Icon (Josh Turner album)

Icon
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2011
GenreCountry
Length40:28
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerFrank Rogers, Mark Wright
Josh Turner chronology
Haywire
(2010)
Icon
(2011)
Punching Bag
(2012)

Icon is a compilation album by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released on March 22, 2011. It is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by Universal Music Enterprises. The album includes Turner's four number-one singles ("Your Man," "Would You Go with Me," "Why Don't We Just Dance" and "All Over Me") as well as album tracks "As Fast as I Could" and "Backwoods Boy". This album was also released under the name Best of Josh Turner.[1][2][3][4][5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic notes the album "is all one needs for a definitive Turner playlist without any filler."[6]

Commercial performance

Icon debuted at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 114 on the Billboard 200,[7] selling 5,144 copies in the first week.[8] It received a boost in May 2011 after an appearance by Turner on American Idol with Scotty McCreery, with 3,086 copies sold,[9] and climbed to number 98 on the Billboard 200.[10] The album continued to sell, peaking at number 93 on Billboard 200 on chart dated December 8, 2012 based on Black Friday week sales of 12,990 copies.[11] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 3, 2019.[12] As of October 2019, the album has sold 506,100 copies in the U.S.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Firecracker"Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin, Josh Turner3:29
2."As Fast as I Could"Jeremy Spillman, Turner4:28
3."Would You Go with Me"Camp, John Scott Sherrill3:49
4."Backwoods Boy"Turner3:42
5."Your Man"Chris DuBois, Jace Everett, Chris Stapleton3:33
6."Long Black Train"Turner4:12
7."Everything Is Fine"Turner3:37
8."She'll Go on You"Mark Narmore4:04
9."Me and God"Turner3:01
10."All Over Me"Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip3:21
11."Why Don't We Just Dance"Jim Beavers, Darrell Brown, Jonathan Singleton3:12
Total length:40:28

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 20
US Billboard 200[15] 93

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
US Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 60
Chart (2012) Position
US Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 41

Certifications

Certifications for Icon
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Best of". Spotify.
  2. ^ "Josh Turner - Best of". 22 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Best of Josh Turner by Josh Turner on Apple Music".
  4. ^ "Best of". January 2011.
  5. ^ "Best of, Josh Turner".
  6. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Icon review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Chart listing for Icon". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Aldean Returns to #1 on Album Chart; Thompson Square Has #1 Single". Roughstock. March 30, 2011.
  9. ^ "Dirt Road Anthem Guides This Week's Album Sales". Roughstock. 2011-05-25.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. June 11, 2011.
  11. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. December 8, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "American album certifications – Josh Turner – Icon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  13. ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 9, 2019). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales: October 9, 2019". RoughStock. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Josh Turner Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Josh Turner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Country Albums Year-End Charts: 2011". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Country Albums Year-End Chart". Billboard.