Cosmic Hallelujah[1] is the seventeenth studio album by American
country music artist
Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 28, 2016, by Blue Chair and
Columbia Nashville. The album was originally scheduled for release July 8, 2016, under the title Some Town Somewhere.[2]
The song "Jesus and Elvis" also appears on songwriter
Hayes Carll's 2019 album What It Is.
Cosmic Hallelujah has generally received positive reviews from critics.[4]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, saying that "Chesney is determined to connect with his times without abandoning himself, and the result is one of his best records."[3]
Maura Johnston of The Boston Globe also gave the album a positive review, saying that "Chesney isn’t one to rest on his laurels, and his 17th album, Cosmic Hallelujah, bears that out."[5]
Cosmic Hallelujah debuted at number two on the US
Billboard 200 chart with 89,000 units, with 79,000 of that figure being pure album sales.[7] It was the best-selling album of the week in terms of physical sales and downloads.[7] The album also debuted at number one on the
Top Country Albums chart.[7] As of December 2017, the album has sold 239,500 copies in the United States.[8]
Cosmic Hallelujah[1] is the seventeenth studio album by American
country music artist
Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 28, 2016, by Blue Chair and
Columbia Nashville. The album was originally scheduled for release July 8, 2016, under the title Some Town Somewhere.[2]
The song "Jesus and Elvis" also appears on songwriter
Hayes Carll's 2019 album What It Is.
Cosmic Hallelujah has generally received positive reviews from critics.[4]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, saying that "Chesney is determined to connect with his times without abandoning himself, and the result is one of his best records."[3]
Maura Johnston of The Boston Globe also gave the album a positive review, saying that "Chesney isn’t one to rest on his laurels, and his 17th album, Cosmic Hallelujah, bears that out."[5]
Cosmic Hallelujah debuted at number two on the US
Billboard 200 chart with 89,000 units, with 79,000 of that figure being pure album sales.[7] It was the best-selling album of the week in terms of physical sales and downloads.[7] The album also debuted at number one on the
Top Country Albums chart.[7] As of December 2017, the album has sold 239,500 copies in the United States.[8]