Lady Antebellum & Others Experience CMA Awards Sales Boost


With their unexpected Single of the Year victory for "I Run To You" and displacing Rascal Flatts as the Vocal Group of the Year, Lady Antebellum leads this week's chart rundown as the trio leads country music's Hot 200 Albums chart dominance along with a few others.

Carrie Underwood Plays On Top of the SoundScan Hot 200 Chart This Week

Carrie Underwood is this week's chart queen as her third album Play On debuts on the top spot of the charts.  Teen Queen Taylor Swift's venerable Fearless album follows next and this week saw a remarkable sales growth for virtually every country release.

 

Tim McGraw storms the Charts with his Southern Voice

It’s Wednesday again so if you’re a regular reader of Roughstock you know what today is – it’s SoundScan day – and this week’s chart-topping country album comes from Tim McGraw. Who else finds themselves on this week's Hot Country Albums chart?

 

Taylor Swift Contines Country Album Chart Reign

For what seems like the billionth time, Taylor Swift continues her dominance of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot Country Albums charts with her Fearless album continuing to sell thousands of copies per week. How did the rest of country music's Top 10 shake out this week?

Country Artists Enjoy Sales Boost from CMA Music Festival Telecast

Last week ABC television broadcasted 2009 CMA Music Festival; Country's Night To Rock and the show not only was a winner for ABC and the CMA but a great showcase for the country music artists who participated in the event with this week's charts serving as proof.

Thanks to Tribute show on CBS, George Strait Climbs Album Sales Charts

Thanks largely to the television show that aired on CBS Last week, George Strait found his album "Troubadour" rise from 166 to 34 on the SoundScan Hot 200 Album charts, good enough for a 10th place finish on this week's Country tally.  Who placed albums ahead of and behind him?

Country Music Remains Fearlessly Unstoppable

In a remarkable sales week for all of Country music, instead of just a few chart-toppers, the genre's sales picked up as people discover the joy of listening to your favorite artists, despite a bad economy.  Who follwed Hannah Montana's Soundtrack on the charts? Let's find out.

Martina McBride Shines on Soundscan Hot 200 Charts

Martina McBride scored another #1 debut on the Country Albums Chart and landed the 10th spot on the charts overall with her new album "Shine."  Following Martina on the charts this week were John Rich, Eric Church and Dolly Parton with their latest releases, respectively.

Lucky Old Sun Chesney's 7th No. 1 Debut

It's that time of the week again, it's time for the Soundscan chart numbers.  With 176,414 copies sold, Kenny Chesney's "Lucky Old Sun" Landed on top. While it was a great week for Kenny, John Michael Montgomery's return netted him the less-than stellar place of 172 with "Time Flies.

A big week for Miranda and Blake?

According to today's mediabase chart that follows airplay, Blake Shelton has jumped into the Top spot on the charts with his cover with the Michael Buble' song "Home" while his leading lady Miranda Lambert has finally had a single reach the Top 10 with "Gunpowder & Lead."