Clear as Day

Clear as Day
Clear as Day
Studio album by Scotty McCreery
Released	October 4, 2011
Recorded	May - July 2011
Studio	Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio (Portland, Oregon); Nightbird Recording Studios (Hollywood, California); Record Plant (Los Angeles, California); Threshold Sound and Interscope Studios (Santa Monica, California);
Genre	Country
Length	40:49
Label	Mercury Nashville; 19;
Producer	Mark Bright
Scotty McCreery chronology
Singles from Clear as Day
	"I Love You This Big"; Released: May 25, 2011; "The Trouble with Girls"; Released: August 30, 2011; "Water Tower Town"; Released: April 9, 2012;

Clear as Day is the debut studio album by season ten American Idol winner Scotty McCreery. The album was released on October 4, 2011 in the United States.^[1] Clear as Day also became the first debut album from an American Idol winner to reach number one on the US Billboard 200 since Ruben Studdard's Soulful in 2003, selling 197,000 copies in its first week.^[2]^[3]

McCreery broke records as the first country act to debut at number one with their first studio album, and at 18 years old, the youngest man to open at the top of the chart with their debut release.^[2] The album had since been certified platinum on January 6, 2012.^[4]

^ Dukes, Billy (11 August 2011). "Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina Announce Release Date and Title of New Albums". Taste of Country. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "'Idol's' Scotty McCreery Makes History at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
^ Mansfield, Brian (9 November 2011). "Kelly Clarkson stays in top 10 for a second week". Idol Chatter. USA Today. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ "American single certifications – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] Dukes, Billy (11 August 2011). "Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina Announce Release Date and Title of New Albums". Taste of Country. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[billboard.com-2] "'Idol's' Scotty McCreery Makes History at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.

[Idol_Chatter_11-09-2011-3] Mansfield, Brian (9 November 2011). "Kelly Clarkson stays in top 10 for a second week". Idol Chatter. USA Today. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

[United_StatesScotty_McCreeryClear_As_DaysingleCertRef-4] "American single certifications – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day". Recording Industry Association of America.

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