Dierks Bentley's 'Riser' Hits #1!

Dierks Bentley's eighth studio album Riser has hit #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week. This is also his fifth career debut week in that spot, which involved him selling 57,000 copies of the record (compared to 2012's Home which sold 55,000) to get it.

What's more, music critics have been flocking to give the album praise, giving Dierks that rare gem of a collection of songs that please both commercially and critically. I'm sure this will be a great boost leading up to the Riser tour, which starts on May 9 in North Carolina.

Congrats to Dierks!