Chart News for May 23, 2012: Willie Nelson Returns

 

With a brand new album featuing guests which include Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, Snoop Dogg and his son Lukas Nelson, Willie Nelson returns to the charts with Heroes, his first album from a new record deal with his once longtime record label home, Sony Music Entertainment.

 

Chart News for May 2, 2012: Three Big Debuts

Lionel Richie's five week old Tuskegee remains at #1 this week while we see the debuts of Kip Moore, Lee Brice and Josh Abbott Band on the charts. We also check in on country music's biggest hit albums from Aldean to Lady Antebellum. Read on to find out where the Top 10 lands!

Chart News for April 25, 2012: Lionel Richie Stays at #1

With another 114,000 copies scanned at retail, Lionel Richie's comeback continues with the country duets project Tuskegee.  The album has now surpassed the 500,000 sales mark. Read on to find out where the rest of country's top 10 landed along with some notable releases as well!

Chart News for April 18, 2012: Lionel Richie Hits #1 on Top 200 Albums

With a brand new album sitting in the upper-rungs of the charts, Lionel Richie has made an implausible comeback on the charts with Tuskegee landing to the #1 slot of the SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums chart. Read on to find out all of the details about the rest of the country albums this week!

Country Chart News For Week of February 29, 2012: Lady Antebellum Leads Again

This week the chart didn't feature too many new albums but one, the Act of Valor Soundtrack featuring "For You" from Keith Urban and 9 other country tracks. Thus, the chart ended up pretty much the same as last week. Read on to see how it all played out!

Album Sales Strong Thanks To Easter Week


Alison Krauss and Union Station once again lead the way on the Album Sales chart provided by SoundScan this week. The rest of the Top five albums is unchanged from last week but there were position swapping going on. Let's find out how the sales played out this week.

Sara Evans Scores Second Week @ #1 with "Stronger"

For the second week in a row, RCA Nashville's Sara Evans album Stronger keeps her at the pinnacle of country album sales this week, according to SoundScan.  What was the highest charting country album of the week?

Blake Shelton Scores Best-Selling Country Album This Week

For just the second time since it was released in the early stages of 2010, Lady Antebellum's Need You Now isn't the best-selling country music album in America. That distinction belongs to Blake Shelton, the very same week All About Tonight is the #1 song in America, too.