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Did Brett Eldredge (above) recently release an album?
Yes, his third. He self-titled it, feeling it's the most "authentic" record he's made yet, and boy, he is getting a lot of attention for it.
Soon after its Aug. 4 release by Atlantic Records, the Paris, Ill., native tweeted that he had awakened to find the album had debuted at No. 1 in all genres. I'm not sure which charts he was talking about. "This is INSANE! This is a dream! Good god I love you all! Thank you!!!!!" he tweeted.
Later he tweeted: "This is a moment of realizing dreams are coming true...this week has been magic...thanks for supporting this album."
Billboard reported Wednesday that industry insiders predict the country crooner's "Brett Eldredge" would become his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart next week. "Possibly stopping Eldredge from a No. 1 bow could be a return engagement atop the chart by Kendrick Lamar," Keith Caulfield wrote.
The 31-year-old also tweeted about seeing his image on a huge screen in New York: "A Giant me has been spotted posted up in NYC jammin with @Spotify ...this is so crazy."
Also on Twitter, country star Blake Shelton praised Eldredge's new album.
A master of social media, Eldredge is nominated for Choice Snapchatter at the Teen Choice Awards, competing against Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez and others. The winners will be announced this evening.
You can watch Paris' favorite son as part of "CMA Fest: The Music Event of the Summer" airing at 7 p.m. Wednesday on ABC television and headlining the Big 98 & St. Jude Presents Accu-Chek Guide Guitar-B-Que on Aug. 23 at...