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Post by drock89 on Nov 18, 2009 11:22:52 GMT -5
Here you will find the #1 song for each week on Billboard. The list starts with the first chart of the Billboard calender. BILLBOARD TOP ALBUMS/SONGS #1s - ARCHIVE | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Billboard's Top Country Albums - Artist/Album/Sales[/color] December 5, 2009: Carrie Underwood, Play On - 86,220 December 12, 2009: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 124,600 December 19, 2009: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 127,230 December 26, 2009: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 168,000 January 2, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 239,000 January 9, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 224,000 January 16, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 60,000 January 23, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 38,000 January 30, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 33,000 February 6, 2010: Taylor Swift, Fearless - 32,000 February 13, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 480,900 February 20, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 208,000 February 27, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 207,500 March 6, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 144,120 March 13, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 118,000 March 20, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 126,000 March 27, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 104,600 April 3, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 93,000 April 10, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 78,000 April 17, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 87,000 April 24, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 57,000 May 1, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 65,000 May 8, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 83,000 May 15, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 76,000 May 22, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 97,300 May 29, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 54,000 June 5, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 46,000 June 12, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 46,000 June 19, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 41,000 June 26, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 39,000 July 3, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 40,000 July 10, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 32,000 July 17, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 30,000 July 24, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 28,000 July 31, 2010: Jerrod Niemann, Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury - 34,000 August 7, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 24,800 August 14, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 27,000 August 21, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 28,550 August 28, 2010: Blake Shelton, All About Tonight - 33,000 September 4, 2010: Trace Adkins, Cowboy's Back In Town - 49,700 September 11, 2010: Little Big Town, The Reason Why - 42,000 September 18, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 23,000 September 25, 2010: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 18,000 October 2, 2010: Jamey Johnson, The Guitar Song - 63,000 October 9, 2010: Zac Brown Band, You Get What You Give - 153,000 October 16, 2010: Kenny Chesney, Hemingway's Whiskey - 183,000 October 23, 2010: Toby Keith, Bullets In The Gun - 71,000 October 30, 2010: Darius Rucker, Charleston, SC 1966 - 101,000 November 6, 2010: Sugarland, The Incredible Machine - 203,000 November 13, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 1,047,000 November 20, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 320,000 November 27, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 212,000 COMPLETE ALBUM/SINGLE SALES: HERE Billboard's Hot Country Singles - Artist/Title/Weeks To #1[/color] December 5, 2009: Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" (15 weeks) December 12, 2009: Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" (16 weeks) December 19, 2009: Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" (17 weeks) December 26, 2009: Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" (18 weeks) January 2, 2010: Reba McEntire - "Consider Me Gone" (20 weeks)# January 9, 2010: Reba McEntire - "Consider Me Gone" (21 weeks)# January 16, 2010: Reba McEntire - "Consider Me Gone" (22 weeks) January 23, 2010: Reba McEntire - "Consider Me Gone" (23 weeks) January 30, 2010: Tim McGraw - "Southern Voice" (19 weeks) February 6, 2010: Jason Aldean - "The Truth" (19 weeks) February 13, 2010: Jason Aldean - "The Truth" (20 weeks) February 20, 2010: Josh Turner - "Why Don't We Just Dance?" (25 weeks) February 27, 2010: Josh Turner - "Why Don't We Just Dance?" (26 weeks) March 6, 2010: Josh Turner - "Why Don't We Just Dance?" (27 weeks) March 13, 2010: Josh Turner - "Why Don't We Just Dance?" (28 weeks) March 20, 2010: Billy Currington - "That's How Country Boys Roll" (26 weeks) March 27, 2010: Blake Shelton (ft. Trace Adkins) - "Hillbilly Bone" (22 weeks) April 3, 2010: Easton Corbin - "A Little More Country Than That" (32 weeks) April 10, 2010: Carrie Underwood - "Temporary Home" (18 weeks) April 17, 2010: Zac Brown Band - "Highway 20 Ride" (21 weeks) April 24, 2010: Lady Antebellum - "American Honey" (17 weeks) May 1, 2010: Lady Antebellum - "American Honey" (18 weeks) May 8, 2010: Joe Nichols - "Gimme That Girl" (29 weeks) May 15, 2010: Joe Nichols - "Gimme That Girl" (30 weeks) May 22, 2010: Chris Young - "The Man I Want To Be" (26 weeks)## May 29, 2010: Chris Young - "The Man I Want To Be" (27 weeks) June 5, 2010: Chris Young - "The Man I Want To Be" (28 weeks) June 12, 2010: Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me" (15 weeks) June 19, 2010: Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me" (16 weeks) June 26, 2010: Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me" (17 weeks) July 3, 2010: Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me" (18 weeks) July 10, 2010: Brad Paisley - "Water" (24 weeks) July 17, 2010: Brad Paisley - "Water" (25 weeks) July 24, 2010: Luke Bryan - "Rain Is A Good Thing" (27 weeks) July 31, 2010: Luke Bryan - "Rain Is A Good Thing" (28 weeks) August 7, 2010: Carrie Underwood - "Undo It" (15 weeks) August 14, 2010: Jarod Neimann - "Lover, Lover" (24 weeks) August 21, 2010: Zac Brown Band - "Free" (17 weeks) August 28, 2010: Blake Shelton - "All About Tonight" (20 weeks) September 4, 2010: Blake Shelton - "All About Tonight" (21 weeks) September 11, 2010: Blake Shelton - "All About Tonight" (22 weeks) September 18, 2010: Billy Currington - "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer" (16 weeks) September 25, 2010: Lady Antebellum - "Our Kind Of Love" (17 weeks) October 2, 2010: Lady Antebellum - "Our Kind Of Love" (18 weeks) October 9, 2010: Kenny Chesney - "The Boys Of Fall" (11 weeks) October 16, 2010: Kenny Chesney - "The Boys Of Fall" (12 weeks) October 23, 2010: Josh Turner - "All Over Me" (27 weeks) October 30, 2010: Easton Corbin - "Roll With It" (27 weeks) November 6, 2010: Darius Rucker - "Come Back Song" (18 weeks) November 13, 2010: Darius Rucker - "Come Back Song" (19 weeks) November 20, 2010: Zac Brown Band ft. Alan Jackson - "As She's Walking Away" (13 weeks) November 27, 2010: Zac Brown Band ft. Alan Jackson - "As She's Walking Away" (14 weeks) KEY FOR CHART# - Country Aircheck on holiday hiatus ## - Joe Nichols received third week at #1 on Country Aircheck SOURCE: Billboard Magazine/ Country AirCheck/Nielsen Soundscan
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Post by drock89 on Nov 18, 2009 11:23:17 GMT -5
And we're off! :)
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Post by musicrocks on Nov 18, 2009 15:08:32 GMT -5
I wonder who's going to be the #1 country album next week? I hope Carrie stays on top for a while but Fearless will make it hard. How long did CR stay in the top spot of the Country charts?
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Post by dcowboy77 on Nov 18, 2009 15:19:49 GMT -5
How long did CR stay in the top spot of the Country charts? 1 week.
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Post by drock89 on Nov 18, 2009 15:37:52 GMT -5
Question for everyone here: do you want me to mark if there's a different #1 on Aircheck? I fell behind on the 2009 thread, but I can try to be more diligent here.
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Post by musicrocks on Nov 18, 2009 15:38:09 GMT -5
Oh yea, the Eagles debuted that next week... Well then...YAY to Play On for having more than one week on top of the country albums chart And yea, that's a good idea...please do!
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Post by rowdawg21 on Nov 23, 2009 18:47:04 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum Greatest Gainer No. 24 "American Saturday Night" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 58 "Pray For You" Jaron & The Long Road To Love
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Post by drock89 on Nov 24, 2009 10:36:43 GMT -5
For those of you new to this, Billboard will stop publishing Country Update after December 12 (Billboard calendar) and will resume publishing it after January 1st (Roman calendar, not Billboard). It used to be Billboard did not publish a chart over the holidays, but with the recent advent (haha) of the Internet, we will have an online chart posted on www.billboard.com. Per this weeks' Country Update:
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 24, 2009 11:16:05 GMT -5
1. LADY A TIMES TWO: Lady Antebellum remains at #1 with Need You Now. It is their first multi week #1 hit. I Run To You reigned for seven days earlier this year. 2. A.M.A. CHART: This is where all the A.M.A. winners are in this week's chart: 8. Fifteen-Taylor Swift-Artist of the Year, Country Female, Pop Female, Adult Contemporary Artist, and Country Album 18. Why-Rascal Flatts-Country Group 32. 'Til Summer Comes Around-Keith Urban-Country Male 46. How Far Do You Wanna Go-Gloriana-Breakthrough Artist 3. VALORY'S #1 ARTISTS: Two chart topping artists on the Valory label are together on the charts. They are: Jimmy Wayne-Sara Smile with Hall and Oates-#33 Justin Moore-Backwoods-#34 4. LOST IN THE 50S TONIGHT: These were the top hits during the last week of November in the 1950s: 1950: I'm Moving On-Hank Snow-the #1 hit of all time! 1951: Slow Poke-Pee Wee King-RCA 1952: Jambalaya On The Bayou-Hank Williams, Sr.-MGM 1953: There Stands The Glass-Webb Pierce-Decca 1954: More And More-Webb Pierce-Decca 1955: Love, Love, Love-Webb Pierce-Decca-a hat trick! 1956: Singing The Blues-Marty Robbins-Columbia 1957: Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley-RCA 1958: City Lights-Ray Price-Columbia 1959: Country Girl-Faron Young-Capitol 5. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: RCA Records already had a superstar male artist in Eddy Arnold. However, they had to wait until the mid 1960s to have a superstar female artist. Her name is Connie Smith and she had major hits for the label between the 1960s and 1970s. Her first hit was our #1 song 45 years ago this week and set two records (I will discuss it later). The song was Once A Day and unfortunately she NEVER had another #1 hit. During the summer of 1963, she was doing a show and Bill Anderson was in the audience. With his help, she signed with RCA a year later and the rest is history. After Once A Day, she reeled off eleven consecutive top ten hits (her longest streak). They are: 1. Then And Only Then-1965-#4 2. I Can't Remember-1965-#9 3. If I Talk To Him-1965-#4 4. Nobody But A Fool Would Love You-1966-#4 5. Ain't Had No Lovin'-1966-#2 6. The Hurtin's All Over-1966-#3 7. I'll Come Runnin'-1967-#10 8. Cincinnati, Ohio-1967-#4 9. Burning A Hole In My Mind-1967-#5 10. Baby's Back Again-1968-#7 11. Run Away Little Tears-1968-#10 She had six more top tens between 1969-1973 including another #2 hit-Just One Time in 1971. She then signed with Columbia Records in 1972 and landed six major (top 20) hits. They are: 1. Ain't Love A Good Thing-1974-#10 2. I Never Knew What That Song Meant Before-1974-#13 3. I've Got My Baby On My Mind-1975-#13 4. Why Don't You Love Me-1975-#15 5. 'Til I Kissed You-1976-#10 6. I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore-1976-#13 She landed one more major hit in 1978, this time on the Monument label: I Just Want To Be Your Everything (#14). She has been a Grand Ole Opry member since 1971. She has been married to Marty Stuart for the past twelve years. Because Once A Day spent eight weeks at #1 out of a total of 27 weeks in the top 40, Smith holds two records: 1. It is the biggest hit by a solo female artist. 2. It is the most successful debut single by a solo female artist. After Smith, RCA would have to wait until the 1970s for their next female superstar: Dolly Parton. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 28, 1964: 1. ONCE A DAY-CONNIE SMITH-RCA 2. I Don't Care Just As Long As You Love Me-Buck Owens-Capitol 3. The Race Is On-George Jones-United Artists 4. Chug-A-Lug-Roger Miller-Smash 5. Don't Be Angry-Stonewall Jackson-Columbia 6. Mad-Dave Dudley-Mercury 7. Cross The Brazos At Waco-Billy Walker-Columbia 8. I Guess I'm Crazy-Jim Reeves-RCA 9. Finally-Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce-Decca 10. Go Cat Go-Norma Jean-RCA
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Country ChartBeat!
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Nov 30, 2009 19:08:29 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum Greatest Gainer No. 21 "American Saturday Night" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 48 "Temporary Home" Carrie Underwood Debut No. 59 "Dancing In Circles" Love And Theft
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 1, 2009 11:46:39 GMT -5
1. THREE WORDS AND WEEKS AT #1: Lady Antebellum still has the #1 hit in America with Need You Now. This is the first time in two years that a group stayed at #1 for that long. Rascal Flatts last did it in 2007 with Take Me There. 2. C.M.A. HOST AND HOSTESS: Brad Paisley gets the Most Increased Audience at #21 with American Saturday Night. Meanwhile, Carrie Underwood gets her second consecutive Hot Shot Debut from the Play On CD with Temporary Home at #48. 3. NOT ON LET IT GO: Tim McGraw collects his first top ten hit in nearly three years that is NOT on the Let It Go CD. Southern Voice, the title track of his current CD is at #10 this week. The hit before the Let It Go CD, My Little Girl from his second greatest hits CD, peaked at #3 in early 2007. 4. RUNAWAY TO DANCING: Love And Theft are debuting at #59 with Dancing In Circles. This is their second time on the charts, but first time with the Lyric Street label. They charted for the first time on the sister label Carolwood (which merged their operations with Lyric Street) with Runaway at #10. They join Rascal Flatts on the Lyric Street label. The A.M.A. Country Group of the Year is at #19 with Why. 5. THE TOP SELLERS ON THE 4S: These were the top selling albums in 2004, 1994, 1984, 1974, and 1964: 2004: Greatest Hits-Shania Twain-Mercury 1994: Lead On-George Strait-MCA 1984: City Of New Orleans-Willie Nelson-Columbia 1974: Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1964: Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat-Buck Owens-Capitol 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Billboard will be presenting a ton of awards this month celebrating the chart achievements over the past twelve months. However, it was 29 years ago this week that Ronnie Milsap collected his fourth #1 hit of 1980 and sixteenth overall with Smoky Mountain Rain. It helped him win Billboard's Country Singles Artist Award. Milsap signed with RCA Records in 1973 and his debut single, I Hate You was his first top ten hit that year (#10). By the time he released his first greatest hits album (where Smoky Mountain Rain first appeared), he amassed twenty top ten hits for the label. The track listing, years, and chart placements for the greatest hits album were: 1. Smoky Mountain Rain-1980-#1 2. I'd Be A Legend In My Time-1975-#1 3. I'm A Stand By My Woman Man-1976-#1 4. I Hate You-1973-#10 5. Pure Love-1974-#1-his first #1 6. It Was Almost Like A Song-1977-#1 7. Daydreams About Night Things-1975-#1 8. Let's Take The Long Way Around The World-1978-#1 9. Let My Love Be Your Pillow-1977-#1 10. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends-1974-#1 11. Back On My Mind Again-1979-#2 12. What A Difference You've Made In My Life-1978-#1 As far as 1980 is concerned, his hit list was: 1. Why Don't You Spend The Night-#1 2. My Heart-#1-Billboard's #1 country hit for 1980 3. Cowboys And Clowns-#1-from the Bronco Billy soundtrack 4. Smoky Mountain Rain-#1 This was during Milsap's crossover era (1977-1985) and Smoky Mountain Rain reached #24 pop and #1 adult contemporary. On the pop charts, There's No Gettin' Over Me hit #5 (which made #2 A.C.) while on the A.C. charts, Any Day Now became his second and final A.C. chart topper (which made #14 pop). It was the biggest A.C. hit of 1982. Both titles topped the country charts in 1981 and 1982, respectively. Smoky Mountain Rain was the fourth of ten consecutive chart toppers for Milsap (his longest streak). The six after were: 5. Am I Losing You-1981 6. There's No Gettin' Over Me-1981 7. I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World-1982 8. Any Day Now-1982 9. He Got You-1982 10. Inside-1983 It was broken by the Grammy Award winning hit Stranger In My House (#5 in 1983). He would top the charts thirteen more times between 1983-1989 where A Woman In Love became his 35th and final #1 hit. While on RCA, he released two more greatest hits CDs (in 1985 and 1993, the year he left RCA). In the meantime, other Milsap surveys were released (Super Hits, 2 Essential Ronnie Milsap CDs (one 20 song CD and one 40 song CD), and 40 #1s). He competed for sales and airplay with two other artist's greatest hits albums (Anne Murray's Could I Have This Dance and Kenny Rogers' Lady). In 2006, he re-signed with RCA for a one CD deal. He released his first gospel CD earlier this year and was mired in a battle with Capitol Records (he signed with them after his first RCA stint) over the song My First Ride with one of their artists, Trace Adkins. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 6, 1980: 1. SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN-RONNIE MILSAP-RCA 2. Lady-Kenny Rogers-Liberty 3. That's All That Matters-Mickey Gilley-Epic 4. Why Lady Why-Alabama-RCA 5. You Almost Slipped My Mind-Charley Pride-RCA 6. Take Me To Your Lovin' Place-the Gatlin Bros.-Columbia 7. One In A Million-Johnny Lee-Asylum 8. Lovers Live Longer-the Bellamy Bros.-Warner Bros. 9. The Best Of Strangers-Barbara Mandrell-MCA 10. A Bridge That Just Won't Burn-Conway Twitty-MCA
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Post by drock89 on Dec 2, 2009 10:59:37 GMT -5
I didn't know there were 124,000 people that still hadn't bought Fearless!
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 2, 2009 11:38:53 GMT -5
It is the 27th time that Fearless was the #1 Country CD in America. It was #1 during the last five weeks in 2008 followed by its 22 weeks at #1 in 2009. However, it is the first time it has been #1 since it was rereleased! Congratulations to Talyor Swift! Carrie Underwood will be at #2 with Play On with about 1,000 less copies sold.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Dec 7, 2009 14:56:37 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum Greatest Gainer No. 18 "American Saturday Night" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 52 "Camouflage And Christmas Lights" Rodney Carrington Debut No. 60 "Candy Cane Christmas" Darius Rucker
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 8, 2009 11:02:30 GMT -5
1. FOURTH AND ANTEBELLUM: Tell me if you heard this before, but Lady Antebellum has the #1 song with Need You Now. They join Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor as the only two songs to spend a month at #1 this year. As far as 2008 is concerned, only Brad Paisley's Letter To Me reigned for that long. As far as country groups go, Rascal Flatts was last to have a four week #1 in 2006 with What Hurts The Most. 2. LAMBERT EQUALS JEWELL: Not THAT Lambert, but Miranda Lambert lands her second top ten hit with White Liar (#10 this week). It joins last year's Gunpowder And Lead (#7) as her other top ten hit. It marks the first time in five years that a Nashville Star contestant has that many top tens. Buddy Jewell was first with two #3 hits: Help Pour Out The Rain Lacey's Song (2003) and Sweet Southern Comfort (2004). However, the 2003 winner has nothing on the 2006 winner, Chris Young. He is the only winner with a #1 hit: Gettin' You Home The Black Dress Song. Young is at #44 with The Man I Want To Be. 3. CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY: There are two Christmas songs on the charts. They are: 1. Camouflage And Christmas Lights-Rodney Carrington at #52 (Hot Shot Debut) 2. Candy Cane Christmas-Darius Rucker at #60 4. FAST MOVERS: There are two singles taking at least a ten spot leap up the charts. They are: 1. Highway 20 Ride-Zac Brown Band-45-35 2. Temporary Home-Carrie Underwood-48-36 5. PAST #1 HITS ON THE 4S: These were the top singles in 2004, 1994, 1984, 1974, and 1964: 2004: Nothing On But The Radio-Gary Allan-MCA 1994: If You've Got Love-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1984: Chance Of Lovin' You-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 1974: I Can Help-Billy Swan-Monument 1964: Once A Day-Connie Smith-RCA 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: In alphabetical order, the Class of 1989 in country music consists of Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Travis Tritt. It is appropriate that Brooks became the second artist in the group to land a #1 hit. He did it exactly twenty years ago this week with If Tomorrow Never Comes. During their first year and a half on the charts together, it was definitely ALL Black. After all, he scored four #1 hits (A Better Man and Killin' Time from 1989 and Nobody's Home and Walkin' Away from 1990) and a platinum CD before 1989 was over (Killin' Time). He was the 1989 C.M.A. Horizon Award winner. On the Brooks side, he scored a top ten hit in Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old (#8 in 1989) followed by his first chart topper If Tomorrow Never Comes. A #2 hit followed in 1990 with Not Counting You. Then the roof started to come off with The Dance, his second #1 from 1990. It was the song that turned me on to Brooks. Even his debut CD (self-titled) only sold 250,000 copies after a year in release (in May, 1990). That is VERY low by the Brooks standards of today. Then chapter two, otherwise known as No Fences started and Brooks was ahead of Black for good. Four #1 hits followed (1990's Friends In Low Places, 1991's Unanswered Prayers, Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House, and The Thunder Rolls). He won C.M.A. Awards for Album, Single, Horizon, and Entertainer of the Year. In 1991, Garthmania was kicked into even higher gear when the Ropin' The Wind CD entered BOTH country and top 200 charts at #1 (the first country CD to do so). Its hits were: Rodeo-#3 in 1991, Shameless-#1 in 1991, What She's Doing Now-#1 in 1992, Papa Loved Mama-#3 in 1992, and The River-#1 in 1992. Other top selling CDs followed: 1. The Chase-1992 2. In Pieces-1993 3. The Hits-1994 4. Fresh Horses-1995 5. Sevens-1997 6. Double Live-1998 7. Scarecrow-2001 In 1999, he became the fourth recipient of the A.C.M. Artist of the Decade. In 2000, Capitol Records celebrated his 100 million CD sales. In 2000, he announced he was divorcing his first wife Sandy after 14 years of marriage. Then he announced he was 'retiring' from the business. It lasted until 2005 when he announced his second boxed set (The Limited Series) would be sold exclusively at WalMart. His tribute to Chris LeDoux (mentioned in Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old), Good Ride Cowboy made #3 in late 2005. In 2005, he married Trisha Yearwood (happy fourth anniversary this month) and restated his desire to be 'retired'. It lasted until 2007 when he released his Ultimate Hits CD. He continued to make history when a new recording, More Than A Memory debuted at #1 (becoming his first #1 since To Make You Feel My Love in 1998). This year he announced he would play a series of concerts in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 1989: 1. IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 2. Two Dozen Roses-Shenandoah-Columbia 3. A Woman In Love-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 4. I've Been Loved By The Best-Don Williams-RCA 5. Out Of Your Shoes-Lorrie Morgan-RCA 6. The Lonely Side Of Love-Patty Loveless-MCA 7. There Goes My Heart Again-Holly Dunn-Warner Bros. 8. Who's Lonely Now-Highway 101-Warner Bros. 9. It's Just A Matter Of Time-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 10. Till I Can't Take It Anymore-Billy Joe Royal-Atlantic
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Post by drock89 on Dec 8, 2009 11:36:51 GMT -5
Lady A's four weeks at #1 is only the second single to stay that long in almost two years. The other single, "Big Green Tractor," got four weeks in September of 2009. Before that, "Our Song" stayed at the top for four weeks followed by "Letter To Me" for four weeks in January/February of 2008.
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 8, 2009 11:53:07 GMT -5
Yes, but Our Song BEGAN it six week stay at #1 in December, 2007!
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Post by drock89 on Dec 8, 2009 12:49:56 GMT -5
Yes, but Our Song BEGAN it six week stay at #1 in December, 2007! A true statement, but looking at 4-week runs per Billboard year, those last two years of 2007 don't count towards the 2008 count. Sorry, I should have clarified that.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Dec 14, 2009 14:22:02 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum Greatest Gainer No. 18 "'Til Summer Comes Around" Keith Urban Hot Shot Debut No. 50 "It's Just That Way" Alan Jackson Debut No. 51 "Rockin' The Beer Gut (Holla Day Version)" Trailer Choir Debut No. 55 "My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me" Danny Gokey Debut No. 56 "Look Who's Back In Love" Jonathan Singleton & The Grove Debut No. 59 "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)" Evan Taubenfeld
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Post by countryfan2002 on Dec 14, 2009 17:28:14 GMT -5
Country Songs Debut No. 59 "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)" Evan Taubenfeld Another Swift praising song? And could someone help me determine who Chanukah represents?
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Post by musicbuff78 on Dec 14, 2009 19:02:43 GMT -5
Chaukah is the jewish holiday.
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Post by countryfan2002 on Dec 14, 2009 19:42:02 GMT -5
Chaukah is the jewish holiday. Oh yeah, I knew about Chaunukka, duh! Thanks!
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Post by joey2002 on Dec 14, 2009 21:04:07 GMT -5
the C is silent... ;)
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 15, 2009 11:15:57 GMT -5
1. TAKING THE FIFTH: Lady Antebellum has the #1 song for the fifth week in a row with Need You Now. It is the song that has spent more time at #1 than any other this year. The last song to spend this much time at #1 was Our Song by Taylor Swift. It was #1 for six weeks between December, 2007 to January, 2008. Rascal Flatts was the last group to have a five week #1 in 2005 with Bless The Broken Road (their biggest hit). Need You Now will be the 30th and final #1 for 2009. 2. #2 AGAIN: Reba McEntire has scored her biggest solo hit in four years with Consider Me Gone (#2 this week). Her last solo top ten hit was He Gets That From Me (#7 in 2005). She then scored two #2 duets: Because Of You with Kelly Clarkson in 2007 and Cowgirls Don't Cry with Brooks & Dunn this year. 3. IDOL COUNTRY: Danny Gokey becomes the eighth American Idol contestant to chart this week. He makes his debut at #55 with My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (we hope so). He follows: ARTIST-FIRST SINGLE: 1. Kelly Clarkson-A Moment Like This-2002-#58 2. Josh Gracin-I Want To Live-2004-#4 3. Carrie Underwood-Inside Your Heaven-2005-#52 4. Kellie Pickler-Red High Heels-2006-#15 5. Bucky Covington-A Different World-2007-#6 6. Phil Stacey-If You Didn't Love Me-2008-#28 7. Kristy Lee Cook-15 Minutes Of Shame-2008-#28 8. Danny Gokey-My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me-2009 4. ARISTA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTIST: Alan Jackson makes his 77th appearance on the charts this week with It's Just That Way at #50. 5. MORE CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY: Two more holiday flavored songs join this week's chart. They are: 1. Rockin' The Beer Gut Holla Day Version-Trailer Choir-#51 2. Merry Swiftmas Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah-Evan Taubenfeld-#59 6. GOING BACK IN TIME: Let us review the top hits in 2004, 1999, 1994, 1989, and 1984: 2004: Back When-Tim McGraw-Curb 1999: When I Said I Do-Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black-RCA 1994: Pickup Man-Joe Diffie-Epic 1989: Two Dozen Roses-Shenandoah-Columbia 1984: Nobody Loves Me Like You Do-Anne Murray and Dave Loggins-Capitol 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Singles-wise, the most successful album in Conway Twitty's career was his 1979 release Cross Winds. Its third single release, Happy Birthday Darlin' was our #1 hit thirty years ago this week. Considering his lengthy hit list, most Twitty albums ONLY have one or two major hits on them. Twitty was known to release multiple albums during a single year. In 1982, he released five different albums (Southern Comfort, Number Ones, Dream Maker, Conway's #1 Classics Vol. 1, and Conway's #1 Classics Vol. 2). Imagine that happening today with CD sales down and the singles chart moving as slow as it does. Getting back to Twitty, as always, he was considering major changes in his career during the late 1970s (including changing his hairstyle from his long time 50s look to his world famous perm). He decided to produce his own records after a fourteen year run of hits with Owen Bradley. The last Bradley produced #1 hit was I've Already Loved You In My Mind in 1977. His next five hits were the last with Bradley behind the glass. They were: 1. Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring-1977-#3 2. The Grandest Lady Of Them All-1978-#16 3. From Seven Till Ten-with Loretta Lynn-1978-#6 4. Boogie Grass Band-1978-#2 5. Your Love Had Taken Me That High-1979-#3 He finally made his debut as a producer on the next hit, Don't Take It Away, his 26th #1 hit from 1979. It was the first single release from the Cross Winds album. He collected his 27th with I May Never Get To Heaven (#1 the week after he turned 46). Finally, he accomplished something he NEVER done before and score a hat trick with Happy Birthday Darlin' which was #1 during the last three weeks of 1979. It tied him with Eddy Arnold for the most chart topping hits. He was ahead of Arnold for good in 1980 with I'd Love To Lay You Down. He continued to have #1 hits until 1986 when Desperado Love became his 40th #1 hit. He continued to hold the record until his death in 1993 and thirteen years after when George Strait collected his 41st #1 hit, Give It Away in 2006. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 1979: 1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLIN'-CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 2. Coward Of The County-Kenny Rogers-United Artists 3. Missin' You-Charley Pride-RCA 4. My World Begins And Ends With You-Dave & Sugar-RCA 5. Why Did You Have To Be So Good-Dave & Sugar-RCA 6. I've Got A Picture Of Us On My Mind-Loretta Lynn-MCA 7. Pour Me Another Tequila-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 8. I Cheated Me Right Out Of You-Moe Bandy-Columbia 9. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound-Hank Williams, Jr.-Elektra 10. Help Me Make It Through The Night-Willie Nelson-Columbia
P.S.: The double-sided Dave & Sugar hit is being shown as taking up two positions, so I do not know who is really at #10.
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Post by musicrocks on Dec 15, 2009 11:55:53 GMT -5
^Kelly Clarkson charted earlier than the duet with "A Moment Like This" at #50 I believe. I say this since you posted Carrie's "Inside Your Heaven"
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Post by musicrocks on Dec 15, 2009 12:25:54 GMT -5
Sorry, it was #58, but it did chart...
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 15, 2009 12:36:46 GMT -5
You are correct. I did NOT think that Clarkson's first single and first #1 pop hit made a dent on the country charts, but it DID. Thank you for the correction and it has BEEN made.
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Post by mairy on Dec 15, 2009 13:00:06 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't know that. And how come did she chart? It's one of my favourite songs ever, btw.
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Post by drock89 on Dec 16, 2009 14:54:50 GMT -5
What's incredible to me is that, after having Some Hearts and Carnival Ride be multi-week #1 albums, it looks as if Play On will only get 2 weeks on the top. Now, she may squeak in after Christmas, but Taylor is just dominating the albums chart. Wow.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Dec 16, 2009 15:06:37 GMT -5
What's incredible to me is that, after having Some Hearts and Carnival Ride be multi-week #1 albums, it looks as if Play On will only get 2 weeks on the top. Now, she may squeak in after Christmas, but Taylor is just dominating the albums chart. Wow. I thought Carnival Ride only got one week at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart thanks to the categorization of The Eagles album Long Road Out of Eden that came out the week after CR was released.
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