For the second week in a row, Sam Hunt Does not sit at #1 on the Country Album Chart Report For February 27, 2015. Instead, Aaron Watson scores the #1 slot on any album chart with The Underdog, his fine album released through Thirty Tigers. The album moved over 26k copies last week. Hunt's Montevallo sits at #2 and now has now sold nearly 334k to date. #3 features Steve Earle's Terraplane with a strong 11k scanned. At #4 is Jason Aldean's Old Boots New Dirt by with sales now at over 851k to date. Rounding out the Top 5 is The Mavericks with their fine MONO. The record has scanned 8k to date.
Top Ten Recap
Florida Georgia Line has scanned 574k to date with Anything Goes and has the #6 -best selling recodring this week while Carrie Underwood's Gold Greatest Hits: Decade #1 is at #7. At #8 is Luke Bryan's Crash My Party while Chase Rice and Miranda Lambert round out the Top 10 with with Ignite the Night and Platinum, respectively
Notables
The Next 5 kicks off with Eric Church's The Outsiders. The album is followed up by last week's #1, Blackberry Smoke's Holding All The Roses at #12. Garth Brooks Man Against Machine is at #13 with Brantley Gilbert's Just As I Am and Zac Brown Band's "Greatest Hits...So Far rounding out this portion of our rundown. Notable releases on the linked chart include Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, Sturgill Simpson, Lady Antebellum, RaeLynn and Old Dominion.Top 10 Country Albums - February 25, 2015
- Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest hundred.
| CNTRY | Artist | Album | Week | Total Scans |
| 1 | Aaron Watson | The Underdog | 26,300 | 26,300 |
| 2 | Sam Hunt | Montevallo | 14,500 | 333,900 |
| 3 | Steve Earle | Terraplane | 11,200 | 11,200 |
| 4 | Jason Aldean | Old Boots New Dirt | 9,300 | 851,100 |
| 5 | The Mavericks | Mono | 8,000 | 8,000 |
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[…] week, Aaron Watsonâs newly released record (produced by Keith Stegall) The Underdog hit #1 outselling Sam Huntâs juggernaut Montevallo (even on the streaming-influenced Billboard 200 […]