Kenny Chesney Takes No. 1 with Greatest Hits II

Posted by Lisa Ann Schleipfer on 05/29/2009
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Although the new Kenny Chesney release is titled Greatest Hits II, this week, it's No. 1.

Nine years after the release of his first greatest hits collection, the latest album debuted this week at the top spot on Billboard's Top Country Albums knocking out the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack and Taylor Swift's Fearless. The debut of Greatest Hits II also hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

The album, which features smash hit tracks like "Young," "Beer in Mexico" and "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems," is a culmination of Chesney's rise to stardom. He tells GACtv.com, "I felt like that in my career that we've had such, so much success since the No Shoes album… I just wanted to capture it. I wanted to capture this time. And I think it's exciting in a way to capture what we’ve done and to see where it goes."

Chesney is set for summer with The Sun City Carnival Tour, which continues on in Louisville, Ky., this Saturday and heads to Darien Lakes, N.Y., June 4.