Eric gets the nod from iTunes

 

Eric Church celebrates new accolades this week as iTunes names him their 2011 Country Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and his latest album Chief is featured in iTunes’ Best of 2011 section. In addition, NPR Music hails Chief as one of their Top 50 Albums of the Year. The album also landed an impressive spot at No. 19 on Rolling Stone Magazine‘s list of the 50 Best Albums of 2011 and it sits at No. 9 on Amazon‘s Best Country Albums of 2011.