So did the Grammys boost record sales for our valiant country artists? The stats say yes.
Case in point: Taylor
Swift, who opened the show, saw her latest album, Red, spring back to No. 1 on Billboard‘s country albums
chart.
Red sold 35,001 copies the reporting week before the Grammys and 71,953 the week after, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
Hunter Hayes saw similarly dramatic increases.
The pre- and post-sales of his self-titled album were 18,532 and 33,428, respectively, while his Hunter Hayes Live
EP rocketed from 274 to 2,769 units.
Other jumps worth noting: Carrie
Underwood‘s Blown Away from 13,984 to 23,802 and Little Big
Town‘s Tornado from 18,527 to 24,610.
OK. Back to the basics: The
Band Perry‘s “Better Dig Two” remains the top song on
the country airplay chart for the second week in a row.
There are two new albums to note
... Continue reading... Courtesy: CMT News
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