This week, Blake Shelton's "Red River Blue" becomes his first million-selling album.
The country singer's set, which re-enters the Billboard 200 chart at No. 194 with a little more than 2,000 sold for the week (up 12%), according to Nielsen SoundScan, just creeps past the 1 million mark. The July 2011 release became his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, when it debuted at the top slot.
"Red River Blue" spawned four hit singles on the Country Airplay chart, all of which reached No. 1: "Honey Bee," "God Gave Me You," "Drink on It" and "Over."
In other good news for Shelton, his current album, "Based on a True Story," is his fastest-selling release yet. In its 17 chart weeks, it has sold 763,000 copies. Comparatively, "Red River Blue," his last studio set, moved just 381,000 in its first 17 weeks.
"Based on a True Story" also outsells his greatest-hits package, "Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton" (753,000), to become his fourth-biggest seller to date. His latest set's current single, "Mine Would Be You," debuts at No. 42 on the Country Airplay chart this week—his 33rd charting effort.
^^ Is it really that impressive when you compare him to the legend? 1 of her albums outsold his career. He'll never get a 9x million seller in the US like her. No need to troll.
^^ Is it really that impressive when you compare him to the legend? 1 of her albums outsold his career. He'll never get a 9x million seller in the US like her. No need to troll.
First million selling album and he's only been at it since 2001 and winning Entertainer of the Year awards for how long now? He can't pay his PR team enough.
Doesn't Adam Levine have more impressive sales figures than Blake? Their last album was huge.
I meant success story as in he was largely unknown to lots of people before The Voice, and he is now one of the most popular coach on the show, and it reflects on his music sales as well.
And yet they keep shoving him down country fans' throats when men like Luke Bryan and Eric Church both have much higher selling albums in much shorter time periods.