Tailgates & Tanlines Goes Platinum!
Luke�s career is on a fast and steady climb proving he is Nashville�s star to watch. Today it was announced that his third studio album on Capitol Records Nashville, tailgates & tanlines, has earned RIAA Platinum status by selling one million copies.
The album debuted last August with sales of 145,000 units in its first week, landing in the #1 spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #2 on the Top 200 chart, doubling the sales debut of his previous record. tailgates & tanlines includes two back-to-back Platinum singles �Country Girl (Shake It For Me)� and the two-week #1 smash �I Don�t Want This Night To End.� Current single �Drunk On You� is in the Top 15 and flying up the radio chart.
Luke recently debuted last month�s EP release, Spring Break 4�Suntan City, in the #2 spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart with sales near 30,000 units in its first week and his fourth annual spring break shows at Spinnaker�s in Panama City Beach brought a crowd of 80,000 to the beach. Earlier this month, he performed on the Academy of Country Music Awards and participated in the �ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends- In Concert� taping, which aired this past Friday, April 13 on the CBS Television Network.