Darius Rucker Lands No. 1 Country Album With ‘True Believers’

Darius Rucker's new 'True Believers' album is the No. 1 country album in America, topping George Strait's 'Love Is Everything' in its debut week. The album -- featuring the No. 1 song in country, 'Wagon Wheel' -- sold over 83,000 copies during week one.

The total lands Rucker at No. 2 on the all-album chart, behind Daft Punk's' Random Access Memories' at 338,000. 'Love Is Everything' (43K) and Lady Antebellum's 'Golden' (34K) are the only other country albums in the all-genre Top 10. Blake Shelton's 'Based on a True Story' and Florida Georgia Line's 'Here's to the Good Times' round out the country Top 5.

'Wagon Wheel' may be the airplay leader, but 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line is the sales leader at 196,000 downloads last week, followed by Blake Shelton and friends' 'Boys 'Round Here' (108K) and Rucker's hit at 103,000. 'Highway Don't Care' by Tim McGraw and 'Crash My Party' by Luke Bryan round out the digital singles Top 5.

Also worth noting is 'The Voice' contestant 'Danielle Bradbery. Her version of Jo Dee Messina's 'Heads Carolina, Tails California' sold almost 48,000 singles last week. Songwriters Tim Nichols and Mark Sanders are surely happy about the resurgence of their 1996 hit.