{"id":1315662,"date":"2019-10-15T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1813189"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:22:42","slug":"for-heavens-sake-its-a-hell-of-a-week-on-the-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/for-heavens-sake-its-a-hell-of-a-week-on-the-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"For Heaven\u2019s Sake, It\u2019s a Hell of a Week on the Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:683267?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\"><br \/>\n51m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Can I get an amen? Brantley Gilbert has a No. 1 country album debut this week with <em>Fire &amp; Brimstone<\/em>, and Matt Stell holds on to the most-played single spot for a second week with \u201cPrayed for You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a moody title track offering biblical imagery and guest spots from Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss, <em>Fire &amp; Brimstone<\/em> is Gilbert\u2019s fifth studio album and the third in a row to bow at No. 1. He released his first album, <em>Modern Day Prodigal Son<\/em>, in 2009. Two of his albums have been certified gold and one platinum.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2Jcw0tum48?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2Jcw0tum48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are no other new albums in the Top 25, but we announce with appropriate glee that there are three new songs. Sam Hunt\u2019s \u201cKinfolks\u201d comes aboard at No. 18, Carly Pearce and Lee Brice\u2019s \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy Now\u201d at No. 53 and George Strait\u2019s \u201cThe Weight of the Badge\u201d at No. 56. Eli Young Band\u2019s \u201cBreak It In\u201d returns to the charts at No. 58.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the Top 5 albums in descending order are Luke Combs\u2019 <em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>, the self-titled <em>Dan + Shay<\/em>, Combs\u2019 <em>The Prequel<\/em> EP and Sturgill Simpson\u2019s <em>Sound &amp; Fury<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following \u201cPrayed for You,\u201d the No. 2 through No. 5 songs are Chris Janson\u2019s \u201cGood Vibes,\u201d Dierks Bentley\u2019s \u201cLiving,\u201d Cole Swindell\u2019s \u201cLove You Too Late\u201d and Russell Dickerson\u2019s \u201cEvery Little Thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting, maybe even instructive, to see how well Strait\u2019s \u201cWeight of the Badge\u201d fares given the recent unprovoked police shootings in Texas. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBOHAy3qQGY?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBOHAy3qQGY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\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<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1813189\/for-heavens-sake-its-a-hell-of-a-week-on-the-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 51m ago Can I get an amen? Brantley Gilbert has a No. 1 country album debut this week with Fire &amp; Brimstone, and Matt Stell holds on to the most-played single spot for a second week with \u201cPrayed for You.\u201d With a moody title track offering biblical imagery and guest spots from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 02:13:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}