It's the first week after the holidays and the sales this week prove this as most albums experienced a 50% or more drop. The lone major album to jump in sales this week is Shania Twain's Now. The icon's record has now scanned over 208,000 copies. Not bad for a comeback album without a real hit to let average fans know her album is there. Chris Stapleton still has three albums in the Top 10, all 3 were among the best-selling albums of 2017 (a year in which not one country album scanned 1 million in pure sales), though according to Billboard actual album consumption (which includes streaming metrics not listed here) increased in 2017 vs. 2016.
Below is the actual chart for January 8, 2017.
Place | Artist | Album | Week | Total Scans |
1 | CHRIS STAPLETON | FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 | 12,300 | 243,400 |
2 | ALAN JACKSON | PRECIOUS MEMORIES COL (2CD) | 10,400 | 167,400 |
3 | LUKE BRYAN | WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY | 8,800 | 179,500 |
4 | SHANIA TWAIN | NOW | 6,500 | 208,000 |
5 | CHRIS STAPLETON | FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 | 6,400 | 664,300 |
6 | KENNY CHESNEY | LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION | 6,400 | 348,700 |
7 | CHRIS STAPLETON | TRAVELLER | 5,300 | 2,185,900 |
8 | GARTH BROOKS | ANTHOLOGY PART 1:1ST 5 YRS | 5,200 | 272,800 |
9 | TIM MCGRAW/FAITH HILL | THE REST OF OUR LIFE | 4,300 | 170,900 |
10 | KANE BROWN | KANE BROWN | 4,200 | 302,000 |
11 | THOMAS RHETT | LIFE CHANGES | 4,000 | 218,200 |
12 | BLAKE SHELTON | TEXOMA SHORE | 3,800 | 183,000 |
13 | KID ROCK | SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR | 2,900 | 101,700 |
14 | DARIUS RUCKER | WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME | 2,600 | 77,700 |
15 | LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU | 2,300 | 178,000 |
-- | KELSEA BALLERINI | UNAPOLOGETICALLY | 2,200 | 79,600 |
-- | JASON ISBELL/400 UNIT | THE NASHVILLE SOUND | 1,800 | 119,500 |
-- | BRETT YOUNG | BRETT YOUNG | 1,700 | 177,500 |
-- | VARIOUS ARTISTS | NOW COUNTRY 10 | 1,500 | 149,600 |
-- | KEITH URBAN | RIPCORD | 1,400 | 708,400 |
-- | MIDLAND | ON THE ROCKS | 1,300 | 51,600 |
-- | WALKER HAYES | boom. | 1,300 | 20,000 |
-- | CHRIS YOUNG | LOSING SLEEP | 1,200 | 68,500 |
-- | ERIC CHURCH | MR. MISUNDERSTOOD | 1,200 | 580,800 |
-- | MIRANDA LAMBERT | THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS | 1,100 | 418,300 |
-- | JON PARDI | CALIFORNIA SUNRISE | 1,100 | 211,200 |
-- | OLD DOMINION | HAPPY ENDINGS | 1,000 | 68,200 |
-- | ZAC BROWN BAND | WELCOME HOME | 900 | 292,600 |
-- | BRETT ELDREDGE | BRETT ELDREDGE | 900 | 73,900 |
-- | LITTLE BIG TOWN | THE BREAKER | 900 | 157,600 |
-- | DUSTIN LYNCH | CURRENT MOOD | 900 | 64,600 |
-- | BROTHERS OSBORNE | PAWN SHOP | 800 | 189,900 |
-- | MARGO PRICE | ALL-AMERICAN MADE | 800 | 18,400 |
-- | MAREN MORRIS | HERO | 700 | 271,100 |
-- | LADY ANTEBELLUM | HEART BREAK | 700 | 149,900 |
-- | DANIELLE BRADBERY | I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET | 700 | 17,600 |
-- | CHRIS JANSON | EVERYBODY | 700 | 23,800 |
-- | CHASE RICE | LAMBS & LIONS | 700 | 18,400 |
-- | COLE SWINDELL | YOU SHOULD BE HERE | 700 | 309,100 |
-- | LEE BRICE | LEE BRICE | 600 | 25,000 |
-- | GARTH BROOKS | GUNSLINGER | 500 | 141,100 |
-- | TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS | LONG WAY FROM YOUR HEART | 500 | 25,300 |
-- | JAKE OWEN | GREATEST HITS | 500 | 6,100 |
-- | CARLY PEARCE | EVERY LITTLE THING | 500 | 24,300 |
-- | RAELYNN | WILDHORSE | 400 | 44,300 |
-- | HOME FREE | TIMELESS | 400 | 32,700 |
-- | GRANGER SMITH | WHEN THE GOOD GUYS WIN | 400 | 23,400 |
-- | RUSSELL DICKERSON | YOURS | 400 | 13,400 |
-- | LAUREN ALAINA | ROAD LESS TRAVELED | 400 | 34,500 |
-- | NED LEDOUX | SAGEBRUSH | 400 | 7,500 |
-- | WILLIE NELSON | GOD'S PROBLEM CHILD | 300 | 102,600 |
-- | DOLLY PARTON | I BELIEVE IN YOU | 300 | 18,200 |
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