Dierks Bentley Debuts At Number One On “Billboard’s” Country Albums Chart

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Dierks Bentley earns his seventh “Billboard” number one album, as his new release, “The Mountain,” debuts at the top of the country albums chart. The album moved 102-thousand units -- 94-thousand in traditional album sales -- its first week out, which surpasses the first-week performance of his last album, 2016’s “Black,” which also debuted at number one on the “Billboard” country albums chart. “Black” moved 101-thousand units -- 88-thousand in traditional album sales -- its first week out.

• Sugarland’s “Bigger” debuts on the chart at number two, and last week’s chart-topper, Luke Combs’ “This One’s For You,” drops to number three. Jason Aldean’s “Rearview Town” is at number four and Kane Brown’s self-titled album is number five.

• Rounding out the top ten: the multi-artist “NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 11” debuts at number six, Thomas Rhett’s “Life Changes” is number seven, Chris Stapleton’s “Traveller” is number eight, Brett Young’s self-titled album is number nine and Zac Brown Band’s “Greatest Hits So Far…” holds steady at number ten.

Source: Billboard