Chris Stapleton's status as the #1 Country Album in the USA continues as Traveller outpaces the #2 album, Grammy nominee Charles Kelley's The Driver, by nearly 18,000 albums. Kelley's album -- his first solo project -- debuts with 14k albums sold in the first week on this chart. Sam Hunt's Double Platinum album, Montevallo slides to #3 but actually gained 33% over last week's sales number. At #4 is Thomas Rhett's Tangled Up while #5 finds Carrie Underwood's Storyteller. Look for three of these five albums (Stapleton, Hunt & Underwood) to gain next week thanks to last night's Grammy telecast, where they all performed (and Stapleton won a pair of trophies).
Top Ten Recap
At #6 we find Hank Williams, Jr's It's About Time. Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights follows that album while Eric Church's Mr. Misunderstood has moved to #8. At #9 is Blake Shelton's Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (which has 21 #1 hits, honestly). Rounding out the Top 10 in its third week on this chart is Brothers Osborne's Pawn Shop. That album has now scanned nearly 36k in those 3 weeks.
Notables
Newcomers this week include The Swon Brothers' Timeless EP and Aubrie Sellers' New City Blues. Our Notable albums include Don Henley's Cass County and Old Dominion's Meat And Candy, Chris Janson's Buy Me A Boat and The Oak Ridge Boys' Rock Of Ages: Hymns collection. Jana Kramer's Thirty-One and Brett Eldredge's Illinois both scored sales increases while Kelsea Ballerini's The First Time tops 100k. Maren Morris' EP is on our rundown again as is Joey + Rory's Country Classics. Joey +Rory's final project, Hymns Project, debuts on this chart but look for it to jump into the Top 10 next week.
Top 5 Country Albums: February 16, 2016
Note: The Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers are rounded to nearest hundred albums sold.
| CNTRY | Artist | Album | Week | Total Scans |
| 1 | Chris Stapleton | Traveller | 26,800 | 862,500 |
| 2 | Charles Kelley | The Driver | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| 3 | Sam Hunt | Montevallo | 10,900 | 1,022,200 |
| 4 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | 7,300 | 296,000 |
| 5 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | 7,100 | 505,000 |
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