Eric Church has become one of the top country by the old way of getting there, by relentlessly touring and crafting albums that stand up as strong as anything coming out of the mainstream of country music. Read on to see why we think this is his biggest potential hit yet.

With a strong performance on the ACA Awards, Scotty McCreery has managed to move back into the top slot on SoundScan's Top Country Albums chart this week. Read on to see how well the ACA Awards managed to help sales for artists like Toby Keith.

Another week, annother accolade in the fast-growing career of EMI Records Nashville's Eric Church. The "Drink In My Hand" singer's career has went into overdrive in 2011 with the release of CHIEF. Read on to find out what other accolades Eric Church scored this week!

Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Thompson Square and Chris Young, will join the previously announced The Band Perry to perform on the 45th Annual CMA Awards telecast. It'll be the first time since 2008 that all five nominees will perform on Country Music's Biggest Night.

Check out this new live performance from Sessions at AOL from Eric Church. It's the new already Top 40 single. It's his fastest rising single to date and has all the markings of an instant classic.

For the second week of its life-cycle, Luke Bryan's Tailgates & Tanlines scores the best-selling country album in America according to SoundScan's Top 200 Current Albums chart. Read on to find out how Eli Young Band fared with their debut and much, much more!

"Homeboy" seems to have hit its Peak inside the Top 15 at country radio and a handful of stations have already added this tune to their rotation. Read on to see what we have to say about the rowdy weekend anthem "Drink In My Hand."

For the second week in a row, we find Eric Church leading the way in country music as Chief remains the top-selling country album in the USA. Read on to find out where albums from Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry and more landed in this week's rundown.

Take a listen to what is 99.9% likely to be the second single from Eric Church's third album Chief. After listening to the song we'd love to hear what you think of the song's chances of hitting #1 on the charts.

For the very first time in his career, Eric Church has the #1 country album in America. He also scored the #1 album in the USA (and therefore the world) with Chief selling nearly 145,000 copies this week. Read on to see how other artists fared.