one hits including the first ever TRIPLE PLATINUM digital single by a male country artist, “Dirt Road Anthem,” and the three-week chart-topper “Don’t You Wanna Stay” feat.
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jason-aldean-discography Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. 2010 the album has sold nearly three million copies, spent 92 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and spawned five consecutive No. 2018 - Greatest Songs/Jason Aldean - Greatest Songs (2018)/Cover.jpg. NIGHT TRAIN follows Aldean’sprevious disc MY KINDA PARTY, the reigning CMA and Billboard Album of the Year. (Jason Sellers / Paul Jenkins / Michael Dulaney) (Neil Thrasher / Wendell Mobley / Tony Martin) (Neil Thrasher / Tom Shapiro / Chuck Wicks) (Dylan Altman / Rodney Clawson / Jim McCormick) We felt like we had a great record in My Kinda Party, we felt like we had some big hits on it, but I don’t think any of us expected things to. Hatless and wearing a faded Foo Fighters T-shirt, Aldean is clearly relishing some time off in the midst of his mega-selling tour. This has been a year of trying to wrap my head around what’s going on, Aldean says. The Only Way I Know (with Luke Bryan and Eric Church) JASON ON COVER OF LATEST BILLBOARD MAGAZINE. (Neil Thrasher / Wendell Mobley / Hillary Lindsey)Ħ. (Neil Thrasher / Wendell Mobley / Vicky McGehee) 8 (2.39 million).(busbee / Neil Thrasher / Wendell Mobley) Just two titles in the top 10 were female-led: “Tik Tok” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” (featuring Snoop Dogg) at No. Last year, there were seven female-led tunes in the top 20, with the highest-ranked being Ke$ha‘s “Tik Tok” at No. 10 gives women six out of the top 10 sellers.
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Further demonstrating the pop power of women: a full five out of the top six are by female singers. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Firework” is the tenth-best seller, with 2.28 million. 4) and seven R&B/hip-hip hits.įemale-led tracks comprise nine of the top 20 so far this year, with Perry holding down two spots on the tally - and both in the top 10. 1), a country tune (Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” No. This year, not a single rock or country song is among the top 20 sellers - a shift from this point in 2010, when the region hosted one rocker ( Train‘s “Hey, Soul Sister,” which was No. (The next closest genre, in terms of market share, is rock, with 23%.) The genre dominates the digital song market: 25% of all songs sold this year were pop. The dominance of pop among song buyers isn’t that surprising - a year ago at this time 11 of the top 20 songs were pop as well. The highest-ranked R&B title is Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” (featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) at No.
Pop siren Katy Perry‘s “E.T.” (featuring Kanye West), is tops, having sold 4.12 million. Looking at the top selling digital songs, a full 14 of the top 20 this year are pop tunes, while the remaining six are R&B/hip-hop. 16 517,000) and Wiz Khalifa‘s “Rolling Papers” (No. As for the rest of the R&B sets in the top 20: two steps behind him is Nicki Minaj‘s “Pink Friday” (No. The flag-bearer for R&B albums in 2011 is Chris Brown‘s “F.A.M.E.” at No. 13 (563,000) and Lady Antebellum‘s “Need You Now” is No. 3 best-seller halfway through 2004.Īldean is one of just three country albums among the top 20 this year: Taylor Swift‘s “Speak Now” is No. A solo male country artist hasn’t ranked this high mid-way through the year since Kenny Chesney‘s “When the Sun Goes Down” was the No. Right behind Mumford is the year’s biggest country release, Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party,” with 763,000 sold. Mumford & Sons: The Billboard Cover Story 1 on the Rock Albums chart and has so far topped out at No. The highest-ranking non-pop set this year is Mumford & Sons’ rock set “Sigh No More,” which is the year’s third biggest-selling album (982,000).
Notably, of those, only one Clarkson’s garnered any sort of widespread support on mainstream top 40 radio. 17) and Kelly Clarkson‘s “Breakaway” (No. 1), Barry Manilow‘s “Greatest Songs of the Fifties” (No. There were only three pop albums among the year-to-date top 20 that year: “High School Musical” (No. 2 with 1.39 million).ĭial back the clock five years ago, to 2006, and pop music was clearly in trouble in the album market. Comparably, a year ago, there were eight pop albums among the year-to-date top 20, with Justin Bieber‘s “My World 2.0” the highest-ranked (No.