Article: Gretchen Wilson Top Selling Debut Artist; Here For The Party Ends Year With 2,931,097 Units Scanned.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- When the dust settled from the frenzied holiday selling season, Gretchen Wilson's debut album Here For The Party had scanned almost three million units -- cementing her as the top- selling debut artist of any genre for 2004. Party hit the street on May 11, 2004, and based on the strength of her smash hit single "Redneck Woman" the album entered the Top 200 at #2. The disc debuted on the country album chart at #1 and camped out there for a record nine consecutive weeks.

"To coin a phrase from 'Field of Dreams,' if you build it, they will come," said Sony Nashville President John Grady. "Gretchen Wilson built it, and it appears that ...

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