"Dixie Chicks Album Sales Go Through Roof
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Dixie Chicks are enjoying the benefits of being Grammy winners.
Nielsen SoundScan reports sales of the group's CD "Taking The Long Way" jumped by 714 percent in the week after the awards show. CD sales including digital albums totaled 103,000 the past week, compared to 13,000 the previous week.
The Chicks' album moves from 72 to No. 8 on the Billboard chart. The group was the big winner at the Grammys collecting five awards including song and record of the year for "Not Ready to make Nice.""
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I wonder what those right wing "worship the dear leader"country and western radio station are making of this.
Maybe there will be in a split in C&W with the rise of a populist branch of C&W vs the old style conservative tunes that still dominate C&W radio stations. Let's hope.