Bells are jingling and cashiers are ringing! We are deep into the holiday shopping season and all-genre music sales are up 17 percent week over week. But it’s not enough to bring up the year-to-date stats, check out the graphic below.
Carrie Underwood’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1, enters the country chart at No. 1, selling 94K. Driven by the success of hit single “Something in the Water,” the album swam into No. 4 on the overall chart.
Meanwhile, Craig Wayne Boyd’s star keeps rising—he won season 7 of The Voice last night (Dec. 16). His version of the classic “The Old Rugged Cross” is this week’s top-selling country track, with 64K units. It is also the top debut for the week, both country and overall (No. 13).
Top 5 country albums this week
Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits, 94K
Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine, 62K
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt, 35K
Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes, 25K
Darius Rucker, Home For The Holidays, 24K
Top 5 country tracks this week
Craig Wayne Boyd “The Old Rugged Cross” 64K
Blake Shelton ft. Ashley Monroe “Lonely Tonight” 41K
Carrie Underwood “Something in the Water” 30K
Tim McGraw “Shotgun Rider” 29K
RaeLynn ”God Made Girls” 22K
Also worth noting, Meghan Trainor’s “All About that Bass” bumped past the 4 million tracks sold mark.
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