Georgia (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song)
Encyclopedia
"Georgia" is the debut single co-written and recorded by Canadian country music
singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson
. It was released in September 2000 as the lead single from her album Room with a View
. The song peaked at number 25 on Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100
. It also reached #6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart before the magazine ceased publication.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
. It was released in September 2000 as the lead single from her album Room with a View
Room with a View (album)
Room with a View is the debut album of Canadian country music artist Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and was released on August 7, 2001 on Arista Nashville. Certified gold by the CRIA, it produced two consecutive Number One hits for Johnson on the Canadian country singles charts in "Georgia" and...
. The song peaked at number 25 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. It also reached #6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart before the magazine ceased publication.
Chart performance
"Georgia" debuted at number 74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 16, 2000Chart (2000-2001) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canada RPM Country Tracks | 6 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 25 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 98 |