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Darius Rucker performs onstage during the The 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Nashville. To have nine No. 1 songs is more than a dream come true, he tells Billboard.
Darius Rucker s Beers and Sunshine ascends 3-1 on
Billboard s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 27), up 5% to 28.3 million impressions in the week ending Feb. 21, according to MRC Data.
Rucker wrote the song, his ninth leader on the list, with Ross Copperman, J.T. Harding and Josh Osborne. When I came to Nashville 13 years ago, I just wanted to play country music, the longtime Hootie & The Blowfish frontman tells
10 Disappointing Follow-Up Albums
Here’s how it goes: your favorite band puts out a masterpiece and critics and fans fall at their feet. The subsequent tour is a hot ticket, the record sales in the stratosphere. That grand album puts them on a whole other level. You can’t
wait until the follow-up…but when it finally comes, it’s a big flop.
Yes, we can argue that a “flop” is grounded in perception, but we
can tell when a fan base is disappointed; you can almost hear the collective sigh.
Perhaps it’s pressure to repeat a hit, followed by timing, procrastination, or unfocused musical direction. Whatever the reason(s), no great group is immune. Here are ten disappointing “follow-up” rock albums.