{"id":1303681,"date":"2019-02-14T09:54:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803006"},"modified":"2019-02-14T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:54:34","slug":"scotty-mccreery-racks-up-second-chart-topper-with-this-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/scotty-mccreery-racks-up-second-chart-topper-with-this-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotty McCreery Racks Up Second Chart-topper with \u201cThis Is It\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:667933?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">6m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>So how about those Grammys?<\/p>\n<p>And how sweet is it that one of country music\u2019s own \u2014 the matchless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kacey-musgraves\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kacey Musgraves<\/a> \u2014 took home the biggest prize of all \u2014 album of the year for <em>Golden Hour<\/em>? Were it not so unseemly and perilous, we\u2019d turn handsprings in her honor.<\/p>\n<p>OK, let\u2019s get back to Earth. And what could be earthier than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/luke-combs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Combs<\/a> holding the high ground on the Billboard country albums chart for another week with <em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s fling some confetti, as well, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/scotty-mccreery\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotty McCreery<\/a> who now sits atop the country airplay rankings with his second No. 1 single, \u201cThis Is It.\u201d That song made it to the summit in its 37th week on the charts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JSd4KfG1vo?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JSd4KfG1vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Of the two new albums surfacing this week, Mandolin Orange\u2019s <em>Tides of a Teardrop<\/em> enjoys the highest debut, flowing in at No. 13. The other freshman entry, Cassadee Pope\u2019s <em>Stages<\/em>, arrives at No. 39.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to action are Tim McGraw\u2019s <em>35 Biggest Hits<\/em> (at No. 14), <em>The Essential Johnny Cash<\/em> (No. 42), Linda Ronstadt\u2019s <em>Greatest Hits<\/em> (No. 45) and <em>The Ultimate Dolly Parton<\/em> (No. 48) (We\u2019re pretty proud of Dolly, too, who acquitted herself splendidly on the Grammy show after having won a special Grammy earlier as MusiCares\u2019 person of the year.).<\/p>\n<p>There are three new songs to spotlight \u2014 Brooks &amp; Dunn\u2019s \u201cBrand New Man,\u201d featuring Luke Combs (bowing in at No. 49; the original \u201cBrand New Man,\u201d B&amp;D\u2019s first chart single and first No. 1 came in 1991), Hardy\u2019s \u201cRednecker\u201d (No. 50) and Musgraves\u2019 \u201cRainbow\u201d (No. 58).<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 through No. 5 albums, in that order, are the self-titled <em>Dan + Shay<\/em>, Chris Stapleton\u2019s <em>Traveller<\/em>, Kane Brown\u2019s <em>Experiment<\/em> and Jason Aldean\u2019s <em>Rearview Town<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Marching in directly behind \u201cThis Is It\u201d in the Top 5 songs array are Aldean\u2019s \u201cGirl Like You\u201d (last week\u2019s No. 1), Combs\u2019 \u201cBeautiful Crazy,\u201d Luke Bryan\u2019s \u201cWhat Makes You Country\u201d and Jordan Davis\u2019 \u201cTake It From Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the way, don\u2019t you find all those Grammy fireworks a bit excessive? A good song doesn\u2019t need them, and they can\u2019t save a bad one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803006\/scotty-mccreery-racks-up-second-chart-topper-with-this-is-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 6m ago So how about those Grammys? And how sweet is it that one of country music\u2019s own \u2014 the matchless Kacey Musgraves \u2014 took home the biggest prize of all \u2014 album of the year for Golden Hour? Were it not so unseemly and perilous, we\u2019d turn handsprings in her honor. 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