Maren Morris [Robby Klein | Columbia Nashville]
Maren Morris’ “Hero,” which starts at an impressive #5 on the all-genre Billboard 200 consumption chart, debuts at #1 on Top Country Albums.
“Hero” is 2016’s first debut album to start atop the chart, which ranks country albums based on pure US sales.
Per Columbia Nashville, “Hero” sold 37K pure US copies in its first week of release. Track Equivalent Albums (track sales/10) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (track streams/1500) provided an additional 8K in weekly consumption units; the sum of 45K earns “Hero” the aforementioned #5 bow on the Billboard 200.
Morris is the first artist in the history of the Columbia Nashville imprint to open at #1 with a debut album. She is the first female artist under the Sony Music Nashville umbrella to do so since Kellie Pickler in 2006.
“Hero” is responsible for the gold-certified hit “My Church.” Follow-up “80s Mercedes” was recently serviced to radio and formally goes for adds later this month.