New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Average Joes Entertainment) Country star
Colt Ford is celebrating a career milestone this week with the announcement that his first album, "Ride Through The Country," has now sold an aggregate of 1 million tracks since its release six years ago. The news comes on the heels of Ford's July 1 album release, "Thanks For Listening," which landed at #1 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and in the Top Ten on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. Ford is also celebrating his collaboration with
Brad Paisley on the remix of Paisley's hit, "River Bank," released last week, and his selection in Clear Channel's
Digital Artist Integration Program for the month of August.
As part of Clear Channel's multi-platformed
Digital Artist Integration Program, Colt's new single, "Workin' On," can be heard streaming on 120-plus country radio stations nationally and on iHeartRadio platforms.
Colt Ford Celebrates Underdog Days of Summer with Exciting News;
One Million Aggregate Tracks Sold From First Album,
"Ride Through The Country;"
#1 Billboard Independent Album - "Thanks for Listening;"
#2 Billboard Country Album - "Thanks for Listening;"
Top 10 on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - "Thanks for Listening;"
Featured on Clear Channel's
Digital Artist Integration Program in August;
"
River Bank" Remix with Brad Paisley
Currently on tour with Toby Keith, additional Fall concert dates will be announced in the coming weeks along with the details of Ford's upcoming "Colt Ford &
Friends 3rd Annual Celebrity Golf Classic" which benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
About Colt Ford
The follow-up to 2012's chart-topping "Declaration of Independence," which remained on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for more than 58 weeks, "Thanks For Listening," Ford's 5th studio album was released on July 1, 2014. "Ride Through the Country," Colt's breakthrough album released in 2008, was re-released October 1, 2013, in celebration of the 5th Year Anniversary of Colt's own independent record label, Average Joes Entertainment. In 2012, Colt penned two #1 hits; Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem," and Brantley Gilbert's, "Country Must Be Country Wide." Colt has sold over 1 million albums, millions more song downloads, has 1.5 million Facebook fans and over 100 million YouTube views. Colt was also recently featured in a two-page cover story in the "
Arena" section of the Wall Street Journal. In October, 2013, Colt hit the road on a 34-city tour with
Florida Georgia Line in 2013, and is touring with
Toby Keith this summer. In addition to being a gifted songwriter and artist, Colt is also a former professional golfer, and resides with his family in Athens, GA. www.ColtFord.com.
**Suggested Tweet: @ColtFord Celebrates 1 Million Tracks Sold, #1 Indie Album, #2 Country Album, #10 Top 200 Album,
Brad Paisley Remix and more!
