Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Yay, Bucky!Last year’s Idol contestant Bucky Covington is kicking some ass. Country style.
Bucky Covington’s self-titled debut CD opens at #1 on Nielsen Soundscan’s Country Top 75 chart with 61,000 units sold. Covington’s debut CD also enters Nielsen Soundscan’s all genre top 200 chart at #4 and is the only new country act to open inside the top five this year. This puts him in good company as only two other country acts, including Tim McGraw and Martina McBride, have debuted inside the top 4 on Nielsen Soundscan’s Top 200 chart this year.
With 61,000 units sold in the first week, this gives Covington the distinction of having not only 2007’s biggest unit debut from a new country artist, but also the best first week sales and highest Top 200 debut for any new male country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992.
The strong sales debut comes as no surprise, as Covington’s record has already become not only one of the most critically acclaimed CDs to come out of the Idol franchise, but one of this year’s best-reviewed country albums. Here’s what some of the nation’s toughest critics are saying about Bucky Covington:
I like Bucky, and his CD is great. Love the Different World song. Here it is in case you didn’t hear it.
He was kind of weak on Idol but he has shown a lot of growth as an artist. Good for him. He seems like a really nice guy, too. Very level headed.
These are Getting Good
A Threat to National Security
Boy, this homeland security craziness is getting out of hand. Even in other countries.
A British made radio-controlled vibrator has been banned in Cyprus after it was branded a threat to national security.
The British made radio-controlled vibrator which has been banned in Cyprus /Ext
The Cypriot military are concerned the sex toy’s electronic waves will disrupt the army’s radio frequencies on the island.
A spokesman for makers Ann Summers confirmed its Love Bug 2, a small, egg shaped device operated by a remote control, was on sale for use everywhere in Europe - except Cyprus.
The Ann Summers spokesman said: “The remote control only has a range of six metres. We have still been selling them in Cyprus, but with a warning urging Cypriots not to use it unless they travel abroad.”
When Turtles Attack!
