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Icon (Josh Turner album)

Icon is a compilation album by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released on March 22, 2011. It is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by Universal Music Enterprises. The album includes Turner's four number one singles ("Your Man," "Would You Go with Me," "Why Don't We Just Dance" and "All Over Me") as well as album tracks "As Fast as I Could" and "Backwoods Boy". This album was also released under the name Best of Josh Turner.[1][2][3][4][5]

Icon
Compilation album by
Josh Turner
ReleasedMarch 22, 2011
GenreCountry
Length40:28
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerFrank Rogers, Mark Wright
Josh Turner chronology
Haywire
(2010) 		Icon
(2011) 		Punching Bag
(2012)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [6]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic notes the album "is all one needs for a definitive Turner playlist without any filler."[6]

Commercial performance edit

Icon debuted at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 114 on the Billboard 200,[7] selling 5,144 copies in the first week.[8] It received a boost in May 2011 after an appearance by Turner on American Idol with Scotty McCreery, with 3,086 copies sold,[9] and climbed to number 98 on the Billboard 200.[10] The album continued to sell, peaking at number 93 on Billboard 200 on chart dated December 8, 2012 based on Black Friday week sales of 12,990 copies.[11] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 3, 2019.[12] As of October 2019, the album has sold 506,100 copies in the U.S.[13]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Firecracker"Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin, Josh Turner3:29
2."As Fast as I Could"Jeremy Spillman, Turner4:28
3."Would You Go with Me"Camp, John Scott Sherrill3:49
4."Backwoods Boy"Turner3:42
5."Your Man"Chris DuBois, Jace Everett, Chris Stapleton3:33
6."Long Black Train"Turner4:12
7."Everything Is Fine"Turner3:37
8."She'll Go on You"Mark Narmore4:04
9."Me and God"Turner3:01
10."All Over Me"Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip3:21
11."Why Don't We Just Dance"Jim Beavers, Darrell Brown, Jonathan Singleton3:12
Total length:40:28

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 20
US Billboard 200[15] 93

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2011) Position
US Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 60
Chart (2012) Position
US Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 41

Certifications edit

Certifications for Icon
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ https://open.spotify.com/album/2OBD9Ina3WUXGgzzXwNOkZ
  2. ^ https://tidal.com/browse/album/15405493
  3. ^ https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-josh-turner/1440739084
  4. ^ https://www.deezer.com/en/album/3092721
  5. ^ https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/best-of-josh-turner/0060252763417
  6. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Icon review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Chart listing for Icon". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Aldean Returns to #1 on Album Chart; Thompson Square Has #1 Single". Roughstock. March 30, 2011.
  9. ^ "Dirt Road Anthem Guides This Week's Album Sales". Roughstock. 2011-05-25.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. June 11, 2011.
  11. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. December 8, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "American album certifications – Josh Turner – Icon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  13. ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 9, 2019). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales: October 9, 2019". RoughStock. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Josh Turner Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Josh Turner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Country Albums Year-End Charts: 2011". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Country Albums Year-End Chart". Billboard.
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