{"id":1302020,"date":"2019-01-02T08:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1801938"},"modified":"2019-01-02T08:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:09:06","slug":"its-still-christmas-on-the-country-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/its-still-christmas-on-the-country-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Still Christmas on the Country Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> 8h ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Christmas is still in the air \u2014 chartwise. This first week of 2019, Gene Autry\u2019s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics<\/em> moves up from No. 2 to No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s top country albums rankings.<\/p>\n

And while Dan + Shay<\/a>\u2019s \u201cSpeechless\u201d holds the airplay summit for the third week in a row, Dylan Scott has the highest-debuting single with \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming to Town.\u201d Alas, it enters at No. 60 and \u2014 given the speeding calendar \u2014 is unlikely to gain much traction.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one new album to report. Upchurch\u2019s River Rat<\/em> scuttles in at No. 21. There are, however, seven returnees \u2014 Tim McGraw\u2019s 35 Biggest Hits<\/em> (back at No. 34), Dierks Bentley\u2019s The Mountain<\/em> (No. 35) and The Legend of Johnny Cash<\/em> (No. 41).<\/p>\n

Also, Jimmie Allen\u2019s Mercury Lane<\/em> (No. 43), Alabama\u2019s The American Farewell Tour<\/em> (No. 48), Florida Georgia Line\u2019s Here\u2019s to the Good Times<\/em> (No. 49) and Luke Bryan\u2019s Crash My Party<\/em> (No. 50). Bryan\u2019s version of \u201cOh Holy Night\u201d pops back in at No. 58.<\/p>\n

The No. 2 through No. 5 albums, in that order, are Luke Combs<\/a>\u2019 This One\u2019s for You<\/em> (last week\u2019s No. 1), Burl Ives\u2019 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/em>, Elvis Presley\u2019s It\u2019s Christmas Time<\/em> and Dan + Shay<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Top 5 songs array are Thomas Rhett\u2019s \u201cSixteen,\u201d Jimmie Allen\u2019s \u201cBest Shot,\u201d Combs\u2019 \u201cShe Got the Best of Me\u201d and Dustin Lynch\u2019s \u201cGood Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grammy winners will be announced Feb. 10.<\/p>\n

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Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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