''Southern Girl City Lights'' is the sixth release overall and second

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by American

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artist

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. It is Decker's first full-length album since her self-titled debut album in 2009. It was released on October 13, 2017 through

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Content

Decker described ''Southern Girl City Lights'' to ''

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'' as a "full-circle" project that bridges that gap between the

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influences of her debut and the

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sound she has developed on previous releases, with songs that represent the "tremendous" changes in her life since her last full-length release. The album contains a collaboration with country artist

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, who also co-wrote the single "My Cowboy" from Decker's debut album, which song she credits with helping her land her first record deal.

Singles

The title track, "Southern Girl City Lights", was made available for download on September 1, 2017. Two additional promotional singles, "Almost Over You" and "All Filled Up", were released on September 15, 2017. On September 22, 2017, "Hungry" was released as the fourth promotional single. "Pretty Girl" was released as the album's fifth & final promotional single on October 6, 2017. A music video was filmed for the

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exclusive track, "Flip My Hair", and premiered January 12, 2018. The song was later released as a standalone digital

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on February 2, 2018, making it available outside of the physical Target edition of the album.

Commercial performance

''Southern Girl City Lights'' debuted at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart dated November 4, 2017 with 21,000

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s of which 18,000 were traditional sales. These represent career-high figures for the singer, while the chart peak also surpasses the 23 debut of ''Jessie James''. The album also debuted at number one on the

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chart, earning Decker her first ''Billboard'' chart topper. The album has sold 31,200 copies in the United States as of January 2018. It also charted on the New Zealand Heatseekers Albums chart at number 9.

Track listing

Charts

References

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