Parmalee Stays at #1, Cole Swindell, David Nail Join Top 10

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Parmalee Stays at #1, Cole Swindell, David Nail Join Top 10
Parmalee keeps control of the #1 spot on the Mediabase Country Single Chart with ‘Carolina,’ but the top 3 gets a shake-up. Eli Young Band‘s ‘Drunk Last Night’ advances from #4 to #2, and Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Stay’ jumps from #7 to #3. Eric Paslay is en route to a top 5 hit as ‘Friday Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Folk Albums: Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Ed Sheeran

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Folk Albums: Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Ed Sheeran
As in 2012, Mumford & Sons dominated the sales of the folk albums and the band no only top the year-end sales chart with most recent album,Babel, but also lands its 2009 release, Sigh No More, in the top 10. 2012 breakout act The Lumineers and Ed Sheeran both still show strong sales figures and Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Alan Jackson, Steven Curtis Chapman

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Alan Jackson, Steven Curtis Chapman
With their hopefully not just one-time collaboration, Love Has Come for You, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have the best-selling bluegrass album of 2013. Alan Jackson has found chart success in this genre with the simply titled, The Bluegrass Album, and lands at #2. The loyalty of bluegrass fans is evidenced by the fact that Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke
With three songs in the year-end top 10, 2013 was undeniably the year of Imagine Dragons on the Rock Songs Chart, with ‘Radioactive’ leading the pack. A fairly wide definition of “rock” allows The Lumineers to snatch the #2 spot, while breakout act Lorde lands at #3. I don’t particularly consider Mumford & Sons‘ Babel Read More

Celebrity Backstage Retreat at the American Country Awards

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Celebrity Backstage Retreat at the American Country Awards
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Country superstar Trace Adkins and racing star Danica Patrick served as co-hosts for the American Country Awards. The show featured performances by some of country music’s top talent and hottest new artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Jake Owen with Billy Gibbons, Kellie Pickler along with presenters 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

Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 13, 2013

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 13, 2013
Weekly round-up of the Billboard chart #1s! Eminem and Rihanna dominate the pop world, Garth Brooks knocks One Direction off the #1 spot on the all-genre album chart, Passenger‘s fantastic ‘All the Little Lights’ tops the Folk Albums Chart, and Lorde still leads the rock charts. Hot 100 Songs: ‘The Monster’ – Eminem feat. Rihanna 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