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Chief (album)

Chief is the third studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. 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". In November 2024, the album was certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA, for having shipped over 4,000,000 records. As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,957,700 copies in the United States.

Critical reception
Upon its release, Chief received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". ==Commercial performance==
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart, selling 145,000 copies in its first week of release. In its second week, the album fell to number two on the Billboard 200 while still remaining at number one on the Top Country Albums chart. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 20, 2012, and triple platinum on August 31, 2016, for combined sales and streams of over three million units in the United States. ==Track listing==
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic. Musicians • Stephanie Chapman – background vocals • Eric Church – lead vocals, Dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar • J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar • Joanna Cotten – background vocals • Shelly Fairchild – background vocals • Steve Fishell – lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar • Jason Hall – background vocals • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar • Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin • Jeff Hyde – acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals • Jay Joyce – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, Dobro, synthesizer • Jaime King – background vocals • Luke Laird – acoustic guitar • Alfreda McCrary Lee – background vocals • Beverly Ann McCrary – background vocals • Regina McCrary – background vocals • Pat McLaughlin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals • Giles ReavesvibraphoneJonathan Singleton – background vocals • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin • Ryan Tyndell – background vocals • Charlie Worsham – electric guitar, mandolin • Craig Wright – drums, percussion Technical • Arturo Buenahora Jr. – executive production • Joanna Carter – art direction • Jason Hall – assistant, engineer • Michelle Hall – art production • Scott Johnson – production assistant • Jay Joyce – production, engineer, mixing • Andrew Mendelson – mastering • John Peets – photography • Matt Wheeler – assistant ==Charts==
Charts
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