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Florida Georgia Line's 'Stay' Tops Stagnant Billboard Country Airplay Chart

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Florida Georgia Line's 'Stay' Tops Stagnant Billboard Country Airplay Chart
It seems that with their current hit, Florida Georgia Line issued a command to the rest of the chart – Stay! The entire Top 6 remains unchanged. What chart movement there is comes from Cole Swindell and David Nail trading places, and Luke Bryan and Parmalee doing the same.   Billboard Country Airplay Chart (January Read More

Country Music Sales Take a Crash Despite Luke Bryan's 'Party'

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Country Music Sales Take a Crash Despite Luke Bryan's 'Party'
2013 was not a great year for album sales. The advance of on-demand services and personalized radio further nibbled at already low sales figures. While there was a 8.4% decline in album sales overall compared to 2012, country album sales dropped by 10.7%. The sale of individual songs was down 1.6% overall, with again country Read More

Garth Brooks Remains At Number One; Parmalee Enters Top Ten

11 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on Garth Brooks Remains At Number One; Parmalee Enters Top Ten
New music hits the Top Ten Country Albums chart this week with a special guest included among that. The Zac Brown Band’s brand new EP, The Grohl Sessions: Vol. 1, a collaboration they did with famed Foo Fighter’s drummer Dave Grohl, lands at number five on this week’s charts. The soundtrack for season two of Read More

FGL Stays Strong At Number One; Parmalee On The Hunt For Their First Number One

11 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on FGL Stays Strong At Number One; Parmalee On The Hunt For Their First Number One
FGL again remains at number one for the week, however, Parmalee is nipping at their heels with their current single ‘Carolina’, which leap-frogged both Luke Bryan and the Eli Young Band to land at number two for the week. Newcomer Cole Swindell makes his debut in the top ten this week with ‘Chillin’ It’. Billboard Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top All-Genre Albums and Songs: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top All-Genre Albums and Songs: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake
With more than 2 million copies sold, ‘Thrift Shop’ closes out the year atop the Billboard 2013 Year-End Hot 100 Songs Chart and solidifies the star status of hip-hopper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis. The duo also lands another collaboration, ‘Can’t Hold Us,’ in the top 10. Justin Timberlake‘s return, The 20/20 Experience, was the Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Country Albums and Songs: Florida Georgia Line, Taylor Swift, Billy Currington

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Country Albums and Songs: Florida Georgia Line, Taylor Swift, Billy Currington
There cannot be any doubt that Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Cruise’ is the song that dominated country music in 2013. It spent a large part of the year taking root at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Darius Rucker‘s unimaginative re-imagining of ‘Wagon Wheel’ follows, ahead of Blake Shelton‘s ‘Boys Round Here.’ If, as Read More

Garth Brooks' Roots Remains Number One; Jake Owen Debuts Days Of Gold At Number Four

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Garth Brooks' Roots Remains Number One; Jake Owen Debuts Days Of Gold At Number Four
On this week’s country album charts, as compiled by Billboard, the only major change comes in the form of Jake Owen, who debuts his latest album Days Of Gold at number four.   Billboard Country Albums Chart: December 12,2013 1. Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences -Garth Brooks 2. Duck The Read More

FGL 'Stay's At Number One; Luke Bryan Brings 'Drink A Beer' Up To Number Two

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on FGL 'Stay's At Number One; Luke Bryan Brings 'Drink A Beer' Up To Number Two
Luke Bryan brings his heart-felt ballard about the loss of a loved one, ‘Drink A Beer’, to number two, up from number eight last week. Eli Young Band climbs to the number three spot this week, and Parmalee rounds out the top five with their latest ‘Carolina’. Billboard Country Songs Chart (December 13, 2013): 1. Read More

Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 6, 2013

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 6, 2013
Weekly round-up of the Billboard chart #1s! Pop brats One Direction top the albums chart in pretty much every country, Garth Brooks returns to his rightful place atop the country charts, Mumford & Sons manages a return to #1 on the Folk Albums Chart, and Imagine Dragons takes their ‘Demons’ to lead the Pop Songs Read More

FGL Takes 'Stay' To Number One

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on FGL Takes 'Stay' To Number One
I love it when good songs, or at least songs that I think are good songs, reach the top ten on the Billboard Country singles chart, and I especially love it when they climb higher and higher in the top ten. This week, Joe Nichols takes his ‘Sunny and 75’ into the top five on Read More