Blackberry Smoke has the top country album this week, with Like An Arrow shooting straight to No. 1 with sales of 18K. Also new to the chart, Chris Young’s Christmas album debuts at No. 4 with 8.2K.
On the overall Top 200, Nashvillians Kings of Leon enter at No. 1 with Walls, selling 77.5K (68K album only).
Meanwhile on the country tracks chart, Kenny Chesney’s latest single, “Trip Around the Sun,” is the top country debut at No. 19 selling 8.8K.
Top 5 Country Albums TW
Blackberry Smoke, Like An Arrow, 18K (debut)
Chris Stapleton, Traveller, 9.9K
Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know, 9.9K
Chris Young, It Must Be Christmas, 8.2K (debut)
Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots, 8.1K
Top 5 Country Tracks TW
Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color” 36K
Kenny Chesney f/ Pink “Setting the World on Fire” 26K
Florida Georgia Line f/ Tim McGraw “May We All” 23K
Artists of Then, Now, & Forever “Forever Country” 19K
Locash “I Know Somebody” 17K
YTD Albums
Overall -14.2%
Overall digital -19.1%
Country -8.2%
Country digital -13.2%
YTD Tracks
Overall -24.5%
Country -22.7%
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
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