It's still one week prior to the release of his 14th studio album, but Toby Keith has already started reaping the benefits of his upcoming album American Ride, as the first-released single and title track "American Ride" has officially hit the top of the Billboard charts. The song has been floating up the Country Songs chart for 13 weeks and counting, and this week it has finally made it to the coveted No. 1 slot, becoming Keith's third single with the word "American" in it to make it to the top of the charts. "American Ride" powered over Justin Moore's "Small Town U.S.A.," last week's chart-topper, for the title of No. 1, and now Keith's album American Ride will debut with its lead single sitting pretty as the most popular country song of the week.
In anticipation of the wild success of "American Ride" as taken from its initial leaps up the Billboard charts, Toby Keith pushed up the release of his album of the same name, now set to be released on Oct. 6 instead of the following week. The album is sure to have a similar kind of success as "American Ride" is now experiencing, especially as the song is Toby Keith's 19th career No. 1 and his 16th since 2000. The lead single off American Ride also helped Keith's lead as the country artist with the most No. 1 singles on the Country Songs chart this decade, as his 16 chart-toppers trump Kenny Chesney's 14, Brad Paisley's 13 and Tim McGraw's 12 since 2000.
If Keith's upcoming full-length album is anything like his lead single of the same name, American Ride is bound to be one turbulent journey for the Big Dog Daddy. "American Ride," the lead single off the album, is a politically-charged bullet and one of the most hotly contested songs of the year, as it puts a hilarious spin on touchy subjects such as Mexican immigration, global warming and gas prices. The animated music video has caused an uproar on video channels CMT and GAC, and the song's popularity has only skyrocketed since its release. Toby Keith also performs "American Ride" as a staple on his set list on tour, and country music fans can hear the song performed live with Toby Keith tickets to concerts.
Toby Keith has been a top-selling rebel-rousing country music act this entire decade, and his raw talent and knack for songwriting have gained him all sorts of leverage in the industry. Keith, an Oklahoma native, started pounding down the honky tonk circuits in the early '90s before breaking out big with his first chart-topping single "Should've Been a Cowboy" in 1993. The song granted Keith his big break, and before long Toby Keith had become a household name, especially thanks to the successive hit songs "Wish I Didn't Know Now," "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" and "He Ain't Worth Missing," some of the classics in his repertoire.
Keith became a lightning rod for media criticism over the years due to his outspoken tendencies, and spats with artists such as the Dixie Chicks helped project his image as one of country music's biggest bad boys. Despite (or maybe because of) his relentless attitude, Toby Keith is now one of the most prominent artists on the country music scene, with just about every studio album since 2001's Pull My Chain going straight to No. 1 on the country music charts. Keith is sure to continue the tradition of No. 1 as soon as American Ride is released in early October, so look for the rowdy album in stores and in the meantime pick up concert tickets to an upcoming Toby Keith show online.
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