Saturday, August 22, 2009

Rascal Flatts sells more than 4 million tickets in 4 years
8/20/2009 4:28:35 PM


Joe Don Rooney (Tulsa World file)
Rascal Flatts is now the the largest selling and grossing music group in country music history, industry trackers report.

Recently, the country music giant (featuring member Joe Don Rooney of Picher) was named a Billboard Top Ten Touring Act in all genres with more venue attendance records than any other country act, the group's publicist confirmed.

The band broke another record this week when it sold its 4 millionth concert ticket in just 4 years, reported industry music leader Billboard and the band's publicist. It also recently sold out two stadium dates on its current "Unstoppable" tour and added six additional dates to the schedule through October.

Also this week, "Unstoppable," the band's latest studio effort was certified platinum with more than 1 million albums sold. It also marked the fourth-consecutive No. 1 Billboard Top 200 chart debut for Rascal Flatts. The certification also officially marks more than 20 million albums sold since 2000 and more than 10.5 million additional digital downloads, according to music tracker Nielsen SoundScan.

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