Top 10 Country Singles
Make it four weeks at No. 1 for Rodney Atkins and his song, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" and week two at No. 2 for The Wreckers' "Leave The Pieces." Steve Holy's "Brand New Girlfriend" is hanging out with him at No. 3, Little Big Town's "Bring It On Home" advanced a single spot to No. 4, and George Strait's "Give It Away" jumped from No. 8 to No. 5. Advancing three spots to No. 6 is "Building Bridges" (by Brooks & Dunn with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill). Faith Hill lands at No. 7 with "Sunshine and Summertime" and Josh Turner's "Would You Go With Me" advanced five spots to No. 8. Brad Paisley's "The World" is No. 9 and No. 10 is "A Little Too Late," by Toby Keith. The Wreckers seem to be on the move, so next week they might just be at No. 1.
Moving Up at the Speed of Light
Three songs made major headway on the charts this week: Tim McGraw's "My Little Girl" advanced nine spots to land on No. 37, Toby Keith's "Crash Here Tonight" leaped a whopping sixteen spots to No. 41, and Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" impressed by moving a total of eighteen spots to hit No. 38.
The Latest Tunes To Hit The Air Waves
Sara Evans' "You'll Always Be My Baby" debuted at No. 54, No. 52 went to Eric Church's song, "Two Pink Lines," and the highest debut goes to No. 17's "Once In A Lifetime." Not only is it Keith Urban's highest debut - it is the highest debut in the history of the Billboard charts.
Top 10 Country Album Charts
Trace Adkins debuted at No. 1 with his album, Dangerous Man, while Rascal Flatts' Me And My Gang dropped to No. 2. No. 3 is Josh Turner's Your Man, No. 4 is Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: Reflected, and Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts is still stuck at No. 5. Taking The Long Way, by the Dixie Chicks, is No. 6. Steve Holy dropped five spots to No. 7 with Brand New Girlfriend, and No. 8 is The Wreckers' Stand Still, Look Pretty. Rodney Atkins' If You're Going Through Hell dropped to No. 9 and Johnny Cash's American V: A Hundred Highways also dropped to land at No. 10.
What's New on the Album Charts This Week?
The only album to make its debut this week was the aforementioned Trace Adkins album, Dangerous Man, at No. 1.
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 2, 2006.
Singles are linked to a page where you can download the song. Albums are linked to buying information, should you wish to purchase the album.