Rascal Flatts. Courtesy
With "
Nothing Like This," country superstar
Rascal Flatts has scored its sixth consecutive album debut at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart.
Rascal Flatts continues sold nearly 165,000 albums its first week. "Nothing Like This" also debuted at No. 6 on Billboard's Top 200 chart with nearly 280,000 digital tracks sold to date.
The guys launched the record last week with numerous television, radio and online appearances including "The Late Show With David Letterman," "Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Today Show," "Sean Hannity Show," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "GAC’s Backstory" and "CMT’s Invitation Only."
Rascal Flatts also performed on "Live on Letterman," a live online music program that broadcasts live from the famed Ed Sullivan Theater, and Clear Channel’s "iHeart Radio Concert Series." Also during last week, the band was featured on AOL Sessions and Yahoo! RAM Country Performance Series.
Several songs on the new album were co-written by Okies, inlcuding "Easy," co-written by Oklahoma born singer-songwtriter Katrina Elam with Mike Mobley. It's a duet with Natasha Bedingfield.
"Sunday Afternoon" was co-written by Picher native and RF member Joe Don Rooney with Busbee. "Tonight Tonight" was co-written by Tulsa-born Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) with Gary LeVox, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo.
Bandmates Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney have placed 11 No. 1 singles, 24 Top 10 singles, and have more titles in Billboard’s Top 100 Songs of the Decade list than any other group in the format.
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