Country Perspective

1. Sam Hunt – Montevallo  (Grade: 1/10)
2. Jason Aldean – Old Boots, New Dirt (Grade: 3/10)
3. Carrie Underwood – Greatest Hits: Decade #1
4. Florida Georgia Line – Anything Goes (Grade: 0/10)
5. Eric Church – The Outsiders
6. Garth Brooks – Man Against Machine (Grade: 7.5/10)
7. Miranda Lambert – Platinum
8. Luke Bryan – Crash My Party
9. Blake Shelton – Bringing Back The Sunshine (Grade: 4/10)
10. Zac Brown Band – Greatest Hits So Far…
11. Chase Rice – Ignite the Night (Grade: 2/10)
12. George Strait – The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium
13. Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am (Grade: 5/10)
14. Dierks Bentley – Riser 
15. Little Big Town – Pain Killer (Grade: 3/10)
16. Lee Brice – I Don’t Dance (Grade: 5/10)
17. Kenny Chesney – The Big Revival (Grade: 4.5/10)
18. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Grade: 10/10)
19. Ralph Stanley – Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man Of Constant Sorrow
20. Cole Swindell – Cole Swindell
21. Tim McGraw – Sundown Heaven Town (Grade: 7.5/10)
22. Lady Antebellum – 747 (Grade: 4.5/10)
23. The Best of Me Soundtrack
24. Thomas Rhett – It Goes Like This
25. Brett Eldredge – Bring You Back

Notes:

• The top three on the chart remained the same this week. Florida Georgia Line’s Anything Goes moved up to #4 and Eric Church’s The Outsiders moved up four spots to round out the top five.
• Miranda Lambert’s Platinum moved up three spots, from #10 to #7. This was expected due to the Grammy “bump.”
• Blake Shelton’s Bringing Back The Sunshine dropped five spots, from #4 to #9.
• Dierks Bentley’s Riser reentered the top 25 this week and was also the biggest gainer this week, moving up 12 spots from #26 to #14.
• Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music was the biggest loser this week, dropping 10 spots from #8 to #18.
• Brett Eldredge’s Bring You Back was the second biggest loser, dropping eight spots from #17 to #25.
• Thomas Rhett’s It Goes Like This returned to the top 25 this week, along with the soundtrack to the movie The Best of Me.

Source: Billboard

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