Miranda Lambert’s “The Weight of These Wings” Ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart

Miranda Lambert’s sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, which dropped on Nov. 18, soared to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart this week with 122,000 units sold. The Weight of These Wings is Miranda’s sixth album to reach No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart, following Kerosene (2005), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007), Revolution (2009), Four the Record (2011) and Platinum (2014).

The new album also debuted at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 chart

Miranda wrote or co-wrote 20 of the 24 songs featured on the double-disc album. Other top songwriters featured include Natalie Hemby (10 cuts), Ashley Monroe (2 cuts), Shane McAnally (2 cuts), boyfriend Anderson East (2 cuts) and more.

Check out the song titles and songwriters below.

Disc 1: The Nerve

8dc1a6b8-6ca6-4666-a989-6f46fd29b3e61. “Runnin’ Just in Case” (Miranda Lambert/Gwen Sebastian)

2. “Highway Vagabond” (Luke Dick/Natalie Hemby/Shane McAnally)

3. “Ugly Lights” (Miranda Lambert/Natalie Hemby/Liz Rose)

4. “You Wouldn’t Know Me” (Shake Russell)

5. “We Should Be Friends” (Miranda Lambert)

6. “Pink Sunglasses” (Rodney Clawson/Luke Dick/Natalie Hemby)

7. “Getaway Driver” (Miranda Lambert/Anderson East/Natalie Hemby )

8. “Vice” (Miranda Lambert/Shane McAnally/Josh Osborne)

9. “Smoking Jacket” (Miranda Lambert/Natalie Hemby/Lucie Silvas)

10. “Pushin’ Time” (Miranda Lambert/Natalie Hemby/Foy Vance)

11. “Covered Wagon” (Danny O’Keefe)

12. “Use My Heart” (Miranda Lambert/Ashley Monroe/Waylon Payne)

Disc 2: The Heart

1. “Tin Man” (Miranda Lambert/Jack Ingram/Jon Randall)

2. “Good Ol’ Days” (Miranda Lambert/Brent Cobb/Adam Hood)

3. “Things That Break” (Miranda Lambert/Jessi Alexander/Natalie Hemby)

4. “For the Birds” (Miranda Lambert/Aaron Raitiere)

5. “Well-Rested” (Miranda Lambert/Anderson East/Aaron Raitiere)

6. “Tomboy” (Miranda Lambert/Natalie Hemby/Aaron Raitiere)

7. “To Learn Her” (Miranda Lambert/Ashley Monroe/Waylon Payne)

8. “Keeper of the Flame” (Miranda Lambert/Natalie Hemby/Liz Rose)

9. “Bad Boy” (Miranda Lambert/Mando Saenz)

10. “Six Degrees of Separation” (Miranda Lambert/Nicolle Galyon/Natalie Hemby)

11. “Dear Old Sun” (Miranda Lambert/Terri Jo Box/Gwen Sebastian)

12. “I’ve Got Wheels” (Miranda Lambert/Gwen Sebastian/Scotty Wray)

main photo by Daniela Federici

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