Carrie Underwood performs “Something In The Water” on the CMA Awards
Taylor Swift sold another 402K units of 1989 this week, yielding a two-week total of almost 1.7 million. Her TEA sales for this album are 2.07 million.
Back in Country land, the CMA Awards gave a boost to artists who performed on the show.
Meghan Trainor and Miranda Lambert bring the “Bass”
Pop star Meghan Trainor stepped out for a performance with Miranda Lambert, helping to bump “All About That Bass” back to No. 1 on the overall tracks chart. It sold 190K this week for a RTD total of 3.5 million.
All of the Top 5 Country tracks were showcased on Wednesday night’s awards, except for “Leave The Night On” by newcomer Sam Hunt.
Top 5 Country Tracks
Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water,” 84K, up 144%
Tim McGraw, “Shotgun Rider,” 51K, up 82%
Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down,” 45K, up 19%
Little Big Town, “Day Drinkin,'” 43K, up 184%
Sam Hunt, “Leave The Night On,” 36K, up 15%
The Doobie Brothers took the stage at Bridgestone Arena to showcase their Country collaborative effort, Southbound, which debuted with sales of 16K.
Top 5 Country Albums
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt, 35K
Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes, 30K
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am, 26K
Sam Hunt, Montevallo, 25K
Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine, 21K
Coming next week… the sales tally for Garth Brooks’ just-released album.
The Doobie Brothers were joined by Jennifer Nettles, Hillary Scott and Hunter Hayes on the CMA Awards.
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