Weekly Register: Kenny Chesney, Cody Jinks Offer Top Country Debuts

Pictured (L-R): Cody Jinks, Kenny Chesney

Warner Music Nashville/Blue Chair artist Kenny Chesney‘s Songs For The Saints crowns this week’s top country albums rankings, according to Nielsen Soundscan. As reported earlier today, the project moved 77K in total consumption in its debut week.

Cody Jinks is at No. 2, moving 24K units of his album Lifers in its debut week (total consumption). The project is Jinks’ first for the Rounder Records label.
Rounding out this week’s top 5 country albums are Luke CombsThis One’s For You (24K), Jason Aldean‘s Rearview Town (17.5K), and Dan+Shay‘s self-titled album (15K).
On the digital country song sales chart, Florida Georgia Line‘s “Simple” leads with 17K this week, followed by Brett Young‘s “Mercy” (13K). Jason Aldean‘s (ft. Miranda Lambert) “Drowns The Whiskey” is at No. 3 with 12K, followed by Dan+Shay’s “Tequila” at No. 4 with 11K. Bebe Rexha and FGL’s “Meant To Be” is at No. 5 with 9.7K, and reaches 1.25 million to date.
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