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His quick cover of Brian McKnight's 'Back At One' propels Mark Wills' new 'Permanently' set into double Hot Shot Debut waters, shattering his own career sales thresholds and opening at [...]

Amid the after-Christmas sales slump on Top Country Albums, several Grammy nominees bring a little warmth to the January frost, including Asleep At The Wheel's 'Ride With Bob' (Dream-Works), the [...]

In its fifth week atop Hot Country Singles & Tracks, Faith Hill's 'Breathe' (Warner Bros.) has apparently been waiting to exhale, as it gains 970 detections to overrun all other [...]

As we launch the new millennium and reflect upon the old one, with your permission I'd like to revisit my own list of all-time favorites. These are the ones that [...]

As is typically the case with the first issue of the year, Hot Country Singles & Tracks is so bottom-heavy with Christmas titles that only three nonseasonal songs on the [...]

Compared with the way things were up and down Music Row 10 years ago, it's a much different Nashville that we reflect upon as a new decade dawns with the […]

In the last published Billboard issue in which the feat could officially be accomplished, 81-year-old Eddy Arnold claims chart entries in six different decades with the debut of a new […]

Up approximately 4,500 units to rise 3-2, Shedaisy's new recording of 'Deck The Halls' (Lyric Street) is the biggest gainer on Top Country Singles Sales. With more than 13,000 scans, […]

After setting a SoundScan-era record last issue for the biggest weekly sales for a new country Christmas album, Garth Brooks shatters his own benchmark of more than 185,000 units set […]

After being pushed back to No. 2 last issue by Brad Paisley's 'He Didn't Have To Be' (Arista/Nashville), Clint Black's 'When I Said I Do' (RCA) returns to dominate Hot […]

Opening at No.2 with more than 185,000 units on Top Country Albums and No. 13 on The Billboard 200, Garth Brooks' 'The Magic Of Christmas' (Capitol) notches the biggest debut-week […]

With Dixie Chicks emerging as country's sole new act to break through in 1998, the tenor of most discussions at the end of last year about breaking new artists was […]

Inspired by a true-life story of a stepfather's relationship with his new stepson, Brad Paisley's 'He Didn't Have To Be' gains 494 detections to finish with the second-largest gain on […]

Top Country Catalog Albums always takes on a different look about this time of year as older holiday titles find new homes. At the top of the page, Martina McBride's […]

On the big gainers' walk of fame this issue, LeAnn Rimes' self-titled set (Curb) gains 9,500 units to swipe the Greatest Gainer star on Top Country Albums. Rimes' set moves […]

With an estimated 42 million audience impressions, Clint Black's 'When I Said I Do' (RCA) gains 264 detections and hurls the Texas balladeer to No. 1 on Hot Country Singles […]

Hot Country Singles & Tracks sees one of the first flickers of the Yule log as Reba McEntire takes Hot Shot Debut honors at No. 67 with 'Secret Of Giving' […]

With an album of highly polished pop songs in the quasi-country vein of highly commercial sets by fellow crossover diva Shania Twain, Faith Hill is the proverbial 900-pound gorilla that […]

Based on unsolicited album play, Brooks & Dunn show up at No. 71 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks with a cover of Bob Seger's 'Against The Wind.' That track […]

Remember those wacky old television commercials for chewing gum that left chewers doing the 'Teaberry Shuffle' and the margarine spots that left tasters wearing a huge crown? This is definitely […]

Our trophies for outstanding gains on Top Country Albums will travel north of the border, as Shania Twain's 'Come On Over' (Mercury) captures Greatest Gainer honors for a 6,000-unit gain […]

Warner Bros. in Nashville has rush-released an updated cover of Hank Williams Jr.'s 1982 top five song 'A Country Boy Can Survive' by Chad Brock With Hank Williams Jr. & […]

With approximately 20,000 units and Hot Shot Debut honors, Trace Adkins posts his biggest opening-week numbers as 'More...' (Capitol) enters Top Country Albums at No. 9 and The Billboard 200 […]

On Hot Country Singles & Tracks, RCA's Nashville shop dominates with a fourth straight week at No. 1 with Martina McBride's 'I Love You,' while Clint Black's 'When I Said […]

LET THERE BE COUNTRY: To say it's a mere coincidence would certainly understate the impact of LeAnn Rimes and Alan Jackson's simultaneous album debuts with packages containing some of country […]

THIRD TIME'S A CHARM: With 16,500 scans, California-bred country stylist Gary Allan bypasses our Heatseekers list and pops onto Top Country Albums at No. 9 and The Billboard 200 at […]

Tracy Lawrence returns to Hot Country Singles & Tracks with 'Lessons Learned' (Atlantic), which enters at No. 70. Although two single releases from 'The Coast Is Clear' (Lawrence's most recent […]

Wills' reading of the McKnight-penned song will be included on his forthcoming 'Permanently' set, which hits stores Nov. 9. Retail outlets will have plenty of new Nashville fare on their […]

POP AT THE TOP: Martina McBride's fourth No. 1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks is now her first country chart-topper to dominate for more than one week, as 'I […]

Now here's another candidate for the always-crowded vocal-event-of-the-year category come awards-show time. Columbia's Nashville promotion team is working 'If You Ever Leave Me,' a vocally athletic duet from Barbra Streisand […]

Two of this week's most prominent titles on Hot Country Singles & Tracks are polar opposites from a stylistic standpoint, yet they share unusual commonality in chart action. Up 899 […]

It's a fifth week at No. 1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks for 'Something Like That' (Curb), bringing Tim McGraw's total number of weeks atop the chart to 39 […]

BUILD A FENCE AROUND IT: It's no secret that country radio is holding onto bigger hits longer than at any time during the monitored airplay era, which began in 1990, […]

MORE SAWDUST, PLEASE: Austin, Texas-based honky-tonk troupe the Derailers (Sire) appear on Top Country Albums for the first time, as 'Full Western Dress' bows with approximately 2,000 units at No. […]

FOOTNOTE: Garth Brooks' 'In... The Life Of Chris Gaines' (Capitol) is ineligible to chart on Top Country Albums due to its pop/rock content but bows at No. 2 on The […]

BLACK AGAIN: With Hot Shot Debut honors at No. 8 on Top Country Albums, Clint Black's 'D'lectrified' (RCA) scans more than 18,000 and enters The Billboard 200 at No. 79. […]

Although Hurricane Floyd caused shocking damage and loss of life in many cities and towns along the Eastern seaboard, our monitored stations in those markets escaped the storm relatively unscathed. […]

Cline's last ink on the radio chart was also a studio-created duet: Jim Reeves' version of her 1961 hit 'I Fall To Pieces.' On the country album list, the new […]

'In Spite Of Ourselves' is a duet project primarily consisting of classic country covers with female stars, including Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, Melba Montgomery, Iris DeMent, Connie Smith, and Patty […]

As Martina McBride's airy pop single 'I Love You' (RCA) gains 316 plays to jump 7-4 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks, her new 'Emotion' set bows with more than […]

GRAVY TRAIN: Billboard's Top Country Albums chart reflects a 21% dip in overall unit sales this issue. Yet Dixie Chicks' 'Fly' (Monument) finishes with a hefty 204,000 scans, despite a […]

In a remarkable story of staying power and tenacity Chely Wright inks her first No. 1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks by dismissing Lonestar's 'Amazed' (BNA), after that song's […]

OLD FRIENDS: Eight titles bow this issue on Top Country Albums, including new sets by members of country's royal family Merle Haggard returns to the chart with his first new […]

With Hot Shot Debut spurs at No.5 on Top Country Albums, Clay Walker bows with 'Live, Laugh, Love' (Giant), his fifth set of new material. Opening with more than 26,000 […]

Black's new single features uncredited background vocals by his singer/actress wife, Lisa Hartman-Black. With 570 detections, Clint Black takes Hot Shot Debut honors on Hot Country Singles & Tracks, as […]

As Chely Wright's 'Single White Female' (MCA Nashville) and Kenny Chesney's 'You Had Me From Hello' (BNA) aim for the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, 'Amazed' […]

In what is arguably the most talked-about story in country music so far this year, Asylum issued the single shortly after Jones was critically injured in a highly publicized March […]

On Top Country Singles Sales, 'It Don't Matter To The Sun,' Brooks' first-ever commercial single, enters at No. 12 with approximately 1,000 scans. Watch for a possible debut next issue […]

The last time a single spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks, Lyndon Johnson occupied the Oval Office, the year's biggest pop hit was 'California [...]

In an abrupt and unexpected move, Capitol serviced country stations with 'It Don't Matter To The Sun' from Garth Brooks' forthcoming pop/rock project, 'Garth Brooks ... In The Life Of [...]