Weekly Register: Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” Tops 2 Million

Little Big Town

Little Big Town

In addition to earning Little Big Town a Grammy nomination, “Girl Crush” has sold 6.1K this week, enough to push the sultry ballad over the 2 million mark.

Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton continue their reigns over the Top Country tracks and Top Country albums rankings, respectively. Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” pushed 39K units this week, while Stapleton’s Traveller project moved 27K units (landing at No. 8 on the overall rankings).

Following Rhett on the top-selling country tracks are Sam Hunt‘s “Break Up In A Small Town” (28K), Cole Swindell‘s “You Should Be Here” (28K), Luke Bryan with Karen Fairchild‘s “Home Alone Tonight” (24K), and Brett Eldredge‘s “Drunk On Your Love” (24K). Meanwhile, The Cadillac Three earned the top country debut, coming in at No. 47 and selling 4.1K in its debut week.

On the overall tracks rankings, Zayn debuted at No. 1 with “Pillowtalk” selling 240K. Drake‘s new track “Summer Sixteen” sold 213K.

Overall tracks sales are down 25.8 percent over last year, while country track sales are down 24.2 percent from last year.

Following up Stapleton’s lead on the country albums rankings are Sam Hunt’s Montevallo with 7.8K, Blake Shelton‘s Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits compilation selling 7.4K, Hank Williams, Jr‘s It’s About Time (6.7K), and Carrie Underwood‘s Storyteller (6.2K). The top country debuts include sets from Swon Brothers at No. 19 (1.8K), Aubrie Sellers at No. 23 (1.6K), and Buddy Miller & Friends at No. 30 (1.4K).

Rihanna‘s Anti album takes the No. 1 overall album spot this week, selling 166K. Kevin Gates follows at No. 2 with Islah selling 112K. Adele‘s 25 is at No. 3 (106K), and Sia‘s This Is Acting is at No. 4 (81K).

Info provided by Nielsen Soundscan.

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