Jason Michael Carroll Is No 1 with the Best Selling Album Debut by a New Country Male in 15 Years!

Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Nashville Records) - Arista Nashville newcomer Jason Michael Carroll exploded onto the scene with his first single, the self-penned, Top-5-and-climbing 'Alyssa Lies,' and with multiple chart feats already under his belt, the 28-year-old North Carolina native arrives at No 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart with his debut disc, Waitin' in the Country. With first-week sales of 57,608, and a Billboard 200 pop chart entry at No 8, Carroll achieves both the best unit sales and the highest pop chart debut by any new country male since Billy Ray Cyrus hit the scene in 1992.

As Carroll has continued making personal appearances in support of the album, new fans have been caught up in the voice, the presence, and the undeniable talent of the personable and dynamic young singer/songwriter. In praise of the album, the Associated Press cheered Carroll's 'extraordinary' vocals and songwriting, declaring that he 'wrote the best material on his debut,' while The News & Observer hailed his concert magnetism: 'Handsome and charismatic onstage, Carroll sings with a deep, sexy resonance ... Carroll has the goods to make it to the top.'

Multi-Platinum songstress Jewel (Carroll's duet partner and co-writer with Shaye Smith on album track, 'No Good in Goodbye') lauded, 'He's got one of the greatest voices of all time. He doesn't look like a paper cut-out cowboy wearing a starched shirt and badly shaped hat. He's refreshing.'

The out-of-the-box success of the Don Gehman-produced Waitin' in the Country has been propelled in part by the powerful 'Alyssa Lies,' which became the fastest-rising debut single from a country male in the past year and set a record when it entered SoundScan's Digital Song chart with the highest country new artist debut sales since the chart's inception.