The late legendary country superstar Toby Keith took the top spot on the charts in mid-February, beating out Morgan Wallen's “One Thing at a Time.”
Keith passed away on February 5th at the age of 62 after a two-year battle with stomach cancer. Within days, Keith made history as the first artist to fill nine out of the top ten spots. billboard Country Digital Song Sales Chart. He also took the No. 1 spot on the 35 Biggest Hits album chart, displacing Warren, a position he had held (intermittently) for almost a year.
Warren's “One Thing at a Time” is currently tied with Garth Brooks' “Lopin' the Wind” for the number of weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for country albums. (Forbes Magazine) I got it.. Had Keith's “35 Greatest Hits” not skyrocketed, Warren might have scored an even more historic victory for his work.
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How disgustingly sneaky do you have to be to do something like this? No artist would want to work with this label again. What a stupid move.https://t.co/33xCGdDX38
— Kay Smythe (@KaySmythe) January 26, 2024
Keith only surpassed Warren by about 1,000 album units, but that's a small number considering Warren sold 65,000 compared to Keith's 66,000, Forbes said. continued. (Related: Morgan Wallen makes rare statement about recent success)
Forbes believes next week's No. 1 album will be Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's Vultures, but we'll see. Until then, Warren will be busy working on his next big project. And he might surprise us with some new songs before the week is over.
