Jerron Niemann

Feel that chill in the air? It’s not just climate change, friends. The music industry is suffering through historic lows in record sales, the worst since SoundScan started tallying them in 1991.

How are country artists faring? Let’s take a look at cumulative sales for current albums. Sales are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Top Selling Current Country Albums

1. Taylor Swift, Fearless: 6,233,900
2. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift: 4,955,000
3. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now: 3,138,700
4. Taylor Swift, Speak Now: 3,078,600
5. Zac Brown Band, The Foundation: 2,489,200