Seven-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves’ latest album, Deeper Well (Interscope/MCA Nashville) is topping charts upon release. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., outselling Morgan Wallen, and a new album from Justin Timberlake. With over 97,000 equivalent album units earned, Deeper Well marks Musgraves’ fifth Top 5 debut on the Billboard 200. Of the Deeper Well first week sum, 66,000 of those units were comprised from traditional album sales. With over 37,000 vinyl copies of Deeper Well sold, it marks the biggest vinyl sales week for 2024 and Musgraves’ biggest sales week for vinyl. It also marks the fourth largest week for a country album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking in 1991. In addition to this being Kacey’s biggest sales week ever, Deeper Well marks her fifth consecutive #1 debut on Billboard Top Country Album chart. In the UK, Deeper Well won five UK Specialist #1 awards, and debuted at #3 in the official albums chart.
Kacey kicked off release day with a gorgeous outdoor concert performance on NBC’s Today Show followed by an intimate hometown show at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. Musgraves was also seen chatting and performing on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as well as The Howard Stern Show. Earlier this month, she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, her third time appearing on the iconic show.
Critics are heralding her latest album and highlighting it “goes back to the ethereal roots the world first fell in love with,” said Elle. The New York Times called the album “Superb,” and Los Angeles Times noted “Musgraves returns on ‘Deeper Well,’ to the kind of rootsy, hand-played arrangements that defined her early work.” The Cut declared “the songs on ‘Deeper Well’ call back to her singer-songwriter roots” and American Songwriter proclaiming, “this is Musgraves at her finest, mentally and musically.” In the UK, The Telegraph note “this is a brilliant record” in their 5-star review while Sunday Times says “singing this beautiful burrow deep in the heart” in their 4-star review of Deeper Well.
In honor of the new album, Kacey will embark on The Deeper Well World Tour which kicks off April 28th in Dublin, Ireland and runs through December 7th in Nashville, Tennessee (see below for full list of dates). The upcoming The Deeper Well World Tour follows Kacey’s triumphant 2022 arena trek, star-crossed: unveiled tour.
