KCTR: We’re Montana’s Own » Eric Church. Chief http://catcountry1029.com We’re Montana’s Own Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 "How Did Eric Church's 'Chief' Album Land a #1 Debut?" http://catcountry1029.com/industry-experts-weigh-in-on-eric-churchs-surprising-number-one-debut-chief/ http://catcountry1029.com/industry-experts-weigh-in-on-eric-churchs-surprising-number-one-debut-chief/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:20:22 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=32986 With his first two albums, 2006′s ‘Sinners Like Me’ and 2009′s ‘Carolina,’ Eric Church enjoyed steadily, albeit modestly, increasing success — so you can imagine that a few industry eyebrows were raised when his latest release, ‘Chief,’ debuted at number one.

To celebrate Church’s first chart-topper, Billboard devoted a recent feature to analyzing his sales spike — and interviewing industry insiders who shared their theories about how it happened.

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