Country Universe - Crunching the Numbers: June 2011 (Carrie mention)

[Claire2004]

Crunching the Numbers: June 2011
by Kevin John Coyne
June 19, 2011

It’s been a few months since we checked in with SoundScan. Here are the cumulative sales for both current and catalog country albums that are selling enough units to make the charts these days.

7 million +
Soundtrack: O Brother, Where Are Thou? – 7,632,995
Carrie Underwood: Some Hearts – 7,110,972

6 million +
Taylor Swift: Fearless – 6,316,752
Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits – 6,119,498

5 million +
Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift – 5,027,348


4 million +
Kenny Chesney: Greatest Hits – 4,114,798
Shania Twain: Greatest Hits – 4,082,387


3 million +
Alan Jackson: Drive – 3,535,242
George Strait: 50 Number Ones – 3,518,496
Lady Antebellum: Need You Now – 3,532,706
Taylor Swift: Speak Now – 3,468,057

2 million +
Zac Brown Band: Foundation – 2,635,235
Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – 2,368,138
Sugarland: Love on the Inside – 2,214,672
Carrie Underwood: Play On – 2,009,083

For the complete list: Country Universe – A Country Music Blog » Crunching the Numbers: June 2011

[Manchs]

Carrie rules a lot But... Carnival Ride, where is it?

[Claire2004]

Carrie rules a lot But... Carnival Ride, where is it?

I was wondering about that as well.

[judes]

Where's Carnival Ride? It's sold over 3 million right? Exactly how much has it sold?

[Mirasa45A]

Where is Carrie's second album "Carnival Ride" ?

[JB172]

CR must not be selling enough to chart since the article states albums that are selling enough to chart are the ones they have listed.

[kewlie78189]

wow some good numbers there!

[carriecountrystar]

yay for Carrie!

can't wait for next year's update 4th album will bomb the charts.

side note: hmm, kind of surprised that SWSRN debut sold up to 5 mil. since when was it certified 5x?! her numbers seem pretty consistent for all 3 albums.

wow, BOTH of Tim's "greatest hits" album also did pretty well! usually wouldn't expect sales to be that good for TWO rereleases of previous works.

[Claire2004]

yay for Carrie!

can't wait for next year's update 4th album will bomb the charts.

side note: hmm, kind of surprised that SWSRN debut sold up to 5 mil. since when was it certified 5x?! her numbers seem pretty consistent for all 3 albums.

Her debut album started out slow, but really gained momentum during the Fearless era. I think both albums charted high during that era.

[nccountrygal]

Her debut album started out slow, but really gained momentum during the Fearless era. I think both albums charted high during that era.

Well didn't she also re-release her first album a couple of times and she re-released Fearless once right?

[Claire2004]

Well didn't she also re-release her first album a couple of times and she re-released Fearless once right?

True, that too was a factor. lol

[Jade_kt]

Some Hearts was a great album and had monster numbers

[Pi314CA]

Thanks for posting. Really surprised that none of Blake's 3 albums sold 300k...

[undrwood9098]

Great numbers, but where's CR? Oh, well. Can't wait for Carrie's 4th album to smash!