American Heartbreak

{{Use American English|date=May 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = American Heartbreak | type = studio | artist = Zach Bryan | cover = Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2022|05|20}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Red dirt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-heartbreak-mw0003708457|title=''American Heartbreak'' – Zach Bryan|website=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> * heartland rock<ref name="Tennessean"/> | length = 121:21 | label = * Belting Bronco * Warner | producer = * Eddie Spear * Louie Nice * Zach Bryan * Colton Jean * Ryan Hadlock | prev_title = Quiet, Heavy Dreams | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = Summertime Blues | next_year = 2022 | misc = {{Singles | name = American Heartbreak | type = studio | single1 = Oklahoma City | single1date = August 21, 2020 | single2 = From Austin | single2date = February 25, 2022 | single3 = Highway Boys | single3date = March 25, 2022 | single4 = Late July | single4date = April 12, 2022 | single5 = Something in the Orange | single5date = April 22, 2022 | single6 = Open the Gate | single6date = May 6, 2022 }} }} '''''American Heartbreak''''' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Zach Bryan, released on May 20, 2022, through Belting Bronco and Warner Records. It is a triple album and Bryan's major-label debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/01/25/zach-bryan-announces-new-album-american-heartbreak-will-drop-may-20th/|title=Zach Bryan Announces Debut Studio Album, 'American Heartbreak,' Coming This Spring|website=Whiskey Riff|last=Young|first=Casey|date=January 25, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref> The album was preceded by six singles, including "Something in the Orange", which reached number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-anti-hero-eighth-week-number-one-zach-bryan-top-10-1235199856/|title=Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' Becomes Her Sole Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 With Eighth Week on Top|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> Bryan toured the US until November 2022 in support of the record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://outsider.com/entertainment/music/country-music/zach-bryan-american-heartbreak-tour-heels-record-breaking-album/|title=Zach Bryan Announces 'American Heartbreak' Tour on the Heels of Record-Breaking Album|website=Outsider|last=Edwards|first=Clayton|date=May 24, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Background== Bryan explained that the album "explores the past five years" of his life, further calling it his "effort at trying to explain what being a 26-year-old man in America is like. There's love, loss, rivalry, resentment, and forgiveness all wrapped into one piece of work".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amnplify.com.au/zach-bryans-long-awaited-new-album-american-heartbreak-available-now-via-warner-records/|title=Zach Bryan's long awaited new album 'American Heartbreak' available now via Warner Records|website=Amnplify|date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref> ''The Tennessean'' wrote that the album ranges "from demo-like ruminations to full-fledged heartland rock anthems" as well as an "untamed restlessness and blurry-eyed angst".<ref name="Tennessean">{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/05/24/zach-bryan-american-heartbreak-album-release-listen-streaming-record/9905417002/|title=Zach Bryan makes waves with his 34-song label debut 'American Heartbreak'|website=The Tennessean|last=Leimkuehler|first=Matthew|date=May 24, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Commercial performance== ''American Heartbreak'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 71,500 album-equivalent units, including 6,000 pure album sales, making it the biggest first week for a country album in 2022.<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-harrys-house-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235078807/|title=Harry Styles' 'Harry's House' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Half-Million-Plus First Week in U.S.|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 29, 2022|access-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref> On the day of its release, ''American Heartbreak'' achieved the most streams of any country album in 2022 on both Spotify and Apple Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/05/23/zach-bryans-american-heartbreak-smashes-record-for-most-streamed-country-album-in-a-single-day-in-2022/|title=Zach Bryan's 'American Heartbreak' Smashes Record For "Most-Streamed Country Album In A Single Day" In 2022|website=Whiskey Riff|last=Cox|first=Brady|date=May 23, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref> As of October 2022, the album has sold 702,000 album units in the U.S. alone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eminem.news/cc2-700k.html | title=Eminem — "Curtain Call 2" Sold over 700,000 Album Units in US | Eminem.Pro - the biggest and most trusted source of Eminem | date=October 26, 2022 }}</ref>

==Track listing== All tracks written by Zach Bryan except "You Are My Sunshine" (written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell).

{{Track listing | headline = ''American Heartbreak'' track listing | title1 = Late July | length1 = 2:58 | title2 = Something in the Orange | note2 = Z&E's version | length2 = 4:14 | title3 = Heavy Eyes | length3 = 3:10 | title4 = Mine Again | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = Happy Instead | length5 = 4:09 | title6 = Right Now the Best | length6 = 3:10 | title7 = The Outskirts | length7 = 3:18 | title8 = Younger Years | length8 = 3:25 | title9 = Cold Damn Vampires | length9 = 4:52 | title10 = Tishomingo | length10 = 3:08 | title11 = She's Alright | length11 = 3:49 | title12 = You Are My Sunshine | length12 = 2:57 | title13 = Darling | length13 = 3:57 | title14 = Ninth Cloud | length14 = 3:23 | title15 = Oklahoma City | length15 = 4:00 | title16 = Sun to Me | length16 = 2:43 | title17 = Highway Boys | length17 = 3:40 | title18 = Whiskey Fever | length18 = 3:32 | title19 = Billy Stay | length19 = 5:16 | title20 = Sober Side of Sorry | length20 = 3:33 | title21 = High Beams | length21 = 3:20 | title22 = The Good I'll Do | length22 = 3:31 | title23 = Someday (Maggie's) | length23 = 4:25 | title24 = Poems and Closing Time | length24 = 2:41 | title25 = From Austin | length25 = 3:27 | title26 = If She Wants a Cowboy | length26 = 3:12 | title27 = Corinthians (Proctor's) | length27 = 3:51 | title28 = Open the Gate | length28 = 3:54 | title29 = Half Grown | length29 = 3:27 | title30 = No Cure | length30 = 2:41 | title31 = '68 Fastback | length31 = 3:13 | title32 = Blue | length32 = 3:38 | title33 = Morning Time | length33 = 3:45 | title34 = This Road I Know | length34 = 3:24 | total_length = 121:21 }}

==Personnel== Adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=American Heartbreak |others=Zach Bryan |year=2022 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Warner Records |id=093624867449}}</ref>

*Graham Bright – electric guitar (25), guitar solo (13, 14) *Zach Bryan – lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 10–18, 20–34), bass drum (6, 29), electric guitar (6, 9, 16, 19), harmonica (5–7, 13, 15, 24), slide guitar (11, 21, 29) *Caleb Buchfink – background vocals (23) *Dune Butler – Fender Jazz Bass (25), Juno synth (25), Moog synth (25), upright bass (25) *J.R. Carroll – percussion (25), background vocals (3, 13–15, 25, 27) *Taylor Carroll – percussion (25) *Aksel Coe – drums (2–5, 7–12, 14–22, 24, 26–28, 30–33), percussion (3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16–19, 21, 24, 26), background vocals (13, 27, 30) *Whitney Coleman – background vocals (11) *Read Connolly – banjo (1), lap steel guitar (8), pedal steel guitar (3, 10, 19, 30), slide guitar (12) *Billy Contreras – fiddle (4, 9, 10, 17, 18, 28, 30–32) *Jeff Fielder – electric guitar (25), slide guitar (25) *Ryan Hadlock – percussion (25) *Calvin Knowles – bass guitar (4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19–21, 24, 26, 30), synth bass (2, 11, 19), upright bass (2, 3, 10, 12, 13, 18, 22, 27, 28, 31–33), background vocals (13, 27) *William Map – drums (25), percussion (25) *Morgan Meinert – background vocals (7) *Kimo Muraki – baritone horn (25), mellophone (25) *Lucas Ruge-Jones – fiddle (15, 22, 23, 27), background vocals (22) *Eddie Spear – piano (19, 29), background vocals (13, 27) *Seth Taylor – acoustic guitar (3–5, 7–10, 13, 15, 17, 19–22, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33), banjo (33), electric guitar (7–11, 14, 18–21, 26, 28, 31, 32), mandolin (12, 15, 27, 31, 32), background vocals (13, 22, 30) *Brooke Waggoner – piano (2, 10, 18)

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''American Heartbreak'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2022–2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 18 December 2023|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1763|page=6|date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> | 54 |- ! scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/country-albums-chart/2022-05-30|title=ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=May 30, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref> | 5 |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|4|artist=Zach Bryan|rowheader=true|access-date=June 1, 2022}} |- {{album chart|Ireland3|1|date=20250627|rowheader=true|access-date=June 28, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5638|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812041415/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5638|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2023|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=August 14, 2023|access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> | 40 |- {{album chart|UKAmericana|3|date=20230901|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2023}} |- {{album chart|UKCountry|10|date=20230901|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Zach Bryan|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|1|artist=Zach Bryan|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Zach Bryan|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Zach Bryan|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2022}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2022 year-end chart performance for ''American Heartbreak'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> | 54 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Americana/Folk Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/folk-albums/|title=Top Americana/Folk Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> | 4 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> | 8 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-rock-albums/|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> | 4 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2023 year-end chart performance for ''American Heartbreak'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-canadian-albums/|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> | 8 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-rock-albums/|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> | 1 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2024 year-end chart performance for ''American Heartbreak'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2024/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2024|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref> | 94 |- ! scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2024/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Country Albums for 2024|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-canadian-albums/|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref> | 13 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> | 4 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2025 year-end chart performance for ''American Heartbreak'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2025/top-canadian-albums/|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2025}}</ref> | 25 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2025/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2025}}</ref> | 31 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/morgan-wallen-shaboozey-country-year-end-charts-top-10/2025-year-end-top-country-albums-10-zach-top-cold-beer-country-music/|title=Morgan Wallen Has No 'Problem' on Country Year-End Charts: Countdown to Billboard's 2025 Year-End Charts|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=December 3, 2025|access-date=December 4, 2025}}</ref> | 7 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/billie-eilish-rock-alternative-year-end-charts-top-10/|title=Billie Eilish Hits the Rock & Alternative Year-End Charts Hard (And Soft): Countdown to Billboard's 2025 Year-End Charts|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=December 1, 2025|access-date=December 2, 2025}}</ref> | 4 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''American Heartbreak''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Zach Bryan|title=American Heartbreak|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|access-date=November 12, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Zach Bryan|title=American Heartbreak|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|source=radioscope|access-date=June 12, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Zach Bryan|title=American Heartbreak|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|id=20678-6357-2|access-date=December 5, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Zach Bryan|title=American Heartbreak|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|multidisc=2|access-date=July 15, 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:2022 albums Category:Warner Records albums Category:Zach Bryan albums