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RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS ALBUM DEBUTS AT #1 TODAY

Vocal Group Becomes One of Only 4 Country Acts To Debut

6 Consecutive Studio Albums at #1

Nashville – (November 24, 2010) – The best selling country group of the decade, Rascal Flatts, continues their run as their first album on Big Machine Records, Nothing Like This, debuts at #1 today with nearly 165,000 units.  With this #1 album debut, Rascal Flatts has the distinction of being one of only 4 acts to have 6 consecutive studio albums debut in the top spot on the Country Albums chart this decade.  Nothing Like This also debuts at #6 on the Top 200 chart and has earned nearly 280,000 digital tracks sold to date.

The guys launched the record with numerous television, radio and online appearances including The Late Show With David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Today Show, Sean Hannity Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, GAC’s Backstory and CMT’s Invitation Only.  Rascal Flatts also performed on Live on Letterman, a live online music program that broadcasts live from the famed Ed Sullivan Theater, and Clear Channel’s iHeart Radio Concert Series. Also during last week, the band was featured on AOL Sessions and Yahoo! RAM Country Performance Series. 

Nothing Like This was produced by Dann Huff and was recorded in Santa Barbara, California and Nashville, Tennessee.  It contains the lead-off single, “Why Wait,” which is currently sitting at #4 on the country charts.  The album includes eleven tracks, four of which were co-written by members of Rascal Flatts.

1. Why Wait   (Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher, Jimmy Yeary)

2. Easy   (Katrina Elam, Mike Mobley)******Duet with Natasha Bedingfield

3. Sunday Afternoon   (Joe Don Rooney, busbee)

4. Play   (Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam, Hunter Hayes)

5. Nothing Like This   (Michael Dulaney, Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher)

6. All Night To Get There   (Jay DeMarcus, Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers)

7. Red Camaro   (Joe Collins, Chris Tompkins)

8. They Try   (Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro, Jimmy Yeary)

9. Summer Young   (Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher)

10. Tonight Tonight   (Gary LeVox, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Ryan Tedder)

11. I Won't Let Go   (Steve Robson, Jason Sellers)

About Rascal Flatts

Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney are the best selling country group this decade.  They have placed 11 #1 singles, 24 Top Ten singles, and have more titles in Billboard’s Top 100 Songs of the Decade than any other group in the format.  In the last ten years, the band has sold more than 20 million albums and 25 million digital downloads. The vocal group is also the most awarded country group of the new Millennium with nearly 40 trophies from theAcademy of Country Music, American Music Awards, Country Music Association, People’s Choice Awards and more. In concert, Rascal Flatts continues to be one of the hottest touring acts of the decade with more venue attendance records than any other country act. They have played over 400 dates as a headline act, over 700 shows since 2000, with a ticket tally of nearly 6 million, including two sold-out stadium concerts at Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Columbus’ Crew Stadium.  In the last few years, the band has raised over $3 million dollars for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and last week the hospital named its pediatric Surgery Center after the group- the “Rascal Flatts Surgery Center.”

For additional information on Rascal Flatts go to www.rascalflatts.com and www.nothinglikethiscd.com.