What's Happening In Country

Well Brooks & Dunn are going out with a bang. Their new album "#1's...And Then Some" debuted at #1, the album sold just over 55,000 copies its first week out according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is a good start to their year long departure set to start in 2010 with The Last Rodeo tour.

Jason Aldean's single "Big Green Tractor" spends a rare fourth week atop the country charts. Kudos to him.

New videos to watch, Kellie Pickler's emotional "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You?" It has Pickler showing off her sexy curves in a variety of steamy settings. Pickler told CMT Radio Live, “The first time I heard the song, I thought it would be cool to shoot this video on a beach or just some sort of exotic location.”, Pickler told CMT Radio Live, the video was shot in the Dominican Republic. This video is very rmeniscent of Shania Twain, the outfits, location and the sensual acting (but Shania is believable). It doesn't seem as though Pickler is connecting with what she is singing as much as she's connecting with her body language! Check it out...



There are some definite Country Chart Climbers this week, the biggest being Carrie Underwood's new single "Cowboy Casanova". In just two and a half weeks it has skyrocketing right over all other new singles in the past month and landed itself at #12 today, up from #24 a week ago, we got a hot one here. Then there is Taylor Swift with "Fifteen" which jumped 10 spots to #17 after almost five weeks. Last major jump was from Lady Antebellum wiht "Need You Now" which is up 9 spots to #16 in just four weeks on the charts.