Kenny Chesney nets his 17th No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, as Here and Now blasts in atop the March 16-dated list.With the launch, Chesney ties Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson for the second-most leaders in the chart's 56-year history, after George Strait's record 27.Concurrently, Here and Now debuts at No.
1 on the all-genre Billboard 200, marking Chesney's ninth leader and tying him with Brooks for the most among country artists in the chart's 64-year archives.In its first week, ending May 7, the set earned 233,000 equivalent album units (222,000 in album sales), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
Largely powered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer tied to Chesney's upcoming tour, the sum.
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