Five studio
albums into their incredible career, the members of Rascal Flatts
find themselves firmly atop the music world. Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus
and Joe Don Rooney have scaled unbelievable heights in the eight
years since their debut, and yet with the release of Still Feels
Good, they find their fortunes still rising. For proof, they need
to look no further than the CD's first #1 single, "Take Me
There," their fastest-rising ever.
Song by song, concert by concert, they continue to add to their
stature. They were, for starters, the top-selling artist of 2006--in
all genres of music. They scanned five million units, meaning
that 1 of every 14 country CDs sold last year was a Rascal Flatts
record. Their last CD, Me And My Gang, sold more than 721,000
copies in its first week, leading the band to become the top-selling
artist in all of music, the first time in 15 years a country artist
achieved that milestone. Their 2006 tour played to over 1 million
fans in 74 cities, with 61 of those appearances sellouts, including
those in L.A.'s Staples Center, New York's Madison Square Garden,
and Nashville's Sommet Center. They broke venue attendance records
throughout the tour. Rascal Flatts has also become one of the
most consistently awarded acts in history, with their 2007 ACM
Vocal Group of the Year award, their fifth, tying them with all-time
super-group Alabama for most consecutive wins in that category.
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