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Life Changes (Thomas Rhett album)

Life Changes is the third studio album by American country pop singer Thomas Rhett. Released on September 8, 2017, through Valory Music Group, Rhett produced the album alongside Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, Julian Bunetta and Joe London.[2] It includes the chart-topping singles "Craving You" with Maren Morris, and "Unforgettable".[3] The album debuted at No. 1 with 123,000 album-equivalent units, giving Rhett his first number one album on the Billboard 200.

Life Changes

September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

2017

Blackbird Studio, Sound Stage Studios, Rhythm House and RTBGV (Nashville, Tennessee); Hound's Ear Studios (Franklin, Tennessee); Enemy Dojo Studios (Calabasas, California); MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Sarm Music Village and Echo Beach Management (London, UK)

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Commercial performance[edit]

Life Changes debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, giving Rhett his first chart-topping album. It sold 94,000 copies in the first week (with 123,000 album-equivalent units total), Rhett's best sales and units week.[14] The album is also the first country album to top the Billboard 200 chart in 2017.[15] It sold a further 20,400 copies in its second week.[16] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for a million units in sales and streams on September 6, 2018.[17] It has sold 319,600 copies in the United States as of March 2019.[18]

– lead vocals, backing vocals (6)

Thomas Rhett

Charlie Judge – keyboards (1–4, 7–14), synthesizers (5), strings (5)

Julien Bunetta – keyboards (1, 6, 10, 13), programming (1, 6, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (1, 10, 13), guitars (6), drums (6), backing vocals (6)

Joe London – programming (1, 10–13), keyboards (10, 13), electric guitar (10, 12)

– programming (2–5, 7, 8, 9, 14)

Jesse Frasure

– programming (6)

John Ryan

Matt Dragstrem – programming (9), backing vocals (9)

– keyboards (13), programming (13)

Sam Ellis

– electric guitar (1–5, 7–14), ganjo (1), mandolin (1)

Dann Huff

– electric guitar (1–5, 7–14)

Derek Wells

– acoustic guitar (1, 10–13)

Danny Rader

– acoustic guitar (2–9, 14)

Ilya Toshinsky

steel guitar (2, 9, 13)

Paul Franklin

Skip Edwards – steel guitar (10)

– bass (1–5, 7–14)

Jimmie Lee Sloas

Chris Kimmerer – drums (1–5, 7–14)

fiddle (4)

Stuart Duncan

Tom Peyton – trombone (11)

Nate Mercereau – (11)

French horn

– lead and harmony vocals (1)

Maren Morris

Russell Terrell – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 8, 10, 13)

– lead and backing vocals (4)

Rhett Akins

– backing vocals (9)

Jessi Alexander

– backing vocals (9)

David Lee Murphy

– backing vocals (11)

Dave Barnes

Ben Caver – backing vocals (11, 12)

Jordan Reynolds – backing vocals (11)

Emily Weisband – backing vocals (13)

Bob Bailey – backing vocals (14)

Jason Eskridge – backing vocals (14)

Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (14)

– backing vocals (14)

Wendy Moten

Musicians


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