Travis Tritt Tops Nielsen SoundScan Top 200 Catalog Country Albums Chart For 50 Consecutive Weeks
15 weeks at No. 1, 33 weeks in Top 5
Nashville, Tenn. – Multi-award winning artist, Travis Tritt, has topped the SoundScan Top 200
Catalog Country Albums chart for 50 consecutive weeks with 15 weeks spent at No. 1 and 33 weeks notched in a Top 5 position. Tritt’s compilation album, Very Best of Travis Tritt, which was released in 2007, saw a resurgence of sales that started in Nov. 2014. The 20-track album features some of Tritt’s biggest hits, including “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive,” “Here’s A Quarter,” and “Anymore.”
More than 25 years after Travis Tritt launched his music career, the Southern-rock influenced artist continues to display strong sales activity, sell-out shows, and stay true and relevant to Country music fans across the globe. This year, Tritt has sold out shows and withheld a heavy tour schedule that took him and his band across the country to play for packed out crowds. His heavy tour schedule continues into 2016 with many dates already having been announced. For a list of forthcoming shows, please visit www.TravisTritt.com.
Among Tritt’s 11 studio albums and numerous charted singles are 19 Top 10 hits, including “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde,” “Love Of A Woman” and “T-R-O-U-B-L-E.” His 25 year career has produced millions in album sales, two Grammy award wins and multiple No. 1 singles on the Country radio charts.
A Marietta, Ga. native, Travis Tritt is dubbed one of “The Class of ‘89,” which included Country music superstars Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Alan Jackson; all whom dominated the charts in the early 90s.
Tritt formed his own label, Post Oak Recordings in 2012 and shortly after released his album The Calm After... Included on the album is a duet with Tritt’s 17-year-old daughter, Tyler Reese. The song, “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” is a cover of the 1980s pop hit. Together, they released a video for the track, which is available for viewing here. Four of the songs on the album, co-produced by Randy Jackson, were either written or co-written by Tritt. The Calm After… is currently available on iTunes and other major digital retailers.
For more information on Travis Tritt, visit his website TravisTritt.com and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
