ok, so frim billboard.com......or the third time in their career, the Dixie Chicks roost on the top of The Billboard 200. The Columbia album "Taking the Long Way" tallied 526,000 copies in its first week of U.S. sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the trio's best-selling week since 2002's "Home" debuted with 780,000.
And while country radio has remained cool to the group in the wake of a 2003 boycott following comments group member Natalie Maines made about President Bush, "Taking the Long Way" also nabs the No. 1 spot on the Country Albums chart, bumping Rascal Flatts' "Me and My Gang" (Lyric Street/Hollywood) down to No. 2 after seven weeks at the top.
meanmamma notes:.....there are many good songs on this album...but of course i am especially fond of 'not ready to make nice'.....which country stations refused to play....for the dixie chicks to have a number 1 album without country radio may mean that country radio no longer has the cachet it once did when compared to other medias, especially the internet.....i saw the link to the youtube video on a blog.......and immediately -pre-ordered the album to show my support......i suspect other liberals did the same thing.......
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