Luke Combs Tops Nielson’s Mid-Year Charts

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Luke Combs has dominated country music in 2019. Luke’s album “This One’s For You” is the most popular album in country music so far this year, according to Nielsen Music’s 2019 mid-year report.

Luke tops the list based on overall equivalent album units, although when it comes to traditional album sales, George Jones’ “Honky Tonk Time Machine” tops the list with 113,000 albums sold.

When it comes to singles, Luke’s “Beautiful Crazy” is tops for on-demand country streams (meaning video and audio), and well as on-demand audio streams only, while Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country” is the top selling digital country song.

2019’s Mid-Year Top 5 Country Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units*)

1. Luke Combs, This One’s for You (605,000)
2. Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay (387,000)
3. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (292,000)
4. Florida Georgia Line, Can’t Say I Ain’t Country (284,000)
5. Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour (274,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 5 Selling Country Albums

1. George Strait, Honky Tonk Time Machine (113,000)
2. Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour (97,000)
3. Luke Combs, This One’s For You (91,000)
4. Florida Georgia Line, Can’t Say I Ain’t Country (82,000)
5. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (80,000) 

2019’s Mid-Year Top 5 Selling Digital Country Songs

1. Blake Shelton, “God’s Country” (285,000)
2. Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy” (232,000)
3. Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Glasses” (202,000)
4. Dan + Shay, “Speechless” (196,000)
5. Thomas Rhett, “Look What God Gave Her” (153,000) 

2019’s Mid-Year Top 5 On-Demand Country Streams (Audio and Video Combined) 

1. Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy” (235,688,000)
2. Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, “Meant To Be” (219,580,000)
3. Dan + Shay, “Speechless” (182,671,000)
4. Chris Stapleton, “Tennessee Whiskey” (178,084,000)
5. Dan + Shay, “Tequila” (172,247,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 5 On-Demand Country Audio Streams 

1. Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy” (148,388,000)
2. Dan + Shay, “Tequila” (142,823,000)
3. Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be” (140,259,000)
4. Dan + Shay, “Speechless” (131,491,000)
5. Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Glasses” (109,716,000)
6. Luke Combs, “She Got the Best of Me” (102,099,000)

Source: Billboard