"Tennessee Mountain Top" Released: October 19, 2017
"American Rock 'n Roll" Released: January 22, 2018
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AllMusic
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Detroit Free Press
(favorable)[1]
Sweet Southern Sugar is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Kid Rock. It was released on November 3, 2017, by Broken Bow Records,[2] Top Dog Records and BMG Rights Management.[4][5] The album spawned four singles: "Po-Dunk", "Greatest Show on Earth", "Tennessee Mountain Top", and "American Rock 'n Roll", along with their music videos.[6] Its lead single, "Po-Dunk", peaked at number 27 on the Hot Country Songs.[7] "Greatest Show on Earth" peaked at number 16 on the Mainstream Rock chart[8] and it was used as the main theme for WWE pay-per-view Survivor Series (2017). "Tennessee Mountain Top" peaked at number 36 on the Hot Country Songs.[9]Sweet Southern Sugar is Kid Rock's first album since his self-titled 2003 album not to feature a title track, though the album's name comes from a lyric in "Tennessee Mountain Top". The album also features a cover of the Four Tops song "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", titled "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch". The album's sixth track "Back to the Otherside" and tenth and final track "Grandpa's Jam" feature a return to the rapping vocals of Rock's earlier work.
Commercial performance
Kid Rock at the White House in 2017
Sweet Southern Sugar debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Billboard Top Country Albums with 43,000 album-equivalent units, with almost all of that figure (41,000) coming from pure album sales.[10] It has sold 184,600 copies in the United States as of April 2019.[11]
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^ abCaulfield, Keith (November 12, 2017). "Sam Smith's 'The Thrill of It All' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^Bjorke, Matt (April 8, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums: April 8, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
^"Austriancharts.at – Kid Rock – Sweet Southern Sugar" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
^"Kid Rock Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^"Offiziellecharts.de – Kid Rock – Sweet Southern Sugar" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
^"NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
^"Swisscharts.com – Kid Rock – Sweet Southern Sugar". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
^"Kid Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
^"Kid Rock Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
^"Kid Rock Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^"Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2020.