Billboard Top Country Albums/Singles - 2015

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Jul 1, 2015 9:57:59 GMT -5 zack97 said:

Admittedly this is my first time reading this thread onebuffalo (I must have never noticed it all these times)
You do a very nice job with it! :)

Thank you. Now, there will be a quiz about it. Ready?

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Country Airplay
*** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "Sangria" Blake Shelton
Greatest Gainer No. 14 "House Party" Sam Hunt
Debut No. 52 "(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial" A Thousand Horses
Debut No. 58 "Backroad Song" Granger Smith
Debut No. 59 "Dibs" Kelsea Ballerini

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1. SHELTON STILL TOPS: Blake Shelton continues to have the #1 song with Sangria. His fifteenth consecutive and twentieth overall chart topper is his first multi week #1 since last year's Doin' What She Likes reigned for fourteen days.
2. THEIR SECOND COULD BE THEIR SECOND: Two acts recently took their debut singles to the top. Now, they are hopefully going two for two as they debut new songs this week. A Thousand Horses make a splash at #52 and get Hot Shot Debut honors with This Ain't No Drunk Dial. It is the follow up to Smoke. Dibs makes its debut at #59 for Kelsea Ballerini. She just topped the chart with Love Me Like You Mean It.
3. SMITH (OR DIBBLES) DEBUT: Granger Smith makes his first chart appearance at #58 with Backroad Song. He is a popular touring act under the name of Earl Dibbles, Jr..
4. A TIE: We have two songs taking eight point jumps for fastest climbing songs of the week. They are:
1. Save It For A Rainy Day-Kenny Chesney-#41 to #33
2. Burning House-Cam-#48 to #40
5. MUSGRAVES' #1 PAGEANT: Kacey Musgraves debuts at #1 on the country albums chart with her second CD, Pageant Material. 55,000 were sold last week. It follows her chart topping debut, Same Trailer Different Park from 2013 after 43,000 were sold.
6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Water-Brad Paisley-Arista
2005: Fast Cars And Freedom-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street
2000: I Hope You Dance-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
1995: Sold The Grundy County Auction Incident-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic
1990: Love Without End, Amen-George Strait-MCA
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: John Anderson came back in a big way in 1992 with Straight Tequila Night, his first top ten since 1986's Honky Tonk Crowd (#10) and first chart topper since 1983's Black Sheep. He cemented his comeback with the 1993 CD, Solid Ground. Lead single, Money In The Bank was our top song 22 years ago this week.
Anderson signed to the BNA label in 1991. It was his fourth label after having stints at Warner Bros. (1978-1986), MCA (1987-1989), and Capitol (1989-1991). Anderson recorded his BNA debut CD, Seminole Wind in 1991. Lead single, Who Got Our Love kept Anderson hitless for five years when it peaked at #67. Straight Tequila Night was released just before the year was out. It hit the top in March, 1992 and in the process dethroned Garth Brooks' second biggest hit, What She's Doing Now from the top. Proving that he wasn't a one hit wonder during the 1990s, Anderson followed it up with the #3 peaking When It Comes To You. That gave him consecutive top tens for the first time since 1983's Black Sheep (#1) was followed by 1984's Let Somebody Else Drive (#10). The title track spent two weeks at #2, unable to topple Wynonna Judd's biggest hit, No One Else On Earth from hitting #1. The fifth and final single, Let Go Of The Stone peaked at #7 in early 1993. Anderson's comeback was complete and he was rewarded with a double platinum disc. Happily, the hits kept coming with his second BNA CD, Solid Ground. Money In The Bank was chosen as the lead single (love the way Anderson stretches the word 'bank' in the chorus). That single was released in April, 1993 and found a home at #1 in July, becoming his fifth and final chart topper. I Fell In The Water broke his string of five consecutive top tens at #13. I've Got It Made kicked off his 1994 on a #3 note while the era wrapped up with the #4 peaking I Wish I Could Have Been There. Solid Ground is certified at the gold level.
Some tailing off in chart fortunes started with the Country 'Til I Die CD of 1994. The title track kicked off the CD by peaking at #35. 1995 saw Anderson collect his twentieth and final top ten, Bend It Until It Breaks (#3). Mississippi Moon became his last top twenty hit at #15. Even more downturn occurred with the 1996 CD, Paradise his final release for BNA Records. Only the title track broke top 40 at #26. Two other singles failed to dent the top 40: Long Hard Lesson Learned (#51) and My Kind Of Crazy (#67). After five years and four CDs, Anderson ended his BNA association by releasing Greatest Hits in 1996. He signed to the Mercury label in 1997 and released the Takin' The Country Back CD that year. He got back to the top 40 for the 38th and final time with Somebody Slap Me (#22). Two more singles were released in Small Town (#44 in 1997) and the title track (#41 in 1998). He left the label in 1999.
2000 saw Anderson sign to the Columbia label. His only CD for them, Nobody's Got It All yielded You Ain't Hurt Nothin' (#56) and the title track (#55). The Big Revival and It Ain't Easy Being Me did not chart. He left Columbia in 2002 and went without a label for five years. He reunited with Warner Bros. in 2007. His new labelmates at the time, Big & Rich made him a member of the Muzik Mafia (along with Gretchen Wilson and others). Easy Money was the CD and his final chart appearance occurred that year with If Lovin' Her Don't Kill Me (#59). A Woman Knows failed to chart. His seventh label, Country Crossing released Bigger Hands in 2009. Its two singles, Cold Coffee & Hot Beer and the title track failed to dent the chart. This year, Anderson released Goldmine on the Bayou Boys Music label. A single, I Work A Lot Better has been released. If it charts, Anderson will have seen his name listed for five consecutive decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s). This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 10, 1993:
1. MONEY IN THE BANK-JOHN ANDERSON-BNA
2. That Summer-Garth Brooks-Capitol
3. A Bad Goodbye-Clint Black and Wynonna Judd-RCA
4. Chattahoochee-Alan Jackson-Arista
5. Love On The Loose, Heart On The Run-McBride and the Ride-MCA
6. No Future In The Past-Vince Gill-MCA
7. Somebody Else's Moon-Collin Raye-Epic
8. Tell Me About It-Tanya Tucker and Delbert McClinton-Capitol
9. When Did You Stop Loving Me-George Strait-MCA
10. It's Your Call-Reba McEntire-MCA

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1. #1 LIKE THAT: Canaan Smith has the #1 song of the week with his second single, Love You Like That. It is from his current CD, Bronco. His first release, We Got Us hit #44 in 2012. By taking 49 weeks to hit the top, Smith hits the top in the same amount of time David Nail did in 2012 with Let It Rain. Only Voices by Chris Young took longer-51 weeks in 2011 in two separate chart runs.
2. BURNING FAST: Cam has the fastest climbing song of the week with Burning House. It scorches up eleven to #29.
3. JACKSON'S BACK: Alan Jackson debuts a new single from his upcoming Angels And Alcohol CD. It is Jim And Jack And Hank, the Hot Shot Debut at #56. His last single, You Go Your Way peaked at #41 in 2012.
4. THE FIRST ONE: Because of an eleven day tracking period, Easton Corbin has the top sellling CD with About To Get Real after 25,000 were sold. Billboard has adjusted the sales week because of global release day being on a Friday instead of the traditional Tuesday release day.
5. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
2005: Somewhere Down In Texas-George Strait-MCA
2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument
1995: The Hits-Garth Brooks-Capitol
1990: Livin' It Up-George Strait-MCA
6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Marie Osmond and Dan Seals won the C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year Award in 1986 for their 1985 chart topper, Meet Me In Montana. They were succeeded by Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White. They won it for Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This. That was our #10 song 28 years ago this week.
Skaggs and White were married in 1982. That was the year after Skaggs made his debut with Don't Get Above Your Raising (#16). Musically speaking, White herself was no slouch as she was one third of the family trio The Whites with her father Buck and sister Cheryl. Out of a dozen top 40 hits, they managed to have seven major hits. They are:
1. You Put The Blue In Me-1982-#10
2. Hangin' Around-1983-#9
3. I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight-1983-#9-chart wise, their biggest hit
4. Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling-1984-#10
5. Forever You-1984-#14
6. Pins And Needles-1984-#10
7. If It Ain't Love Let's Leave It Alone-1985-#12
Skaggs decided to record a CD in London in 1985. Despite receiving restrained applause (after all, the English are quite reserved), the series of concerts were a success. The Live In London CD contained You Make Me Feel Like A Man (#7 in 1985). While that song was on the charts, Skaggs received the 1985 C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year Award. He followed that with two more releases: Cajun Moon (#1 in 1986) and I've Got A New Heartache (#10 in 1986-originally a #2 hit for Ray Price in 1956). Skaggs went to work on the Love's Gonna Get Ya CD in 1986. Lead single, Love's Gonna Get You Someday peaked at #4 between December, 1986 to January, 1987. I Wonder If I Care As Much was the second single and that was originally recorded by the Everly Brothers (R.I.P., Phil) in 1958. By peaking at #30 in 1987, it was the lowest charted single for Skaggs to date. Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This was released in April, several months after the Whites collected their final top 40 hit, It Should Have Been Easy (#30). It peaked at #10, becoming Skaggs' 17th top ten hit and White's first away from the Whites. While that CD was a success, Skaggs released his next CD, Comin' Home To Stay. At the C.M.A. Awards, Skaggs and White won the Vocal Duo of the Year Award. Lead single, I'm Tired peaked at #18. Skaggs released a remake in Angel On My Mind That's Why I'm Walkin' (#33 in 1988). That was a #6 hit for Stonewall Jackson in 1960 as Why I'm Walkin'. Skaggs rebounded a bit with Thanks Again (#17 in 1988) and peaked at #30 with the fourth and final single, Old Kind Of Love.
1989 was the year Skaggs came back in a big way. First, he released his Kentucky Thunder CD. Lead single, Lovin' Only Me became his eleventh and final chart topping hit. Second, he produced Dolly Parton's CD, White Limozeen. She got chart topping hits with Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That and Yellow Roses. While Yellow Roses was on the chart, Skaggs' second single, Let It Be You peaked at #5. He entered the 1990s on a #13 note with Heartbreak Hurricane. Hummingbird, the fourth single was originally recorded by Restless Heart for their 1986 CD, Wheels. This time, it was a #20 hit for Skaggs. The Kentucky Thunder era ended with He Was On To Something So He Made You (#25). Skaggs' next top 40 hit was off of Mark O'Connor's 1991 CD, The New Nashville Cats. Featuring O'Connor, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner, and Skaggs, Restless peaked at #25. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals. Skaggs released his final Epic CD, My Father's Son in 1991. A trio of chart singles were produced with:
1. Life's Too Long To Live Like This-1991-#37
2. Same Ol' Love-1992-#12
3. From The Word Love-1992-#43
After twelve years at Epic, Skaggs left them in 1993. In 1994, he signed to Atlantic Records. First single off of Solid Ground, Back Where We Belong did not chart in 1995. The title track peaked at #57 while Cat's In The Cradle peaked at #45 in 1996. That was a remake of Harry Chapin's #1 pop hit of 1974. He left Atlantic in 1996 and formed Skaggs Family Records in 1998. In 1998, Epic released a two CD set called Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs. A CD under his name, History Of The Future (2002) yielded his final chart appearance, Halfway Home Cafe (#56). He released a duets CD with White called Hearts Like Ours in 2014. It features a new version of Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 18, 1987:
1. I Know Where I'm Going-the Judds-RCA
2. The Weekend-Steve Wariner-MCA
3. Love Someone Like Me-Holly Dunn-MTM
4. Snap Your Fingers-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
5. One Promise Too Late-Reba McEntire-MCA
6. Someone-Lee Greenwood-MCA
7. All My Ex's Live In Texas-George Strait-MCA
8. 80's Ladies-K.T. Oslin-RCA
9. Oh Heart-Baillie and the Boys-RCA
10. LOVE CAN'T EVER GET BETTER THAN THIS-RICKY SKAGGS AND SHARON WHITE-EPIC

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1. LOOKING GOOD: Jason Aldean collects his fourteenth chart topping hit with Tonight Looks Good On You. It is the third single and third #1 off his Old Boots, New Dirt CD. It follows Burnin' It Down from last year and Just Gettin' Started from this year. Furthermore, Tonight Looks Good On You is his fifth consecutive chart topping hit, his longest streak. The last two singles from Night Train rang the bell at #1: Night Train (2013) and When She Says Baby (2014).
2. THE FIFTY CLUB: Last week's #1, Love You Like That is now in its 50th week on the chart. It is the sixth single in history to chart for 50 weeks following:
1. 56 weeks-Love Like Crazy-Lee Brice-2010
2. 54 weeks-Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-1948
3. 52 weeks-Fraulein-Bobby Helms-1957
4. 52 weeks-Voices-Chris Young-2011
5. 51 weeks-Let It Rain-David Nail-2012
6. 50 weeks-Love You Like That-Canaan Smith-2015
3. FINALLY: After spending the past few weeks at #11 or #12, Brad Paisley moves into the top ten at #10 with Crushin' It. It is the follow up to his #1, Perfect Storm.
4. DIALING FAST: A Thousand Horses score the fastest climbing song of the week with This Ain't No Drunk Dial. It gallops up seven to #43.
5. MORE ON CORBIN: Two weeks ago, Easton Corbin landed his first #1 CD with About To Get Real. It sold 20,000 copies in its first week. Then, Billboard changed the sales week because Friday was chosen as the day to release CDs (instead of Tuesday). Corbin sold 25,000 copies in the extended week. His self-titled debut from 2010 peaked at #4 while All Over The Road from 2012 hit #2.
6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Rain Is A Good Thing-Luke Bryan-Capitol
2005: As Good As I Once Was-Toby Keith-DreamWorks
2000: I Hope You Dance-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
1995: Any Man Of Mine-Shania Twain-Mercury
1990: The Dance-Garth Brooks-Capitol
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Alan Jackson has two CDs that contain four chart topping hits: Don't Rock The Jukebox (1991) and Who I Am (1994). The latter CD was our top seller 21 years ago this week.
The Don't Rock The Jukebox CD yielded the following hits:
1. Don't Rock The Jukebox-1991-#1-the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown and Billboard
2. Someday-1991-#1
3. Dallas-1992-#1
4. Midnight In Montgomery-1992-#3-Jackson's tribute to Hank Williams, Sr.
5. Love's Got A Hold On You-1992-#1
His next CD, A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love also yielded a quintet of top five hits. They are:
1. She's Got The Rhythm And I Got The Blues-1992-#1-written by Jackson and Randy Travis
2. Tonight I Climbed The Wall-1993-#4
3. Chattahoochee-1993-#1-the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown and Billboard
4. Mercury Blues-1993-#2
5. Who Says You Can't Have It All-1994-#4
Jackson released his next CD in 1994. Titled Who I Am, the first single was Summertime Blues, originally a #8 pop hit for its songwriter, Eddie Cochran in 1958. This time it was a #1 hit for Jackson. It became his eighth chart topper overall. The week before Summertime Blues hit #1, Who I Am entered the country albums chart at #2 and the top 200 chart at #5 after 102,000 copies were sold. Jackson made it a clean sweep of both singles and albums charts the following week when Who I Am toppled the Tim McGraw CD, Not A Moment Too Soon. It became Jackson's second #1 CD after A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love. Who I Am reigned for one week before McGraw took over. Livin' On Love, the second single matched Summertime Blues' reign at three weeks. Just before 1994 ended, Gone Country was released and it kicked off Jackson's 1995 on a chart topping note (his tenth #1). Rodney Crowell wrote the fourth single, Song For The Life. It peaked at #6. The fifth and final single (Jackson's fourth CD to see five singles released), I Don't Even Know Your Name hit #1 in August, 1995. The Who I Am CD is certified quadruple platinum.
Except Song For The Life, the other four Who I Am hits made appearances on Jackson's next CD, The Greatest Hits Collection. Three new songs were added and became hits. They are:
1. Tall, Tall Trees-1995-#1-during this time, Jackson wins the first of three C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year Awards
2. I'll Try-1996-#1
3. Home-1996-#3-originally on the Here In The Real World CD
Jackson continued to be a hitmaking machine for the next fourteen years when As She's Walking Away, his duet with the Zac Brown Band became his 26th #1 hit. In 2010, Arista released 34 Number Ones. Jackson's final single for them, the Johnny Cash classic, Ring Of Fire peaked at #45. In 2011, after 22 years at Arista, he signed to the EMI label. Thirty Miles West was released and it yielded a trio of chart singles:
1. Long Way To Go-2011-#24
2. So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore-2012-#25
3. You Go Your Way-2012-#41
Jackson released The Bluegrass Album in 2013. He just released Angels And Alcohol. He just debuted on the chart with Jim And Jack And Hank. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 23, 1994:
1. WHO I AM-ALAN JACKSON-ARISTA
2. Not A Moment Too Soon-Tim McGraw-Curb
3. When Love Finds You-Vince Gill-MCA
4. Kickin' It Up-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic
5. Read My Mind-Reba McEntire-MCA
6. Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros.
7. Maverick-Soundtrack-Atlantic
8. Thinkin' Problem-David Ball-Warner Bros.
9. Feelin' Good Train-Sammy Kershaw-Mercury
10. A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love-Alan Jackson-Arista

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1. ONE HELL OF A #1: Brantley Gilbert collects his fourth #1 this week with One Hell Of An Amen. It is the third single to his current CD, Just As I Am. The CD started on a chart topping single in Bottoms Up in 2014. Then a vocal collaboration with Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett called Small Town Throwdown peaked at #8.
2. THE SIXTH AT 51: Canaan Smith's Love You Like That (at #10 this week) becomes the sixth single to spend at least 51 weeks on the country chart. The rankings remain unchanged from last week's column.
3. BACK TO #32: Hunter Hayes' current single, 21 debuted at #32 ten weeks ago. Now, it is back to #32.
4. FAST DIBS: Kelsea Ballerini has the fastest climbing song of the week as Dibs makes a nine point jump to #39.
5. THE SECOND TO CHART: Ronnie Dunn makes his Nash Icon debut at #58 with Ain't No Trucks In Texas. He becomes the second artist on the label to chart after Reba McEntire's Going Out Like That (#28).
6. GOING AFTER JAMES: Blake Shelton debuts his fourth Bringing Back The Sunshine single, Gonna at #59. If it tops the chart, it will be his sixteenth consecutive #1 hit, a streak that Sonny James has between 1967-1971.
7. A PHOTO FINISH: Selling roughly the same amount (46,000), Jason Isbell lands at #1 on the country albums chart with Something More Than Free. It is his first chart topping CD. Meanwhile, Alan Jackson debuts at #2 with Angels And Alcohol. It is his fifth #2 CD following:
1. Don't Rock The Jukebox-1991
2. Under The Influence-1999
3. Freight Train-2010
4. Precious Memories Volume II-2013
5. Angels And Alcohol-2015
8. A 70S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of July during the 1970s:
1970: Wonder Could I Live There Anymore-Charley Pride-RCA
1971: I'm Just Me-Charley Pride-RCA
1972: It's Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer-Charley Pride-RCA
1973: You Were Always There-Donna Fargo-Dot
1974: Rub It In-Billy Crash Craddock-ABC
1975: Just Get Up And Close The Door-Johnny Rodriguez-Mercury
1976: Teddy Bear-Red Sovine-Starday
1977: It Was Almost Like A Song-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
1978: Only One Love In My Life-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
1979: You're The Only One-Dolly Parton-RCA
9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHARTS: During the 1980s, two duos in country music name dropped Merle Haggard and George Jones. The Judds were first with Have Mercy (#1 in 1985) followed by the Bellamy Brothers with Kids Of The Baby Boom (#1 in 1987). Haggard's and Jones' careers intersected between 1982-1983 when Haggard took Are The Good Times Really Over I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver to #2 33 years ago this week. The b-side of the record, I Always Get Lucky With You was our #1 song 32 years ago this week when done by Jones.
Haggard signed to the Epic label in 1981 after a five year stint at MCA (1976-1981) that saw him collect thirteen top ten hits, the biggest being I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink (#1 in 1981). He went to work on his landmark Big City album in 1981. The first single, My Favorite Memory hit the top of the chart just before the year ended. It became his 27th chart topper overall. 1982 would be an 'epic' year for Haggard. He released the title track, a modern country classic and that too hit the top. He carried his politics into his music with that one (like he did with Rainbow Stew in 1981-#4). Are The Good Times Really Over was the third and final single. The Haggard-penned tune still had political bite in it. Released in April, it looked like Haggard would be perfect with Epic Records (three singles-three #1s). It hit #2 in July while Ricky Skaggs was at #1 with I Don't Care. It stayed there for another week while Hank Williams, Jr. claimed the top spot with Honky Tonkin', the follow up to his biggest #2 hit, A Country Boy Can Survive. It became Haggard's eighth and final #2 hit. In the meantime, I Always Get Lucky With You has remained an album cut on Big City. During the time Big City was spinning its hits, Haggard and Jones went to work on their first duets album, A Taste Of Yesterday's Wine. The first of two singles, Yesterday's Wine was written by Willie Nelson who took it to #62 in 1971. In the hands of Haggard and Jones, it became their only chart topping hit together (Haggard's 29th and Jones' 13th #1 hit). C.C. Waterback kicked off their 1983 on a #10 note.
While the duets album was spinning its hits, Jones recorded his Shine On album (released in 1983). Lead single, Shine On Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me hit #3. I Always Get Lucky With You was the second single. It was written by Haggard just prior to him signing with Epic Records. Released in April, it went to #1 in July becoming Jones' last chart topping hit. It succeeded Pancho And Lefty by Haggard and Nelson. Jones broke into a falsetto while singing the title in the song. Third and final single, Tennessee Whiskey did nearly as well. peaking at #2. Jones (1992) and Haggard (1994) were inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Haggard's last chart appearance came in 2006 as a duet with Gretchen Wilson on politically Uncorrect (#23). Jones' was Country Boy in 2010 with Aaron Lewis and Charlie Daniles (#50). Jones' last CD was released in 2013, the year he died at the age of 81 called Amazing Grace. Haggard's current CD is Django And Jimmie with Nelson. That CD debuted at #1 on the country albums chart. This is what BOTH charts looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 1982:
1. I Don't Care-Ricky Skaggs-Epic
2. ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER I WISH A BUCK WAS STILL SILVER-MERLE HAGGARD-EPIC
3. Honky Tonkin'-Hank Williams, Jr.-Elektra
4. Born To Run-Emmylou Harris-Warner Bros.
5. Take Me Down-Alabama-RCA
6. Ain't No Money-Rosanne Cash-Columbia
7. Heartbreak Express-Dolly Parton-RCA
8. I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home-David Frizzell-Warner Bros.
9. Nobody-Sylvia-RCA
10. I'm Not That Lonely Yet-Reba McEntire-Mercury

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 30, 1983:
1. I ALWAYS GET LUCKY WITH YOU-GEORGE JONES-EPIC
2. He's A Heartache Looking For A Place To Happen-Janie Frickie-Columbia
3. Your Love's On The Line-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA
4. I Love Her Mind-Bellamy Brothers-Warner Bros.
5. Lost In The Feeling-Conway Twitty-Warner Bros.
6. Love Song-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA
7. Leave Them Boys Alone-Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, and Ernest Tubb-Warner Bros.
8. You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation-Ronnie McDowell-Epic
9. A Fire I Can't Put Out-George Strait-MCA
10. Atlanta Burned Again Last Night-Atlanta-MDJ

Videos:

Are The Good Times Really Over I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IfW9ROOR-E
I Always Get Lucky With You: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLauCniNDY

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1. KICKING AT #1: Luke Bryan makes it an even dozen trips to the top this week with Kick The Dust Up. It is the lead single to his upcoming CD, Kill The Lights. His last CD, Crash My Party yielded a sextet of top two hits. They are:
1. Crash My Party-2013-#1
2. That's My Kind Of Night-2013-#2
3. Drink A Beer-2014-#1
4. Play It Again-2014-#1
5. Roller Coaster-2014-#1
6. I See You-2015-#1
Furthermore, Bryan is riding his longest streak of #1s at five.
2. JANSON'S BOAT IS TOP TEN: For a single to debut at #60 one week and go up thirty-one spots to #29 the next, you'd figure you would get a top ten hit. Chris Janson does exactly that after fourteen weeks. He is at #10 this week with Buy Me A Boat. He becomes the first artist since Canaan Smith to land their first top ten. Smith's second single, Love You Like That became his first #1 three weeks ago.
3. GONNA FAST: Blake Shelton has the fastest climbing song of the week as Gonna flies up 23 to #36.
4. HIS SECOND WITH FOUR?: Jason Aldean debuts at #59 with his fourth Old Boots, New Dirt single, Gonna Know We Were Here. The three singles before have hit #1. They are:
1. Burnin' It Down-2014
2. Just Gettin' Started-2015
3. Tonight Looks Good On You-2015
If it hits #1, Old Boots, New Dirt will be the second Aldean CD after Night Train to contain four #1s. Those were:
1. Take A Little Ride-2012
2. The Only Way I Know-with Luke Bryan and Eric Church-2013
3. Night Train-2013
4. When She Says Baby-2014
5. #2 BECOMES #1: Last week's #2 CD is this week's top seller. Angels And Alcohol by Alan Jackson debuted at #2 after almost 46,000 were sold. This week, it moves to the top after 18,000 were sold. Last week's #1 CD by Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free drops to #4 after 10,000 were sold. Angels And Alcohol becomes Jackson's fourteenth #1 CD following:
1. A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love-1992
2. Who I Am-1994
3. The Greatest Hits Collection-1995
4. Everything I Love-1996
5. High Mileage-1998
6. When Somebody Loves You-2000
7. Drive-2002
8. Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff-2003
9. What I Do-2004
10. Precious Memories-2006
11. Like Red On A Rose-2006
12. Good Time-2008
13. Thirty Miles West-2012
14. Angels And Alcohol-2015
6. MONROE DOCTRINE: Ashley Monroe's third CD, The Blade becomes her highest charting CD at #2 after 12,000 copies were sold. Her previous CD, Like A Rose peaked at #10 in 2013. She is one third of the Pistol Annies (with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley) that have charted a #1 CD in Hell On Heels (2011) and a #2 CD in Annie Up (2013).
7. A 70S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling albums during the first week of August during the 1970s:
1970: Charley Pride's 10th Album-Charley Pride-RCA
1971: I Won't Mention It Again-Ray Price-Columbia
1972: The Best Of Charley Pride, Volume 2-Charley Pride-RCA
1973: Satin Sheets-Jeanne Pruett-MCA
1974: If You Love Me, Let Me Know-Olivia Newton-John-MCA
1975: Before The Next Teardrop Falls-Freddy Fender-Dot
1976: United Talent-Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty-MCA
1977: Ol' Waylon-Waylon Jennings-RCA
1978: Stardust-Willie Nelson-Columbia
1979: Greatest Hits-Waylon Jennings-RCA
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Reba McEntire has chart topping hits during the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Out of fifteen singles during the 2000s, only one of them, Somebody reached the top. That was our #1 song eleven years ago this week.
McEntire started the decade with her So Good Together CD of 1999. What Do You Say was released just before the year ended. It became her first hit of the 2000s when it peaked at #3. I'll Be did nearly as well, topping off at #4. We're So Good Together broke the top twenty at #20. A greatest hits CD was next called Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm A Survivor. I'm A Survivor served as the theme song to her TV sitcom, Reba. That peaked at #3 in late 2001. She kicked off 2002 by releasing her version of Sweet Music Man. That was originally a #9 country and #44 pop hit for Kenny Rogers in 1977. It was a song about Waylon Jennings. Ironically, Jennings died in February, 2002 while McEntire's version charted. It peaked at #36.
McEntire released her first studio CD of the 2002s in 2003 called Room To Breathe. Lead single, I'm Gonna Take That Mountain peaked at #14 just before the year ended. In January 2004, the second single, Somebody was released. Somebody was recorded by Mark Wills for his 2001 CD, Loving Every Minute. After 29 weeks on the chart, Somebody was at #3 for the week ending July 31st. During that week, Somebody received an abnormally high amount of spins, mostly during the overnight hours. Because the Billboard country chart was spins based at that point in time (now it's audience based), they were forced to name Somebody the #1 hit the following week, interrupting the reign of Tim McGraw's biggest hit, Live Like You Were Dying (he was tops for three weeks, then McEntire was #1 for a week, and then McGraw ruled for another four weeks). Somebody became McEntire's first #1 in six years since If You See Him/If You See Her hit the top in 1998 with Brooks & Dunn. It gave her chart topping hits in three decades: 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. At 30 weeks, it was her slowest climb to #1. Because of the amount of time Somebody took to get to the top, the third single wasn't released until September called He Gets That From Me. It peaked at #7 during the spring of 2005. My Sister was the final single, peaking at #16.
A chart toppers CD was released in 2005 simply called Reba #1s. McEntire's chart fortunes dipped during this time as You're Gonna Be Always Loved By Me hit #33 in 2005 while Love Needs A Holiday faltered at #60 in 2006. That CD is certified double platinum. McEntire's swan song at MCA Records was called Reba: Duets. It became her first CD to hit #1 on BOTH country and top 200 charts when 301,000 copies were sold during the first week. Two major hits were produced: Because Of You with (future) daughter in-law, Kelly Clarkson (#2 in 2007) and Every Other Weekend with Kenny Chesney (#15 in 2008). After McEntire/Chesney peaked, she announced she was signing with Valory Records after 25 years at MCA. During the 2008 C.M.A. Awards, McEntire sang Cowgirls Don't Cry, the Brooks & Dunn single at the time. Arista, the duo's label rereleased it as a duet and it climbed all the way to #2 in early 2009. After that song peaked, McEntire's debut for Valory, Strange was released. It almost made the top ten at #11. That was the lead single for the parent CD, Keep On Loving You. Consider Me Gone was released in July and it became McEntire's 24th chart topping hit in January, 2010. It stayed there for four weeks, becoming her biggest hit. The era wrapped up on a #7 note, I Keep On Loving You. McEntire was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011. Her second Valory CD, All The Women I Am started with her 25th #1, Turn On The Radio in January, 2011. The three singles that followed showed a decline in McEntire's popularity. They are (all 2011):
1. If I Were A Boy-#22
2. When Love Gets A Hold Of You-#40
3. Somebody's Chelsea-#44
In 2014, it was announced that McEntire would be the first artist signed to the Nash Icon label. She would also be doing a series of concerts in Las Vegas with Brooks & Dunn (Ronnie Dunn is also signed to the label). A CD was released in Love Somebody (#1 country CD and #3 top 200 CD after 59,000 copies were sold during the first week). The first single, Going Out Like That peaked at #28. A second single, Until They Don't Love You has just been released. It was just announced that after 26 years of marriage, McEntire and Narvel Blackstock will go their separate ways. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN CHART FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 2004:
1. SOMEBODY-REBA MCENTIRE-MCA
2. Live Like You Were Dying-Tim McGraw-Curb
3. I Go Back-Kenny Chesney-BNA
4. Whiskey Lullaby-Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss-Arista
5. I Got A Feelin'-Billy Currington-Mercury
6. I Want To Live-Josh Gracin-Lyric Street
7. Girls Lie Too-Terri Clark-Mercury
8. Days Go By-Keith Urban-Capitol
9. Hey Good Lookin'-Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and George Strait-Mailboat
10. She Thinks She Needs Me-Andy Griggs-RCA

[.indulgecountry]

Jul 6, 2015 17:31:19 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Country Airplay
*** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "Sangria" Blake Shelton
Greatest Gainer No. 14 "House Party" Sam Hunt
Debut No. 52 "(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial" A Thousand Horses
Debut No. 58 "Backroad Song" Granger Smith
Debut No. 59 "Dibs" Kelsea Ballerini

What happened to these weekly updates on the #1 and debuts? I liked seeing them.

[onebuffalo]

Aug 5, 2015 14:00:27 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Jul 6, 2015 17:31:19 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Country Airplay
*** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "Sangria" Blake Shelton
Greatest Gainer No. 14 "House Party" Sam Hunt
Debut No. 52 "(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial" A Thousand Horses
Debut No. 58 "Backroad Song" Granger Smith
Debut No. 59 "Dibs" Kelsea Ballerini

What happened to these weekly updates on the #1 and debuts? I liked seeing them.

Billboard is no longer doing them since the CD release days have been switched to Fridays. EVERYTHING is in the Monday update (the airplay chart, the mongrel chart, and the albums chart).

[onebuffalo]

1. A #1 KISS: Michael Ray hits pay dirt with his first single, Kiss You In The Morning. It is his first #1 as well. It is from the upcoming self-titled debut CD. Furthermore, he is the sixth artist since Billboard 2015 started (since December, 2014) to land their first #1 following:
1. Girl In A Country Song-Maddie & Tae
2. A Guy Walks Into A Bar-Tyler Farr
3. Smoke-A Thousand Horses
4. Love Me Like You Mean It-Kelsea Ballerini
5. Love You Like That-Canaan Smith
6. Kiss You In The Morning-Michael Ray
2. TOP IS TOP DEBUT: Blasting his way to #30 and grabbing Hot Shot Debut honors is Tim McGraw with Top Of The World. It is the lead single to an upcoming CD. His last CD, Sundown Heaven Town yielded a quartet of major hits. They are:
1. Lookin' For That Girl-2014-#15
2. Meanwhile Back At Mama's-2014-#2
3. Shotgun Rider-2014-#1
4. Diamond Rings And Old Barstools-2015-#3
3. NOT THAT FAR BEHIND: Luke Bryan debuts at #31 with the second Kill The Lights single, Strip It Down. The first, Kick The Dust Up became his twelfth #1 hit.
4. WE WERE FAST: Jason Aldean has the fastest climbing song of the week as Gonna Know We Were Here zooms 19 to #40.
5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Lover, Lover-Jerrod Niemann-Sea Gayle
2005: As Good As I Once Was-Toby Keith-Dreamworks
2000: What About Now-Lonestar-BNA
1995: I Didn't Know My Own Strength-Lorrie Morgan-BNA
1990: Good Times-Dan Seals-Capitol
6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The Kenny Rogers/Lionel Richie alliance lasted for two years between two albums and five singles between 1980-1982. The lead single to the only album Richie produced for Rogers, I Don't Need You was our top song 34 years ago this week.
Richie was a member of the r&b group, the Commodores during the 1970s. They scored two #1 pop hits: Three Times A Lady in 1978 (also #1 r&b and #1 adult contemporary) and Still in 1979 (also #1 r&b and #1 A.C.). Shortly after Still peaked, Richie wanted new outlets for his music. In 1980, he met Rogers. Rogers was preparing a greatest hits album and wanted new songs for it. He also decided to end his five year association with producer Larry Butler. Richie wrote Lady and Rogers was enamored by it. Richie produced the song as well. Rogers decided to put it on the greatest hits album called Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits. Released in September 1980, it became a triple #1 in November on three charts: country (his tenth chart topper and #1 for a week), pop (his first and biggest hit there at six weeks), and A.C. (his second #1 and #1 for four weeks). The greatest hits album was #1 on the country chart for eleven weeks and a #1 top 200 album for two weeks. It is certified at the diamond level. In December 1980, Billboard named Rogers the #1 country and #1 pop artist of the year. His first chart hit of 1981 was a duet with Dottie West called What Are We Doin' In Love. That was a crossover hit, peaking at #1 country, #14 pop, and #7 A.C.. That set the stage for Rogers' next album, Share Your Love. The album was produced by Richie. Richie wrote four songs for the album even though none of those became singles. They are:
1. The Good Life
2. So In Love With You
3. Goin' Back To Alabama-backup provided by Michael Jackson
4. Without You In My Life
As for the lead single, I Don't Need You, that was written by Rick Christian. That was released in June, 1981 and became the twelfth #1 country hit in Rogers' career in August for two weeks. It also peaked at #3 pop and #1 A.C. for six weeks, becoming his biggest hit there. During the same week Rogers hit #3 on the pop chart, Richie was at #1 with his biggest hit, Endless Love, a duet with Diana Ross that topped r&b and A.C. charts. The second single, Share Your Love With Me already made appearances on pop and r&b charts when done by Bobby Bland in 1964 (#42 pop and #5 r&b) and by Aretha Franklin in 1969 (#13 pop and #1 r&b). Rogers' version hit #5 country, #14 pop, and #1 A.C.. The track features Gladys Knight and the Pips on backup. Rogers' next single was Blaze Of Glory. It was also recorded by Razzy Bailey for his Feelin' Alright album. Rogers faltered a bit with Blaze Of Glory, hitting #9 country, #66 pop, and #25 A.C.. While Blaze Of Glory was on the charts, Billboard named Rogers the #1 country and #1 pop artist for the second year. The fourth and final single became a classic for Rogers. Released in January 1982, Through The Years reached #5 country, #13 pop, and #1 A.C.. The Share Your Love album was a success, reaching #1 on the country albums chart for two weeks while hitting #6 on the top 200 chart. It is certified platinum.
Rogers would stay at Liberty Records for another year, releasing two more albums. Those albums and hits are:
1. Love Will Turn You Around (1982):
a. Love Will Turn You Around-1982-#1 country, #13 pop, and #1 A.C.
b. A Love Song-1982-#3 country, #47 pop, and #10 A.C.
2. We've Got Tonight (1983):
a. We've Got Tonight-with Sheena Easton-1983-#1 country, #6 pop, and #2 A.C.
b. All My Life-1983-#13 country, #37 pop, and #2 A.C.
c. Scarlet Fever-1983-#5 country and #94 pop
Rogers and Richie would reunite professionally on Richie's 2012 CD, Tuskegee. They rerecorded Lady as a duet (Lady appears on the Richie CD Time from 1998). Tuskegee was a platinum success, topping BOTH country and top 200 charts. 2013 was a landmark year for Rogers. First, he was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Second, his last studio CD was released called You Can't Make Old Friends. The title track became his last chart appearance with Dolly Parton (#57). This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1981:
1. I DON'T NEED YOU-KENNY ROGERS-LIBERTY
2. I Still Believe In Waltzes-Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty-MCA
3. There's No Gettin' Over Me-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
4. Rainbow Stew-Merle Haggard-MCA
5. It's Now Or Never-John Schneider-Scotti Bros.
6. Older Women-Ronnie McDowell-Epic
7. Too Many Lovers-Crystal Gayle-Columbia
8. You Don't Know Me-Mickey Gilley-Epic
9. Tight Fittin' Jeans-Conway Twitty-MCA
10. Don't Wait On Me-Statler Brothers-Mercury

[onebuffalo]

1. AN EASY #1: For the twelfth time in their career, the Zac Brown Band has the top song in country music. This week, it is the second single from their current CD, Jekyll + Hyde. It is Loving You Easy and it follows lead single, Homegrown at the top. It's been awhile since the Zac Brown Band has landed consecutive #1s. In 2011, they took Knee Deep with Jimmy Buffett to the top and followed it up with their biggest hit, Keep Me In Mind.
2. STRIP IT FAST: Luke Bryan has the fastest climbing song of the week as Strip It Down strips it up eight to #23.
3. A PERRY HIGH DEBUT: The Band Perry score the Hot Shot Debut of the week as the lead single, Live Forever from an upcoming CD makes it start at #36. This single is seeing the Band Perry shift to a more pop direction than ever before. Their last CD, Pioneer yielded a quartet of top tens. They are:
1. Better Dig Two-2013-#1
2. DONE-2013-#1
3. Don't Let Me Be Lonely-2014-#2
4. Chainsaw-2014-#10
4. #1 LIGHTS: Luke Bryan lands his third #1 country CD this week with Kill The Lights. 320,000 were sold, enough to land him at #1 on the top 200 chart as well. It is his second double #1 CD following Crash My Party, which opened at 528,000 copies in 2013. Tailgates & Tanlines, his other chart topping country CD opened at 145,000 copies in 2011, peaking at #2 on the top 200 chart.
5. RAY DEBUTS AS WELL: Michael Ray, who has just scored his first #1 single with Kiss You In The Morning sees his first CD (self-titled) debut at #4 on the country albums chart after 11,000 were sold last week.
6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
2005: Fireflies-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
2000: Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
1995: The Woman In Me-Shania Twain-Mercury
1990: Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Two acts got together in 1999 to form an unlikely alliance. When they did, they nearly topped the country chart. The artists are Alabama and *NSYNC. They remade the latter's God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, our #3 hit from sixteen years ago this week.
In 1998, Alabama released a chart toppers CD called For The Record: 41 Number One Hits. It became a success when two new songs became hits: How Do You Fall In Love (#2 in 1998) and Keepin' Up (#14 in 1999). The CD is certified quintuple platinum. It was the same year *NSYNC charted their version of God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You from their *NSYNC CD. Their version was a hit, peaking at #8 pop and #2 adult contemporary. Alabama went to work on their next CD called Twentieth Century (as the century itself was winding down). They decided to cut God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You. They invited *NSYNC to record harmony vocals on the track. It was possible because both acts labels were owned by BMG (RCA's Alabama and Jive's *NSYNC). Maybe Alabama wanted to be 'more hip' with younger audiences (after all, they have been charting since the late 1970s). Then again, the Dixie Chicks were the most popular country group at the time and Alabama 'needed' the leverage by enlisting *NSYNC (I take it the Backstreet Boys weren't available). In either case, the Alabama/*NSYNC version was released in April, 1999 and climbed all the way to #3 in August, unable to break the seven week stranglehold of the top two held by Lonestar's Amazed (#1) and Lesson In Leavin' by Jo Dee Messina (#2). With *NSYNC involved, Alabama crossed over to the pop chart, peaking at #29, their first top 40 hit since The Closer You Get in 1983 (#1 country, #38 pop, and #9 A.C.). Second single, Small Stuff was released just before the year ended. It peaked at #24 in 2000. The title track peaked at #51 while the fourth and final single, We Made Love hit #63.
Their next CD, When It All Goes South started with the title track peaking at #15 in 2001. Will You Marry Me almost became a top 40 hit. Instead, it peaked at #41. The Woman He Loves did not chart, becoming the FIRST ever Alabama single to do so. During this time, they announced a farewell tour. They released a love songs CD in 2002 called In The Mood: The Love Songs. A new song, I'm In The Mood peaked at #48. Alabama would be off the charts for eight years. In 2005, they were inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. By this time, Alabama was reduced to a trio when their drummer, Mark Herndon left due to a legal dispute (will not be discussed here). That only left the three cousins, Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, and Teddy Gentry to carry on. RCA released a box set of Alabama's music called Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection in 2006. A tribute CD to Waylon Jennings (died in February, 2002) was released in 2010 called The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated To Waylon Jennings. Alabama's contribution was Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (#1 country and #60 pop for Jennings in 1975). Alabama's version hit #53 in 2010. In 2010, Brad Paisley wrote a song for his This Is Country Music CD. Titled Old Alabama, it borrowed heavily on Alabama's 1982 chart topper, Mountain Music in lyrics and melody. Naturally, Paisley invited Alabama to sing and play on the record. Released as a single in 2011, it topped the chart, becoming Paisley's 17th chart topper and Alabama's first #1 since 1993's Reckless. It became their 33rd chart topping hit overall. It was just announced Alabama will be releasing a CD this year called Southern Drawl on the BMG Chrysalis label. Could there be a country career ahead for one of the members of the now defuct *NSYNC? Justin Timberlake has hinted at one. He was recently seen singing Friends In Low Places with Garth Brooks. Stay tuned! This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1999:
1. Amazed-Lonestar-BNA
2. Lesson In Leavin'-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
3. GOD MUST HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON YOU-ALABAMA AND *NSYNC-RCA
4. Little Good-Byes-SHeDAISY-Lyric Street
5. Single White Female-Chely Wright-MCA
6. You Had Me From Hello-Kenny Chesney-BNA
7. The Secret Of Life-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
8. A Night To Remember-Joe Diffie-Epic
9. Little Man-Alan Jackson-Arista
10. Ready To Run-Dixie Chicks-Monument

[onebuffalo]

1. A CRAZY #1: For the third time in his career, Frankie Ballard has the top song in country music. This week it is the third single from his current CD, Sunshine & Whiskey, Young & Crazy. The two singles before it, Helluva Life and the title track hit the top in 2014.
2. A SMOKIN' DEBUT: Blasting her way on to the chart and grabbing the Hot Shot Debut is Carrie Underwood's Smoke Break at #24. This is from her upcoming Storyteller CD. All of her lead singles from her studio CDs have hit the top. They are:
1. Jesus, Take The Wheel-chart wise, her biggest hit-Some Hearts-2006
2. So Small-Carnival Ride-2007
3. Cowboy Casanova-Play On-2009
4. Good Girl-Blown Away-2012
Something In The Water from her first hits CD peaked at #3 earlier this year.
3. HER SECOND: Reba McEntire debuts her second Love Somebody single, Until They Don't Love You at #52. The first, Going Out Like That peaked at #28.
4. BRYAN STRIPS FAST: For the second week in a row, Luke Bryan has the fastest climbing song with Strip It Down (#23 to #16).
5. THE KING IS BACK: Elvis Presley debuts at #2 on the country albums chart with a greatest hits CD called Elvis Forever. 27,000 copies were sold last week. His last #1 country album was in 2002 called ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits.
6. GREEN'S HOME, TOO: Pat Green makes his Green Horse debut on the country albums chart at #5 with Home. 9000 copies were sold last week.
7. A 60S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of August during the 1960s:
1960: Alabam-Cowboy Copas-Starday
1961: Tender Years-George Jones-Mercury
1962: Devil Woman-Marty Robbins-Columbia
1963: Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash-Columbia
1964: I Guess I'm Crazy-Jim Reeves-RCA
1965: Yes Mr. Peters-Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell-Mercury
1966: Almost Persuaded-David Houston-Epic
1967: Branded Man-Merle Haggard-Capitol
1968: Mama Tried-Merle Haggard-Capitol
1969: A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash-Columbia
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Well, after five years at RCA Records, it was time for the Judds to release their first greatest hits CD. A new song from the set, Give A Little Love became their ONLY #2 hit. It was our runner up song 27 years ago this week.
The track listing to Greatest Hits is as follows:
1. Why Not Me-1984-#1-chart wise, their biggest hit and C.M.A. Single of the Year
2. Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain-1986-#1
3. Mama He's Crazy-1984-#1
4. Give A Little Love-1988-#2
5. Grandpa Tell Me 'Bout The Good Ol' Days-1986-#1
6. Girls Night Out-1985-#1
7. Change Of Heart-1989-#1
8. Have Mercy-1985-#1
9. Cry Myself To Sleep-1987-#1
10. Love Is Alive-1985-#1
The first single, Give A Little Love was released in June, 1988. It climbed all the way to #2 in August and it looked like the Judds were going to collect their twelfth chart topping hit. It could not topple The Wanderer by Eddie Rabbitt. It stayed there for a second week while Rodney Crowell scored his first solo #1, I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried (he scored his first #1 overall earlier in the year with It's Such A Small World, a duet with his then-wife, Rosanne Cash). After that near miss, the Judds won the C.M.A. Award for Vocal Duo of the Year. The second 'new' song, Change Of Heart was released in October. It first appeared on their 1983 EP, The Judds: Wynonna & Naomi. That one did hit the top in January, 1989. Ironically, Crowell succeeded them at the top with She's Crazy For Leavin'. In February, the Judds won their fourth Grammy Award for Give A Little Love in the Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group category. Greatest Hits reached #1 on the country albums chart and #76 on the top 200 chart and it is certified at the double platinum mark. Things went well for the Judds over the next year as they released a follow up CD, River Of Time. Young Love Strong Love was the lead single and it became their lucky thirteenth #1 hit in May. Let Me Tell You About Love, written by Carl Perkins features Perkins doing some fine guitar work on the record (Wynonna can be heard saying, 'Hit it, Perkins'). That became their final chart topping hit in September. In October, they repeated as C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year. In November, the third single, One Man Woman was released. It peaked at #8 in January, 1990. The fourth single, Guardian Angels hit #16. That broke their string of seventeen consecutive top ten hits.
Their swan song for RCA was called Love Can Build A Bridge that was released in September. The lead single, Born To Be Blue peaked at #5 just before the year ended. While Born To Be Blue was on the charts, the Judds won the Vocal Duo of the Year from the C.M.A.. Both ladies gave a very tearful acceptance speech. The crowd was stunned by their reaction. The terrible news was just around the corner. Naomi called a news conference shortly after the awards that she would retire from the business due to her chronic hepatitis. They also announced a farewell tour that would take place in 1991. The title track kicked off their 1991 on a #5 note as well. One Hundred And Two became their twentieth and final top ten at #6. Their second greatest hits CD was released in September and they won their final Duo of the Year Award from the C.M.A. in October. They released a song in October that appeared on their 1983 EP, John Deere Tractor. That peaked at #29 and would become their final top 40 hit during their hey day. In December, they gave their final concert. It ended up being the top country grossing tour of the year. During their farewell tour, Wynonna signed to MCA Records as a solo artist. She took the country world by storm with her first three albums: Wynonna (1992), Tell Me Why (1993), and Revelations (1996). After she released her first greatest hits CD in 1997 called Collection, she cooled off on the charts. Getting back to the Judds, they won their final Grammy Award in 1992 for Love Can Build A Bridge. A box set of their music was released later that year called The Judds Collection 1983-1990. Wynonna released a CD in 2000 called New Day Dawning. Inside contained an EP of Judds music called Big Bang Boogie. A single was released from the EP called Stuck In Love. It peaked at #26, becoming their first chart appearance in nine years. Her follow up CD, What The World Needs Now Is Love contains the final chart appearance of the Judds called Flies On The Butter You Can't Go Home Again (#33 in 2004). The Judds' final CD was released in 2011 called I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection. Wynonna's last is 2010's Love Heals. The Judds have just announced that ehy will be doing a series of concerts in Las Vegas. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 1988:
1. The Wanderer-Eddie Rabbitt-RCA
2. GIVE A LITTLE LOVE-THE JUDDS-RCA
3. I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried-Rodney Crowell-Columbia
4. A Little Bit In Love-Patty Loveless-MCA
5. Do You Love Me Just Say Yes-Highway 101-Warner Bros.
6. Joe Knows How To Live-Eddy Raven-RCA
7. The Gift-the McCarters-Warner Bros.
8. If The South Woulda Won-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros.
9. I Should Be With You-Steve Wariner-MCA
10. I Have You-Glen Campbell-MCA

[onebuffalo]

1. HUNT'S PARTYING AT #1: Sam Hunt collects his third #1 this week with House Party. It is his third #1 hit off his Montevallo CD following Leave The Night On (2014) and Take Your Time (2015). He follows Frankie Ballard, who just earned his third chart topping hit, Young & Crazy.
2. THE SECOND: Maddie & Tae collect their second top ten with their second single, Fly at #9. This follows their chart topping debut, Girl In A Country Song (2014). They become the second female duo to take their first two singles into the top ten. The Wreckers were first with Leave The Pieces (#1 in 2006) and My, Oh My (#9 in 2007).
3. A FOUR WAY TIE: We have four songs taking four point jumps for fastest climbing songs of the week. They are:
1. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-#14 to #10
2. Gonna-Blake Shelton-#22 to #18
3. Love Is Your Name-Steven Tyler-#50 to #46
4. Crazy Too-Lucy Angel-#57 to #53
4. HIS FIRST IN FIVE YEARS: Making his first chart appearance in a half decade is James Otto with Somewhere Tonight at #59. It is his debut on his OttoPilot label. The last time he charted was in 2010 with the #34 peaking Soldiers & Jesus.
5. A WILD DEBUT: Making his way to #2 on the country albums chart is Kip Moore with his second CD, Wild Ones. 35,000 copies were sold last week. It follows his #3 debut CD, Up All Night from 2012.
6. A 60S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling albums during the first week of September during the 1960s:
1964: I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash-Columbia
1965: Connie Smith-Connie Smith-RCA
1966: Carnegie Hall Concert-Buck Owens-Capitol
1967: All The Time-Jack Greene-Decca
1968: A New Place In The Sun-Glen Campbell-Capitol
1969: Johnny Cash At San Quentin-Johnny Cash-Columbia
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Out of the 35 country albums that contain a quartet of #1 hits, the one by Exile, Hang On To Your Heart has an interesting story. The fourth chart topper from the CD, She's Too Good To Be True, the fifth release was our top song 28 years ago this week.
By the time Exile signed a country contract with Epic Records in 1983, they were best known for their 1978 hit, Kiss You All Over. That hit #1 pop and #19 adult contemporary during the disco era (1976-1980). A follow up single, You Thrill Me barely rescued Exile from being a one hit wonder on the pop chart by peaking at #40. Exile did not have any further success on both charts they appeared, so they tried a new musical direction when the 1980s started. Exile decided to write country songs. That was not much of a stretch as they were based in Kentucky. Alabama took Take Me Down to #1 in 1982. That was written by J.P. Pennington and Mark Gray. That song was originally recorded by Exile for their Don't Leave Me This Way album. Several months later, Gray and Les Taylor saw their names at the top when Janie Frickie took It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy to #1. In 1983, Alabama took another Pennington/Gray composition to #1, The Closer You Get. By this time, Gray left Exile to pursue a solo career. He landed eight top 40 hits between 1983-1986, the biggest being Sometimes When We Touch with Tammy Wynette in 1985 (#6). At this time, Exile signed to Epic as a country group. Their self-titled debut CD started with High Cost Of Leaving. That was released in September, 1983 and peaked at #27 just before the year ended. In January 1984, Woke Up In Love charted and that became the first of ten chart topping hits in March. The CD ended with another #1, I Don't Want To Be A Memory. With their country career on solid footing, Exile released their second Epic CD, Kentucky Hearts in 1984. It became their ONLY chart topping album. It yielded a trio of chart toppers: Give Me One More Chance (1984), Crazy For Your Love (1985), and She's A Miracle (1985). Their version of Just In Case, written by Pennington and Sonny LeMaire, became a chart topper for the Forester Sisters in 1986. 1985 saw Marlon Hargis leave and he was replaced by Lee Carroll.
With the new lineup, Exile released their Hang On To Your Heart CD in 1985. It started with the title track which topped the chart in November. I Could Get Used To You was released before 1985 ended and became their seventh consecutive #1 hit in March, 1986 just six weeks after Just In Case topped the chart. Super Love, sometimes titled I Got Love Super Duper Love entered the chart in April and peaked at #14, breaking their #1 streak. It remains their most popular recording. The song can also be found on their first greatest hits CD for Epic. A new version of Kiss You All Over appears here as well. It'll Be Me, chart-wise, their biggest hit, started their second streak of #1 hits when it hit the top in October. After that song peaked, they were off the charts for seven months. 1986 became 1987 and the group went through changes while recording Shelter From The Night. They dumped Buddy Killen as producer in favor of Elliot Scheiner, who produced several pop/rock acts. Second, instead of recording the CD in Nashville, they went to Stamford, Connecticut. While the CD took longer to record than originally anticipated, they decided to release a fifth single from the nearly two year old CD, Hang On To Your Heart. That single was She's Too Good To Be True. That was released in May, 1987 and climbed all the way to #1 in September, almost a full year after It'll Be Me rang the bell. That set the stage nicely for the Shelter From The Night CD. Lead single, I Can't Get Close Enough was released in October and became their tenth and final chart topping hit in January, 1988 (the first #1 of the year). They faltered a bit with their next single, Feel Like Foolin' Around (#60). They rebounded a bit with their last top ten on Epic, Just One Kiss (#9). They wrapped up the era and their association with Epic with the #21 peaking It's You Again.
Even more changes took place once 1989 started. First, Pennington was replaced by Paul Martin and Taylor left the group and was replaced by Mark Jones. Next, they switched labels and was one of the first signees to Arista Nashville (opened in 1989). The new Exile, a quartet released their Arista debut, Still Standing. The first single, Keep It In The Middle Of The Road was released in December. It climbed all the way to #17, becoming the first major hit in Arista's history (sorry, Alan Jackson). Exile almost had the first #1 on Arista when Nobody's Talking peaked at #2 (Garth Brooks was tops with The Dance). After that near miss, they landed their thirteenth and final top ten with Yet (#7). The fourth and final single, There You Go kicked off their 1991 on a #32 note. Their 1991 CD, Justice yielded their final chart single, Even Now at #16. Nothing At All and Somebody's Telling Her Lies failed to dent the chart. In 1992, they were dropped by Arista. They disbanded in 1993 and would wait another year to land with a different label. Intersound signed them to a one album deal. They rerecorded eight of their hits and recorded four new songs. That CD was released in 1995 called Latest & Greatest (their last CD released). Besides Gray, other members tried solo careers. Taylor charted three singles between 1989-1991. His biggest hit was I Gotta Mind To Go Crazy (#44 in 1991). Pennington charted twice with his biggest being Whatever It Takes (#45 in 1991). LeMaire formed a group called Burnin' Daylight that charted three singles between 1996-1997, Say Yes being the biggest in 1997 (#37). In 1996, Exile reformed and started doing shows again which were very popular. In 2008, the group consisted of Pennington, Taylor, LeMaire, Hargis, and Steve Goetzman. What they plan to do next is anyone's guess. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1987:
1. SHE'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE-EXILE-EPIC
2. Make No Mistake, She's Mine-Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap-RCA
3. This Crazy Love-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA
4. I'll Never Be In Love Again-Don Williams-Capitol
5. Three Time Loser-Dan Seals-EMI America
6. You Again-Forester Sisters-Warner Bros.
7. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle-Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner-MCA
8. Born To Boogie-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros.
9. The Way We Make A Broken Heart-Rosanne Cash-Columbia
10. Fishin' In The Dark-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros.

P.S.: Happy Labor Day!

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1. 9/11: Have you forgotten?
2. A HELL OF A #1: Dustin Lynch claims his second chart topper this week with Hell Of A Night. It is the second #1 off his current CD, Where It's At. The first, the title track became his first #1 last September. He becomes the second artist on the Broken Bow label to score multiple #1s. Jason Aldean leads the pack at fourteen.
3. A TIE: We have three songs this week taking five point jumps for fastest climbers this week. They are:
1. Strip It Down-Luke Bryan-#13 to #8
2. Smoke Break-Carrie Underwood-#22 to #17
3. White Lightning-Cadillac Three-#47 to #42
4. GOING FOR FOUR: Sam Hunt debuts at #60 with the fourth Montevallo single. Break Up In A Small Town. If that hits the top, the CD will be the 36th in country music with a quartet of #1s on it. His chart toppers include:
1. Leave The Night On-2014
2. Take Your Time-2015
3. House Party-2015
5. NOW ON WHEELHOUSE: Granger Smith's Backroad Song has the Wheelhouse label credited. He just signed to the label which is the fourth label of the Broken Bow family (Broken Bow, Stoney Creek, and Red Bow).
6. THEY START AT #2: Maddie & Tae's debut album, Start Here debuts at #2 after 24,000 copies were sold last week. So far, it features two hit singles: Girl In A Country Song (#1) and the current top ten, Fly.
7. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: All About Tonight-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
2005: Mississippi Girl-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
2000: That's The Way-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
1995: I Like It, I Love It-Tim McGraw-Curb
1990: Jukebox In My Mind-Alabama-RCA
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Terri Clark released her first greatest hits CD in 2004. When she did, a new song from the set became her second #1 hit. That song was Girls Lie Too and it was our top song eleven years ago this week.
The track listing to Greatest Hits 1994-2004 is as follows:
1. Better Things To Do-1995-#3
2. When Boy Meets Girl-1996-#3
3. If I Were You-1996-#8
4. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me-1996-#5
5. Emotional Girl-1997-#10
6. Now That I Found You-1998-#2
7. You're Easy On The Eyes-1998-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit
8. Everytime I Cry-1999-#12
9. A Little Gasoline-2000-#13
10. I Just Wanna Be Mad-2003-#2
11. I Wanna Do It All-2004-#3
12. Girls Lie Too-2004-#1
13. One Of The Guys
14. No Fear (Live Version)
The CD gathered hits from five Clark CDs. They are:
1. Terri Clark-1995
2. Just The Same-1996
3. How I Feel-1998
4. Fearless-2000
5. Pain To Kill-2003
The only single release from the greatest hits CD, Girls Lie Too was released in April. It became her second chart topping hit in September. It also became her tenth and final top ten hit. The CD is certified gold after reaching #4 on the country albums chart and #14 on the top 200 chart. It should be noted that Clark joined the Grand Ole Opry in 2004. Her next release, Life Goes On became her final CD for Mercury Records. It yielded two top 40 hits: The World Needs A Drink (#26 in 2005) and She Didn't Have Time (#25 in 2005). Clark's tenure at Mercury ended in 2006 after being at the label for twelve years. She signed to BNA right after being dropped at Mercury. A CD was to be released called My Next Life, but wasn't. She made her last chart appearances during 2007: Dirty Girl (#30) and In My Next Life (#36). After that, she only made chart appearances in her native Canada. Her next CD would not be released until 2009 on Capitol Records called The Long Way Home. Gypsy Boots, If You Want Fire, A Million Ways To Run, and a duet with Johnny Reid, You Tell Me were the singles. Dropping the Capitol affiliation and keeping BareTrack, she released four more CDs. They are:
1. Terri Clark Live: Road Rage-2009
2. Roots And Wings-2011
3. Classic-2012
4. Some Songs-2014
Her current CD, Some Songs have seen three single releases: the title track, Longer, and I Cheated On You. There have been three other hits packages on Clark. They are:
1. 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection-2006
2. The Ultimate Collection-2008
3. The Definitive Collection-2008
This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 11, 2004:
1. GIRLS LIE TOO-TERRI CLARK-MERCURY
2. Live Like You Were Dying-Tim McGraw-Curb
3. Days Go By-Keith Urban-Capitol
4. I Go Back-Kenny Chesney-BNA
5. She Thinks She Needs Me-Andy Griggs-RCA
6. Whiskey Lullaby-Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss-Arista
7. Here For The Party-Gretchen Wilson-Epic
8. Suds In The Bucket-Sara Evans-RCA
9. Too Much Of A Good Thing-Alan Jackson-Arista
10. I Hate Everything-George Strait-MCA

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1. RHETT CRASHES AT #1: Thomas Rhett collects his fourth #1 and fourth consecutive chart topper this week with Crash And Burn. It is the lead single to his upcoming CD, Tangled Up. His first CD, It Goes Like This produced the #1s: It Goes Like This (2013), Get Me Some Of That (2014), and Make Me Wanna (2015).
2. HUNT'S ON THE MOVE: Sam Hunt has the fastest climbing song of the week as Break Up In A Small Town moves up nine to #51.
3. A BEAUTIFUL DEBUT: The Zac Brown Band debuts their third Jekyll + Hyde single, Beautiful Drug at #54. Since joining the Big Machine family of labels, they have seen their first two singles hit the top: Homegrown and Loving You Easy.
4. KILL THE LIGHTS: We have a winner. Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights is 2015's best selling CD so far. 530,000 copies have been sold so far. The Zac Brown Band's Jekyll + Hyde falls to second with its 521,000 in sales.
5. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
2005: Hillbilly Deluxe-Brooks & Dunn-Arista
2000: Coyote Ugly-Soundtrack-Curb
1995: The Woman In Me-Shania Twain-Mercury
1990: Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA
6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Ready? This is what the chart looked like when Brooks & Dunn collected their first #1, Brand New Man:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 7, 1991:
1. BRAND NEW MAN-BROOKS & DUNN-ARISTA
2. Down To My Last Teardrop-Tanya Tucker-Capitol
3. Small Town Saturday Night-Hal Ketchum-Curb
4. Down At The Twist And Shout-Mary Chapin Carpenter-Columbia
5. Your Love Is A Miracle-Mark Chesnutt-MCA
6. Rodeo-Garth Brooks-Capitol
7. Since I Don't Have You-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
8. You Know Me Better Than That-George Strait-MCA
9. Shadow Of A Doubt-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA
10. Leap Of Faith-Lionel Cartwright-MCA
Fast forward fourteen years and nineteen more #1s for Brooks & Dunn. They collected their final chart topper ten years ago this week with Play Something Country.
In 2004, Brooks & Dunn released their second greatest hits CD called The Greatest Hits Collection II. It was a success when it yielded a pair of top two hits: That's What It's All About (#2 in 2004) and It's Getting Better All The Time (#1 in 2005). They went to work on a CD called Hillbilly Deluxe (sorry, Dwight Yoakam). The first single, Play Something Country was released in May, 2005. The song itself namedrops several country artists: 'I like Kenny, Keith, Alan, and Patsy Cline.' and 'Hank it up a little, let's rock this bar. Threw back a shot, yelled I'm a George Strait junkie.' It climbed all the way to the top in September, becoming their twentieth and final chart topping hit. The same week they collected their last #1 hit, they swept the charts when Hillbilly Deluxe became the #1 CD of the week. Following that double triumph, they went from party mode to religious with their next release, Believe. Released in October, it was top ten bound in early 2006 (#8). While Believe was on the charts, Brooks & Dunn won the C.M.A. Award for Vocal Duo of the Year. They also won Single and Video of the Year for Believe. They recruited Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill for their next single, Building Bridges, which hit #4 during the summer. The title track ended the era on a #16 note, breaking a string of top ten hits at eight. They won their final Duo Award from the C.M.A. during this time. Their final studio album was next and it was called Cowboy Town (2007). The lead single, Proud Of The House We Built got the duo back into the top ten at #4. God Must Be Busy fell a rung short of the top ten. Put A Girl In It got all the way up to #3 in 2008. The last single, Cowgirls Don't Cry was released during the summer of 2008. They performed the song at the C.M.A.s where they invited Reba McEntire to sing with them. Shortly after the awards, Arista reserviced the single as a duet and it got all the way to #2 in early 2009. After that, Brooks & Dunn announced the end of their professional relationship and would go on a farewell tour. Arista released their third greatest hits CD, a double disc set called #1s...And Then Some. Two new songs were added and they both peaked at #16 in 2009: Indian Summer and Honky Tonk Stomp with Billy Gibbons. Their tour ended in September, 2010.
They went to work on solo CDs. Ronnie Dunn was first out of the gate with his self-titled album. Three singles made top 40 appearances. They are:
1. Bleed Red-2011-#10
2. Cost Of Livin'-2011-#19
3. Let The Cowboy Rock-2012-#32
In 2013, he made an appearance from the Peace, Love, And Country Music CD in Kiss You There (#60). With Kix Brooks, his New To This Town CD produced five chart singles. They are:
1. New To This Town-with Joe Walsh-2012-#31
2. Bring It On Home-2012-#39
3. Moonshine Road-2013-#42
4. Complete 360-2013-#49
5. There's The Sun-2013-#48
In 2014, Brooks & Dunn announced they would reunite for a series of concerts in Las Vegas with McEntire. That year, McEntire signed to Nash Icon Records. She was followed by Dunn this year. Dunn is currently on the chart with Ain't No Trucks In Texas. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 17, 2005:
1. PLAY SOMETHING COUNTRY-BROOKS & DUNN-ARISTA
2. A Real Fine Place To Start-Sara Evans-RCA
3. As Good As I Once Was-Toby Keith-DreamWorks
4. Alcohol-Brad Paisley-Arista
5. Do You Want Fries With That-Tim McGraw-Curb
6. Something To Be Proud Of-Montgomery Gentry-Columbia
7. Mississippi Girl-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
8. Something More-Sugarland-Mercury
9. Help Somebody-Van Zant-Columbia
10. Redneck Yacht Club-Craig Morgan-Broken Bow

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1. SAVE #1 FOR CHESNEY: Kenny Chesney collects the 26th #1 of his career and the fourth #1 off his current CD, The Big Revival. The song that does so is Save It For A Rainy Day. This feat sets a few chart achievements. They are:
1. Chesney's #1s totals brings him into the top ten of those artists with the most chart topping hits. The new list looks like this:
1. George Strait-44
2. Conway Twitty-40
3. Merle Haggard-38
4. Ronnie Milsap-35
5. Alabama-33
6. Charley Pride-29
7. Eddy Arnold-28
8. Alan Jackson-26
9. Tim McGraw-26
10. Kenny Chesney-26
2. Chesney's 26 chart toppers have been at #1 for 70 weeks. He now moves past Johnny Cash for seventh place on that list.
1. Eddy Arnold-145
2. Webb Pierce-111
3. George Strait-84
4. Hank Williams, Sr.-82
5. Buck Owens-82
6. Tim McGraw-77
7. Kenny Chesney-70
8. Johnny Cash-69
9. Sonny James-66
10. Marty Robbins-63
3. The Big Revival becomes the second Chesney CD to contain four #1 hits. His first was Hemingway's Whiskey. The CDs and their hits are:
1. Hemingway's Whiskey
a. The Boys Of Fall-2010
b. Somewhere With You-2011
c. Live A Little-2011
d. Reality-2012
2. The Big Revival
a. American Kids-2014
b. Til It's Gone-2015
c. Wild Child-2015
d. Save It For A Rainy Day-2015
Furthermore, Chesney becomes the first artist in Billboard 2015 (since December, 2014) to score a trio of chart toppers.
4. The Big Revival becomes the 36th country CD to yield a quartet of chart topping hits. The others:
1. Don't Make It Easy For Me-Earl Thomas Conley
2. Roll On-Alabama
3. Why Not Me-the Judds
4. Rockin' With The Rhythm-the Judds
5. Lost In The Fifties Tonight-Ronnie Milsap
6. Hang On To Your Heart-Exile
7. Wheels-Restless Heart
8. Always & Forever-Randy Travis
9. King's Record Shop-Rosanne Cash
10. The Heart Of It All-Earl Thomas Conley
11. Southern Star-Alabama
12. Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA
13. No Fences-Garth Brooks
14. Don't Rock The Jukebox-Alan Jackson
15. Brand New Man-Brooks & Dunn
16. I Still Believe In You-Vince Gill
17. Alibis-Tracy Lawrence
18. Who I Am-Alan Jackson
19. The Woman In Me-Shania Twain
20. Everywhere-Tim McGraw
21. A Place In The Sun-Tim McGraw
22. Lonely Grill-Lonestar
23. Set This Circus Down-Tim McGraw
24. If You're Going Through Hell-Rodney Atkins
25. Golden Road-Keith Urban
26. Time Well Wasted-Brad Paisley
27. Carnival Ride-Carrie Underwood
28. The Foundation-Zac Brown Band
29. You Get What You Give-Zac Brown Band
30. Hemingway's Whiskey-Kenny Chesney
31. Red River Blue-Blake Shelton
32. Barefoot Blue Jean Night-Jake Owen
33. Here's To The Good Time-Florida Georgia Line
34. Night Train-Jason Aldean
35. Fuse-Keith Urban
36. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney
2. BREAK EQUALS COWBOY: Carrie Underwood's Smoke Break is at #9 after five weeks on the chart. It matches her quickest climb into the top ten since Cowboy Casanova did the same in 2009. That took five weeks to get to #8.
3. HUNT'S FAST: Sam Hunt has the fastest climbing song of the week. Break Up In A Small Town moves up seven to #44.
4. CHURCH'S SIXTH IS FIRST: Eric Church debuts at #59 with the sixth The Outsiders single, Roller Coaster Ride. It is his first CD to produce six singles. The other five were:
1. The Outsiders-2013-#25
2. Give Me Back My Hometown-2014-#1
3. Cold One-2014-#20
4. Talladega-2015-#1
5. Like A Wrecking Ball-2015-#11
In the meantime, his duet with Keith Urban, Raise 'Em Up topped the chart this year (off of the Urban CD, Fuse).
5. ILLINOIS TOPS COUNTRY: Brett Eldredge collects his first #1 country album in Illinois. 43,000 copies were sold last week. His debut album, Bring You Back topped off at #2 in 2013.
6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Our Kind Of Love-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
2005: A Real Fine Place To Start-Sara Evans-RCA
2000: That's The Way-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
1995: I Like It, I Love It-Tim McGraw-Curb
1990: Jukebox In My Mind-Alabama-RCA
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Is he off the chart yet? Well, yes and no. Lee Brice is off the chart with Love Like Crazy. He is currently on the chart with That Don't Sound Like You. Love Like Crazy spent its 56th and final week on the chart five years ago this week.
Brice signed to Curb Records in 2006. He went to work on his debut CD, Picture Of Me but it was never released. Instead, Curb released three singles between 2007-2008. Those were: She Ain't Right (#29 in 2007), Happy Endings (#32 in 2007), and Upper Middle Class White Trash (#44 in 2008). While charting with She Ain't Right, Garth Brooks was preparing a greatest hits CD called The Ultimate Hits. He decided to record a new song for the set called More Than A Memory. The song was written by Brice, Kyle Jacobs, and Billy Montana. That song was released in September, 2007 while Brice was charting with his second single. More Than A Memory STARTED its chart life at the top, becoming so far the only song to debut at #1. This was the same year Tracy Lawrence took 41 weeks to send Find Out Who Your Friends Are to #1, a record to date. Brice went to work on CD #2. That one was called Love Like Crazy. The title track (written by Tim James and Doug Johnson) was released in August, 2009. It debuted at #58 in September. The top single at the time belonged to Jason Aldean with his biggest hit, Big Green Tractor. The top selling CD was Keep On Loving You by Reba McEntire. It took eleven weeks for Love Like Crazy to crack the top 40. It took another seventeen weeks to get to the top 30 and another twelve weeks to crack the top 20. Right after it hit the top 20, Curb finally released Brice's first CD. It cracked the top ten six weeks later in its 46th week on the chart, a record. During that week (week ending July 17, 2010), Water by Brad Paisley was the top song and Lady Antebellum had the top selling CD in Need You Now. Six weeks later, Love Like Crazy was at #5. It had spent a year on the chart and had tied Eddy Arnold's Bouquet Of Roses from 1948 as the only other single to spend that much time on the chart. It broke the record when it moved to #4 the following week. Two weeks later (in week #55), the single peaked at #3 in September. It dropped to #8 in its 56th week and went recurrent in October. When it was dropped from the chart, Our Kind Of Love by Lady Antebellum was the #1 single and Jamey Johnson had the top CD in The Guitar Song. Love Like Crazy even peaked at #45 pop. In October, the second and final single was released called Beautiful Every Time. While not spending as much time on the chart like Love Like Crazy, it managed a peak position of #30 in early 2011. In December, Billboard named Love Like Crazy the top single of the year (the lowest peaking single to earn such honors).
Well, after making history with two singles (the Brooks one and his), Brice went to work on a CD in 2011 called Hard 2 Love. Lead single, A Woman Like You was released in October. In November, Crazy Girl by the Eli Young Band became their first chart topping hit. That song was written by Brice. That became the top single of the year according to Billboard. A Woman Like You became Brice's first #1 as an artist in April, 2012 right when Curb released the CD. Hard To Love was released next and that, too topped the chart in November. I Drive Your Truck was released just before the year ended and became Brice's third consecutive chart topper in April, 2013. It won the Song of the Year by both C.M.A. and A.C.M.. The fourth and final single, Parking Lot Party ended the #1 streak at three by peaking at #6. His current CD, I Don't Dance was released in September, 2014. The title track was the first single and it became Brice's fourth #1 in August. Drinking Class, the second single did nearly as well, stopping at #2 this year. Brice is currently in the top 40 with the third release, That Don't Sound Like You.
Brice has written other hits for other artists. Those songs and artists are:
1. Crazy Days (#33 in 2008) and What It Takes (#38 in 2009) for Adam Gregory
2. Still (#13 in 2010) for Tim McGraw
3. Shinin' On Me (#17 in 2012), Only God Could Love You More (#29 in 2013), and Buzz Back Girl (#35 in 2014) for Jerrod Niemann
As a bonus for those who want to know, here is the chart run for Love Like Crazy, the single that spent thirteen months on the chart. Ready?
58-50-48-47-46-45-43-41-42-41-39-38-38-40-37-40-35-35-36-37-34-33-34-32-31-33-32-29-28-27-28-27-27-26-25-24-23-22-21-18-18-14-13-11-11-10-11-10-07-06-05-05-04-05-03-08
The question remains. Will there be another single to spend 56 weeks on the chart? Will someone break Brice's record? Stay tuned! This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 25, 2010:
1. Our Kind Of Love-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
2. Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer-Billy Currington-Mercury
3. The Boys Of Fall-Kenny Chesney-BNA
4. All About Tonight-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
5. All Over Me-Josh Turner-MCA
6. Roll With It-Easton Corbin-Mercury
7. Smile-Uncle Kracker-Atlantic
8. LOVE LIKE CRAZY-LEE BRICE-CURB
9. Come Back Song-Darius Rucker-Capitol
10. Little White Church-Little Big Town-Capitol

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1. IT'S RAINING KENNY: Kenny Chesney continues to have the top song in country with Save It For A Rainy Day. It is the first multi week #1 from The Big Revival. The first three #1s reigned for one week each: American Kids (2014), Til It's Gone (2015), and Wild Child (2015). Chesney has not had a multi week #1 in awhile. His last was Come Over from 2012 that reigned for fourteen days.
2. A HIGH CONVERSATION: George Strait blasts his way onto the chart this week with the title track to his current CD, Cold Beer Conversation at #35. It is the Hot Shot Debut of the week and it is his 99th top 40 hit. First single, Let It Go peaked at #46.
3. HE DOES IT AGAIN: For the third week in a row, Sam Hunt has the fastest climbing song of the week with Break Up In A Small Town (#44 to #31).
4. ALABAMA'S BACK: Alabama debut at #2 on the country albums chart with Southern Drawl. 21,000 copies were sold last week. It is their third #2 peaking CD following For The Record: 41 Number One Hits from 1998 and Alabama & Friends from 2013.
5. A 50S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week in September during the 1950s:
1950: I'm Moving On-Hank Snow-RCA
1951: Always Late With Your Kisses-Lefty Frizzell-Columbia
1952: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels-Kitty Wells-Decca
1953: A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepherd and Ferlin Huskey-Capitol
1954: I Don't Hurt Anymore-Hank Snow-RCA
1955: I Don't Care-Webb Pierce-Decca
1956: Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley-RCA
1957: Fraulein-Bobby Helms-Decca
1958: Bird Dog-Everly Brothers-Cadence
1959: The Three Bells-the Browns-RCA
6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Unknown to Tanya Tucker at the time, Here's Some Love would be her sixth and final #1 of the 1970s. She had to wait another ten years to top the chart again. That song was tops 39 years ago this week.
In 1971, at the tender age of thirteen, Tucker signed her first record contract with Columbia Records (I didn't do that in 1983). She and her producer, the now late Billy Sherrill went to work on her debut album, Delta Dawn. They chose the title track, written by Larry Collins and Alex Harvey as the first single. Released in May 1972, it became the first of 40 top tens for Tucker when it peaked at #6. It even peaked at #72 pop. Helen Reddy would release her version in 1973, topping both pop and adult contemporary charts. The album was released the same week Tucker turned fourteen (what a birthday gift that was). The second and final single was released shortly after that. It was the double-sided Love's The Answer/The Jamestown Ferry. It peaked at #5 in early 1973. After that, Tucker won her first award as the Top New Female Vocalist of the Year by the A.C.M.. Album #2 was in the works and it held bigger things for Tucker. That album's name was What's Your Mama's Name. The title track became the first single and that was released in March. It took two months for it to become her first chart topping hit at age fourteen (I didn't have any #1s in 1984). The next single raised eyebrows because of the title. That was called Blood Red And Goin' Down. Like the previous single, it topped the chart in September. By this time, Tucker was recording album #3 which was called Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone. David Allan Coe wrote the title track and lead single. Released in January 1974, it became her third consecutive #1 in March. The chart topping streak was snapped with the second single. The Man That Turned My Mama On topped off at #4. Her top ten streak was broken by the third single, the #18 peaking I Believe The South Is Gonna Rise Again. Her first greatest hits album surfaced in 1975.
Well, after three years at Columbia that produced three albums and seven hit singles, it was time for a label change (already?). Tucker signed to MCA Records in 1974 at the age of sweet sixteen. Her self-titled debut for MCA was recorded in Los Angeles instead of Nashville. With the change of labels came a change in producers to Snuff Garrett. I believe Tucker was his first country artist he worked with. Their first single together, Lizzie And The Rainman was based on the movie, The Rainmaker. Released in April 1975, it became her first #1 on MCA and fourth chart topper overall. It became her biggest crossover hit, peaking at #37 pop and #7 A.C.. The album ended with another #1, San Antonio Stroll which hit the top right after her 17th birthday. It should be mentioned that her prior label released a single in Spring that hit #18 between those two chart topping hits. She returned to Nashville to record her next album. She was paired with Jerry Crutchfield as her producer. The Lovin' And Learnin' album produced two top tens in 1976: Don't Believe My Heart Can't Stand Another You (#4) and You've Got Me To Hold On (#3). Again, Columbia released a single that made the top 40, the #23 peaking Greener Than The Grass We Laid On. Tucker would then release an album that became her ONLY chart topping release, Here's Some Love. The title track was the ONLY single from the set. Released in July, it became her sixth #1 in October just before her 18th birthday. It became a crossover hit by peaking at #82 pop and #25 A.C.. It was her third #1 at MCA, equaling the number of chart toppers she had at Columbia. The Ridin' Rainbows album of 1977 started with the #12 peaking title track. It's A Cowboy Lovin' Night hit #7 while Dancing The Night Away waltzed its way to #16. Columbia gained their final top 40 hit with Tucker with You Are So Beautiful which peaked at #40.
Tucker tasted gold for the first time when her first greatest hits album hit that mark in 1978. Speaking of greatest hits, MCA released one on Tucker in 1978. It yielded her lowest charted single to date with Save Me at #86. Her next album, TNT shows her clad in a leather outfit striking a very seductive pose with the microphone cord running between her legs. The album features some rock and roll material, but the first single was the very country leaning Texas When I Die that peaked at #5 in early 1979. I'm The Singer, You're The Song peaked at #18. The TNT album peaked at #2, unable to dislodge Kenny Rogers' The Gambler from the top. It became the second gold album of her career. Her last album of the 1970s was Tear Me Apart. She was apart from the chart when the two singles failed to make the chart: Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone and Better Late Than Never. Her entrance into the 1980s saw her participate in the Smokey & The Bandit II soundtrack. Her contribution was Pecos Promenade and that hit #10. It features backup by Glen Campbell. Tucker and Campbell started a relationship after that record (she was 22 and he was 44). She released an album in 1980 called Dreamlovers. The title track, as Dream Lover was a duet with Campbell and that peaked at #59. She opened 1981 with her final top ten at MCA called Can I See You Tonight (#4). That had vocal support from Campbell as well. Her final top 40 for MCA was next and that was Love Knows We Tried (#40). Her final studio album for MCA was released in 1981 called Should I Do It. The title track (#50) and Rodeo Girls (#83) were the singles. She ended her eight year association with MCA on a live album note simply called Live. Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer did not chart.
Tucker singed a one album deal with Arista, her third label in 1982. In January 1983, the album Changes was released and a single in Feel Right (#10). The title track almost became a top 40 hit at #41. Baby I'm Yours hit #22 and then Arista dropped Tucker. She went without a label for two years. She signed to Capitol Records in 1985. Her debut for them, Girls Like Me started with One Love At A Time in 1986. It hit #3, becoming her first top five record in five years. Second single, Just Another Love was released in July and that became her seventh chart topper in October right after her 28th birthday and tenth anniversary of her last, Here's Some Love. She added three more #1s in 1988: I Won't Take Less Than Your Love with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet, If It Don't Come Easy, and Strong Enough To Bend, chart wise her biggest hit. Here's Some Love was rerecorded for her 1990 CD, Greatest Hits Encore. She almost doubled her #1s total, but a whopping NINE singles hit #2. Those were:
1. I'll Come Back As Another Woman-1987
2. Love Me Like You Used To-1987
3. Highway Robbery-1989
4. My Arms Stay Open All Night-1990-her biggest #2 hit
5. Down To My Last Teardrop-1991-Tucker wins the C.M.A. Female Vocalist of the Year Award but is unable to attend because she gave birth to her first child.
6. Without You What Do I Do With Me-1992
7. Two Sparrows In A Hurricane-1992
8. It's A Little Too Late-1993
9. Soon-1993
Her last chart appearance came in 2003 with the #49 peaking Old Weakness Coming On Strong. Her last CD was released last year called Icon. Who is with me and say the Texas Tornado should be in the Country Music Hall of Fame next year? It would be her 45th anniversary in the business. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1976:
1. HERE'S SOME LOVE-TANYA TUCKER-MCA
2. The Games That Daddies Play-Conway Twitty-MCA
3. You And Me-Tammy Wynette-Epic
4. All I Can Do-Dolly Parton-RCA
5. If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time-Willie Nelson-Columbia
6. Let's Put It Back Together Again-Jerry Lee Lewis-Mercury
7. Can't You See/I'll Go Back To Her-Waylon Jennings-RCA
8. After The Storm-Wynn Stewart-Playboy
9. A Whole Lotta Things To Sing About-Charley Pride-RCA
10. I Don't Want To Have To Marry You-Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius-RCA

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1. STILL #1: Kenny Chesney rules the chart for a third week with Save It For A Rainy Day. He has not had a three week #1 since 2011's Somewhere With You. This is the third three week #1 since Billboard 2015 started (since December, 2014). Shotgun Rider by Tim McGraw held sway between December-January while the Zac Brown Band had one in April with Homegrown. If Chesney manages a fourth week at the top, it'll be the first four week #1 since Play It Again by Luke Bryan from last year.
2. BACK TO BACK TOP 20S: Big & Rich's second Gravity single, Run Away With You is at #18 for the week. It is the follow up to their career second top ten, Look At You (#7). They haven't scored back to back top 20s since 2006-2007 when 8th Of November peaked at #18 during the former year while Lost In This Moment became their only #1 during the latter year.
3. MOVING ON: Clare Dunn scores the fastest climbing song of the week as Move On jumps twelve to #46.
4. OUCH!: After debuting at #35 last week, Cold Beer Conversation by George Strait takes a fourteen point fall to #49.
5. GOING FOR THREE: Dustin Lynch debuts his third Where It's At single, Mind Reader at #57. He is hoping it becomes his third consecutive #1 following the title track (2014) and Hell Of A Night (2015).
6. SOME CD NEWS: There are four country albums making their debut on the chart this week. They are:
1. AN EAGLE HAS LANDED: Don Henley collects his first #1 country album with Cass County. 88,000 were sold last week. He becomes the first member of the Eagles to top the country albums chart. He has backed up Trisha Yearwood on two of her hits: Walkaway Joe (#2 in 1993) and Inside Out (#31 in 2002).
2. STRAIT'S FIFTH #2: George Strait comes in at a close second with Cold Beer Conversation. 83,000 were sold. It becomes his fifth #2 peaking album following:
1. Easy Come, Easy Go-1993
2. Always Never The Same-1999
3. For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome-2003
4. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-2014
5. Cold Beer Conversation-2015
3. RHETT'S TANGLED AT #3: Thomas Rhett 's second album, Tangled Up debuts at #3 after 63,000 copies were sold. It follows his #2 debut from 2013, It Goes Like This.
4. BLACK'S BACK: Clint Black's first studio album in a decade debuts at #13. It is On Purpose and it sold 3000 copies. His last, Drinkin' Songs And Other Logic was released on his Equity label. It topped off at #36 in 2005.
7. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: The Boys Of Fall-Kenny Chesney-BNA
2005: Something To Be Proud Of-Montgomery Gentry-Columbia
2000: That's The Way-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
1995: I Like It, I Love It-Tim McGraw-Curb
1990: Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks-Capitol
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney rank in the top two in two key categories during the 2000s. Keith has more #1s (16 versus 14 for Chesney) while Chesney has more top tens (28 versus 24 for Keith). Keith collected his final chart topper of the decade just six years ago this week with American Ride.
Keith's chart toppers between 2000-2009 are:
1. How Do You Like Me Now-2000-the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown and Billboard
2. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This-2001
3. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight-2001-Keith wins the C.M.A. Male Vocalist of the Year Award
4. I Wanna Talk About Me-2001
5. My List-2002
6. Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue The Angry American-2002
7. Who's Your Daddy-2002
8. Beer For My Horses-with Willie Nelson-2003-chart wise, his biggest hit
9. I Love This Bar-2003
10. American Soldier-2004
11. Whiskey Girl-2004
12. As Good As I Once Was-2005
13. Love Me If You Can-2007
14. She Never Cried In Front Of Me-2008
15. God Love Her-2009
16. American Ride-2009
American Ride (title track) was selected as the lead single. The song was written by Joe West and Dave Pahanish. It was custom built for Keith. It certainly espoused the views of Keith, first established after 9/11 with Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue. Not only stacked with political commentary, it also noted the top news stories of the day and gave a slap to American culture. Released in July, it became Keith's 19th chart topper overall and 16th of the decade. Keith did a 180 with his next release. Cryin' For Me Wayman's Song, a tune dedicated to his friend, Wayman Tisdale, who died earlier in the year. Released the week after American Ride topped the chart, it peaked at #6 in early 2010. Every Dog Has Its Day wrapped up the era on a #15 note. His next CD, Bullets In The Gun (2010) became the first Keith CD released after his Show Dog label merged with Universal Music. It became his first not to have ANY top tens on it. However, the three singles still made the top 20. They are:
1. Trailerhood-2010-#19
2. Bullets In The Gun-2010-#12
3. Somewhere Else-2011-#12
Clancy's Tavern was released in 2011. It started with Made In America that was released in June. It became his 20th (and so far final) #1 in October. Red Solo Cup was released just before the year was over. It hit #9 in early 2012 and became the biggest crossover hit in Keith's career, peaking at #15 pop. It is his biggest selling single being certified double platinum. The star-studded clip won the C.M.A. Video of the Year Award. Beers Ago was the third and final single, peaking at #6 becoming so far, final top ten hit. Keith's chart fortunes began to decline with the Hope On The Rocks CD (2012). I Like Girls That Drink Beer hit #17 in 2012 while the title track peaked at #18 in 2013. Drinks After Work (2013) did not improve things for Keith. The title track peaked at #17 in 2013 while Shut Up And Hold On hit #48, becoming his first non-top 40 hit since 1999's When Love Fades (#44). In 2014, Keith released the lead single to his upcoming CD, 35 MPH Town. That was Drunk Americans and that brought him back to the top 40 at #27. The title track hit #42 this year. The third single (the CD is not out yet), Rum Is The Reason has just been released. I hope it becomes a big hit for Keith this year. Here is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 2009:
1. AMERICAN RIDE-TOBY KEITH-SHOW DOG
2. Small Town USA-Justin Moore-Valory
3. Gettin' You Home The Black Dress Song-Chris Young-RCA
4. Only You Can Love Me This Way-Keith Urban-Capitol
5. Big Green Tractor-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
6. Welcome To The Future-Brad Paisley-Arista
7. Toes-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic
8. Living For The Night-George Strait-MCA
9. I'll Just Hold On-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
10. Love Your Love The Most-Eric Church-EMI

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1. BRETT LOSES #1: Brett Eldredge claims the fourth #1 in his career with Lose My Mind. It is the lead single to his #1 album, Illinois. Illinois opened with 44,000 in sales. His previous album, Bring You Back had three chart toppers. They are:
1. Don't Ya-2013
2. Beat Of The Music-2014 and the biggest hit of the year according to Billboard
3. Mean To Me-2015
2. THEIR FIRST: Dan + Shay celebrate their first top ten this week as Nothin' Like You is at #10. They came close last year in scoring a top ten as their debut single, 19 You + Me hit #11. They followed it up with Show You Off (#21 in 2015). All of these songs are from their debut CD, Where It All Began.
3. COLD BEER IS FAST: George Strait scores the fastest climbing song of the week as Cold Beer Conversation talks up nine spots to #40.
4. STRAIT'S 26TH: George Strait leads the country albums chart for a record breaking 26th time as Cold Beer Conversation claims the top spot. Last week it debuted at #2 with 83,000 sold. This week it sells 30,000-the most of any country album. Here is a list of ALL Strait albums that topped the chart:
1. Right Or Wrong-1984
2. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind-1985
3. Something Special-1985
4. #7-1986
5. Ocean Front Property-1987-the first country album to debut at #1
6. Greatest Hits Volume 2-1987
7. If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'-1988
8. Beyond The Blue Neon-1989
9. Livin' It Up-1990
10. Pure Country-1993
11. Lead On-1994
12. Blue Clear Sky-1996
13. Carrying Your Love With Me-1997
14. One Step At A Time-1998
15. Latest Greatest Straitest Hits-2000
16. George Strait-2000
17. The Road Less Traveled-2001
18. Honkytonkville-2003
19. 50 Number Ones-2004
20. Somewhere Down In Texas-2005
21. It Just Comes Natural-2006
22. Troubadour-2008
23. Twang-2009
24. Here For A Good Time-2011
25. Love Is Everything-2013
26. Cold Beer Conversation-2015
Add that to his 44 #1 hits and Strait has 70 country #1s on singles and album charts.
5. #1 CDS: These were the chart selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Hemingway's Whiskey-Kenny Chesney-BNA
2005: All Jacked Up-Gretchen Wilson-Epic
2000: Greatest Hits-Kenny Chesney-BNA
1995: All I Want-Tim McGraw-Curb
1990: No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol
6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: RCA Records was dominating the charts between October and November, 1982. They had a quartet of chart toppers that went back to back. They are:
1. I Will Always Love You/Do I Ever Cross Your Mind-Dolly Parton
2. He Got You-Ronnie Milsap
3. Close Enough To Perfect-Alabama
4. You're So Good When You're Bad-Charley Pride
Now, let us take a look at those songs and artists:
1. I Will Always Love You-We all know this one, but it's worth repeating here. In 1967, Parton switched labels from Monument to RCA. She also replaced Norma Jean on the Porter Wagoner Show. She was free to record with Wagoner as he was already signed to RCA. In fact, Parton's first RCA single was a duet with Wagoner called The Last Thing On My Mind (#7 in 1968). Things went well over the next five years as she charted solo singles and duets with Wagoner, collecting her first #1 in 1971 with Joshua. In 1973, she was contemplating leaving Wagoner. She wrote a song about it letting everyone know what she was going through. Knowing Parton, she did not take pity on herself or the situation. Titled I Will Always Love You, it was placed on the 1974 album, Jolene. The title track was the lead single and it became her second #1 in February. It gave her debut showings on pop (#60) and adult contemporary charts (#44). In March, I Will Always Love You was released. During its chart run, Parton indeed left Wagoner. That became her third chart topper in June. Ironically, four months later, Parton and Wagoner would have their ONLY chart topping duet with Please Don't Stop Loving Me. After 1974, Parton was well on her way to superstardom. Six years later, she added movie star to her resume as her first film, 9 To 5 was a blockbuster in 1980. Two years later, she starred in her second, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. He co-star was Burt Reynolds. She needed a song that would be used in a key scene in the movie. She decided to rerecord I Will Always Love You. In July, the single was released off the soundtrack, paired with Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, also written by Parton. It topped the chart in October, making Parton so far, the ONLY artist to take two versions of the same song to #1. Her sixteenth chart topper was a crossover hit, peaking at #53 pop and #17 A.C.. A second single was a hit called Hard Candy Christmas (#8 in 1983). A decade later, Whitney Houston recorded her version for The Bodyguard soundtrack. It became her biggest hit by staying at #1 on the pop chart for fourteen weeks (a record at the time) while topping r&b and A.C. charts. In 1995, it became a hit on the country chart for the third time. This time, it was a duet between Parton and Vince Gill. It hit #15 late in the year. It won the 1996 Vocal Event Award from the C.M.A.. Parton's last chart appearance was a duet with Kenny Rogers called You Can't Make Old Friends (#57 in 2013). Her last CD was released the following year called Blue Smoke.
2. He Got You-Milsap was on a roll. In 1981, he released the There's No Gettin' Over Me album. The title track became his biggest crossover hit, peaking at #1 country for two weeks, #5 pop for five weeks, and #2 A.C. for four weeks. I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World was the second and final single, peaking at #1 country, #20 pop, and #3 A.C. in early 1982. The Inside Ronnie Milsap album was next. Any Day Now was the lead single and it hit #1 country, #14 pop, and #1 A.C., chart wise, his biggest A.C. hit and the biggest A.C. hit of the year according to Billboard. He Got You, a title similar to the Patsy Cline classic was released in July. It became his 21st country chart topper in October while peaking at #59 pop and #15 A.C.. The album ended with the double-sided Inside/Carolina Dreams single. That hit #1 in early 1983. It crossed over to #27 A.C.. That was Milsap's tenth single of the 1980s and his tenth consecutive #1 hit. That was broken by the lead single to his next album, Keyed Up. Stranger In My House was released in March and it topped off at #5 country, #23 pop, and #8 A.C.. Milsap's last chart appearance was 2006's Local Girls (#54). Last year, RCA released a box set of ALL Milsap studio albums called The RCA Albums Collection.
3. Close Enough To Perfect-After signing to RCA in 1980, Alabama shot to stardom with the My Home's In Alabama album. They got chart toppers with Tennessee River and Why Lady Why. Their second RCA album gave them superstardom status. That was Feels So Right, their first chart topping album. A trio of singles hit the top in 1981: Old Flame, Feels So Right (also #20 pop), and Love In The First Degree (also #15 pop and #5 A.C.). Between Feels So Right and Love In The First Degree, Alabama won the first of three Vocal Group of the Year Awards from the C.M.A.. The pattern was repeated with the 1982 Mountain Music album. The title track was the first single and that became their sixth #1 hit. Take Me Down was a crossover hit reaching #1 country, #18 pop, and #5 A.C.. Close Enough To Perfect was released in August, hitting the top in October. It also peaked at #65 pop. While they were enjoying that #1, they won the first of three C.M.A. Awards for Entertainer of the Year. Their last chart appearance was a duet with Brad Paisley called Old Alabama (#1). Their current CD was just released called Southern Drawl.
4. You're So Good When You're Bad-Pride released a greatest hits album in 1981. A new song, Never Been So Loved In All My Life became his 25th #1 hit. He was the fourth artist in history to have that many following Eddy Arnold, Conway Twitty, and Merle Haggard. He released an album in 1982 called Charley Sings Everybody's Choice. The first single, Mountain Of Love was a remake. Harold Dorman took his version to #21 pop and #7 r&b in 1960. Pride's version hit the top in March. I Don't Think She's In Love Anymore became his sixth #2 hit during the summer, unable to get past Janie Frickie's Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby and Till You're Gone by Barbara Mandrell. After that near miss, the third single, You're So Good When You're Bad was released in August and it became Pride's 27th chart topping hit in November. You're So Good When You're Bad was used in a 1989 episode of Designing Women. He would have five more top tens at RCA. They are:
1. Why Baby Why-1983-#1
2. More And More-1983-#7
3. Night Games-1983-#1
4. Ev'ry Heart Should Have One-1984-#2
5. The Power Of Love-1984-#9
In 1986, Pride switched labels to 16th Avenue. He collected a trio of major hits there: Have I Got Some Blues For You (#14 in 1987), Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This (#5 in 1988), and I'm Gonna Love Her On The Radio (#13 in 1988). He charted for the last time when Amy's Eyes peaked at #28 in 1990. His last CD was released in 2011 called Choices.
Parton (1999), Milsap (2014), Alabama (2005) and Pride (2000) are all members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Coincidentally, RCA would be the next label to have four consecutive #1s on the chart. They did it between December, 1988 to January, 1989 with these hits and artists:
1. A Tender Lie-Restless Heart
2. When You Say Nothing At All-Keith Whitley
3. Hold Me-K.T. Oslin
4. Change Of Heart-the Judds
This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1982:
1. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU/DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND-DOLLY PARTON-RCA
2. HE GOT YOU-RONNIE MILSAP-RCA
3. Let It Be Me-Willie Nelson-Columbia
4. CLOSE ENOUGH TO PERFECT-ALABAMA-RCA
5. Mistakes-Don Williams-MCA
6. YOU'RE SO GOOD WHEN YOU'RE BAD-CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA
7. She's Lying-Lee Greenwood-MCA
8. Break It To Me Gently-Juice Newton-Capitol
9. Yesterday's Wine-Merle Haggard and George Jones-Epic
10. I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head And Left My Heart Alone-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA

Videos:
I Will Always Love You: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBVGZOkRUA
He Got You: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HA-i8vs7ME
Close Enough To Perfect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be31JM4Wblo
You're So Good When You're Bad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMfyFhRfoig

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1. BRYAN STRIPS #1: For the thirteenth time in his career, Luke Bryan has the top song in country music. He does it this week with the second Kill The Lights single, Strip It Down. The era has been perfect so far as Kick The Dust Up, the lead single hit the top in August. Furthermore, Bryan becomes the second artist in Billboard 2015 (since December, 2014) to have three #1s. The last Crash My Party single, I See You went to the top in February. He joins Kenny Chesney in having three #1s this year. Chesney's trio:
1. Til It's Gone
2. Wild Child
3. Save It For A Rainy Day
2. RICE AT 50: Chase Rice rises three spots to #2 with Gonna Wanna Tonight. It has been on the chart for 50 weeks, making it the seventh single in history to spend at least that amount of time on the chart. It follows:
1. 56 weeks-Love Like Crazy-Lee Brice-2010
2. 54 weeks-Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-1948
3. 52 weeks-Fraulein-Bobby Helms-1957
4. 52 weeks-Voices-Chris Young-2011
5. 51 weeks-Let It Rain-David Nail-2012
6. 50 weeks-Love You Like That-Canaan Smith-2015
7. 50 weeks-Gonna Wanna Tonight-Chase Rice-2015
3. BACKROAD FAST: Granger Smith has the fastest climbing song of the week as Backroad Song takes an eleven point jump to #26.
4. NICHOLS DEBUTS: Joe Nichols has the Hot Shot Debut of the week with Freaks Like Me at #56. It is the lead single to his upcoming CD. His last, Crickets yielded a trio of top 40 hits. They are:
1. Sunny And 75-2013-#1
2. Yeah-2014-#1
3. Hard To Be Cool-2015-#22
5. 35 IS #2: Toby Keith lands at #2 on the country albums chart with 35 MPH Town. 19,000 were sold last week. This is his third #2 album following:
1. Greatest Hits 2-2004
2. White Trash With Money-2006
3. 35 MPH Town-2015
6. THIRTY ONE IS #3: Jana Kramer debuts at #3 on the country albums chart with Thirty One. 18,000 were sold last week. It follows her #5 self-titled debut from 2012.
7. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: All Over Me-Josh Turner-MCA
2005: Better Life-Keith Urban-Capitol
2000: Kiss This-Aaron Tippin-Lyric Street
1995: She's Every Woman-Garth Brooks-Capitol
1990: Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks-Capitol
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: MCA Records gathered ALL George Strait singles that topped various charts in 2004. When they did, they realized they had fifty chart toppers. When they released the album, it was titled 50 Number Ones, our top seller from eleven years ago this week.
Being a Billboard purist, I am going to reveal the track listing of the two CD set with the chart peaks from that publication. Ready?
Disc 1:
1. I Hate Everything-2004-#1
2. Fool Hearted Memory-1982-#1
3. A Fire I Can't Put Out-1983-#1
4. You Look So Good In Love-1984-#1
5. Right Or Wrong-1984-#1
6. Let's Fall To Pieces Together-1984-#1
7. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind-1985-#1
8. The Chair-1985-#1
9. Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her-1986-#1
10. It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You-1986-#1
11. Ocean Front Property-1987-#1
12. All My Ex's Live In Texas-1987-#1
13. Am I Blue-1987-#1
14. Famous Last Words Of A Fool-1988-#1
15. Baby Blue-1988-#1
16. If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'-1988-#1
17. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye-1989-#1
18. What's Going On In Your World-1989-#1
19. Ace In The Hole-1989-#1
20. Love Without End, Amen-1990-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit
21. I've Come To Expect It From You-1990-#1
22. If I Know Me-1991-#1
23. You Know Me Better Than That-1991-#1
24. The Chill Of An Early Fall-1991-#3
25. So Much Like My Dad-1992-#3
26. I Cross My Heart-1992-#1
Disc 2:
1. Heartland-1993-#1
2. Easy Come, Easy Go-1993-#1
3. I'd Like To Have That One Back-1994-#3
4. The Man In Love With You-1994-#4
5. The Big One-1994-#1
6. You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody-1995-#1
7. Lead On-1995-#7-?
8. Check Yes Or No-1995-#1-C.M.A. and A.C.M. Single of the Year
9. I Know She Still Loves Me-1996-#5
10. Blue Clear Sky-1996-#1
11. Carried Away-1996-#1
12. I Can Still Make Cheyenne-1996-#4
13. One Night At A Time-1997-#1
14. Carrying Your Love With Me-1997-#1
15. Today My World Slipped Away-1997-#3
16. Round About Way-1998-#1
17. I Just Want To Dance With You-1998-#1
18. True-1998-#2
19. We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This-1998-#4
20. Write This Down-1999-#1
21. The Best Day-2000-#1-with this song, Strait tops the chart for nineteen consecutive years (1982-2000), a record
22. Go On-2000-#2
23. Run-2001-#2-his biggest #2 hit
24. Living And Living Well-2002-#1
25. She'll Leave You With A Smile-2002-#1
The only new song on the 50 Number Ones was I Hate Everything. That was released in July and became Strait's 39th chart topping hit in October. It crossed over and hit #35 pop. With that feat, Strait passed Merle Haggard on the all-time list of those with the most #1s (Haggard has 38). Only Conway Twitty (he has 40) stood in Strait's way. When I Hate Everything moved to the top of the singles chart, 50 Number Ones debuted at the top of BOTH country and top 200 charts when 343,000 copies were sold during the first week. As a matter of fact, Strait dethroned Rascal Flatts' Feels Like Today from both charts (see below). The 50 Number Ones CD was the top selling country album for five weeks and #1 on the top 200 for two weeks. Strait continued to make history with the follow up album, Somewhere Down In Texas in 2005. Lead single, You'll Be There debuted at #30 in April and climbed all the way to #4 during the summer. She Let Herself Go was released in September and became the first chart topper of 2006. In the meantime, Strait equaled Twitty's mark of having 40 chart topping hits. Would Strait have the record for having more #1s than any artist with the next single? No. The Seashores Of Old Mexico written and recorded by Haggard in 1974 peaked at #11 for Strait. It was his second #11 hit after 2003's Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa. After The Seashores Of Old Mexico ran its course, Strait was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
It Just Comes Natural was released in October, 2006. Lead single, Give It Away was released three months prior to the CD. It claimed the top spot in September, making Strait the king of #1 hits. The title track was the next release and it topped the chart in February, 2007. In the meantime, the A.C.M. named Give It Away the Single and Song of the Year. Wrapped, the third single hit #2 for two weeks becoming his fifth runner up hit. The album closed with How 'Bout Them Cowgirls that hit #3 just before 2007 ended. While that song was on the charts, MCA released a companion CD to 50 Number Ones called 22 More Hits (#4 country and #13 top 200 CD-certified gold). 50 Number Ones is now certified seven times platinum (because it is a two CD set, over three and a half million physical copies have been sold). In 2012, Strait announced a farewell tour that would take place between 2013-2014. The C.M.A. awarded him the Entertainer of the Year Award in 2013 while in 2014, the A.C.M. followed suit. In 2013, MCA released Sixty Number Ones with the addition of nine hits. They are (all Billboard peaks):
1. She Let Herself Go-2006-#1
2. Give It Away-2006-#1
3. It Just Comes Natural-2007-#1
4. Wrapped-2007-#2
5. I Saw God Today-2008-#1-C.M.A. Single of the Year
6. River Of Love-2009-#1-Strait named Artist of the Decade by the A.C.M.
7. Here For A Good Time-2011-#2
8. Love's Gonna Make It All Right-2012-#3
9. Give It All We Got Tonight-2013-#2
Strait is currently on the charts with Cold Beer Conversation, the single and the CD. The album just became his record extending 26th chart topping release. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 2004:
1. 50 NUMBER ONES-GEORGE STRAIT-MCA
2. Feels Like Today-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street
3. Live Like You Were Dying-Tim McGraw-Curb
4. Be Here-Keith Urban-Capitol
5. Here For The Party-Gretchen Wilson-Epic
6. Horse Of A Different Color-Big & Rich-Warner Bros.
7. What I Do-Alan Jackson-Arista
8. License To Chill-Jimmy Buffett-Mailboat
9. Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits-John Denver-RCA
10. Mud On The Tires-Brad Paisley-Arista

[onebuffalo]

1. STILL STRIPPING: Luke Bryan continues to have the top song in country music this week with Strip It Down. It is the biggest hit off Kill The Lights so far as Kick The Dust Up held the top spot for one week earlier this year.
2. GONNA HAVE A HIT: Three out of the four songs in positions #8 through #11 have the word 'Gonna' in them. They are:
1. Gonna-Blake Shelton-#8
2. Gonna Wanna Tonight-Chase Rice-#10
3. Gonna Know We Were Here-Jason Aldean-#11
3. BACK TO #35: George Strait matches his peak position of #35 with Cold Beer Conversation. It debuted there five weeks ago. It fell to #49 the following week and began climbing from there.
4. A TIE: We have a trio of songs taking six point jumps for fastest climbers of the week. They are:
1. Better In Boots-Tyler Farr-#47 to #41
2. Southern Belle-Scotty McCreery-#54 to #48
3. High Class-Eric Paslay-#57 to #51
5. HOPING FOR #1: Keith Urban debuts at #54 with the second single to his upcoming CD, Break On Me. The lead single, John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 recently became his sixth #2 hit.
6. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: Already? Yes! LeAnn Rimes debuts at #18 with Today Is Christmas. 2000 people were in a holiday mood to buy it last week.
7. A 40S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of October during the 1940s:
1944: Smoke On The Water-Red Foley-Decca
1945: You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often-Tex Ritter-Capitol
1946: Divorce Me C.O.D.-Merle Travis-Capitol
1947: I'll Hold You In My Heart Till I Can Hold You In My Arms-Eddy Arnold-RCA
1948: Just A Little Lovin' Will Go A Long Way-Eddy Arnold-RCA
1949: Slippin' Around-Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely-Capitol
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Little did we know at the time, but when Shania Twain topped the chart for the seventh time with Honey, I'm Home, it would be her last (so far). That song was tops seventeen years ago this week.
Honey, I'm Home came from her second diamond CD, Come On Over (double diamond). Her first, The Woman In Me was her breakthrough in 1995. It yielded a septet of top 40 hits:
1. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?-1995-#11
2. Any Man Of Mine-1995-#1
3. The Woman In Me Needs The Man In You-1995-#14
4. If You're Not In It For Love I'm Outta Here!-1996-#1
5. You Win My Love-1996-#1
6. No One Needs To Know-1996-#1
7. Home Ain't Where His Heart Is Anymore-1996-#28
Twain was preparing her third album in 1997. She and her (then) husband, Robert John 'Mutt' Lange wrote ALL sixteen songs for Come On Over. The first single, Love Gets Me Every Time was released in September. That became her fifth #1 hit and by staying at #1 for five weeks became her biggest country hit. It also crossed over to #25 pop. While that song was at #1, Come On Over was released. It debuted at #1 on the country albums chart and #2 on the top 200 chart after 172,000 copies were sold. The second single, Don't Be Stupid You Know I Love You was released just before 1997 ended. It became her first top ten NOT to reach the top (#6). That also became a top 40 pop hit at #40. Her first release of 1998 became her biggest crossover hit. That was You're Still The One. Released in February, it became her sixth #1 country hit for a week, held the #2 position on the pop chart for nine weeks, and became her first adult contemporary chart topper for eight weeks. Bryan White came along for the ride on her next hit, From This Moment On. That peaked at #6 country. Without him, it crossed over to #4 pop and #1 A.C.. Honey, I'm Home was released In August. It became her seventh and so far final chart topper in October. Because it was only promoted to country, it was shut out of the other charts. That Don't Impress Me Much kicked off Twain's 1999 on a #8 country note while peaking at #7 pop. Man! I Feel Like A Woman! hit #4 country and #23 pop. You've Got A Way faltered a bit at country, hitting #13 there while peaking at #49 pop and #6 A.C.. The title track was next and it hit #6 country and #58 pop. While that song was on the charts, Twain won her ONLY C.M.A. Award for Entertainer of the Year. In January 2000, Come On Over spent its 50th and final week at #1 on the country albums chart, breaking Randy Travis' 43 week reign with Always & Forever. January also saw her charting with the tenth single Rock This Country! (#30 country). The A.C.M. awarded their Entertainer of the Year to Twain. She finally closed the era with an ELEVENTH release, I'm Holdin' On To Love To Save My Life (#17 country). In late 2000, Come On Over was set to pass Garth Brooks' No Fences as the top selling country CD of all time. That is why he released a fifth single in Wild Horses (#7 in 2001). Shortly after his single peaked, Come On Over did indeed pass No Fences in sales.
After the complete success of Come On Over, Twain released a follow up in Up!, so far her last studio album. That debuted at #1 on BOTH country and top 200 charts when 874,000 copies were sold. A quintet of major hits were released. They are:
1. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!-2002-#7 country, #34 pop, and #10 A.C.
2. Up!-2003-#12 country and #63 pop
3. Forever And For Always-2003-#4 country, #20 pop, and #1 A.C.
4. She's Not Just A Pretty Face-2004-#9 country and #56 pop
5. It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing-2004-#18 country, #71 pop, and #16 A.C.
After a decade of hits, Twain released Greatest Hits in late 2004. On it, the singles were in backwards order. Three new songs made chart appearances. They are:
1. Party For Two-with Billy Currington-2004-#7 country-with Mark McGrath-2004-#58 pop and #16 A.C.
2. Don't!-2005-#24 country and #18 A.C.
3. I Ain't No Quitter-2005-#45 country
Her contribution to the Desperate Housewives soundtrack, Shoes hit #29 country. She was off the charts for the next six years. A promo single in Today Is Your Day brought her back into the country top 40 at #36 while peaking at #66 pop. Right after that single peaked, she participated in Lionel Richie's duets album called Tuskegee. They remade his biggest hit, Endless Love (with Diana Ross in 1981-#1 pop, #1 r&b, and #1 A.C.). This time, it hit #12 A.C. in 2012. That remains her last chart appearance anywhere. She had a Las Vegas residency between 2012-2014 called Still The One. This year, she announced a world tour called Rock This Country. It will run between this year and next year. The real question remains: When will we see her next album? Stay tuned! This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1998:
1. HONEY, I'M HOME-SHANIA TWAIN-MERCURY
2. Everything's Changed-Lonestar-BNA
3. Wide Open Spaces-Dixie Chicks-Monument
4. Where The Green Grass Grows-Tim McGraw-Curb
5. How Do You Fall In Love-Alabama-RCA
6. Don't Laugh At Me-Mark Wills-Mercury
7. Forever Love-Reba McEntire-MCA
8. You Move Me-Garth Brooks-Capitol
9. A Little Past Little Rock-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
10. Nothin' New Under The Moon-LeAnn Rimes-Curb

[josephmorgan]

We now have four solo women in the top 20 of this week's Airplay chart. When was the last time that happened?

[onebuffalo]

Oct 27, 2015 16:30:15 GMT -5 josephmorgan said:

We now have four solo women in the top 20 of this week's Airplay chart. When was the last time that happened?

I'll be perfectly honest. I picked a chart at random and found FIVE solo females on this 2011 chart. It's probably NOT the right answer. Ready?

BILLBOARD TOP TWENTY FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 14, 2011:
1. A LITTLE BIT STRONGER-SARA EVANS-RCA
2. HEART LIKE MINE-MIRANDA LAMBERT-COLUMBIA
3. Live A Little-Kenny Chesney-BNA
4. What Do You Want-Jerrod Niemann-Sea Gayle
5. Old Alabama-Brad Paisley and Alabama-Arista
6. I Won't Let Go-Rascal Flatts-Big Machine
7. Without You-Keith Urban-Capitol
8. This-Darius Rucker-Capitol
9. MEAN-TAYLOR SWIFT-BIG MACHINE
10. You Lie-the Band Perry-Republic Nashville
11. Bleed Red-Ronnie Dunn-Arista
12. If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away-Justin Moore-Valory
13. Tomorrow-Chris Young-RCA
14. Family Man-Craig Campbell-Bigger Picture
15. I Can't Love You Back-Easton Corbin-Mercury
16. Honey Bee-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
17. Somewhere Else-Toby Keith-Show Dog/Universal
18. Country Girl Shake It For Me-Luke Bryan-Capitol
19. TEENAGE DAUGHTERS-MARTINA MCBRIDE-REPUBLIC NASHVILLE
20. LOOK IT UP-ASHTON SHEPHERD-MCA

[onebuffalo]

1. IN CASE I DON'T MAKE IT NEXT WEEK: Thank a veteran. Tell them how much their service to the country means to you. It'll make their day.
2. A #1 BREAK UP: Old Dominion scores their first #1 this week with Break Up With Him. It is a vast improvement over their previous single, the #58 peaking Shut Me Up. Both are from their debut album, Meat And Candy. Furthermore, Old Dominion becomes the seventh act since Billboard 2015 started (since December, 2014) to score their first chart topper. The others:
1. Girl In A Country Song-Maddie & Tae
2. A Guy Walks Into A Bar-Tyler Farr
3. Smoke-A Thousand Horses
4. Love Me Like You Mean It-Kelsea Ballerini
5. Love You Like That-Canaan Smith
6. Kiss You In The Morning-Michael Ray
7. Break Up With Him-Old Dominion
3. A FAST BREAK: Keith Urban has the fastest climbing song of the week as Break On Me breaks twenty-one spots to #33.
4. DRINK MOORE: Justin Moore debuts a single from an upcoming CD. He has the Hot Shot Debut this week at #41 with You Look Like I Need A Drink. His last CD, Off The Beaten Path yielded a trio of singles. They are:
1. Point At You-2013-#2
2. Lettin' The Night Roll-2014-#1
3. This Kind Of TOwn-2015-#44
5. DOUBLE THE FAIRCHILD: Luke Bryan debuts his third Kill The Lights single, Home Alone Tonight at #55. It features Karen Fairchild, a member of Little Big Town. They are on the chart at #48 with Pain Killer.
6. SIX FOR SIX: Carrie Underwood debuts at #1 on the country albums chart for the sixth time with Storyteller. 164,000 copies were sold last week. That is her entire output. It joins these chart topping albums:
1. Some Hearts-2005-Billboard's #1 country album of the decade
2. Carnival Ride-2007
3. Play On-2009
4. Blown Away-2012
5. Greatest Hits: Decade #1-2014
6. Storyteller-2015
7. 20 #1S IS #2: Blake Shelton's second greatest hits album, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits debuts at #2 with 33,000 sold. His first, Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton peaked at #4 in 2010. It is certified platinum.
8. A STATLER CHARTS: Jimmy Fortune, a one time member of the Statler Brothers debuts at #10 on the country albums chart with Hits & Hymns. 4000 were sold last week. He has released five other albums, but none of those charted.
9. MORE HITS: Colt Ford debuts at #14 with 3000 copies sold of Answer To No One: Hits. He has one chart topping album in Declaration Of Independence from 2012.
10. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Come Back Song-Darius Rucker-Capitol
2005: Better Life-Keith Urban-Capitol
2000: The Little Girl-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic
1995: Dust On The Bottle-David Lee Murphy-MCA
1990: You Lie-Reba McEntire-MCA
11. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Blake Shelton currently has country music's longest chart topping streak of hits at fifteen. So far, ALL of his singles this decade have hit the top from 2010's Hillbilly Bone with Trace Adkins to this year's Sangria. I am discounting Gonna for the time being because we do not know where that will peak. Shelton's streak replaced the last great one held by Brad Paisley. Paisley took ten consecutive singles to the top. That started in 2006 with When I Get Where I'm Going with Dolly Parton to 2009's Then. That streak ended six years ago this week when Welcome To The Future peaked at #2. Ironically, during this time, Shelton released Hillbilly Bone to start his streak.
In 2005, Paisley released an album called Time Well Wasted. It's lead single, Alcohol peaked at #4. The second single, When I Get Where I'm Going was released before 2005 ended. It started Paisley's chart topping streak in 2006. When it did hit the top, it became Parton's first #1 in fifteen years when her duet with Ricky Van Shelton, Rockin' Years did the same. It gave her chart toppers during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. At age 60 at the time, it made Parton the oldest female to top the chart. The World was next and that topped the chart during the summer. She's Everything, the fourth and final single became the first chart topping hit of 2007. An album cut, Waitin' On A Woman would lay for a year before being rerecorded and released as a single. Paisley would win A.C.M. and C.M.A. Awards for Time Well Wasted. They are:
1. A.C.M. Vocal Event and Video of the Year for When I Get Where I'm Going
2. C.M.A. Musical Event for When I Get Where I'm Going and Album of the Year for Time Well Wasted
The 5th Gear album was released in 2007. Naturally, it continued Paisley's chart topping streak. First single, Ticks topped the chart shortly after Paisley winning the first of five A.C.M. Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year. Online followed Ticks to #1 while Letter To Me became his biggest hit when it topped the chart for four weeks in early 2008. He scored his biggest hit after winning the first of three C.M.A. Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year. I'm Still A Guy topped the chart during the spring. Paisley went back to the Time Well Wasted CD to rerecord Waitin' On A Woman. He even rereleased the 5th Gear album to include the song. Released as the 'fifth' single, it topped the chart during the late summer of 2008. In the meantime, Paisley equaled the mark set by Rodney Crowell's Diamonds & Dirt in producing a quintet of chart topping hits. Waitin' On A Woman won Video of the Year from both the A.C.M. and the C.M.A.. His next album, Play yielded a lone single in Start A Band, a duet with Keith Urban. That topped the chart in early 2009 and remains Urban's ONLY chart topping hit on a label other than his, Capitol. It won Musical Event from the A.C.M. and Vocal Event from the C.M.A..
The American Saturday Night album was next and it started with Then, Paisley's tenth consecutive chart topper and fourteenth overall. Welcome To The Future was the next single. Released in July 2009, it looked like Paisley's chart topping streak would continue. Not so. Welcome To The Future peaked at #2 for two weeks while the Zac Brown Band's Toes was at #1 for two weeks. That became his third #2 hit and first since 2004's Little Moments. Paisley would kick off the 2010's on another #2 note, the title track. Water, the final single brought Paisley back to the top. With that, he had chart toppers during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. A greatest hits CD called Hits Alive yielded one single in Anything Like Me, a #1 during the latter part of 2010. In the meantime, Paisley won the Entertainer of the Year Award from the C.M.A.. 2011's This Is Country Music yielded the #2 title track. He then scored two monster #1 duets with Alabama on Old Alabama and Carrie Underwood on Remind Me. Remind Me is Paisley's biggest crossover hit, peaking at #17 pop. Camouflage ended the era on a #15 note, his first miss of the top ten since Me Neither (#18 in 2000). The Wheelhouse album of 2013 started with a pair of #2 hits: Southern Comfort Zone and Beat This Summer. I Can't Change The World faltered at #22 while The Mona Lisa kicked off his 2014 on a #19 note.
His latest CD, Moonshine In The Trunk started with a #2 in River Bank. Perfect Storm, released during the summer of 2014, became his first #1 in three and a half years when it topped the chart early this year. Crushin' It peaked at #9. He is currently on the chart with the fourth single, Country Nation. He is set to host tonight's C.M.A. Awards with Underwood for the eighth time. This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 2009:
1. Toes-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic
2. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE-BRAD PAISLEY-ARISTA
3. Only You Can Love Me This Way-Keith Urban-Capitol
4. Gettin' You Home The Black Dress Song-Chris Young-RCA
5. Cowboy Casanova-Carrie Underwood-Arista
6. Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
7. American Ride-Toby Keith-Show Dog
8. Do I-Luke Bryan-Capitol
9. I'm Alive-Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews-BNA
10. Fifteen-Taylor Swift-Big Machine

[onebuffalo]

1. THE C.M.A. KING IS #1: Well, we do have to start with Chris Stapleton. After a stunning performance at the C.M.A. Awards with Justin Timberlake, Stapleton won ALL three awards he was nominated for: New Artist, Male Vocalist, and Album of the Year for Traveller. Traveller, originally a #2 peaking album, rockets to #1 this week with 153,000 copies sold since the awards show. Not bad for an artist with little to no country airplay backing him up.
2. STILL BREAKING: Old Dominion continues to have the top song in country this week with Break Up With Him.
3. C.M.A. CHART: This year's winners on this week's chart:
4. Smoke Break-Carrie Underwood-C.M.A. Hostess
7. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Vocal Duo
21. Country Nation-Brad Paisley-C.M.A. Host
29. Break On Me-Keith Urban-Musical Event
36. Mr. Misunderstood-Eric Church-Musical Event
38. Home Alone Tonight-Luke Bryan and Karen Fairchild-Entertainer of the Year for Bryan
46. Nobody To Blame-Chris Stapleton-New Artist, Male Vocalist, and Album of the Year
47. Confession-Florida Georgia Line-Vocal Duo
48. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Vocal Group and Single of the Year
59. Roller Coaster Ride-Eric Church-Musical Event
4. TOP TWO STREAK IS OVER: Florida Georgia Line slides from #3 to #7 with Anything Goes. It is their first single not to make the top two. A review of their top two hits:
1. Cruise-2012-#1
2. Get Your Shine On-2013-#1
3. Round Here-2013-#1
4. Stay-2014-#1-chart wise, their biggest hit
5. This Is How We Roll-with Luke Bryan-2014-#2
6. Dirt-2014-#1
7. Sun Daze-2015-#1
8. Sippin' On Fire-2015-#1
5. ALONE IS FAST: Luke Bryan and Karen Fairchild have the fastest climbing song of the week with Home Alone Tonight (#55 to #38).
6. CHURCH DEBUTS: Eric Church lands at #3 on the country albums chart with Mr. Misunderstood. 71,000 copies were sold last week. His last album, The Outsiders reached the top in 2014 and is certified platinum.
7. HIS BOAT DEBUTS: Coming in at #4 with 19,000 sold is Chris Janson's debut album, Buy Me A Boat. The title track peaked at #3.
8. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: Speak Now-Taylor Swift-Big Machine
2005: Timeless-Martina McBride-RCA
2000: Breathe-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
1995: The Greatest Hits Collection-Alan Jackson-Arista
1990: No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol
9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The offspring of country music stars lead interesting lives. They also have interesting stories to tell. Two of the most successful had back to back #1s in late 1981. They are Rosanne Cash (you know who her father is) with My Baby Thinks He's A Train and All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down by Hank Williams, Jr. (who know who his father is). They were our top songs 34 years ago this week.
Cash released an album in Germany in 1978 simply called Rosanne Cash. Columbia Records became interested in her after the album was released and signed her in 1979, making her the second Cash on the label (she said she did not receive any help from her father at the time). She went to work on the Right Or Wrong album that year and her first single, No Memories Hangin' Round was a duet with Bobby Bare and it peaked at #17 in late 1979. The album was released at the same time of the second single, Couldn't Do Nothin' Right (#15). The album ended with a third release, the #25 peaking Take Me, Take Me. While the Right Or Wrong album was a middling success, Cash went to work on an album that would make her a star, Seven Year Ache. The Rodney Crowell (Cash married him in 1979) produced album yielded a trio of chart topping hits. Lead single, the title track was written by Cash. She calls it a 'street song'. Nevertheless, it was released in February, 1981 and became the first of eleven chart toppers for her in May. It also became her biggest crossover hit, peaking at #22 pop and #6 adult contemporary. My Baby Thinks He's A Train was the next single. Released in August, it topped the chart in November. Blue Moon With Heartache was the final single. Released in December, it topped the chart in March, 1982. When it did, it made Cash the first female artist to score a trio of #1s from an album. Seven Year Ache topped the country albums chart and is certified gold.
Cash continued to make the charts until 1991's On The Surface (#69) that came from her dark, personal album, Interiors. The following year, Cash divorced Crowell. The most comprehensive album of Cash's hits is The Essential Rosanne Cash from 2011. Her last CD was released last year called The River & The Thread (#2). It won a trio of Grammys for Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song, and Best American Roots Performance for A Feather's Not A Bird.
Bocephus was on a roll in 1981, his greatest chart year. His #2 gold album, Rowdy gave him a pair of chart topping hits: Texas Women, his first chart topper since 1972's Eleven Roses and Dixie On My Mind. He followed that with The Pressure Is On album. All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down was released in September. In the song, Hank recalls how rowdy his friends were at one time, but priorities have them 'settled down'. He namedrops George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. Jr. even mentions Sr. in the chorus: 'And I think I know what my father meant when he sang about a lost highway'. Anyway, All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down became his fifth #1 in November. His most famous recording became his biggest #2 hit. That was A Country Boy Can Survive. Released as a single in January 1982, it went on to hit the runner up position, unable to get past three chart toppers:
1. The Clown-Conway Twitty-his first chart topper for the Elektra label
2. Crying My Heart Out Over You-Ricky Skaggs-his first #1 overall
3. Mountain Music-Alabama-their sixth #1
The Pressure Is On reached #5 on the country albums chart and is certified platinum. A Country Boy Can Survive did survive very well on the charts in the ensuing years. In 1999, Chad Brock released his version with Williams and George Jones off his Yes! album. It peaked at #30 in 2000. Williams released a version after 9/11 called America Will Survive. It peaked at #45 that year. Finally, for the silver anniversary of the single being released, a video for the song was released. It too peaked at #45 in 2007. It has been announced that Williams has signed to the Nash Icon label. He will be releasing a CD next year called It's About Time. A single, Are You Ready For The Country will be a duet with Eric Church. It is a remake of the 1977 hit that Waylon Jennings had (#7). This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 14, 1981:
1. MY BABY THINKS HE'S A TRAIN-ROSANNE CASH-COLUMBIA
2. ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS HAVE SETTLED DOWN-HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-ELEKTRA
3. Wish You Were Here-Barbara Mandrell-MCA
4. Miss Emily's Picture-John Conlee-MCA
5. Share Your Love With Me-Kenny Rogers-Liberty
6. Bet Your Heart On Me-Johnny Lee-Full Moon
7. My Favorite Memory-Merle Haggard-Epic
8. If I Needed You-Emmylou Harris and Don Williams-Warner Bros.
9. Heart On The Mend-Sylvia-RCA
10. It's All I Can Do-Anne Murray-Capitol

Videos:

My Baby Thinks He's A Train: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYLWmOt_BX0
All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8V4nF9oOI

[onebuffalo]

1. YOUNG COMES OVER TO #1: Chris Young scores his sixth #1 this week with the title track to his current CD, I'm Comin' Over. Young has not seen the top of the chart in almost four years since You hit #1 in early 2012. He has done well since, getting hits with these songs:
1. Neon-2012-#23
2. I Can Take It From Here-2013-#4
3. Aw Naw-2013-#3
4. Who I Am With You-2014-#2
5. Lonely Eyes-2015-#2
2. THEIR FIRST: The Brothers Osborne after three singles are in the top ten for the first with Stay A Little Longer at #10. It is from their upcoming CD, Pawn Shop. They graced the chart on two other occasions: Let's Go There (#36 in 2013) and Rum (#27 in 2014).
3. 21 IS AT #21: How appropriate that Hunter Hayes is at #21 with 21.
4. NOBODY IS FAST: Chris Stapleton takes a fifteen point jump to #31 with Nobody To Blame, the week's fastest climbing song.
5. WILLIAMS COVERS JENNINGS: Making his Nash Icon debut (under Bocephus/Big Machine labels) is Hank Williams, Jr. with Are You Ready For The Country at #58. He is joined here with Eric Church. This is a remake of the Waylon Jennings hit of 1977 (#7). Williams is the third Nash Icon artist to chart following Reba McEntire and Ronnie Dunn.
6. DAMN MCGRAW: Tim McGraw debuts at #3 on the country albums chart with Damn Country Music. 39,000 copies were sold last week. This is his third Big Machine album following Two Lanes Of Freedom (#1 in 2013) and Sundown Heaven Town (#1 in 2014).
7. MEAT AND CANDY ARE HERE: Old Dominion debuts at #5 with 21,000 copies sold of Meat And Candy. It features their first chart topper, Break Up With Him.
8. FRONT ROW IS TOP TEN: The Josh Abbott Band land at #9 with 13,000 sold of Front Row Seat. It is their third album to chart following 2010's She's Like Texas (#28) and 2012's Small Town Family Dream (#5).
9. THE 21 IS #16: Hunter Hayes' current album, The 21 Project debuts at #16 with 5000 sold. There are seven songs repeated on three discs. Disc One has studio versions of songs, Disc Two has acoustic versions of songs, and Disc Three has live versions of songs.
10. THE COMPLETE JACKSON: Finally, at #17 is the most complete Alan Jackson set of music you can buy called Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story. 3000 physical copies were sold but the RIAA will say 9000 CDs were sold because it is a three CD set.
11. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990:
2010: As She's Walking Away-Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson-Atlantic
2005: Better Life-Keith Urban-Capitol
2000: Best Of Intentions-Travis Tritt-Columbia
1995: Check Yes Or No-George Strait-MCA
1990: You Really Had Me Going-Holly Dunn-Warner Bros.
12. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Lonestar landed their first #1 in 1996 with No News. In 2004, they collected their last with Mr. Mom, our top song from eleven years ago this week.
In 2003, Lonestar released their first greatest hits CD, From There To Here: Greatest Hits. The platinum album yielded two hits: My Front Porch Looking In (#1) and Walking In Memphis (#8). Walking In Memphis was a #13 pop and #12 adult contemporary hit for Marc Cohn in 1991. It even made a brief appearance on the country chart at #74. After Lonestar's version ran its course, Billboard named My Front Porch Looking In the top single of the year. After the success of the greatest hits album, Lonestar went to work on the follow up, Let's Be Us Again. The lead single, the title track peaked at #4 in 2004. Mr. Mom, a song about an out of work father (and husband) stays home to take care of the kids. He thinks it will be easy, but finds out real fast it isn't. In any case, Mr. Mom was released in July and became the ninth and final #1 in Lonestar's career in November. It even peaked at #33 pop. Class Reunion That Used To Be Us kicked off their 2005 on a #16 note. Check out their version of Let Them Be Little which became Billy Dean's last top ten hit in 2005 (#8). Their 2005 album, Coming Home yielded two chart singles: You're Like Coming Home (#8 in 2005) and I'll Die Tryin' (#43 in 2006). Their last BNA album, Mountains also contained a pair of chart singles: Mountains (#10 in 2006 and so far, their last top ten) and Nothing To Prove (#51 in 2007). In 2007, Lonestar was dropped by BNA after twelve years at the label.
That was not the only change with Lonestar. Their lead singer, Richie McDonald left the group to pursue a solo career. He released two albums in I Turn To You in 2008 and Slow Down in 2010. He made two chart appearances in 2009, both peaking at #51: How Do I Stop and Six Foot Teddy Bear. In the meantime, Cody Collins took over for McDonald and the new Lonestar signed to the Saguaro Road label in 2007. They released just one album for them called Party Heard Around The World. Only one single charted with Let Me Love You in 2008 (#50). Another single did not chart in You're The Reason Why. After four years with Lonestar, Collins left the group and McDonald came back. They released an album on the 4 Star label called Life As We Know It in 2013. Their last chart appearances came from that CD: The Countdown (#52 in 2012) and Maybe Someday (#56 in 2013). Mr. Mom appears on three Lonestar hits collections. They are:
1. 16 Biggest Hits-2006
2. Super Hits-2007
3. Playlist: The Very Best Of Lonestar-2008
This is what the chart looked like back then:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 2004:
1. MR. MOM-LONESTAR-BNA
2. That's What It's All About-Brooks & Dunn-Arista
3. Stays In Mexico-Toby Keith-DreamWorks
4. Nothing On But The Radio-Gary Allan-MCA
5. In A Real Love-Phil Vassar-Arista
6. The Woman With You-Kenny Chesney-BNA
7. Back When-Tim McGraw-Curb
8. Some Beach-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
9. How Am I Doin'-Dierks Bentley-Capitol
10. Suds In The Bucket-Sara Evans-RCA

[onebuffalo]

Nov 22, 2014 15:37:53 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Yes, it is that time of year where Billboard starts a new year (December 2014 - November 2015). Please post your comments and/or questions here.

BILLBOARD TOP ALBUMS/SONGS #1s - ARCHIVE
2009 | 2010 | 2011| 2012 | 2013 | 2014

#1 BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY SINGLES:
December 06, 2014: Somewhere In My Car-Keith Urban-Capitol-24 weeks
December 13, 2014: Somewhere In My Car-Keith Urban-Capitol-25 weeks
December 20, 2014: Girl In A Country Song-Maddie & Tae-Dot-23 weeks
December 27, 2014: Shotgun Rider-Tim McGraw-Big Machine-15 weeks
January 03, 2015: Shotgun Rider-Tim McGraw-Big Machine-16 weeks
January 10, 2015: Shotgun Rider-Tim McGraw-Big Machine-17 weeks
January 17, 2015: Perfect Storm-Brad Paisley-Arista-19 weeks
January 24, 2015: Perfect Storm-Brad Paisley-Arista-20 weeks
January 31, 2015: Til It's Gone-Kenny Chesney-Columbia-17 weeks
February 07, 2015: Talladega-Eric Church-EMI-19 weeks
February 14, 2015: I See You-Luke Bryan-Capitol-13 weeks
February 21, 2015: I See You-Luke Bryan-Capitol-14 weeks
February 28, 2015: Sun Daze-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville-19 weeks
March 07, 2015: Make Me Wanna-Thomas Rhett-Valory-30 weeks
March 14, 2015: Lonely Tonight-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.-16 weeks
March 21, 2015: Just Gettin' Started-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow-20 weeks
March 28, 2015: Mean To Me-Brett Eldredge-Atlantic-36 weeks
April 04, 2015: Ain't Worth The Whiskey-Cole Swindell-Warner Bros.-24 weeks
April 11, 2015: Homegrown-Zac Brown Band-Big Machine-11 weeks
April 18, 2015: Homegrown-Zac Brown Band-Big Machine-12 weeks
April 25, 2015: Homegrown-Zac Brown Band-Big Machine-13 weeks
May 02, 2015: Take Your Time-Sam Hunt-MCA-23 weeks
May 09, 2015: Say You Do-Dierks Bentley-Capitol-30 weeks
May 16, 2015: Say You Do-Dierks Bentley-Capitol-31 weeks
May 23, 2015: Raise 'Em Up-Keith Urban and Eric Church-Capitol-17 weeks
May 30, 2015: A Guy Walks Into A Bar-Tyler Farr-Columbia-42 weeks
June 06, 2015: Don't It-Billy Currington-Mercury-31 weeks
June 13, 2015: Smoke-A Thousand Horses-Republic Nashville-21 weeks
June 20, 2015: Sippin' On Fire-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville-19 weeks
June 27, 2015: Wild Child-Kenny Chesney-Columbia-21 weeks
July 04, 2015: Love Me Like You Mean It-Kelsea Ballerini-Black River-38 weeks
July 11, 2015: Sangria-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.-15 weeks
July 18, 2015: Sangria-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.-16 weeks
July 25, 2015: Love You Like That-Canaan Smith-Mercury-49 weeks
August 01, 2015: Tonight Looks Good On You-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow-18 weeks
August 08, 2015: One Hell Of An Amen-Brantley Gilbert-Valory-37 weeks
August 15, 2015: Kick The Dust Up-Luke Bryan-Capitol-11 weeks
August 22, 2015: Kiss You In The Morning-Michael Ray-Atlantic-26 weeks
August 29, 2015: Loving You Easy-Zac Brown Band-Republic-17 weeks
September 05, 2015: Young & Crazy-Frankie Ballard-Warner Bros.-33 weeks
September 12, 2015: House Party-Sam Hunt-MCA-30 weeks
September 19, 2015: Hell Of A Night-Dustin Lynch-Broken Bow-44 weeks
September 26, 2015: Crash And Burn-Thomas Rhett-Valory-23 weeks
October 03, 2015: Save It For A Rainy Day-Kenny Chesney-Columbia-14 weeks
October 10, 2015: Save It For A Rainy Day-Kenny Chesney-Columbia-15 weeks
October 17, 2015: Save It For A Rainy Day-Kenny Chesney-Columbia-16 weeks
October 24, 2015: Lose My Mind-Brett Eldredge-Atlantic-25 weeks
October 31, 2015: Strip It Down-Luke Bryan-Capitol-11 weeks
November 07, 2015: Strip It Down-Luke Bryan-Capitol-12 weeks
November 14, 2015: Break Up With Him-Old Dominion-RCA-40 weeks
November 21, 2015: Break Up With Him-Old Dominion-RCA-41 weeks
November 28, 2015: I'm Comin' Over-Chris Young-RCA-25 weeks

#1 BILLBOARD COUNTRY ALBUMS:
December 06, 2014: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-62,000
December 13, 2014: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-63,000
December 20, 2014: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-57,000
December 27, 2014: Greatest Hits: Decade #1-Carrie Underwood-Arista-94,000
January 03, 2015: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-81,000
January 10, 2015: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-64,000
January 17, 2015: Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow-20,000
January 24, 2015: Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA-15,000
January 31, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-17,000
February 07, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-16,000
February 14, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-14,000
February 21, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-15,000
February 28, 2015: Holding All The Roses-Blackberry Smoke-Rounder-19,000
March 07, 2015: The Underdog-Aaron Watson-Big Label-26,000
March 14, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-16,000
March 21, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-16,000
March 28, 2015: Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol-89,000
April 04, 2015: Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol-30,000
April 11, 2015: Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol-18,000
April 18, 2015: Southern Style-Darius Rucker-Capitol-52,000
April 25, 2015: Southern Style-Darius Rucker-Capitol-17,000
May 02, 2015: Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon-59,000
May 09, 2015: Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon-23,000
May 16, 2015: Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic-214,000
May 23, 2015: Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic-56,000
May 30, 2015: Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic-31,000
June 06, 2015: Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory-28,000
June 13, 2015: Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic-17,000
June 20, 2015: Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy-30,000
June 27, 2015: NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal-19,000
July 04, 2015: Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic-19,000
July 11, 2015: Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves-Mercury-55,000
July 18, 2015: About To Get Real-Easton Corbin-Mercury-20,000
July 25, 2015: About To Get Real-Easton Corbin-Mercury-25,000*
August 01, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-13,000
August 08, 2015: Something More Than Free-Jason Isbell-Southeatern-46,000
August 15, 2015: Angels And Alcohol-Alan Jackson-EMI-18,000
August 22, 2015: Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA-13,000
August 29, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-320,000
September 05, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-83,000
September 12, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-54,000
September 19, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-38,000
September 26, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-34,000
October 03, 2015: Illinois-Brett Eldredge-Atlantic-44,000
October 10, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-27,000
October 17, 2015: Cass County-Don Henley-Capitol-88,000
October 24, 2015: Cold Beer Conversation-George Strait-MCA-30,000
October 31, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-23,000
November 07, 2015: Kill The Lights-Luke Bryan-Capitol-15,000
November 14, 2015: Storyteller-Carrie Underwood-Arista-164,000
November 21, 2015: Traveller-Chris Stapleton-Mercury-153,000
November 28, 2015: Traveller-Chris Stapleton-Mercury-97,000


#1 MEDIABASE COUNTRY SINGLES (IF DIFFERENT FROM BILLBOARD):
December 06, 2014: Day Drinking-Little Big Town-Capitol
January 17, 2014: Shotgun Rider-Tim McGraw-Big Machine
April 11, 2015: Homegrown Honey-Darius Rucker-Capitol
May 09, 2015: Drinking Class-Lee Brice-Curb
July 11, 2015: Little Toy Guns-Carrie Underwood-Arista
October 03, 2015: Buy Me A Boat-Chris Janson-Warner Bros.
October 10, 2015: John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16-Keith Urban-Capitol
November 14, 2015: Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
November 28, 2015: Let Me See Ya Girl-Cole Swindell-Warner Bros.


*First chart since release day has been moved to Fridays.

I have made my final update in this thread. It is time to thank the Country Forum for another successful Billboard thread. I do want to say I have noticed an increase of likes for the column. Thank you to those who have liked my column for whatever reason(s). I have reached out to some of you to find out what you liked and want to say thank you for the kind words. After all, YOU are the reason why I do it. Like I said last year at this time, I do it so you can explore the various artists, songs, and albums that are mentioned on a week to week basis. I don't do it to show you how much I know about the artists, songs, or albums mentioned. I do it as a labor of love and I hope it shows on a weekly basis. One change to the column I will reveal at this time and that is a willingness to do Milestone Top Twenty charts. I will start to incorporate those shortly. It will definitely open avenues to those singles and/or albums that did not quite make the top ten for whatever reason. I am contemplating adding a feature to the column and will let you know what that will be in the near future. If there's something you want to see in the column, please p.m. me on that. I will try to do my best to meet or exceed your expectations. Thanks again!

[carrieidol1]

Is anyone capable of compiling a list of Billboard Airplay-only #1s and Mediabase-only #1s? I know there's a chart for the weeks Billboard and Mediabase weren't the same, but I'd like to see the comparison of BB-only vs. MB-only.

Thanks! :)

[bboat11]

Nov 19, 2015 22:57:44 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

Is anyone capable of compiling a list of Billboard Airplay-only #1s and Mediabase-only #1s? I know there's a chart for the weeks Billboard and Mediabase weren't the same, but I'd like to see the comparison of BB-only vs. MB-only.

Thanks! :)

Well onebuffalo has the list of Mediabase-only #1s towards the bottom of his post. But it might be kinda cool to see which songs were Billboard-only #1s too. Were there even any this year?

[sabre14]

Nov 20, 2015 0:14:47 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Nov 19, 2015 22:57:44 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

Is anyone capable of compiling a list of Billboard Airplay-only #1s and Mediabase-only #1s? I know there's a chart for the weeks Billboard and Mediabase weren't the same, but I'd like to see the comparison of BB-only vs. MB-only.

Thanks! :)

 Were there even any this year?

No.

Billboard only #1's over the years:

2002:

Jo Dee Messina ft/Tim McGraw - "Bring On The Rain"
Brooks & Dunn - "The Long Goodbye"
Tim McGraw - "Unbroken"

2003:

Randy Travis - "Three Wooden Crosses"

2004:

Reba McEntire - "Somebody"

2005:

Brad Paisley - "Mud On The Tires"

2007:

Brad Paisley - "Ticks"
Brad Paisley - "Online"
Garth Brooks - "More Than A Memory"
Dierks Bentley - "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)"

2009:

Alan Jackson - "Country Boy"
Rodney Atkins - "It's America"

2013:

Eli Young Band - "Drunk Last Night"