Bucky Covington: Debut Album Era: April 17

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His website:

buckycovington.musiccitynetworks.com/

MySpace page:

www.myspace.com/buckycovington

Out today in the USA.

[audiogarden]

I plan to buy this one today. I heard the clips on Real Player, and I really like the songs that are Southern Rock. I don't like his single at all (too country for me), but there is enough that I do like to get me to plunk down the $10 at Target.
:)

[Haley]

Idols will soon own the world. LOL. I hope he does well.

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deardiary said:

Idols will soon own the world. LOL. I hope he does well.

:o

Oh gosh, I hope 'Idols' don't rule anything. I like Clay and Bucky IN SPITE of AI, not because of it. I hate that show.

:)

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Billboard:

• "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington debuts at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 -- and at No. 1 on Top Country Albums -- with his self-titled set. The album sold 61,000 copies in its first week, thanks partially to his hit single "A Different World." The tune rises 24-22 on Hot Country Songs this week. Covington's debut is the biggest on Top Country Albums by a new male artist since Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" started with 90,000 in 1992. Covington joins Jason Michael Carroll as the second new artist to bow at No. 1 on Top Country Albums this year ...

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audiogarden said:

deardiary said:

Idols will soon own the world. LOL. I hope he does well.

:o

Oh gosh, I hope 'Idols' don't rule anything. I like Clay and Bucky IN SPITE of AI, not because of it. I hate that show.

:)

I'm seeing a lot of that w/Bucky anyways. I have a few friends that hate the show but bought the album because they loved it after I played it for them. Hopefully that means that he'll be able to expand upon his Idol fanbase, which will be the key to his success.

I also have been noticing that he's really popular with the men in my life, who normally could care less about any of the male Idol contestants.

[audiogarden]

Great press release.


www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/04-25-2007/0004573756&EDATE=WED+Apr+25+2007,+01:05+PM

Bucky Covington Debuts at #1



Idol finalist scores biggest unit debut from a new male country artist in
15 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Bucky Covington's
self-titled debut CD opens at #1 on Nielsen Soundscan's Country Top 75
chart with 61,000 units sold. Covington's debut CD also enters Nielsen
Soundscan's all genre top 200 chart at #4 and is the only new country act
to open inside the top five this year. This puts him in good company as
only two other country acts, including Tim McGraw and Martina McBride, have
debuted inside the top 4 on Nielsen Soundscan's Top 200 chart this year.
With 61,000 units sold in the first week, this gives Covington the
distinction of having not only 2007's biggest unit debut from a new country
artist, but also the best first week sales and highest Top 200 debut for
any new male country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992.
The strong sales debut comes as no surprise, as Covington's record has
already become not only one of the most critically acclaimed CDs to come
out of the Idol franchise, but one of this year's best-reviewed country
albums. Here's what some of the nation's toughest critics are saying about
Bucky Covington:
Miami Herald: "The most cohesive album to come out of the franchise yet."

Dallas Morning News: "Easily the best country album by an American Idol
contestant."

Entertainment Weekly: "The North Carolinian with the throaty drawl could
sell everything-from the cheeky to the weepy. And he does."

Associated Press: "Covington delivers. His gritty growl comes alive ...
[and] he sounds like the star he could evolve into ... "

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Bucky Covington bucks the odds, thanks in
large part to strong songs. Covington's vocals are something of a
revelation, as well, reflecting the positive influence of blues-based Jeff
("Angel Eyes") Healy and R&B-braced Travis Tritt."

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "Covington may deserve a second look...he shows
personality as a singer... and delivers the best stuff with the gritty
know-how of John Mellencamp."

Bucky Covington was released April 17 on Lyric Street Records.
Lyric Street Records is a part of Disney's Buena Vista Music Group. The
Buena Vista Music Group is the recorded music and music publishing arm of
the Walt Disney Studios.



SOURCE Lyric Street Records

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5/5/07 chart

4 NEW COVINGTON*BUCKY BUCKY COVINGTON 60,814 61,042

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Bucky is doing well! He seems like a real genuine guy....happy for him.

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5/12/07 chart

24 COVINGTON*BUCKY BUCKY COVINGTON 22,965 -62% 60,814 84,007

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7/7 chart:

75 Bucky Covington
9,366 down 31%
total 186,620

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So glad to see him doing well. This album seems to be very consistent!

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USAToday.com

81-76 Bucky (9,000; 206,000 total): Bucky hits 200,000 and drops just 3% as his hit country single continues to do well.

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He's still doing well!

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7/28 chart

81 COVINGTON*BUCKY BUCKY COVINGTON 8,773 9,323 214,376

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8/11 chart

91 83 15 Bucky Covington, Bucky Covington 8,242 -5% 231,317

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I hope he gets a Gold certification with this album eventually... He seems to be selling solidly so that's possible.

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8/18

93 COVINGTON*BUCKY BUCKY COVINGTON 8,251 239,568

He'll need at least 400k for a Gold cert.

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8/25 chart

97 BUCKY COVINGTON 7,625 -8% 247,193

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9/22 chart

130 COVINGTON*BUCKY BUCKY COVINGTON 4,649 -13% 5,359 270,334

[reception]

'41st Annual CMA Awards'