Billboard Top Country Albums/Singles - 2014
Sept 30, 2014 13:54:16 GMT -5
Post by onebuffalo on Sept 30, 2014 13:54:16 GMT -5
1. A LONELY #1: Cole Swindell claims his first ever chart topper this week with Hope You Get Lonely Tonight. This is his second release from his self-titled debut CD. The first, Chillin' It peaked at #2 this year. Swindell becomes the fourth artist in Billboard 2014 (since December, 2013) to land his first #1 hit. The others:
1. Parmalee-Carolina
2. Frankie Ballard-Helluva Life
3. Dustin Lynch-Where It's At Yep, Yep
2. HIS TENTH: At #2 for the week is Luke Bryan's Roller Coaster. This is his tenth consecutive top two hit following:
1. I Don't Want This Night To End-2012-#1
2. Drunk On You-2012-#1
3. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-2012-#1
4. The Only Way I Know-with Jason Aldean and Eric Church-2013-#1
5. Crash My Party-2013-#1
6. That's My Kind Of Night-2013-#2
7. Drink A Beer-2014-#1
8. Play It Again-2014-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit
9. This Is How We Roll-with Florida Georgia Line-2014-#2
10. Roller Coaster-2014-#2 so far
3. TALLADEGA FAST: Eric Church has the fastest climbing song of the week as Talladega speeds up eight to #37.
4. GOING FOR A SECOND: Kenny Chesney has the Hot Shot Debut of the week at #40 with Til It's Gone. It is the second single from his current The Big Revival CD. It is the follow up to his #1 hit, American Kids. The last time Chesney charted consecutive #1s was in 2011 when Somewhere With You hit #1 and that was followed with Live A Little.
5. HIS 15TH: Tim McGraw has the top selling CD this week with Sundown Heaven Town. It sold 71,000 copies last week becoming his 15th top selling CD. It follows:
1. Not A Moment Too Soon-1994
2. All I Want-1995
3. Everywhere-1997
4. A Place In The Sun-1999
5. Greatest Hits-2000
6. Set This Circus Down-2001
7. Live Like You Were Dying-2004
8. Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2-2006
9. Let It Go-2007
10. Greatest Hits: Limited Edition-2008
11. Greatest Hits 3-2008
12. Southern Voice-2009
13. Emotional Traffic-2012
14. Two Lanes Of Freedom-2013
15. Sundown Heaven Town-2014
6. THE COWBOY RIDES AWAY: George Strait lands at #2 on the albums chart with The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium. 51,000 copies were sold last week. It is his third live CD following For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome (2003) and Live At Texas Stadium (2007). The latter features Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson.
7. A 00S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling CDs during the first week in October during the 2000s:
2000: George Strait-George Strait-MCA
2001: Greatest Hits-Martina McBride-RCA
2002: Home-Dixie Chicks-Monument
2003: Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff-Alan Jackson-Arista
2004: Be Here-Keith Urban-Capitol
2005: Jasper County-Trisha Yearwood-MCA
2006: Live: Live Those Songs Again-Kenny Chesney-BNA
2007: Reba: Duets-Reba McEntire-MCA
2008: Learn To Live-Darius Rucker-Capitol
2009: Fearless-Taylor Swift-Big Machine
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: At awards shows, her name was pronounced 'Janie Frick' by Charlie Daniels, Elvis Costello, and Phil Collins. Her last name is Fricke, pronounced 'Fricky'. She decided to end her surname with 'ie'. After that, she claimed her ONLY chart topping album with Black & White, our top seller 28 years ago this week.
However, that was NOT the only change concerning Frickie (for the record, I have always spelled her last name with the 'ie' ending, especially when I saluted her 1983 #1 hit, He's A Heartache Looking For A Place To Happen last year). She ended a three album association with Bob Montgomery. He produced her 1985 CD, Somebody Else's Fire which produced a trio of top tens. They are:
1. She's Single Again-1985-#2
2. Somebody Else's Fire-1985-#4
3. Easy To Please-1986-#5
For the 1986 CD, she chose Norro Wilson as her producer. She moved from the pop direction Montgomery gave her to a bluesy direction Wilson provided. The track listing of the CD is as follows:
1. Till I Can't Take It Anymore
2. He's Breathing Down My Neck
3. Take Me A Little Vacation
4. Nothing Left To Say
5. Comin' Apart At The Seams
6. Always Have, Always Will
7. Don't Put It Past My Heart
8. When A Woman Cries
9. He's Making A Long Story Short
10. I'd Take You Back Again
Always Have, Always Will was picked as the lead single. Released in June, it became Frickie's tenth and final chart topper in October. The CD was released in July and found its way to the top the same week Always Have, Always Will was #1. It became her second top ten CD following Love Lies from 1983 (#10). I find it ironic Always Have, Always Will topped the chart three weeks after Reba McEntire had a #1 with Little Rock. Both artists wanted to record Little Rock, but Frickie let McEntire have it. It was the second time both artists fought over a song. BOTH ladies recorded She's Single Again (on McEntire's Have I Got A Deal For You CD). That time, Frickie released her version of the song. The second and final single, When A Woman Cries was released in December and became Frickie's last major hit at #20 in 1987. The first song on the CD, Till I Can't Take It Anymore ended up being a #2 hit for Billy Joe Royal in 1990.
A standards CD was next and that was released in 1987 called After Midnight. Are You Satisfied became her last solo top 40 hit at #32 while Baby, You're Gone peaked at #63. In the meantime, her duet with the Gatlin Brothers, From Time To Time It Feels Like Love Again managed a #21 peak. Frickie's hitmaking stretch was over. Columbia Records released a 20 song compilation called Celebration (Always Have, Always Will is the last song). Her 1988 CD, Saddle The Wind produced three chart singles (all in 1988): Where Does Love Go When It's Gone (#54), I'll Walk Before I Crawl (#64), and The Heart (#64). She released her last CD for Columbia called Labor Of Love in 1989. Her final chart appearances came from that CD (both in 1989): Love Is One Of Those Words (#56) and Give 'Em My Number (#43). After thirteen years at Columbia, Frickie was a free agent in 1990.
Frickie has released seven CDs during the 1990s on various labels and five during the 2000s. Her most extensive hits CD is Anthology from 1999 on Renaissance Records while her last CD was released in 2012 called Country Side Of Bluegrass. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TNE FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4, 1986:
1. BLACK & WHITE-JANIE FRICKIE-COLUMBIA
2. Storms Of Life-Randy Travis-Warner Bros.
3. Montana Café-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros.
4. #7-George Strait-MCA
5. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise
6. Greatest Hits-Exile-Epic
7. Rockin' With The Rhythm-the Judds-RCA
8. Four For The Show-Statler Brothers-Mercury
9. Guitar Town-Steve Earle-MCA
10. Whoever's In New England-Reba McEntire-MCA
1. Parmalee-Carolina
2. Frankie Ballard-Helluva Life
3. Dustin Lynch-Where It's At Yep, Yep
2. HIS TENTH: At #2 for the week is Luke Bryan's Roller Coaster. This is his tenth consecutive top two hit following:
1. I Don't Want This Night To End-2012-#1
2. Drunk On You-2012-#1
3. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-2012-#1
4. The Only Way I Know-with Jason Aldean and Eric Church-2013-#1
5. Crash My Party-2013-#1
6. That's My Kind Of Night-2013-#2
7. Drink A Beer-2014-#1
8. Play It Again-2014-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit
9. This Is How We Roll-with Florida Georgia Line-2014-#2
10. Roller Coaster-2014-#2 so far
3. TALLADEGA FAST: Eric Church has the fastest climbing song of the week as Talladega speeds up eight to #37.
4. GOING FOR A SECOND: Kenny Chesney has the Hot Shot Debut of the week at #40 with Til It's Gone. It is the second single from his current The Big Revival CD. It is the follow up to his #1 hit, American Kids. The last time Chesney charted consecutive #1s was in 2011 when Somewhere With You hit #1 and that was followed with Live A Little.
5. HIS 15TH: Tim McGraw has the top selling CD this week with Sundown Heaven Town. It sold 71,000 copies last week becoming his 15th top selling CD. It follows:
1. Not A Moment Too Soon-1994
2. All I Want-1995
3. Everywhere-1997
4. A Place In The Sun-1999
5. Greatest Hits-2000
6. Set This Circus Down-2001
7. Live Like You Were Dying-2004
8. Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2-2006
9. Let It Go-2007
10. Greatest Hits: Limited Edition-2008
11. Greatest Hits 3-2008
12. Southern Voice-2009
13. Emotional Traffic-2012
14. Two Lanes Of Freedom-2013
15. Sundown Heaven Town-2014
6. THE COWBOY RIDES AWAY: George Strait lands at #2 on the albums chart with The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium. 51,000 copies were sold last week. It is his third live CD following For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome (2003) and Live At Texas Stadium (2007). The latter features Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson.
7. A 00S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling CDs during the first week in October during the 2000s:
2000: George Strait-George Strait-MCA
2001: Greatest Hits-Martina McBride-RCA
2002: Home-Dixie Chicks-Monument
2003: Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff-Alan Jackson-Arista
2004: Be Here-Keith Urban-Capitol
2005: Jasper County-Trisha Yearwood-MCA
2006: Live: Live Those Songs Again-Kenny Chesney-BNA
2007: Reba: Duets-Reba McEntire-MCA
2008: Learn To Live-Darius Rucker-Capitol
2009: Fearless-Taylor Swift-Big Machine
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: At awards shows, her name was pronounced 'Janie Frick' by Charlie Daniels, Elvis Costello, and Phil Collins. Her last name is Fricke, pronounced 'Fricky'. She decided to end her surname with 'ie'. After that, she claimed her ONLY chart topping album with Black & White, our top seller 28 years ago this week.
However, that was NOT the only change concerning Frickie (for the record, I have always spelled her last name with the 'ie' ending, especially when I saluted her 1983 #1 hit, He's A Heartache Looking For A Place To Happen last year). She ended a three album association with Bob Montgomery. He produced her 1985 CD, Somebody Else's Fire which produced a trio of top tens. They are:
1. She's Single Again-1985-#2
2. Somebody Else's Fire-1985-#4
3. Easy To Please-1986-#5
For the 1986 CD, she chose Norro Wilson as her producer. She moved from the pop direction Montgomery gave her to a bluesy direction Wilson provided. The track listing of the CD is as follows:
1. Till I Can't Take It Anymore
2. He's Breathing Down My Neck
3. Take Me A Little Vacation
4. Nothing Left To Say
5. Comin' Apart At The Seams
6. Always Have, Always Will
7. Don't Put It Past My Heart
8. When A Woman Cries
9. He's Making A Long Story Short
10. I'd Take You Back Again
Always Have, Always Will was picked as the lead single. Released in June, it became Frickie's tenth and final chart topper in October. The CD was released in July and found its way to the top the same week Always Have, Always Will was #1. It became her second top ten CD following Love Lies from 1983 (#10). I find it ironic Always Have, Always Will topped the chart three weeks after Reba McEntire had a #1 with Little Rock. Both artists wanted to record Little Rock, but Frickie let McEntire have it. It was the second time both artists fought over a song. BOTH ladies recorded She's Single Again (on McEntire's Have I Got A Deal For You CD). That time, Frickie released her version of the song. The second and final single, When A Woman Cries was released in December and became Frickie's last major hit at #20 in 1987. The first song on the CD, Till I Can't Take It Anymore ended up being a #2 hit for Billy Joe Royal in 1990.
A standards CD was next and that was released in 1987 called After Midnight. Are You Satisfied became her last solo top 40 hit at #32 while Baby, You're Gone peaked at #63. In the meantime, her duet with the Gatlin Brothers, From Time To Time It Feels Like Love Again managed a #21 peak. Frickie's hitmaking stretch was over. Columbia Records released a 20 song compilation called Celebration (Always Have, Always Will is the last song). Her 1988 CD, Saddle The Wind produced three chart singles (all in 1988): Where Does Love Go When It's Gone (#54), I'll Walk Before I Crawl (#64), and The Heart (#64). She released her last CD for Columbia called Labor Of Love in 1989. Her final chart appearances came from that CD (both in 1989): Love Is One Of Those Words (#56) and Give 'Em My Number (#43). After thirteen years at Columbia, Frickie was a free agent in 1990.
Frickie has released seven CDs during the 1990s on various labels and five during the 2000s. Her most extensive hits CD is Anthology from 1999 on Renaissance Records while her last CD was released in 2012 called Country Side Of Bluegrass. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TNE FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4, 1986:
1. BLACK & WHITE-JANIE FRICKIE-COLUMBIA
2. Storms Of Life-Randy Travis-Warner Bros.
3. Montana Café-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros.
4. #7-George Strait-MCA
5. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise
6. Greatest Hits-Exile-Epic
7. Rockin' With The Rhythm-the Judds-RCA
8. Four For The Show-Statler Brothers-Mercury
9. Guitar Town-Steve Earle-MCA
10. Whoever's In New England-Reba McEntire-MCA