Hometown Girl (song)

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"Hometown Girl"
HometownGirlJoshTurner.jpg
Single by Josh Turner
from the album Deep South
ReleasedMay 31, 2016 [1]
Recorded2016
Genre Country
Length3:36
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Kenny Greenberg
Josh Turner singles chronology
"Lay Low"
(2014)
"Hometown Girl"
(2016)
"All About You"
(2017)

"Hometown Girl" is a song recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in May 2016 as the second single from his sixth studio album, Deep South . [2] The song was written by Marc Beeson and Daniel Tashian. [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Monaco recorded in Live and acoustic and premiered on CMT, GAC & VEVO in 2016.

Critical reception

The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated May 6, 2017, making it Turner's first top 10 single since "Time Is Love" in 2012. [4]

Commercial performance

The song has sold 238,000 copies in the United States as of May 2017. [5] It was certified Platinum on April 23, 2018 for a million units in sales and streams. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (2016–2017)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 56
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 2
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Canada Country (Billboard) [10] 42
US Country Airplay (Billboard) [11] 30
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [12] 38

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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