Weekly Register: Checking In With The Top 10

Total album sales slipped -22 percent week over week, with all genres moving 4.134 million units this week. Country album sales fell -23 percent w/w with sales of 432 K.

This is after an already slow start to the year, where album sales took a deep dive between the last week of 2014 and the first week of 2015 (-47 percent overall, -55 percent country).

There were no noteworthy debuts this week, so let’s check in with the Top 10 country tracks and albums. Note Luke Bryan hanging tight at No. 6 on the albums chart 75 weeks since release. And 48 weeks after release, Eric Church is at No. 9.

 Top 10 Country Albums
Chart Position/Label/Artist/Album/This Week Sales/Release To Date/Weeks On

1 RCA Nashville, Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine, 15,000 TW, 547,000 RTD, 9 weeks
2 Broken Bow, Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt, 13,000, 786,000, 14
3 MCA Nashville, Sam Hunt, Montevallo, 13,000, 241,000, 11
4 Arista Nashville, Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, 13,000, 233,000, 5
5 Republic Nashville, Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes, 9,000, 525,000, 13
6 Capitol Nashville, Luke Bryan, Crash My Party, 6,000, 2,346,000, 75
7 WB, Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine, 5,000, 295,000, 15
8 MCA Nashville, George Strait, The Cowboy Rides Away: Live, 5,000, 289,000, 17
9 EMI Nashville, Eric Church, Outsiders, 4,000 825,000, 48
10 Valory, Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am, 4,000, 716,000, 34

Top 10 Country Tracks

1 Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time,” 34,000 TW, 212,00 RTD
2 Tim McGraw, “Shotgun Rider,” 33,000, 523,000
3 Carrie Underwood, “…Water,” 32,000, 746,000
4 Blake Shelton ft. A. Monroe, “Lonely Tonight,” 28,000, 255,000
5 Florida Georgia Line, “Sun Daze,” 28,000, 360,000
6 Eric Church, “Talladega,” 25,000, 372,000
7 Chris Young, “Lonely Eyes,” 24,000, 219,000
8 Luke Bryan, “I See You,” 24,000, 296,000
9 Lee Brice, “Drinking Class,” 23,000, 368,000
10 RaeLynn, “God Made Girls,” 22,000, 391,000

According to Nielsen Soundscan