Craig Wayne Boyd’s original “The Voice” single “My Baby’s Got a Smile on Her Face” did not sell as well as “Wasted Love” by runner-up Matt McAndrew, but it did perform well enough to achieve a very impressive feat.
The song debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
That impressive bow puts the season seven winner in very powerful–and very limited–company. The only other artist to launch a song at #1 on Hot Country Songs was country icon Garth Brooks, whose “More Than a Memory” debuted at the top in 2007.
(Worth noting: At that point, Hot Country Songs was based exclusively on radio airplay; it is now an all-encompassing chart in the same vein as the overall Hot 100).
Boyd’s “My Baby’s Got a Smile On Her Face” commanded 99,000 paid downloads during its first week of availability. It is #1 on this week’s Country Digital Songs chart.
Other chart news for Craig Wayne Boyd:
— His “In Pictures” sold 30,000 copies; it debuts at #4 on Country Digital Songs and #28 on Hot Country Songs.
— His “Boots On (with Blake Shelton)” sold 23,000; it debuts at #9 on Country Digital Songs and #33 on Hot Country Songs.
— His “The Voice: The Complete Season 7 Collection” album sold 4,000 copies; it starts at #35 on the Top Country Albums chart.
