Scotty McCreery debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts with Clear As Day, making him the youngest male in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. This is also the highest five-week album sales of any solo country artist in 2011.
With first-week sales totaling 196,739, he is the first new country artist this year to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He has the second-highest debut week for a new artist in all genres in 2011, behind rapper J. Cole.
He is also the first American Idol winner in eight years to land his debut album atop the Billboard 200 and the first country male singer from the show to do so. This is the first debut by a new country artist to top 100,000 in first-week sales since Carrie Underwood's in 2005.
"My hopes were just to go out there and have fun and let people know that the album was out there. Everybody hopes for the number one, but you can never really expect it. To see it up there is pretty incredible," says Scotty, who turned 18 on Sunday. "It's a very good birthday present! I can't think of anything to top it!"
An estimated 15,000 people attended his Album Release Party Homecoming Concert and Birthday Celebration that was held at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavillion at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, N.C. He was presented with a gold record by Mercury Nashville and Interscope during the event to celebrate achieving a gold certification (500,000 copies) in digital sales for "I Love You This Big."
Scotty will sing the national anthem at Game One of the World Series on Oct. 19. For additional news and updates, visit Scotty McCreery's official website!
Legendary artist and proud American Charlie Daniels has released a special patriotic track through Hopesong Digital/GMV Nashville called "Let 'Em Win or Bring 'Em Home."
A new original cut written by Daniels and recorded by The Charlie Daniels Band, "Let 'Em Win or Bring 'Em Home" is available this week HERE and all major online digital outlets, including iTunes, Amazon.com and Rhapsody.com.
The song was first released exclusively at www.CharlieDaniels.com on April 15.
Click here to hear the song!
The Nashville area is still reeling from the devastating floods that hit Music City last year.
All donations from Garth Brooks' benefit concerts in Nashville went to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help in the aftermath.
Now, the President of the Community Foundation, Ellen Lehman, gives us the latest on the situation:
"If you, like I, are still hearing from flood survivors who feel as though their needs have not been fully met, there is now an additional number they can call. A streamlined system for quality, uniform, timely and customized help is available at the Flood Recovery Network - 615-567-3232. The network's goal is to fill in the gaps, to get people back into their homes as soon as possible, and to help our community stretch every precious contributed dollar. Please share this information with anyone you meet who has continuing needs as a result of the Flood...And PLEASE help get this phone number out anywhere and everywhere! We need to know who is still in need and what those needs are." For more info on The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and how you can help further, visit Cfmt.org.
Britney Spears announced today that Jessie and The Toy Boys, Nicki Minaj, and Nervo will be joining her on the highly anticipated Femme Fatale tour hitting North America this summer.
Tickets go on sale starting April 30th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.
Don't miss the touring event of the summer!!!
Check out Britney's video for "Hold It Against Me" and get ready to party!
FEMME FATALE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
June 16 Sacramento, CA Power Balance Pavilion June 18 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion June 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center June 24 Anaheim, CA Honda Center June 25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena June 28 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena June 29 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome July 1 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena July 4 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre July 6 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center July 8 Chicago, IL United Center July 12 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center July 13 Houston, TX Toyota Center July 15 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena July 17 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena July 20 Orlando, FL Amway Center July 22 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena July 26 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena July 28 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills July 30 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center July 31 Washington, DC Verizon Center August 2 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum August 5 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center August 8 Boston, MA TD Garden August 11 Montreal, QC Bell Centre August 13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Brad Paisley's upcoming album, This Is Country Music, features several very special guests!
The "Mud On The Tires" singer has recorded duets with Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton for the new album that is scheduled for release on May 24.
Underwood is featured on "Remind Me," written by Paisley, Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace, while Shelton sings on "Don't Drink The Water," written by Paisley and Tim Owens.
Additionally, actor/director Clint Eastwood has a small spoken role and also whistles on "Eastwood," a Western-styled instrumental that also features a spoken introduction by Paisley's sons, Huck and Jasper.
Sheryl Crow, Marty Stuart and Carl Jackson also make guest appearances on "Life's Railway to Heaven," a traditional gospel song.
"Old Alabama," the current single from the album, includes performances by the three founding members of Alabama - Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry.
In just three weeks, "Old Alabama" has already climbed to No. 18 on Billboard's country songs chart. Keep it up, Brad!
CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley has announced the details of his H2O II World Tour.
Presented by Chevy, the 33-city tour will kick off n May 28 at Heinz Field in Pittburgh, PA, and will include five stadium performances and international performances at London's O2 Arena, Dublin, Stockholm, Olso and more.
The popular "Water World Plaza," which turns every city into a water festival, will come back for this tour, and emerging artists Brent Anderson, Edens Edge and Sunny Sweeney will be featured on the "Water World Plaza Stage."
In addition to great music, there will be plenty of other water-themed activities, including a Chevy H2O FLW fishing simulator, dunking booth, slip-n-slide and more.
Also, a Corvette driving simulator provided by Chevy will be available for concert goers to race the latest Corvette ZR1 series against Paisley himself. The fan with the highest score each day will meet Brad later in the evening.
Blake Shelton and Jerrod Niemann will join Paisley as his opening acts on the tour.
Miranda Lambert has had to cancel her upcoming tour in Australia due to illness.
The country cutie was supposed to kick off the tour opening for Alan Jackson in Melbourne on Friday, but came down with a respiratory infection, forcing her to withdraw from the dates.
Obviously disappointed, Miranda stated on her website, "I was very much looking forward to Australia with Alan Jackson and performing for all the music lovers down under."
Alan's first tour of Australia is reportedly the fastest-selling country music tour in that country's history, having sold out within hours of being put on sale.
Jasmine Rae and McAlister Kemp will replace Miranda in the opening spot as she takes time to recover, while Australian country star John Williamson will take her place at the CMC Rocks the Hunter this weekend.
Miranda, whose single "Heart Like Mine" is climbing charts, is still scheduled to perform at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo on March 16.
Feel better, Miranda!
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