Brad Paisley’s Moonshine In The Trunk debuted with sales of 53K, locking in the No. 1 spot on the Country album chart, and No. 2 on the overall chart this week. Paisley produced the Arista Nashville release with Luke Wooten.
Due to the overall downslide of music purchases (largely due to streaming) comparing current debut week sales numbers to debut weeks in previous years isn’t exactly comparing apples to apples. Nonetheless, here is the info: In April 2013, Paisley released Wheelhouse, which sold 100K and entered at No. 1. In May 2011, This Is Country Music debuted at No. 1 with sales of 153K units.
Meanwhile on the Country tracks chart, Jason Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down” sold 76K this week for a RTD total of 658K. Darius Rucker had the sweetest Country track debut with “Homegrown Honey” selling 25K. Taylor Swift sits pretty at No. 1 overall in her second week of release with “Shake It Off,” which sold 355K, for a total of 899K.
Top 5 Country Albums this week
Brad Paisley Moonshine In The Trunk 53K
Luke Bryan Crash My Party 15K
Chase Rice Ignite The Night 14K
Various Nashville Outlaws Tribute to Motley Crue 12K
Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 9.8K
Top 5 Country Tracks this week
Jason Aldean “Burnin’ It Down” 76K
FGL “Dirt” 61K
Kenny Chesney “American Kids” 52K
Sam Hunt “Leave The Night On” 43K
Lady Antebellum “Bartender” 38K
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