NASHVILLE, TN. (RCA Records) - The RCA Label Group - Nashville has five of the Top 10 and nine of the Top 20 best-selling country albums in
America this week on Billboard's Top Country Albums sales chart, with Alan Jackson's brand new CD, What I Do, commanding the top spot (and No 1 on the pop chart, too). Jimmy Buffett's country collaboration, License to Chill, holds fast in the Top 10 for another week at No 5, while Brad Paisley's CD, Mud on the Tires, takes the No 6 position.
Kenny Chesney and
Alan Jackson round out the Top 10 at seven and ten, respectively, with their albums, When the Sun Goes Down and Greatest Hits Volume II.
Paisley also has the most popular video on CMT.com for the 10th week in a row with "Whiskey Lullaby," his duet with Alison Krauss. The clip is the No 1 most-streamed video on the site again this week.
Sara Evans' latest video is also proving to be popular on CMT. "Suds in the Bucket" is the No 1 video on the network for the second week in a row this week. The video for "Perfect," the first single from her gold album, Restless, was also a No 1 clip on CMT. The single moves into the No 3 slot on the Billboard airplay chart. Evans is anxiously awaiting the birth of her third child, due in early October.
Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson both received nods in the Favorite Country Male Artist category of the 32nd annual American Music Awards, which will air November 14 on ABC-TV. Martina McBride received a nomination in the coveted Favorite Country Female Artist category and also for Favorite Country Album for her CD, Martina. Chesney's When the Sun Goes Down also received a Favorite Country Album nod, while Brooks & Dunn and Lonestar are both up for Favorite Band, Duo or Group at the L.A. awards show.
2004 CMA Awards show hosts Brooks & Dunn performed before a crowd of over 15,000 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, this past Saturday. Sponsored by Honda, this event also included appearances by Bon Jovi, Tony Hawk and Wayne Brady.
RLG's Arista Nashville artists took home nearly half of the awards handed out at Sunday's Canadian Country Music Awards, broadcast live on CMT from Canada. Alberta native Carolyn Dawn Johnson captured awards for Single and CMT/Canada Video of the Year for her song, "Simple Life," a Song of the Year nod for "Die of a Broken Heart," and Album of the Year for her CD, Dress Rehearsal, all in addition to claiming a CCMA Industry Award for Record Producer of the Year (with album co-producer Dann Huff). Superstar Alan Jackson was recognized during the evening as well, with a Top Selling Album Award for his Greatest Hits Volume II CD.
