Country Perspective

1. Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am (Grade: 5/10)
2. Zac Brown Band – Jekyll + Hyde (Grade: 6/10)
3. Sam Hunt – Montevallo  (Grade: 1/10)
4. Kelsea Ballerini – The First Time (Grade: 1/10)
5. Reba – Love Somebody (Grade: 9/10)
6. Little Big Town – Pain Killer (Grade: 3/10)
7. Eric Church – The Outsiders
8. Luke Bryan – Spring Break…Checkin’ Out (Grade: 2.5/10)
9. Jason Aldean – Old Boots, New Dirt (Grade: 3/10)
10. Florida Georgia Line – Anything Goes (Grade: 0/10)
11. Tyler Farr – Suffer In Peace (Grade: 5/10)
12. Chris Stapleton – Traveller (Grade: 10/10)
13. Darius Rucker – Southern Style (Grade: 5.5/10)
14. Luke Bryan – Crash My Party
15. Blake Shelton – Bringing Back The Sunshine (Grade: 4/10)
16. Carrie Underwood – Greatest Hits: Decade #1
17. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – The Traveling Kind 
18. Cole Swindell – Cole Swindell
19. Various Artists – NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years
20. Dwight Yoakam – Second Hand Heart (Grade: 10/10)
21. Chase Rice – Ignite the Night (Grade: 2/10)
22. Soundtrack – Nashville: The Music Of, Season 3: Vol. 2
23. Miranda Lambert – Platinum
24. Zac Brown Band – Greatest Hits So Far…
25. Kenny Chesney – The Big Revival (Grade: 4.5/10)

Notes:

• This week’s new #1 country album is Brantley Gilbert’s Just As I Am, displacing Zac Brown Band’s Jekyll + Hyde. If you aren’t aware, Gilbert just released a new platinum bonus edition version of the album, hence why it reached #1 a year after the original being released.
• Just As I Am is also this week’s biggest gainer, moving up 21 spots from #22 to the top spot.
• Kelsea Ballerini and her new album The First Time debuts at #4 on the chart.
• Little Big Town’s Pain Killer album moved up four spots to #6 on the chart.
• Tyler Farr’s new album Suffer In Peace fell five spots to #11.
• The critically acclaimed debut album, Traveller, from Chris Stapleton fell eight spots to #12.
• The collaboration album Traveling Kind from duo Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell fell from #8 to #17.
• NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years fell five spots to #19.
• The biggest loser of the week was the soundtrack Nashville: The Music Of, Season 3: Vol. 2 album, which fell 19 spots from #3 to #22 this week.

Source: Billboard