In its fourth week out, Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller breaks through the traffic to arrive at No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart.
Meanwhile, Dan + Shay’s “Nothin’ Like You” achieves similar eminence on the country airplay rankings after a 42-week climb. It is the duo’s first No. 1 single.
This week’s newcomers are the Luke Combs EP, This One’s For You, which debuts at No. 36, and Charles Kelley’s “The Driver,” featuring Dierks Bentley and Eric Paslay, pulling in at No. 60.
Although it’s new to the charts, “The Driver” just earned a Grammy nomination for best country duo or group performance.
Hank Williams Jr.’s “Are You Ready For The Country?,” featuring Eric Church, returns to the airplay fray at No. 53.
The No. 2 through No. 5 albums, in that order, are Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (last week’s No. 1), Blake Shelton’s Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Church’s Mr. Misunderstood and Sam Hunt’s Montevallo.
Traveller and Montevallo are both in the running for a best country album Grammy.
Completing the Top 5 songs array are Shelton’s “Gonna,” Jason Aldean’s “Gonna Know We Were Here,” Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” (last week’s No. 1) and Thomas Rhett’s “Die a Happy Man,” which bounds into the top tier from No. 9.
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