Thanks to his role as a judge on the hit NBC singing competition, the Warner Bros. Nashville veteran’s new album, Red River Blue, gives him his first HITS Album sales chart topper, with a total of 117k. His four previous studio albums have all gone gold. Or maybe it's just being married to Miranda Lambert.
Epic gated community rockers Incubus’ If Not Now, When?, the Calabasas, CA, band’s first album in almost five years, since 2006’s Light Grenades, debuts at #2 with first-week sales of 80k.
XL/Columbia’s Adele continues her march, as 21 sells another 77k, bringing its total to almost 2.7 million in the
RCA Nashville’s Chris Young bows at #4, while
New Top 50 entries include Walt Disney’s Shake It Up: Break It Down (#22) soundtrack (#22), Watertower Music’s Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 soundtrack (#25), MCA Nashville’s Ashton Shepherd (#35), Fearless Records’ Breathe Carolina, Epitaph’s Alkaline Trio (#41) and eOne’s Brian McKnight (#45).
Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum re-enters at #47 on news of a new release upcoming.
American Idol winner Scotty McCreery’s Interscope album is the week’s top double-digit gainer, moving #22-17, +29%, followed by UM/CM/Universal Republic’s Nicki Minaj (#27, +12%) and Roswell/RCA/RMG rockers Foo Fighters (#45-40, +12%).
Hitting retail this week are Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop Kids,
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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