Little Big Town
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Little Big Town is an American country music
vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all four members alternating as lead singers. Westbrook and Sweet also play rhythm guitar
.
After a recording deal with the Mercury Nashville Records label which produced no singles or albums, Little Big Town released their self-titled debut
on Monument Records
in 2002. It produced two minor country chart singles before the group left the label. By 2005, the group had been signed to Equity Music Group
, an independent record label owned by Clint Black
. Their second album, The Road to Here
, was released that year. Certified platinum in the U.S., it produced consecutive Top Ten singles on the country charts in "Boondocks
" and "Bring It On Home
". A Place to Land
is the title of their third album, released in 2007. This album's first single, "I'm with the Band", was a Top 40 hit on the country charts. Shortly after its release, the group was transferred to Capitol Records
Nashville, which acquired the rights to A Place to Land and released "Fine Line" and "Good Lord Willing" as its second and third singles, respectively. The latter song is new to the re-release.
Little Big Town have charted twelve songs on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts. This figure includes a Christmas single which was made available only as a download, and a live cover of "Life in a Northern Town
" (along with Sugarland and Jake Owen
) which charted in 2008 based on unsolicited airplay.
Little Big Town released their fourth studio album, The Reason Why, on August 24, 2010 via Capitol Nashville.
in the state of Alabama
, singers Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild met. Eventually, the two moved to Nashville, Tennessee
, where they reunited and began singing together. Jimi Westbrook, a friend of Fairchild's husband, joined Roads and Fairchild in 1998. The three singers began performing as a trio, eventually rehearsing with Gary LeVox
and Joe Don Rooney, both of whom would eventually become members of the country pop group Rascal Flatts
. By 1999, Phillip Sweet was added as the fourth member of the group, which by then had chosen the name Little Big Town.
on Collin Raye
's album Can't Back Down
.
A second contract, this time with Monument Records
Nashville, began in 2002. The band's first album, Little Big Town
, was released that year. It produced the singles "Don't Waste My Time" and "Everything Changes", which respectively peaked at #33 and #42 on the Billboard country charts. Westbrook's father died in 2002, just after the group's first album was released. Fairchild and Sweet both divorced their respective spouses shortly afterward, and the group exited Monument when the label's Nashville branch was dissolved. The four members all took up day jobs to earn additional money, although they continued to tour as well.
, a label started and partially owned by country music singer Clint Black
. Their third single, "Boondocks", was released in May, peaking at #9 in January 2006. "Boondocks" served as the first of four singles the group's second album, The Road to Here
, which was released in the United States on October 4, 2005. "Bring It On Home
", the second single from The Road to Here, became Little Big Town's first Top 5 hit on the country charts in 2006. It was followed by "Good as Gone" and "A Little More You", both of which entered Top 20. By the end of 2006, The Road to Here had been certified platinum for shipping one million copies in the United States. Unlike on their first album, the group's members co-wrote the majority of the songs on The Road to Here along with producer Wayne Kirkpatrick
.
was the title of Little Big Town's third studio album, released in the United States on November 6, 2007. Its lead-off single, "I'm with the Band", peaked at #32 on the country charts. On April 23, 2008, Little Big Town announced it was leaving Equity for Capitol Nashville
. Shortly afterward, they charted along with Sugarland and Jake Owen
on a live cover of The Dream Academy
's "Life in a Northern Town
". This live recording, taken from Sugarland's 2007 tour, reached #28 on the country charts based on unsolicited airplay. Later in 2008, Capitol issued "Fine Line" as the second single from A Place to Land, which was re-released in October 2008 with bonus tracks, including "Life in a Northern Town". In the fall of 2008, Little Big Town opened up for Carrie Underwood
on her Carnival Ride Tour to support the album. Capitol also issued one of the bonus tracks, "Good Lord Willing", in late 2008 as the album's third and final single.
In 2009, Little Big Town started its first headlining tour. The tour began in January in Jacksonville, Florida and continued through April.
Fairchild recorded a duet with John Mellencamp
on his 2008 album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom
. The song, "A Ride Back Home", was released as the album's third single and is accompanied by a music video. Fairchild also duets with Mellencamp on "My Sweet Love" and appears in its music video, from the same album.
Little Big Town was announced to be nominated for Vocal Group Of The Year for the fourth year in a row on the 2009 CMA Awards.
" in 2006.
The album's title track was released as a digital single on July 27, 2010 to begin an iTunes countdown to the album release on August 24, 2010. Three further digital singles -- "Kiss Goodbye," "Why, Oh Why," and "All the Way Down" -- were released weekly leading up until the album release.
The song "Kiss Goodbye", was announced as the second single and its release is October 18, 2010, and reached a peak of number 42 on the country charts in January 2011. The album's title track was released as the third single on March 7, 2011. It debuted at number 59 on the country charts for the week of March 19, 2011.
Kimberly Roads was married to Stephen Schlapman on November 28, 2006; she gave birth to a baby girl, Daisy Pearl Schlapman, on July 27, 2007. She now goes by her husband's last name, Schlapman Kimberly was previously married to Steven Roads, who died from a heart attack in 2005. He was also the band's lawyer.
Phillip Sweet married Rebecca Arthur, a business owner and wardrobe stylist, on March 30, 2007. Arthur gave birth to daughter Penelopi Jane Sweet on December 27, 2007 at 5:47 p.m. at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
Little Big Town has been closely compared with the '70s classic rock group Fleetwood Mac
, in comparison to musical stylings.
^ A Place to Land was re-issued in late 2008 by Capitol Records Nashville with four bonus tracks.
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...
vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all four members alternating as lead singers. Westbrook and Sweet also play rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
.
After a recording deal with the Mercury Nashville Records label which produced no singles or albums, Little Big Town released their self-titled debut
Little Big Town (album)
-Album:-Singles:...
on Monument Records
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...
in 2002. It produced two minor country chart singles before the group left the label. By 2005, the group had been signed to Equity Music Group
Equity Music Group
Equity Music Group was an American country music record label founded in 2003 by singer Clint Black. The label was distributed by Koch Entertainment ....
, an independent record label owned by Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
. Their second album, The Road to Here
The Road to Here
-Little Big Town:*Karen Fairchild – vocals*Kimberly Roads – vocals*Philip Sweet – vocals*Jimi Westbrook – vocals-Additional musicians:*Ron Block – banjo, acoustic guitar*Mark Childers – bass guitar on "Boondocks" and "Live with Lonesome"...
, was released that year. Certified platinum in the U.S., it produced consecutive Top Ten singles on the country charts in "Boondocks
Boondocks (song)
"Boondocks" is the title of a song song released by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in May 2005 as the first single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, it became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.-Background and...
" and "Bring It On Home
Bring It On Home (Little Big Town song)
"Bring It On Home" is a song by American country music group Little Big Town. It was the second single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, the song has become their highest-peaking song on the Billboard U.S...
". A Place to Land
A Place to Land (Little Big Town album)
A Place to Land is the third studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. Released in 2007 as their second album on the independent Equity Music Group label, it features the single "I'm with the Band", which peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late...
is the title of their third album, released in 2007. This album's first single, "I'm with the Band", was a Top 40 hit on the country charts. Shortly after its release, the group was transferred to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
Nashville, which acquired the rights to A Place to Land and released "Fine Line" and "Good Lord Willing" as its second and third singles, respectively. The latter song is new to the re-release.
Little Big Town have charted twelve songs on the 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 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...
charts. This figure includes a Christmas single which was made available only as a download, and a live cover of "Life in a Northern Town
Life in a Northern Town
"Life in a Northern Town" is a pop song by The Dream Academy, an English dream pop group. The song is the first single from their 1985 self-titled debut, The Dream Academy. Reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986, it is also their highest-peaking chart single in the US...
" (along with Sugarland and Jake Owen
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me", and...
) which charted in 2008 based on unsolicited airplay.
Little Big Town released their fourth studio album, The Reason Why, on August 24, 2010 via Capitol Nashville.
Early years
In 1987, while attending Samford UniversitySamford University
Samford University, founded as Howard College is a private, coeducational, Alabama Baptist Convention-affiliated university located in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It includes the , Cumberland School of Law, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brock School of Business, Ida V....
in the state of Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, singers Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild met. Eventually, the two moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, where they reunited and began singing together. Jimi Westbrook, a friend of Fairchild's husband, joined Roads and Fairchild in 1998. The three singers began performing as a trio, eventually rehearsing with Gary LeVox
Gary LeVox
Gary LeVox is the lead vocalist of American country trio Rascal Flatts. His stage name literally means "The Voice", a name he lifted from the studio-console label for his lead-vocal track....
and Joe Don Rooney, both of whom would eventually become members of the country pop group Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
. By 1999, Phillip Sweet was added as the fourth member of the group, which by then had chosen the name Little Big Town.
2000–2003: Little Big Town
Little Big Town's first record deal was with Mercury Nashville Records. The quartet did not release any singles or albums on the label. In 2001, Little Big Town sang backing vocalsBacking vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
on Collin Raye
Collin Raye
Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as...
's album Can't Back Down
Can't Back Down
Can't Back Down is the seventh studio album released by country music artist Collin Raye. It was also his last album for Epic Records, and the first album of his career not to produce any Top 40 country hits. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me", the first single, reached #43 on the Hot Country...
.
A second contract, this time with Monument Records
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...
Nashville, began in 2002. The band's first album, Little Big Town
Little Big Town (album)
-Album:-Singles:...
, was released that year. It produced the singles "Don't Waste My Time" and "Everything Changes", which respectively peaked at #33 and #42 on the Billboard country charts. Westbrook's father died in 2002, just after the group's first album was released. Fairchild and Sweet both divorced their respective spouses shortly afterward, and the group exited Monument when the label's Nashville branch was dissolved. The four members all took up day jobs to earn additional money, although they continued to tour as well.
The Road to Here
In 2005, Little Big Town was signed to Equity Music GroupEquity Music Group
Equity Music Group was an American country music record label founded in 2003 by singer Clint Black. The label was distributed by Koch Entertainment ....
, a label started and partially owned by country music singer Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
. Their third single, "Boondocks", was released in May, peaking at #9 in January 2006. "Boondocks" served as the first of four singles the group's second album, The Road to Here
The Road to Here
-Little Big Town:*Karen Fairchild – vocals*Kimberly Roads – vocals*Philip Sweet – vocals*Jimi Westbrook – vocals-Additional musicians:*Ron Block – banjo, acoustic guitar*Mark Childers – bass guitar on "Boondocks" and "Live with Lonesome"...
, which was released in the United States on October 4, 2005. "Bring It On Home
Bring It On Home (Little Big Town song)
"Bring It On Home" is a song by American country music group Little Big Town. It was the second single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, the song has become their highest-peaking song on the Billboard U.S...
", the second single from The Road to Here, became Little Big Town's first Top 5 hit on the country charts in 2006. It was followed by "Good as Gone" and "A Little More You", both of which entered Top 20. By the end of 2006, The Road to Here had been certified platinum for shipping one million copies in the United States. Unlike on their first album, the group's members co-wrote the majority of the songs on The Road to Here along with producer Wayne Kirkpatrick
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....
.
A Place to Land
A Place to LandA Place to Land (Little Big Town album)
A Place to Land is the third studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. Released in 2007 as their second album on the independent Equity Music Group label, it features the single "I'm with the Band", which peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late...
was the title of Little Big Town's third studio album, released in the United States on November 6, 2007. Its lead-off single, "I'm with the Band", peaked at #32 on the country charts. On April 23, 2008, Little Big Town announced it was leaving Equity for Capitol Nashville
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. Shortly afterward, they charted along with Sugarland and Jake Owen
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me", and...
on a live cover of The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy was a folk rock band from England, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes; multi-instrumentalist Kate St John; plus keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, "Life in a Northern Town".-History:Laird-Clowes and Gabriel met each other in the late...
's "Life in a Northern Town
Life in a Northern Town
"Life in a Northern Town" is a pop song by The Dream Academy, an English dream pop group. The song is the first single from their 1985 self-titled debut, The Dream Academy. Reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986, it is also their highest-peaking chart single in the US...
". This live recording, taken from Sugarland's 2007 tour, reached #28 on the country charts based on unsolicited airplay. Later in 2008, Capitol issued "Fine Line" as the second single from A Place to Land, which was re-released in October 2008 with bonus tracks, including "Life in a Northern Town". In the fall of 2008, Little Big Town opened up for Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
on her Carnival Ride Tour to support the album. Capitol also issued one of the bonus tracks, "Good Lord Willing", in late 2008 as the album's third and final single.
In 2009, Little Big Town started its first headlining tour. The tour began in January in Jacksonville, Florida and continued through April.
Fairchild recorded a duet with John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...
on his 2008 album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom
Life, Death, Love and Freedom
Life, Death, Love and Freedom is a folk rock album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp and produced by T-Bone Burnett. It was released on July 15, 2008. At the end of 2008, Rolling Stone magazine named Life, Death, Love and Freedom No. 5 on its list of the 50 best albums of the year...
. The song, "A Ride Back Home", was released as the album's third single and is accompanied by a music video. Fairchild also duets with Mellencamp on "My Sweet Love" and appears in its music video, from the same album.
Little Big Town was announced to be nominated for Vocal Group Of The Year for the fourth year in a row on the 2009 CMA Awards.
The Reason Why
In March 2010, the group released a new single titled "Little White Church", as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album and first completely new album on Capitol Nashville, The Reason Why, which was released on August 24, 2010. "Little White Church" has become their first Top 10 hit since "Bring It on HomeBring It on Home
"Bring It On Home" is a song written by American bassist-songwriter Willie Dixon. The first known recording of the song was by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963...
" in 2006.
The album's title track was released as a digital single on July 27, 2010 to begin an iTunes countdown to the album release on August 24, 2010. Three further digital singles -- "Kiss Goodbye," "Why, Oh Why," and "All the Way Down" -- were released weekly leading up until the album release.
The song "Kiss Goodbye", was announced as the second single and its release is October 18, 2010, and reached a peak of number 42 on the country charts in January 2011. The album's title track was released as the third single on March 7, 2011. It debuted at number 59 on the country charts for the week of March 19, 2011.
Personal lives
Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook married on May 31, 2006, although their marriage was not revealed until two months later. The couple welcomed their first child, son Elijah Dylan Westbrook, on March 5, 2010 in Nashville.Kimberly Roads was married to Stephen Schlapman on November 28, 2006; she gave birth to a baby girl, Daisy Pearl Schlapman, on July 27, 2007. She now goes by her husband's last name, Schlapman Kimberly was previously married to Steven Roads, who died from a heart attack in 2005. He was also the band's lawyer.
Phillip Sweet married Rebecca Arthur, a business owner and wardrobe stylist, on March 30, 2007. Arthur gave birth to daughter Penelopi Jane Sweet on December 27, 2007 at 5:47 p.m. at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
Musical stylings
Little Big Town's musical stylings are defined by four-part vocal harmonies. Unlike most vocal groups, Little Big Town does not feature a set lead singer. Instead, their songs are either led by any one of the four members, or by all four in varying combinations (such as on "Boondocks" and "Life in a Northern Town").Little Big Town has been closely compared with the '70s classic rock group Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
, in comparison to musical stylings.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| The Road to Here The Road to Here -Little Big Town:*Karen Fairchild – vocals*Kimberly Roads – vocals*Philip Sweet – vocals*Jimi Westbrook – vocals-Additional musicians:*Ron Block – banjo, acoustic guitar*Mark Childers – bass guitar on "Boondocks" and "Live with Lonesome"... |
Equity Music Group Equity Music Group was an American country music record label founded in 2003 by singer Clint Black. The label was distributed by Koch Entertainment .... Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| A Place to Land A Place to Land (Little Big Town album) A Place to Land is the third studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. Released in 2007 as their second album on the independent Equity Music Group label, it features the single "I'm with the Band", which peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late... [A] |
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Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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^ A Place to Land was re-issued in late 2008 by Capitol Records Nashville with four bonus tracks.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |
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| US Country 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... |
US 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... |
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| 2002 | "Don't Waste My Time" | 33 | — | Little Big Town | |
| "Everything Changes" | 42 | — | |||
| 2005 | "Boondocks Boondocks (song) "Boondocks" is the title of a song song released by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in May 2005 as the first single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, it became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.-Background and... " |
9 | 46 |
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The Road to Here |
| 2006 | "Bring It On Home Bring It On Home (Little Big Town song) "Bring It On Home" is a song by American country music group Little Big Town. It was the second single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, the song has become their highest-peaking song on the Billboard U.S... " |
4 | 58 | ||
| "Good as Gone" | 18 | — | |||
| 2007 | "A Little More You" | 20 | 101 | ||
| "I'm with the Band" | 32 | — | A Place to Land (and A Place to Land re-issue) |
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| 2008 | "Fine Line" | 31 | — | ||
| "Good Lord Willing" | 43 | — | |||
| 2010 | "Little White Church Little White Church "Little White Church" is the title of a song recorded by American country band Little Big Town, written by the band along with Wayne Kirkpatrick... " |
6 | 59 |
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The Reason Why |
| "Kiss Goodbye" | 42 | — | |||
| 2011 | "The Reason Why" | 42 | — | ||
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Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Country 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... |
US 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... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2006 | "Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain (song) "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers... " |
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| 2008 | "Life in a Northern Town Life in a Northern Town "Life in a Northern Town" is a pop song by The Dream Academy, an English dream pop group. The song is the first single from their 1985 self-titled debut, The Dream Academy. Reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986, it is also their highest-peaking chart single in the US... " (with Sugarland and Jake Owen Jake Owen Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me", and... ) |
28 | 43 | 53 | A Place to Land (re-issue) |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Music videos
All of Little Big Town's singles have featured music videos. The video for "Life in a Northern Town" was shot live in concert.| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2002 | "Don't Waste My Time" | Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:... |
| "Everything Changes" | ||
| 2005 | "Boondocks" | Roger Pistole |
| 2006 | "Bring It On Home" | Kristin Barlowe |
| "Good as Gone" | Chris Hicky Chris Hicky Chris Hicky is a Grammy nominated music video director from Forrest City, Arkansas, best known for directing many of Keith Urban's videos. Hicky has also directed videos for many other artists in the country music genre, including Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, Deana Carter, Carrie Underwood, Lady... |
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| 2007 | "A Little More You" | Roger Pistole |
| "I'm with the Band" | Charles Mehling | |
| 2008 | "Life in a Northern Town" (with Sugarland and Jake Owen Jake Owen Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me", and... ) |
Becky Fluke |
| "Fine Line" | Charles Mehling | |
| "Good Lord Willing" | Becky Fluke | |
| 2010 | "Little White Church" | Kristin Barlowe |
| "Kiss Goodbye" | David McClister | |
| 2011 | "Shut Up Train" | Becky Fluke |