American Idol Scotty McCreery Strikes Gold Again (Recap)

. On Tuesday American Idol Scotty McCreery Strikes Gold Again was a top story. Here is the recap: (Umusic) American Idol champ Scotty McCreery's second single, "The Trouble With Girls," has been certified gold for reaching sales of 500,000 units, becoming his third consecutive release to receive a gold or higher certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

"The Trouble With Girls" is his second consecutive gold single, following his debut single, "I Love You This Big." His Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings/ Interscope debut album, Clear As Day, was certified platinum for sales of more than 1 million units in just three months. Clear As Day debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts, making him the youngest man in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. It also garnered the highest sales of any country solo album released last year and held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for six weeks.

"Having the first single go gold was crazy, but having the second single go gold and to see the response it is getting in our shows is incredible," he says. "I wish I could come up with better words than 'wild' and 'incredible,' because this is really special. - more on this story

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