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In conjunction with its recent Nashville issue, music publication Hits Daily Double revealed the all-time best-selling digital singles released by country artists (not necessarily country songs<\/em>, as the Taylor Swift inclusions will reveal).<\/p>\n

Florida Georgia Line’s diamond-certified “Cruise” predictably leads the pack. According to Hits, it has sold approximately 7.54 million US copies since its release.<\/p>\n

Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” is #2 with 6.67 million, while Taylor Swift’s multi-format smash “Love Story” (5.96 million) and pop-oriented “I Knew You Were Trouble” (5.31 million) follow at #3 and #4, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young” grabs the #5 slot with 5.08 million release-to-date sales.<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift’s pure pop release “Shake It Off” is #6 with 5.07 million, while Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried” (4.77 million, #7), Swift’s “You Belong With Me” (4.73 million, #8), Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem” (4.46 million, #9) and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” (4.30 million, #10) complete the Top 10.<\/p>\n

Swift, as is evident, is the only artist with multiple Top 5 and Top 10 entries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[1485,432,6829,2874,145,6828],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nHits Reveals Best-Selling Songs By Country Artists; FGL's "Cruise" Is #1, Taylor Swift Has Four In Top 10<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In conjunction with its recent Nashville issue, music publication Hits Daily Double revealed the all-time best-selling digital singles released by country\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/11\/hits-reveals-5-best-selling-country-songs-cruise-is-1-taylor-swift-has-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hits Reveals Best-Selling Songs By Country Artists; FGL's "Cruise" Is #1, Taylor Swift Has Four In Top 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In conjunction with its recent Nashville issue, music publication Hits Daily Double revealed the all-time best-selling digital singles released by country\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/11\/hits-reveals-5-best-selling-country-songs-cruise-is-1-taylor-swift-has-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-11T14:33:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-07-11T16:18:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Taylor-Swift-e1406738204720.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1297\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/11\/hits-reveals-5-best-selling-country-songs-cruise-is-1-taylor-swift-has-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/11\/hits-reveals-5-best-selling-country-songs-cruise-is-1-taylor-swift-has-two\/\",\"name\":\"Hits Reveals Best-Selling Songs By Country Artists; FGL's \\\"Cruise\\\" Is #1, Taylor Swift Has Four In Top 10\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-11T14:33:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-11T16:18:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"In conjunction with its recent Nashville issue, music publication Hits Daily Double revealed the all-time best-selling digital singles released by country\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/11\/hits-reveals-5-best-selling-country-songs-cruise-is-1-taylor-swift-has-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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