The impressive start to Scotty McCreery’s career has now reached historic proportions. The new American Idol champion’s first single, “I Love You This Big,” is now the highest-charting debut for a new country artist in 20 years. The track shot to number-one on iTunes and number-three on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart; while his compilation CD peaked at number-three on the country chart. Scotty McCreery – I Love You This Big In response, Scotty – who will head to Nashville next week and start recording his first album – released the following statement: “I am humbled and shocked by this news. I can’t tell you what it means to me to be on the same charts as my musical heroes. I want to thank my fans and especially country radio for their support. “I continue to be amazed by everything that has happened to me in such a short time. “This is such a special song to me, so I am thrilled that it is getting such a great reception at country radio. What I love about ‘I Love You This Big’ is that it can mean different things to different people.
