Country Stars Spill: The First Album I Ever Bought

Mar. 16, 2025

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When we asked some of country’s biggest names to tell us about the first albums they ever bought, we discovered Carrie’s alt-rock past, Brad’s Bo and Luke obsession and quite possibly the inspiration behindLuke Bryan’s famous moves! Don’t believe us? Read on:

Luke BryanFirst album: “Michael Jackson’sThriller, and I loved it. Everybody in the U.S. had to be moonwalking!”

Carrie Underwood

First album: “Bush’sRazorblade Suitcase– random! I was on a choir trip and bought a couple of CDs my mom wouldn’t have wanted me to buy if I was with her. I loved it. I’m pretty sure I still have it somewhere.”

Miranda Lambert

First album: “Shania Twain’sCome on Over. It’s still great!”

Keith Urban

Tim McGraw

Brad Paisley

First album: “The theme fromThe Dukes of Hazzard– the single. I was in second grade and every little boy in the world wanted to be the Dukes. I knew who Waylon Jennings was but that wasn’t it. It was about the ‘Good Ol’ Boys.’ I got to sing it with Waylon on the radio once.”

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source: people.com