Love Is Everything by George Strait

Love Is Everything is the 28th studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on May 14, 2013 via MCA Nashville. Lead-off single "Give It All We Got Tonight" was released October 29, 2012 and became a Top 10 single. Strait co-produced the album with his long-time producer Tony Brown. The album release is accompanied by a Spring 2014 concert tour, The Cowboy Rides Away Tour. This was the last album of Strait's career to feature Tony Brown, who has produced all of Strait's albums since 1992. Love Is Everything features 13 original songs including four written or co-written by Strait along with his son Bubba and songwriter Dean Dillon. "I Just Can't Go On Dying Like This", written by Strait, was previously recorded for the Ace in the Hole Band in 1976 and included on Strait's Strait Out of the Box box set in 1995. Love Is Everything debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Country Albums chart with 125,000 copies. The album is Strait's 18th Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart, tying him with Paul McCartney for the fourth-most Top 10 albums among male artists in history; only Frank Sinatra (33), Elvis Presley (27), and Bob Dylan (20) have had more Top 10 albums. Love Is Everything is Strait's 25th #1 album on the Country Albums chart, extending his record for the most #1 albums on that list; Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are tied for second place with 15 #1 albums each. "Love is Everything" was certified Gold on July 17, 2014, making this Strait's 39th career album to be certified Gold by the RIAA, and giving him the 6th highest tally of Gold albums in history behind Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Neil Diamond. As of September 2014, the album sold 456,400 copies in the US. ℗ 2013 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.