Dec 18, 2007

Carroll’s Waitin’ in the Country Is SoundScan’s Best-Selling Debut Country Album to Release This Year, as R&R Shows Carroll #1 as the Top New Country Male 

Nashville, TN – Arista Nashville’s Jason Michael Carroll will celebrate the holidays as country’s #1 new artist of 2007, as Billboard, R&R, and SoundScan year-end tallies reflect the results of an incredible 12 months of touring, media, back-to-back Top 5 singles, and the release of Carroll’s chart-topping debut album, Waitin’ in the Country.  

The year-end issue of Billboard toasts the North Carolina native as the Top New Country Artist of 2007 (based on combined sales and airplay), while Carroll also becomes the #1 new country male to make R&R’s 2007 airplay rankings of the 20 Top Country Artists.

Carroll recorded two of R&R’s Top 50 most-played country songs of 2007, with “Alyssa Lies” and “Livin’ Our Love Song,” both of which were written or co-written by Carroll and both of which became Top 5 country airplay singles.

On the sales front, Carroll’s album, Waitin’ in the Country, released in February and entered the country album sales chart at #1 in its first week of release.  According to SoundScan sales to date, Waitin’ in the Country is now the best-selling debut country album released this year. 

In addition, both “Alyssa Lies” and “Livin’ Our Love Song” have been digital sales powerhouses.  “Alyssa Lies” entered Billboard’s Digital Songs chart with the highest country new artist debut in chart history, while “Livin’ Our Love Song” has amassed ringtone and download sales of nearly 400,000. 

Since the release of his first single, Carroll has attracted attention from an array of major media including USA Today, AP, Reader’s Digest, People, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Herald, Country Weekly, CNN, and more. 

After opening dates on the Alan Jackson/Brooks & Dunn Tour, as well as co-headlining the 2007 Raisin’ the Bar Tour, Carroll is poised to roll into the New Year opening for Alan Jackson at Nashville’s Sound & Speed concert event on January 12. 

Continuing into the New Year, Carroll will be on the road once again with February dates on the Trace Adkins winter tour and joining country’s hottest new artists to perform on the 2008 Country Radio Seminar New Faces Show in early March. 

For complete tour dates and more information on the Top New Country Artist of 2007, visit www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com.