This week’s country albums chart is all about Hero worship.
Columbia Nashville newcomer Maren Morris‘ debut album Hero has topped the country albums rankings this week, with 37K albums sold. The project lands at No. 5 on the overall chart rankings with combined sales and streaming units of 45K.
Following Morris is a new project from Warner Bros. Records/Warner Music Nashville duo Dan+Shay. Obsessed debuts at No. 2 on the country albums chart with 26K albums sold and No. 8 on the overall chart with 33K combined units.
Rounding out the Top 5 country albums this week are Blake Shelton‘s If I’m Honest (26K), Dierks Bentley‘s Black (20K), and Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller (18K).
Other notable debuts include Republic Nashville artist Cassadee Pope‘s Summer EP at No. 14 on the country album chart (3.8K albums), Craig Morgan‘s Whole Lot More to Me at No. 16 (3.5K), and the Randy Rogers/Wade Bowen collaboration Watch This at No. 21 (2.8K). Royal Bliss‘ The Truth lands at No. 28 (1.5K).
On the Top 200 albums chart, Drake‘s Views remains at the pinnacle, with 135K (32K album only). Overall album sales have decreased 13.3 percent YTD, while overall digital album sales have declined 18 percent. Country album sales have scaled back by 5.2 percent, while country digital album sales have diminished by 12.3 percent YTD.
Florida Georgia Line
Florida Georgia Line‘s “H.O.L.Y.” tops this week’s country tracks sales with 74.5K, surpassing the 500K mark. That’s followed by Tim McGraw‘s “Humble and Kind” with 34K, Dan+Shay‘s “From The Ground Up” with 31.5K, Morris’ “My Church” with 29K, and Luke Bryan‘s “Huntin’, Fishin’, and Lovin’ Everyday” with 26.5K.
The top country debut this week is Charles Kelley‘s “The Only One Who Gets Me,” which debuts at No. 7 country and No. 18 overall, with 12.5 K sold.
Justin Timberlake‘s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” remains at No. 1 on the overall digital track sales chart, with 138K this week, enough to top the 1 million mark in only five weeks of release.
Overall track sales have decreased 24 percent YTD, while country track sales have declined 21.1 percent YTD.
Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan.
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