12/16/2009
LUKE BRYAN CELEBRATES FIRST #1 WITH �DO I�
Luke has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. The first single, �Do I,� off his new album Doin� My Thing, has landed at #1 on the 12/14/09 Country Aircheck/MediaBase chart, the first of his career. The video spent an amazing 7 consecutive weeks at #1 on the GAC Top 20 countdown.The song, co-written by Bryan and Lady Antebellum�s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, garnered 37.2 million audience for the singles chart of 12/7/09. That is the fifth largest weekly audience of any single on the BDS/Billboard chart this year.
Earlier this month, Bryan wrapped his first hugely successful Miller Lite sponsored headlining tour, �Doin� My Thing Tour,� in his home state of Georgia. During the tour he performed a special show for his hometown of Leesburg, Georgia as well as kicking off his inaugural Farm Tour show in Statesboro, Georgia � over 8,000 fans attended both. These shows are specially created concerts put together as a way to give back to a charity or organization in local farming communities. These special one-off shows will continue throughout Bryan�s career with additional dates already planned for 2010 and will be announced in 2010.
Bryan released his second album, Doin� My Thing, for Capitol Records Nashville landing at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #6 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 album chart selling over 57,000 albums in its first week of release, more than doubling the first week sales of his debut album I�ll Stay Me in 2007. Bryan�s first single off the new album, his co-written song �Do I,� is the highest charting single of his career.
In January Bryan will hit the road again performing his own headline dates as well as guesting on Jason Aldean�s Wide Open Tour.