Martina McBride’s independent release Everlasting sold 21k and debuted as the No. 1 Country album this week.
The top debut overall goes to MercyMe, selling 26k of Welcome To The New (Fair Trade).
[To show the free-fall in sales land: During this week last year, the No. 1 country album was Brad Paisley’s then-new Wheelhouse, with sales of 100k, compared to 21k garnering the No. 1 spot this year.]
Other Country debuts this week include Carlene Carter’s Carter Girl with 1.4k, available on Rounder.
MusicRow critic Robert K. Oermann recently raved about the new sets from McBride and Carter, which were both produced by Don Was and released the same day.
Ronnie Dunn’s Peace Love and Country Music on his own Little Will-E Records, in partnership with Country Outfitter, sold 958k.
The ACM Awards yielded small sales bumps this week for a few performers. Co-host Luke Bryan saw a 24 percent increase week-to-week on downloads of “Play It Again,” selling 108k TW and 620k RTD.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill debuted “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” on the show, which entered the chart at No. 9 Country, selling 33k.
Miranda Lambert, George Strait and Paisley saw slight boosts. Lambert’s “Automatic” sold 51k TW, a 63 percent rise for 237k RTD. Strait’s “I Got A Car” sold 21k TW, a 69 percent lift for 125k RTD. Paisley’s “River Bank” moved 21k, a 375 percent increase for 25k RTD.
Carlene Carter treated “MusicRow” staffers to a performance of tunes from “Carter Girl.”
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