Chart Rewind: In 2011, Scotty McCreery’s Debut Album Made Him a ‘Clear’ Country Favorite
When Scotty McCreery won Fox’s American Idol on May 25, 2011 — performing “Live Like You Were Dying” with Tim McGraw on the episode — the season’s end marked the start of McCreery’s country music career.
He didn’t wait to get product into the marketplace.
American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery , featuring studio versions of 14 songs he performed on Idol , was released immediately, debuting at No.
3 on Billboard ’s Top Country Albums dated June 11.
A five-song Highlights EP followed, hitting No.
2 on the July 16 list.
Finally, his first album of original songs, Clear as Day , launched at No.
1 on the Oct.
22 chart, days after he turned 18 on Oct.
9.
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1s With Scotty McCreery, Russell Dickerson Scotty McCreery Calls His New Album ‘Rise & Fall’ His “Favorite Project” He’s Ever Done | ACM Awards 2024 Produced by Mark Bright (Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts), Clear spent six nonconsecutive weeks at the summit and yielded McCreery’s first two top 20 entries on Hot Country Songs, “I Love You This Big” (No.
15) and “The Trouble with Girls” (No.
17).
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