Top 10 Country Singles
It's week 3 at No. 1 for Carrie Underwood, with "Wasted." Rascal Flatts' "Stand" is standing by for its turn at the top of the charts for a second week. Sugarland's "Settlin'" settles in at No. 3 for a second week. Moving up to No. 4 from No. 6 last week, is Billy Currington, with "Good Directions." Toby also makes a two spot move to No. 5 with "High Maintenance Woman." Tim McGraw's "Last Dollar (Fly Away" makes its descent back down the charts, dropping two places to No. 6 this week, while Kenny Chesney's "Beer in Mexico" also drops by two to No. 7. Brad Paisley moves up three spots to No. 8 this week with "Ticks." Alan Jackson remains at No. 9 with "A Woman's Love," and my favorite song on the charts, Emerson Drive's "Moments" moves up three places for the final spot in the Top 10. Next week is going to be a nailbiter, between Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts for the No. 1 spot. I'm going to predict that Rascal Flatts will finally ease on into the top spot next week.
Moving Up at the Speed of Light
Keith Urban is smoking up the charts, moving an incredible 20 places, from a debut at No. 53 last week with "I Told You So" to No. 33 this week. Wow! Clay Walker moves up seven, from No. 43 to No. 36, with the title cut from his latest album, "Fall." Rodney Atkins "These Are My People" moves up five places this week, from No. 28 to No. 23. Jack Ingram also moves up by five, from No. 54 to No. 49, with "Measure of a Man."
The Latest Tunes To Hit The Air Waves
Martina McBride holds the "Hot Shot Debut" honors on Billboard's Country Songs chart, debuting at No. 52 this week with "How I Feel." This tune is another of Martina's co-writes from her new album, Waking Up Laughing." Van Zant has the only other new song debuting this week, as they ring in at No. 54 with "That Scares Me."
Top 10 Country Album Charts
- Bucky Covington - Bucky Covington
First week sales of 61,000 copies. (Biggest debut from a new male artist since Billy Ray Cyrus debuted Some Gave All with 90,000 in 1992.)
- Martina McBride - Waking Up Laughing
- Tim McGraw - Let It Go
- Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
- Clay Walker - Fall
First week sales of 32,000 copies.
- Alison Krauss - A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
- Larry the Cable Guy - Morning Constitutions
- Alan Jackson, George Strait, Jimmy Buffett - Live at Texas Stadium
- Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
- Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
- Gary Allan - Greatest Hits
- Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
What's New on the Album Charts This Week?
Other than Bucky Covington and Clay Walker's debuts, there were no other new releases this week.
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 May 5, 2007.
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