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.
Good for Bucky!!!! I hope he becomes a big country star. I bought his CD the first week because of the great reviews. It’s a keeper!!!
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