CMT News

The Top 10 country albums for 2001, according to SoundScan, were: O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, 3.5 million; Scarecrow, Garth Brooks, 2.3 million; Coyote Ugly soundtrack, 2 million; Set This Circus Down, Tim McGraw, 1.4 million; Greatest Hits, Tim McGraw, 1.3 million; Pull My Chain, Toby Keith, 1.3 million; I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack, 1.2 million; Fly, Dixie Chicks, 1 million; Greatest Hits, Kenny Chesney, 1 million; Breathe, Faith Hill, 1 million. Only three -- Scarecrow, Set This Circus Down and Pull My Chain -- were actually released in 2001. SoundScan numbers for 2001 show country sales essentially flat for the year. A total of 67.1 million albums were sold, up 126,000 from 2000. 01/04/02