DUSTIN LYNCH EARNS #1 DIGITAL COUNTRY ALBUM & #6 ALL GENRES/ OVER 500K SPOTIFY STREAMS IN ONE WEEK

Dustin Lynch’s WHERE IT’S AT is the #1-Selling Digital Country Album in the U.S

NEW ALBUM EARNS OVER 500,000 STREAMS ON SPOTIFY

Lead Single is One of the Fastest-Moving Country Songs on the Billboard Trending 140 Chart / and a Top 10 Billboard Country Digital Song

CMT & LYNCH SHOW FANS EDUCATION IS ‘WHERE IT’S AT’ WITH CHANCE TO WIN A VIP TRIP TO THE 2015 CMT MUSIC AWARDS

ASHVILLE, TN – Platinum-selling Country star Dustin Lynch’s – WHERE IT’S AT – is the #1-selling Country album on the Neilsen Soundscan Digital Album Chart this week. The sophomore project from one of Country music’s fastest rising stars earned the 6th highest-selling digital album across ALL genres. In the week since it’s release, WHERE IT’S AT has surpassed 500,000 streams on Spotify.

At press time, the lead single from Lynch’s new album – also titled “Where It’s At” – was one of the fastest-moving Country songs on the Billboard Trending 140 Chart, which tracks real-time Twitter activity. “Where It’s At” is also a Top 10 Billboard Country Digital Song this week.

“Wow I am blown away! Thank you Country Radio and all of my friends and fans that crank our music up to 11. I can’t wait to see y’all at a show soon. We WILL celebrate,” said Lynch upon receiving the news.

WHERE IT’S AT is in stores now and available at: http://smarturl.it/whereitsat

Also this week, CMT and Lynch are showing fans that education is ‘Where Its At.’ The pair is asking fans to pledge their commitment to education on social media using Thunderclap in support of the CMT EMPOWERING EDUCATION campaign, for which Lynch has been named the national spokesperson. If 500 people sign up via the online crowdsourcing tool to support CMT EMPOWERING EDUCATION by September 18 at 11 am ET, Thunderclap will blast a concerted message of support across social media worldwide.

As an incentive to participate in the Thunderclap, CMT and Lynch will award 10 participants with personalized gift packages, as well as one grand prize package for a VIP trip to the 2015 CMT MUSIC AWARDS in Nashville, Tenn. Fans can visit http://thndr.it/1tTGZh1 to raise their voice for education now.

MORE ABOUT DUSTIN LYNCH:

Broken Bow Records’ Dustin Lynch occupies a unique place in today’s country music. Thanks to his classic sensibilities, he’s been heralded as the heir to George Strait’s throne. Yet with one listen to his newest chart-topping hit, “Where It’s At,” it’s obvious the young Tennessee native knows how to combine his traditional influences with an edgy intensity that places him at the vanguard of today’s contemporary country scene.

Since the release of his Platinum-selling debut single, “Cowboys and Angels,” Lynch has surpassed 17 million views on YouTube/ VEVO and soared to #1 on the MTV Music Meter. He’s earned a #1 and a #2 Country radio single, a Top 5 on the Billboard Heatseekers Songs Chart, two American Country Award nominations and a CMT Music Award nomination. “Cowboys and Angels” was one of Billboard’s Top 5 Country Songs of 2012. Lynch was lauded in Rolling Stone’s 2013 Best of Rock Issue, ELLE named him a “Best New Country Music Artist of 2013”while People Country and Us Weekly both proclaimed Lynch one of its “2014 Sexiest Men of Country. Rolling Stone Country recently named Lynch one of “The Best Things We Saw at CMA Music Fest 2014.”

Lynch’s new album WHERE IT’S AT debuted as Nielsen Soundscan’s #1-Highest Selling Digital Country Album and the #6 highest-selling ALL GENRE Digital Album while the album’s title track has been certified GOLD by the RIAA.

For more information visit http://www.dustinlynchmusic.com

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