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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 27, 2014:

1. I DON'T DANCE-LEE BRICE-CURB-38,000

2. Where It's At-Dustin Lynch-Broken Bow

3. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol

4. Moonshine In The Trunk-Brad Paisley-Arista

5. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory

6. Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites-Alabama-Capitol

7. Ignite The Night-Chase Rice-Columbia

8. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville

9. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA

10. Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue-Various Artists-Big Machine

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4, 2014:
1. SUNDOWN HEAVEN TOWN-TIM MCGRAW-BIG MACHINE-71,000
2. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
3. I Don't Dance-Lee Brice-Curb
4. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
5. Where It's At-Dustin Lynch-Broken Bow
6. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
7. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Nashville Republic
8. Moonshine In The Trunk-Brad Paisley-Arista
9. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA
10. Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites-Alabama-Capitol

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 11, 2014:
1. THE BIG REVIVAL-KENNY CHESNEY-COLUMBIA-130,000
2. Sundown Heaven Town-Tim McGraw-Big Machine
3. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
4. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
5. I Don't Dance-Lee Brice-Curb
6. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
7. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
8. Gravity-Big & Rich-Big & Rich
9. Based On A True Story-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
10. Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites-Alabama-Capitol

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 18, 2014:
1. BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE-BLAKE SHELTON-WARNER BROS.-101,000
2. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
3. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
4. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
5. Sundown Heaven Town-Tim McGraw-Big Machine
6. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
7. Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites-Alabama-Capitol
8. I Don't Dance-Lee Brice-Curb
9. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
10. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville

[ozbest1]

Really appreciate being able to check out these latest rankings. Thanks, James!

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 25, 2014:
1. OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT-JASON ALDEAN-BROKEN BOW-278,000
2. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
3. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
4. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
5. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
6. Sundown Heaven Town-Tim McGraw-Big Machine
7. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. Moonshine In The Trunk-Brad Paisley-Arista
9. Angels Among Us: Hymns And Gospel Favorites-Alabama-Capitol
10. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 2014:
1. ANYTHING GOES-FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE-REPUBLIC NASHVILLE-197,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton
4. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
5. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
6. The Swon Brothers-Swon Brothers-Arista
7. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
8. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
9. Sundown Heaven Town-Tim McGraw-Curb
10. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville

[ozbest1]

So FGL has 2 in the top 10. Seems as if they can't get any hotter. Don't get them but a lot of other people sure do!

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 8, 2014:
1. ANYTHING GOES-FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE-REPUBLIC NASHVILLE-59,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
4. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
5. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
6. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
7. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
9. Sundown Heaven Town-Tim McGraw-Big Machine
10. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 15, 2014:
1. MONTEVALLO-SAM HUNT-MCA-70,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
4. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
5. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
6. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
7. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
8. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
9. Wade Bowen-Wade Bowen-Amp
10. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 22, 2014:
1. OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT-JASON ALDEAN-BROKEN BOW-35,000
2. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
3. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
6. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA
7. Southbound-Doobie Brothers-Arista
8. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
9. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
10. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia

[ozbest1]

I see Jason got his #1 spot back. His album is really going strong.

[ozbest1]

Well, look whose album debuted at #1 from hard copy sales only. Would love to know the number for digital sales that are only sold on his own website. Garth seems to be back in the "game."

[Jhomes87]

Nov 21, 2014 20:30:32 GMT -6 ozbest1 said:

Well, look whose album debuted at #1 from hard copy sales only. Would love to know the number for digital sales that are only sold on his own website. Garth seems to be back in the "game."

Garth managed 130k for his debut, I believe. That's not too bad of a number--and like you said, I'm sure the digital sales will bring it up higher once those are reported to SoundScan--but it's well below what most people would have expected, myself included.

I think the problem here is that the album isn't available on iTunes. Garth did make it digitally available through his own website as well as GhostTunes, but people who use iTunes out of habit (it's called "path dependence") aren't very likely to go buy an album through another online digital store, so I think the album's lack of availability on iTunes really hurt the first-week sales.

Another thing--there are a LOT of people who don't realize that Garth has new music out. Most of my Facebook friends have gone to see him on tour in Chicago and Minneapolis but everybody has been incredibly slow to realize that this is an actual new album full of brand new songs. Garth made a really poor choice by releasing "People Loving People" as the first single. It debuted at #19 after its first week at radio, but it only went backward from there and barely spent a month and a half on the charts. The new single "Mom" is at radio now, but all in all the new music so far hasn't made much of a dent. I can guarantee that his opening sales would have been twice as much if he'd had a huge top 5 radio hit out there.

His tour is breaking records left and right but that's not a surprise. He hasn't toured in more than a decade, so people are really excited about it. But they go to those shows to hear all of his big 90's hits--they're not buying concert tickets to hear "People Loving People" live.

I know that many industry insiders were expecting Garth's album to debut with anywhere from 300k-500k in first-week sales (I was expecting at least that much as well). I am sure that the album will have longevity and sell well through the holidays, but the whole "roll-out" plan has been executed poorly. Not on iTunes, no hit single...awareness was simply much lower than I was expecting, especially given all the fanfare over his tour.

[ozbest1]

Agree with you that Garth released the wrong song for his lead single--I for one don't like it. But I don't think we can count him out as far as record sales go. He is very good at marketing and capable of changing his game plan when it comes to selling his singles/album. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't care as much about album sales as he does selling out on his touring venues. Don't Think he's done trying to set new records in this 3-year tour insofar as concert ticket sales. He loves performing live more than anything, and this tour is more his focus than his album.

Frankly, he's been gone for a long time, and if I'm lucky enough to get a ticket, I still want to hear his big hits more than anything new --they are timeless in several cases and I haven't played them for a long time. As a fan, I have followed and loved him him since 1989 and have noticed what a smart businessman he is. He's acknowledged that he knows it will take some time to compete with the new generation of singers/performers, and he has to work really hard to compete.

That being said, I heard from friends who bought the online album, that he does have some really good songs that are yet to be released. As glad as I am to see him back, Keith will always be my #1, but will always love Garth, (who paved the way for Keith) and whose album did debut as #1 on BB, despite the sales figures. Outside of Jason, that's pretty good-- look how low debuts were in terms of other new albums lately. Most are way below expectations. Just my own observations and thoughts, given the way Radio and the charts work today. Garth learns fast. He also is very protective of songwriters. He's going to do things his way, no matter what. Time will tell how successful he is with both album and tour in terms of a comeback.

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 29, 2014:
1. MAN AGAINST MACHINE-GARTH BROOKS-RCA-130,000
2. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
3. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
4. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
5. Greatest Hits So Far-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic
6. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
7. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
8. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
9. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
10. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 6, 2014:
1. MAN AGAINST MACHINE-GARTH BROOKS-RCA-62,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
4. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
5. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
6. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
7. PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit-Trisha Yearwood-RCA
8. Down Home Sessions-Cole Swindell-Warner Bros.
9. Greatest Hits So Far-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic
10. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol

[ozbest1]

Happy to see Garth on top for 2nd week. He's doing better than a lot of others lately except for Jason. Would love to know the extent of digital sales that only his people can turn in but haven't done so far.

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 13, 2014:
1. MAN AGAINST MACHINE-GARTH BROOKS-RCA-63,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA
6. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol
7. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
8. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
9. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
10. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia

[ozbest1]

Interesting that Garth is on his 3rd week at #1 even though his sales didn't increase much since last week. But then obviously no one else's did either. Holiday season probably the reason. People want to hear Christmas music.

Thanks for keeping this updated every week. It is much appreciated.

[Jhomes87]

Dec 4, 2014 11:05:54 GMT -6 ozbest1 said:

Interesting that Garth is on his 3rd week at #1 even though his sales didn't increase much since last week. But then obviously no one else's did either. Holiday season probably the reason. People want to hear Christmas music.

Thanks for keeping this updated every week. It is much appreciated.

Well, the older an album is, the less it sells per week. This is actually the week where everybody saw sales jumps because of Black Friday. Garth held steady from the week before but others saw increases. The reason Garth didn't is because his album is the newest and so it would have been tough to post an increase on his last week numbers.

[ozbest1]

EDITED: Thanks, JHomes. Makes sense.

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 20, 2014:
1. MAN AGAINST MACHINE-GARTH BROOKS-RCA-57,000
2. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
3. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
4. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
5. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
6. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
7. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. Christmas With Nashville-Various Artists-Big Machine
9. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
10. 747-Lady Antebellum-Capitol

[ozbest1]

How many weeks does this make for Garth at #1 on BB?

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Dec 13, 2014 10:10:08 GMT -6 ozbest1 said:

How many weeks does this make for Garth at #1 on BB?

Four weeks charted. ALL of them at #1.

[ozbest1]

Thanks, CCN. Really appreciate your various chart threads. Hope you have a great holiday season. Look forward to checking out these informative threads in the future.

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 27, 2014:
1. GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1-CARRIE UNDERWOOD-ARISTA-94,000
2. Man Against Machine-Garth Brooks-RCA
3. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
4. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
5. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
6. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
7. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
9. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
10. The Music Of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1-Various Artists-Big Machine

[ozbest1]

James, a BIG "thank you" for keeping all these charts updated all year long. It is no easy task! Just know it is very much appreciated.

I hope the holiday season for you and yours is a particularly wonderful one! It is well-deserved.

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BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 3, 2015:
1. MAN AGAINST MACHINE-GARTH BROOKS-RCA-81,000
2. Greatest Hits: Decade #1-Carrie Underwood-Arista
3. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
4. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
5. The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium-George Strait-MCA
6. Home For The Holidays-Darius Rucker-Capitol
7. Crash My Party-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. Bringing Back The Sunshine-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros.
9. The Big Revival-Kenny Chesney-Columbia
10. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA

[ozbest1]

So Garth is back on top for a 5th week, interrupted only by Carrie for that one week. Interesting.