George Strait's TROUBADOUR Debuts at #1 on Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums Chart
Capital of Tennessee, Tenn., April 9, 2008 -- The "Queen of Land
Music's" 37th album, Jongleur, debuted at #1 today on the Billboard 200
and the Cover Nation Albums chart.
This is the third time in Strait's life history that a fresh album has debuted
at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the 11th time debuting at #1 on the
Top Body politic Albums chart.
Presently, George Strait has 32 pt albums (13 of which ar multi-
pt). The alone recording artists with to a greater extent RIAA certified platinum
albums are The Beatles with 39 and Pane Elvis Presley with 45.
It makes perfect tense sense that Amusement Weekly proclaims, "George III
Sound is the well-nigh reliable record-maker and biggest one-man rack up manufactory in
any literary genre of music." In gain, The Dallas Morning News reports, "Few
artists, country or otherwise, have remained so consistent for so long.
George Sound is a treasured rarity."
With a career that spans to a greater extent than 25 old age, Strait has sold more than
67 jillion records and count. He has received more than 50 major
amusement manufacture awards and countless nominations. In 2006, Sound
was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, one of the few artists to
receive such a distinction spell still actively recording and producing
euphony.
He is presently nominated for ACM Entertainer of the Year for the 10th
time and has the distinct honour of XM Wireless dedicating an stallion channel to
his music during the next deuce months. "Strait Land" will be available
from April 1 through Whitethorn 31 on XM line 17 and likewise available online
(hTTP://xmro.xmradio.com).
Contact lens:
Kathy Best Regina Stuve
FrontPage Publicity Universal Music Mathematical group Capital of Tennessee
615-383-0412 615-524-7543
Kathy@frontpagepublicity.com regina.stuve@umusic.com
