Tyler Childers Scores Highest Charting Debut Of Career As ‘Snipe Hunter’ Lands 7th On Billboard All-Genre Chart

A huge debut for Tyler Childers .

The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter scored his highest debut to date on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart this week, as his new album Snipe Hunter debuted at #7 this week, earning 48,000 equivalent units. It’s his third top 10 in total, but it’s really cool to see him coming out of the gate with such a hot start with this project:

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Of course, the record was produced by Rick Rubin, a legendary producer who has worked with everyone from Beastie Boys and Run DMC to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica, and he has a reputation for pushing artists well outside of their comfort zones and creating real magic. I was surprised, but extremely excited, to see him and Tyler were formally working together, and as was expected, they delivered something very unique and creatively different than anything Tyler has done before.

Some of the reaction to it has been mixed at best, but I feel like it’s not shocking that having Rubin produce Snipe Hunter would mean Tyler’s going to do something outside of his norm… that’s kind of the point of getting someone like him onboard. That’s what he does best.

Tyler himself, as well as Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn, also have producing credits on Snipe Hunter, and easily the runaway hit so far has been “Bitin’ List,” which has over 65,000 TikTok videos thus far with the song, over half a million streams in just one day (August 1st) and continues to climb all-genre charts at iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify and more. It’s also created some drama between Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry, but I digress…

Snipe Hunter is also currently #1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Indie Store Albums charts as well as #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #20 on the all-genre Top Streaming Albums chart.

Saying it’s off to a strong start kind of feels like an understatement, and while there may be some online critics who are extremely vocal, it’s clear that most people are loving the album, and I think Tyler’s reaching a larger audience than ever before which is really cool to see. He’s breaking into the mainstream in a tangible way, and I’m sure some “fans” will complain about that too…

I have a feeling there are even higher debuts in his future, but this is very well-deserved and a long time coming.

“Bitin’ List”

“Nose on the Grindstone”

TYLER CHILDERS TOUR DATES

August 28—New Braunfels, TX—Applause For The Cause – A Benefit for Texas Hill Country Flood Relief
September 19-20—Ashland, KY—Healing Appalachia
September 22—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena
September 24—Camden, NJ—Freedom Mortgage Pavilion†
September 25—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center†
September 27—Bristow, VA—Jiffy Lube Live†
September 29—Forest Hills, NY—Forest Hills Stadium*
September 30—Forest Hills, NY—Forest Hills Stadium*
October 3—Cincinnati, OH—Riverbend Music Center+
October 5—Memphis, TN—Mempho Music Festival
October 7—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center+
October 10—Nashville, TN—GEODIS Park^
October 11—Nashville, TN—GEODIS Park^
November 15—London, U.K.—O2 Arena~

*with special guest Medium Build
‡with special guests The Hold Steady and Medium Build
†with special guests Medium Build and SOMA
+with special guest Hayes Carll
^with special guests Charley Crockett and Cory Branan
~with special guests The Magic Numbers and Omni of HalosThe post Tyler Childers Scores Highest Charting Debut Of Career As ‘Snipe Hunter’ Lands 7th On Billboard All-Genre Chart first appeared on Whiskey Riff.