Country Music Thrives in 2012
December 29, 2012
Taylor Swift arrives at the 46th Annual Country Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Country music thrived during 2012 with increased album sales from the previous year, a strong tour season and even a new television drama, appropriately titled “Nashville.”
Jason Aldean released his fifth studio album in 2012. “Night Train” was recently certified platinum for shipments of one million copies and ranks at Number Nine on “Billboard” Magazine’s year-end Country Albums chart. Jason also appears on the Top 10 Country Albums list at Number Six with his 2011 album, “My Kinda Party.”
Taylor Swift lands on many year-end charts, thanks to the huge crossover success of her latest album, “Red.” “Red” is the Number One Country album of 2012 and ranks at Number Two on the “Billboard” 200 year-end list. The album sold 1.2 million copies its first week of release and ends the year with total sales of more than 2.3 million units. Taylor is the Number One Country Artist of 2012, the Number Three Artist in all genres and the Number 10 Hot 100 Artist.
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” was the lead single from Taylor Swift’s “Red” album. The track spent nine weeks at Number One on the Top Country Songs chart, which set a record for the longest run at the top of that list by a female solo artist. The Grammy-nominated hit sold 623,000 digital copies its first week of release, setting records for the biggest digital sales week ever by a female artist and highest debut by a female Country artist in the 21-year history of the all-genre Hot 100 chart.
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