Lionel Richie's Tuskegee Is the Best-Selling Country Album of 2012 So Far.

Mid-year album sales numbers are out from Billboard, and Lionel Richie's Tuskegee holds the top spot among country albums this year. The set, which features Lionel singing his biggest hits with the likes of Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney and others, has sold 912,000 copies. It's also the second best-selling album overall behind Adele's massive hit, 21. Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is the second biggest-selling country album of the year, moving 714,000 copies so far. Luke Bryan's tailgates & Tanlines is third with 574,000 copies sold this year. Lady Antebellum's Own the Night is fourth so far this year, selling 465,000 copies, while Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party rounds out the top five, moving 399,000 units.

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee Certified Platinum!

Lionel Richie's country duets album, Tuskegee, has gone platinum in just five weeks! That means one million fans have snatched up the record! "This album continues to amaze me and I am so grateful for all that it has accomplished,” Lionel says, adding that he didn't want to be confined by age, genre or demographics while making Tuskegee. "I am thrilled with how well this album has been received by people from all walks of life. It is truly living up to the vision we had when we created it.”

Shania Twain & Lionel Richie - Endless Love (preview)

Here's a video clip of SHANIA TWAIN and LIONEL RICHIE performing a duet of Lionel's smash, "Endless Love". If they ever decide to release this as a single, it'll be huge.