Chief (album)

Chief
Studio album by
Eric Church
ReleasedJuly 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)
Recorded2010–2011
StudioTragedy Studios, Nashville, Tennessee[1]
Genre
Length39:39
LabelEMI Nashville
ProducerJay Joyce
Eric Church chronology
Carolina
(2009) 		Chief
(2011) 		The Outsiders
(2014)
Singles from Chief
  1. "Homeboy"
    Released: February 28, 2011
  2. "Drink in My Hand"
    Released: August 15, 2011
  3. "Springsteen"
    Released: February 21, 2012
  4. "Creepin'"
    Released: July 16, 2012
  5. "Like Jesus Does"
    Released: January 28, 2013

Chief is the third studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville.[2] The album produced five singles, including Church's first two number one hits on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart—"Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", as well as the Top 10 hits "Creepin'" and "Like Jesus Does" and the Top 20 "Homeboy". On June 20, 2012, the album was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA, for having shipped over 3,000,000 records.[3] As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,957,700 copies in the United States.[4]

The album received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards and won Album of the Year at the CMA Awards and ACM Awards. In 2020, the album was ranked at 419 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.[5]

  1. ^ "Chief". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Amazon.com: Chief: Eric Church: Music". Amazon. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.