Top 10 Country Singles
Faith Hill made it to No. 1 again this week, while Brooks & Dunn moved up two spots to No. 2 with "Play Something Country." Toby Keith remains at No. 3 with "As Good As I Once Was." "A Real Fine Place To Start," by Sara Evans, continues to climb up the charts making it to No. 4, and Tim McGraw hit No. 5 with "Do You Want Fries With That." Brad Paisley moved up to No. 6 with "Alcohol," Sugarland drops five spaces to land on No. 7 with their song, "Something More." Spot No. 8 ("Help Somebody" by Van Zant) and Spot No. 9 ("Something To Be Proud Of" by Montgomery Gentry) remain the same this week. No. 10 is "Redneck Yacht Club" by Craig Morgan. Though Faith has been No. 1 for the past two weeks, Brooks & Dunn are sure to claim the top spot next week.
Moving Up at the Speed of Light
Keith Urban and Cross Canadian Ragweed moved up four spots (Urban's "Better Life" landed on No. 15 and Ragweed's "Fightin' For" made it to No. 45), but newcomer Luke Stricklin's song "American By God's Amazing Grace" moved up five spots to No. 50. The biggest jump is Blake Shelton's "Nobody But Me," moving nine spaces to No. 51.
The Latest Tunes To Hit The Air Waves
Three new songs hit the charts this week: "Shoes," by Shania Twain, hit No. 57 and Trick Pony's "Ain't Wasting Good Whiskey" did three spots better landing at No. 54. Big & Rich debuted the highest with No. 52's "Comin' To Your City."
Top 10 Country Album Charts
For the second week in a row, Brad Paisley's Time Well Wasted album sits at No. 1 while Faith Hill's Fireflies (No. 2) and Rascal Flatts' No. 3 album, Feels Like Today, wait in the wings. Trick Pony's new album, R.I.D.E, debuts at No. 4. Keith Urban's Be Here stays at No. 5 and Toby Keith's Honkytonk University stays at No. 6. Sugarland's Twice the Speed of Life dropped three places to land at No. 7. Neal McCoy's new album, That's Life made it to No. 8. Gretchen Wilson is still trying to have a good time in the Top 10 with Here For The Party (No. 9), while Toby Keith rounds out the Top 10 with Greatest Hits 2.
New Album Releases
There are seven new album releases this week: This Is Americana 2 at No. 73, Stoney Larue's The Red Dirt Album at No. 70, Shane Owens' Let's Get On It at No. 65, Sawyer Brown's Mission Temple Fireworks Stand at No. 47, Delbert McClinton's Cost Of Living at No. 14, Neal McCoy's That's Life at No. 8, and Trick Pony's R.I.D.E at No. 4.
NOTE: All chart rankings are based on the song or album's position on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart or Billboard Country Albums Chart for September 10, 2005.
