 8 with "Live in No Shoes Nation." Last week's number one, "Hallelujah Nights" from LANCO, fell all the way to ninth. Alan Jackson was up to 13 with "Precious Memories Collection." Maren Morris, who received face time at the Grammys, saw her "Hero" disc go from 25 to 18. Rhett was 19th with "Tangled Up," up 3. Blake Shelton was at 22 with "Texoma Shore," up 4. Project X, Volume 1 debuted at 27 with "Upchurch X Bottleneck." Brantley Gilbert's "The Devil Don't Sleep" jumped from 46 to 28.

Jason Aldean debuted in second with "You Make It Easy" on the songs chart. Rhett was third with "Marry Me," Russell Dickinson fifth with "Yours" and Brown's "What Ifs" featuring Lauren Alaina fifth.

Stapleton was 10th with "Broken Halos," up 4. Luke Bryan jumped 7 to 15 with "Most People Are Good." Morgan Wallen moved up 5 to 21 with "Up Down," featuring Florida Georgia Line.

Canadian brother duo High Valley was 23rd with "She's With Me," up 5. Granger Smith stood at 24 with "Happens Like That," up 3. Dan + Shay were 25th with "Tequila," up 4. So was Chris Lane's "Take Back Home Girl," featuring Tori Kelly, at 26.

Luke Combs jumped 9 to 27 with "One Number Away," 1 ahead of Midland's "Make a Little," up 4. Darius Rucker was 30th with "For the First Time," up 3. Michael Ray was 34th with "Get to You," up 3. Jon Pardi's "She Ain't In It" was up 5 to 35. Little Big Town was up 6 to 37 with "When Someone Stops Loving You." Dylan Scott was 38th with "Hooked," up 3. LANCO was at 39 with "Born to Love You," up 9.

Lady Antebellum's "Heart Break" was up 6 to 40th. Chris Janson was at 42 with" Drunk Girl," up 5. Stapleton debuted at 43 with "Millionaire." Chase Rice was at 45 with "Three Chords & The Truth," up 5. Justin Moore was at 46 with "Kinda Don't Care,' up 3. Brown's "What Mine is Yours" was at 47, Blake Shelton's "I Lived It" at 48, Cole Swindell's "Stay Downtown" at 49 and Alaina's "Doin' Fine" at 50.

On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Steep Canyon Rangers debuted in first with "Out in the Open." Aussie Guitarist Tommy Emmanuel CGP fell to second with "Accomplice One." Alison Krauss was third with "Windy City," Steve Martin And the Steep Canyon Rangers fourth with "The Long-Awaited Album" and The Dead South fifth with "Illusion & Doubt."

Stapleton was one-two-three on the Americana/Folk Albums chart with "Volume 2," "Traveller" and "Volume 1." The Avett Brothers debuted in fourth with "True Sadness." Ed Sheeran was fifth with "Divide."

On the overall Top 200, "Volume 2" was at 18, up 37; "Traveller" 24th, up 21, "Volume 1" 28th, up 46; Brown 29th and Rhett 40th.


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