Top Selling Country Albums of 2011
10. Kenny Chesney - 'Hemingway's Whiskey'
Fourteen albums later and Kenny Chesney is still goingstrong with Hemingway's Whiskey --his sixth studio album to have gone platinum.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: PlatinumMore »
9. Keith Urban - 'Get Closer'
The Australian country singer put out another winner in Fallof 2010 with Get Closer -- riding hissuccess all the way to the Winter of 2011.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition:
RIAA Certification: Gold
8. Sugarland - 'The Incredible Machine'
The country duo went rock in a big way on The Incredible Machine. While somedecried their change of artistic direction, the album still went platinum.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: Platinum
7. The Band Perry - 'The Band Perry'
The Band Perry continued to outperform many country-music veterans in 2010 with their robustly selling debut.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #2
Album Certification: Platinum
6. Lady Antebellum - 'Own the Night'
Lady Antebellum's third album was one of the most successful new releases of 2011 -- muscling into the country and pop charts at #1.
Release Year: 2011
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: PlatinumMore »
5. Zac Brown Band - 'You Get What You Give'
You Get What You Give continuesto be a strong seller for the Zac Brown Band, with the singles "KneeDeep" and "Keep Me in Mind" each charting #1 in 2011.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: Platinum
4. Lady Antebellum - 'Need You Now'
Lady Antebellum's second album proved a tough competitor,even to themselves. Two years after its release, it was the fourth biggestselling album of 2011.
Release Year: 2009
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: 3X PlatinumMore »
3. Rascal Flatts - 'Nothing Like This'
Ten years after their debut, Racal Flatts continue to be abig presence on the country music charts with the third top-selling album ofthe year.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country Chart Position: #1
RIAA Certification: Platinum
2. Jason Aldean - 'My Kinda Party'
It took home Album of the Year at the 2011CMA Awards, and Jason Aldean's fourth record takes home the honor of beingthe runner-up, best-selling album of the year.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: 2X PlatinumMore »
1. Taylor Swift - 'Speak Now'
TaylorSwift's Speak Now is the best-sellingcountry album of the year. It's also the second-best selling album -- of any genre --of 2011, just behind Adele's 21 andone step ahead of Lady Gaga's Born ThisWay.
Release Year: 2010
Peak Country ChartPosition: #1
RIAA Certification: 3X PlatinumMore »
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