The new song from Chris Young, “I’m Comin’ Over,” is the top country debut (No. 2) and top overall debut (No. 12) this week. The first single from his upcoming album sold 71K, but couldn’t knock “Girl Crush” (85K) out of the top country spot. Picking up steam from The Voice, Meghan Linsey debuted ”Tennessee Whiskey” with 32K downloads, and Steven Tyler’s country outing, “Love Is Your Name,” entered at No. 9 country, selling 25K.
On the overall tracks chart, Wiz Khalifa’s ”See You Again” sold 227K TW and more than 2 million RTD.
TOP 5 COUNTRY TRACKS TW
Little Big Town “Girl Crush” 85K
Chris Young “I’m Comin’ Over” 71K
Blake Shelton ”Sangria” 49K
Sam Hunt “Take Your Time” 41K
Meghan Linsey “Tennessee Whiskey” 32K
On the albums chart, Zac Brown Band hangs on to the No. 1 country position (No. 7 overall), selling 31K TW. Making debuts are the Nashville Season 3, Vol. 2 album at No. 3 country with sales of 12K, and a project by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell at No. 8 with 7.1K.
The Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack is a hit just like the movie. It debuted at No. 1 overall with activity of 107K (92K albums only).
TOP 5 COUNTRY ALBUMS TW
ZBB, 31K
Sam Hunt, 14K
Nashville Season 3, Vol. 2, 12K
Chris Stapleton, 11K
Reba, 9.2K
Check back next week to see sales numbers from Kelsea Ballerini’s debut album, the new platinum edition of Brantley Gilbert’s current album, and EPs by Jon Pardi and Logan Mize.
YTD ALBUM SALES
Overall -2.9%
Overall Digital +1.2%
Country -7%
Country Digital +.9%
YTD TRACK SALES
Overall -10.3%
Country -16.1%
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