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First Listen: Carrie Underwood’s Cowboy Casanova
Chart Chat 8/26/09: Gone Country
Welcome to the dog days of summer in the music industry. Big name releases have slowed to a crawl, and besides, it’s too damn hot to go out and buy CDs anyhow. This week’s chart boasts a country 1-2 punch, as Reba McEntire enters at the top of the chart with “Keep on Loving You”, scanning 96,000 units in its’ first week, more than enough to unseat last week’s chart champ, George Strait. His Twang […]
First Listen: Backstreet Boys’ “Straight Through My Heart”
Backstreet’s back…all right??
You’ve gotta give these guys credit for pushing along. Despite the fact that their heyday was a decade ago, BSB continues to make records. Their fan base may have shrunk considerably, but one still exists (yeah, I don’t get it either), and the foursome is back on the scene with a new song called “Straight Through My Heart”.
Although they’re definitely hopping on a bandwagon-production is handled by RedOne, who is most famous for […]