Aaron Lewis had the top selling country cd in the U.S. on the Billboard Country Album chart for the week ending 19 March 2011 with 'Town Line.' Lewis took over for Lady Antebellum's 'Need You Now.' On the singles chart, Jason Aldean's song with Kelly Clarkson, 'Don't You Wanna Stay', remained #1.
On the song chart, Brad Paisley stayed at #2 with 'This is Country Music'. Billy Currington's 'Let Me Down Easy' was #3, up two. Thompson Square's hit 'Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not' was #4, up three. Blake Shelton was down one to #5 with 'Who Are You When I'm Not Looking.'
Kenny Chesney was at #17, up 3, with 'Live a Little.' Keith Urban's 'Without You' in at #20, up 4.
On the overall top 200 CD chart, Aaron Lewis was #7, Jason Aldean #14, Lady Antebellum #19, Taylor Swift #20 and Zac Brown Band came in at #21.
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blake shelton takes the top
Jason Aldean's song jumped from six to two with Don't You Wanna Stay, with Kelly Clarkson helping out. Brad Paisley moved up two to third with This is Country Music. Swift's latest single, Back to December, was at five, up two. New duo Thompson Square had its first top 10 with Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not at 10, up 2.
Zac Brown Band's Colder Weather climbed 3 places to 11. Keith Urban was a big mover with With You jumping from 34 to 28, but Kenny Chesney was an even bigger mover. Live a Little skyrocketed from 38 to 29.
On the overall top 200, Lady Antebellum jumped from 17 to 4. Swift was 15th, Aldean 16th, Zac Brown Band 21st and Lambert 26th.
jason aldean - my kinda party
Jason Aldean's fourth studio CD, 'My Kinda Party,' sold 193,000 in its first week, making it the highest album debut of last week and the biggest first week debut by a male vocalist in more than three years. Kenny Chesney set the previous high mark in September 2007 with 'Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.'
"I can't say enough about my fans and this incredible ride we are all taking together. Don't count out the kids who live out in the sticks, drive pickup trucks, wear John Deere hats and like their country music on the rockin' side," said Aldean.
"There are a whole lot of us," said Aldean. "It's always exciting to put out new music and see what the reaction will be. It's been a killer week."
people's choice
Some of Country’s biggest names make an appearance on the first round of nominations for the 2011 People’s Choice Awards.
Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban represent the men of Country music vying for Favorite Male Artist; Eminem, Ludacris, John Mayer and Usher round out the category. Country ladies Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift are nominated alongside Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Rihanna for Favorite Female Artist.
Country made a sweep at the ceremony last year when Rascal Flatts was named Favorite Group and Underwood was crowned Favorite Female Artist.
Online voting at http://peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations will determine the top five nominees in each category. Voting for the official nominees continues through 9 Nov. 2010.
The 2011 People’s Choice Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2011, on CBS.
Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban represent the men of Country music vying for Favorite Male Artist; Eminem, Ludacris, John Mayer and Usher round out the category. Country ladies Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift are nominated alongside Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Rihanna for Favorite Female Artist.
Country made a sweep at the ceremony last year when Rascal Flatts was named Favorite Group and Underwood was crowned Favorite Female Artist.
Online voting at http://peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations will determine the top five nominees in each category. Voting for the official nominees continues through 9 Nov. 2010.
The 2011 People’s Choice Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2011, on CBS.
toby keith #1 on billboard 200 chart
For a third week in a row, a country singer has the best-selling album in the country. Following on the heels of Zac Brown and Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith topped this week's Billboard 200 chart with Bullets in the Gun.
Making the feat somewhat less impressive: the 71,000 copies of Bullets in the Gun that were purchased in its first week of sales is the lowest total by a chart-topping debut album since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. That doesn't mean it's the lowest-selling number 1 in history; as Billboard points out, Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 was number one with just 60,000 albums sold back in May 2010, but it had been out for two months by then. Toby Keith's 2009 album, American Ride, debuted at number 3, selling 90,000 copies in its first week.
To be fair, the rest of the albums in the top ten didn't offer Toby Keith much support. The only other debuts on the chart were Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which lands at number 3 -with 55,000 copies sold and Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame, which spends its first week at number 6 with 37,000 copies sold.
Returning albums included Chesney's Hemingway's Whiskey, which dropped to number 2 with 65,000 copies sold and Eminem's Recovery, which rose one spot to number 4 with 52,000 copies sold. Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give drops to number 5 with 43,000 copies sold. Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns sold 37,000, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream sold 32,000, Trey Songz's Passion, Pain & Pleasure sold 32,000 and Selena Gomez & the Scene's A Year Without Rain sold 27,000 fill the last four spots in the top ten.
Making the feat somewhat less impressive: the 71,000 copies of Bullets in the Gun that were purchased in its first week of sales is the lowest total by a chart-topping debut album since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. That doesn't mean it's the lowest-selling number 1 in history; as Billboard points out, Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 was number one with just 60,000 albums sold back in May 2010, but it had been out for two months by then. Toby Keith's 2009 album, American Ride, debuted at number 3, selling 90,000 copies in its first week.
To be fair, the rest of the albums in the top ten didn't offer Toby Keith much support. The only other debuts on the chart were Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which lands at number 3 -with 55,000 copies sold and Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame, which spends its first week at number 6 with 37,000 copies sold.
Returning albums included Chesney's Hemingway's Whiskey, which dropped to number 2 with 65,000 copies sold and Eminem's Recovery, which rose one spot to number 4 with 52,000 copies sold. Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give drops to number 5 with 43,000 copies sold. Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns sold 37,000, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream sold 32,000, Trey Songz's Passion, Pain & Pleasure sold 32,000 and Selena Gomez & the Scene's A Year Without Rain sold 27,000 fill the last four spots in the top ten.
kenny chesney - hemingsway's whiskey
Kenny Chesney's new album Hemingway's Whiskey sold 176,000 copies in its debut week, giving the country superstar his sixth Number One on the Billboard 200. Garth Brooks is the only country artist with more chart-toppers at eight.
The digital-only release of Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being EP was downloaded 110,000 times, putting Weezy at Number Two, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give, last week's chart-topper, dropped to Number Three, selling 70,000 copies.
Country and hip-hop dominated the Top Five this week: Gucci Mane's post-incarceration comeback album The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted came in at Number Four, and Eminem's Recovery took the fifth spot. Total album sales were up six percent compared to last week.
The digital-only release of Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being EP was downloaded 110,000 times, putting Weezy at Number Two, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give, last week's chart-topper, dropped to Number Three, selling 70,000 copies.
Country and hip-hop dominated the Top Five this week: Gucci Mane's post-incarceration comeback album The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted came in at Number Four, and Eminem's Recovery took the fifth spot. Total album sales were up six percent compared to last week.
instruments from nashville flood to be auctioned
Dozens of guitars, mandolins and other instruments – straight from the hands of artists such as Peter Frampton, Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Vince Gill and a host of others – are headed for the online auction block through nonprofit organization NASH2O (Nash-two-Oh) to support flood relief efforts in Nashville.
Proceeds go to three beneficiaries: MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief Fund for music industry professionals, Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund for those musicians that were uninsured, and Middle Tennessee fire and rescue departments.
NASH2O was organized shortly after the devastating May, 2010 floodwaters receded by three longtime Music City mainstays: George Gruhn, widely-recognized as the leading authority on vintage stringed instruments; Joe Glaser, renowned luthier and fine instrument repairman and steel guitarist/producer Bruce Bouton, a fixture on high-profile recordings and tours for decades. Their goal was to collect flood-damaged instruments from top artists, which could then be sold as presentation/collector pieces. The group secured underwriting support from Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a major insurer of many of the affected artists and exclusive insurance sponsor of NASH2O.
NASH2O’s official launch is slated for Tuesday, October 12, 2010 with a VIP kickoff reception and press conference at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Nashville beginning at 4 p.m., featuring appearances by some of the artists who have donated instruments, special guests, a silent auction, and some of the instruments which are headed for online auction on display.
The public will have a chance to bid via the online auction, which will open the same day at http://www.nash2o.org. The NASH2O auction is unique in several ways, as the instruments offered for sale are historic musical artifacts from the record flooding that tore through Nashville in early May wrecking havoc on several instrument storage facilities, as well as musicians’ homes and studios. But as Gruhn explains, the instruments themselves are unlike what is usually available to fans and followers:
“It’s fairly common to see instruments, signed by artists, for sale in charity efforts or given as contest prizes. But those are almost always pieces donated by a manufacturer for that purpose. They’re handed to the artist, he signs them, and that’s really the only connection he has with them. The NASH2O pieces are the artists’ personal instruments. Peter Frampton’s Les Paul is, well, Peter Frampton’s Les Paul. Brad Paisley’s Tele-style guitar is Brad’s guitar. You hear that guitar on the records. You saw it in his hands in concert. These are very personal, cherished tools of the trade, and buyers can own a piece of that history, that pedigree.”
The online auction and NASH2O communities use Moontoast’s Social Commerce Platform. Moontoast provides highly customizable, branded Social Commerce solutions to brands and individuals who are looking to maximize their social media marketing and sales efforts. Artists such as Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire and Wynonna Judd are currently leveraging this technology.
Beside the artist owned instruments for auction, sweepstakes items of new instruments and/or premiums have been donated by Taylor Guitars, THD Amplifiers, Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Gibson Guitars, Martin Guitars and Yamaha Instruments.
Proceeds go to three beneficiaries: MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief Fund for music industry professionals, Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund for those musicians that were uninsured, and Middle Tennessee fire and rescue departments.
NASH2O was organized shortly after the devastating May, 2010 floodwaters receded by three longtime Music City mainstays: George Gruhn, widely-recognized as the leading authority on vintage stringed instruments; Joe Glaser, renowned luthier and fine instrument repairman and steel guitarist/producer Bruce Bouton, a fixture on high-profile recordings and tours for decades. Their goal was to collect flood-damaged instruments from top artists, which could then be sold as presentation/collector pieces. The group secured underwriting support from Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a major insurer of many of the affected artists and exclusive insurance sponsor of NASH2O.
NASH2O’s official launch is slated for Tuesday, October 12, 2010 with a VIP kickoff reception and press conference at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Nashville beginning at 4 p.m., featuring appearances by some of the artists who have donated instruments, special guests, a silent auction, and some of the instruments which are headed for online auction on display.
The public will have a chance to bid via the online auction, which will open the same day at http://www.nash2o.org. The NASH2O auction is unique in several ways, as the instruments offered for sale are historic musical artifacts from the record flooding that tore through Nashville in early May wrecking havoc on several instrument storage facilities, as well as musicians’ homes and studios. But as Gruhn explains, the instruments themselves are unlike what is usually available to fans and followers:
“It’s fairly common to see instruments, signed by artists, for sale in charity efforts or given as contest prizes. But those are almost always pieces donated by a manufacturer for that purpose. They’re handed to the artist, he signs them, and that’s really the only connection he has with them. The NASH2O pieces are the artists’ personal instruments. Peter Frampton’s Les Paul is, well, Peter Frampton’s Les Paul. Brad Paisley’s Tele-style guitar is Brad’s guitar. You hear that guitar on the records. You saw it in his hands in concert. These are very personal, cherished tools of the trade, and buyers can own a piece of that history, that pedigree.”
The online auction and NASH2O communities use Moontoast’s Social Commerce Platform. Moontoast provides highly customizable, branded Social Commerce solutions to brands and individuals who are looking to maximize their social media marketing and sales efforts. Artists such as Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire and Wynonna Judd are currently leveraging this technology.
Beside the artist owned instruments for auction, sweepstakes items of new instruments and/or premiums have been donated by Taylor Guitars, THD Amplifiers, Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Gibson Guitars, Martin Guitars and Yamaha Instruments.
kenny chesney to join farm aid
Kenny Chesney is among the artists added to Farm Aid 25.
Joining the country star will be Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, Band of Horses, The BoDeans, Amos Lee and Robert Francis. Already announced were concert organizers Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2, at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
The all-day festival will be a celebration of music, family farmers and good food and will again feature homegrown concessions, family farm-identified, local and organic foods.
Joining the country star will be Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, Band of Horses, The BoDeans, Amos Lee and Robert Francis. Already announced were concert organizers Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2, at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
The all-day festival will be a celebration of music, family farmers and good food and will again feature homegrown concessions, family farm-identified, local and organic foods.
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