Charles Wesley Godwin Has Best Opening Week Sales And Billboard Chart Debuts Of His Career With Family Ties Release
Godwin’s Big Loud Records debut opens At #9 on Billboard Heatseekers, goes top 25 on Current Country Albums, Current Digital Albums, New Artist Albums, and Americana/Folk Albums charts
Godwin’s fall headline tour runs through end of year – including two sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium in December
Godwin joining Luke Combs’ “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” stadium tour and playing Stagecoach Festival in 2024
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October 5, 2023 – Charles Wesley Godwin’s new album Family Ties, his debut on Big Loud Records, has given the West Virginia-native his biggest sales week and best Billboard chart debuts to date. Family Ties opens at #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and debuts in the top 25 on the Current Country Albums (#17), Current Digital Albums (#14), New Artist Albums (#14) and Americana/Folk Albums (#25) charts. Godwin also debuts at #45 on the Emerging Artists chart, and Family Ties cracks the top 100 on the Top Current Album Sales chart at #99. Godwin also continues his climb at Americana radio, with “All Again” breaking into the top 20 this week on the singles chart, and Family Ties rising to #22 on the albums chart.
In January 2023, Godwin and his band, the Allegheny High, headed into Echo Mountain in Asheville, NC with longtime producer and Allegheny High guitarist Al Torrence once again at the helm. Two weeks later, they came out with the masterful 19-song Family Ties. The songs that comprise Family Ties are themselves portals into Godwin’s life — tuneful tales of the native West Virginian’s friends, family and foundation. Family Ties is an intimate affair — images set to tune, so many of them specifically created for his own family members. There’s the unflinching “Miner Imperfections,” penned for his father; the mournful and contemplative “The Flood” for his mother; the beatific “Gabriel” for his son; the mournful yet hopeful “Dance in Rain” for his daughter; and the love letter that is the slow-rolling “Willing and Able” for his wife.
Godwin is currently on the front end of a Fall headline tour that runs through the end of the year. Many of the shows are already sold out, including Godwin’s first-ever headline shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on December 7th and 8th, and four shows in his hometown of Morgantown, WV December 14-17. In 2024, Godwin will join Luke Combs on 12 dates of his “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” stadium tour. Godwin is also confirmed for the 2024 edition of Stagecoach and the first date of the two-day Buckeye Country Superfest on June 22, 2024 in Columbus, OH alongside Zach Bryan, Billy Strings, Turnpike Troubadours and Charley Crockett.
Charles Wesley Godwin 2023/2024 Tour Dates
Oct 10 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville (Handle with Care: Tom Petty Tribute)
Oct 11 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
Oct 12 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom – SOLD OUT
Oct 13 – Ashland, KY – Paramount Arts Center
Oct 19 – Baton Rouge, LA – Texas Club
Oct 20 – Fort Worth, TX – HWY 30 TX Music Festival
Oct 21 – New Braunfels, TX - Gruene Hall – SOLD OUT
Oct 22 – New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall – SOLD OUT
Nov 8 – Columbia, SC – The Senate – SOLD OUT
Nov 9 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre – SOLD OUT
Nov 10 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel – SOLD OUT
Nov 11 – Greenville, NC – The State Theatre – SOLD OUT
Nov 16 - Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen Music Hall
Nov 17 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Nov 18 - Huntsville, AL - VBC Mars Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Dec 7 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium - SOLD OUT
Dec 8 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium - SOLD OUT
Dec 14 – Morgantown, WV – The Metropolitan Theater – SOLD OUT
Dec 15 - Morgantown, WV - The Metropolitan Theater - SOLD OUT
Dec 16 - Morgantown, WV - The Metropolitan Theater - SOLD OUT
Dec 17 – Morgantown, WV – The Metropolitan Theater – SOLD OUT
Apr 12 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field^
Apr 19 –Buffalo, NY – Highmark Stadium^
Apr 28 – Indio, CA – Stagecoach Festival
May 3 – Jacksonville, FL – TIAA Bank Field^
May 10 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome^
May 17 – San Francisco, CA – Levi’s Stadium^
May 31 – Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium^
June 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rice-Eccles Stadium^
June 14 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium^
June 22 – Columbus, OH – Buckeye Country Superfest
July 19 – New York, NY – MetLife Stadium^
July 26 – Washington, DC – FedEx Field^
Aug 2 – Cincinnati, OH – Paycor Stadium^
Aug 9 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium^
^ with Luke Combs on “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” stadium tour
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For more information on Charles Wesley Godwin, please contact Rob Krauser at REK Room Media, rob@rekroommedia.com or 917.703.8361.
For more information on Big Loud Records, please contact Jess Anderson, jess@bigloud.com or 615-496-7550.
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