Jo Dee Messina makes a surprising comeback

Jo Dee Messina has had a career marked by ups and downs. But right now, she’s definitely on a professional high.

Her new Curb album, Delicious Surprise, spent two weeks at No 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums’ chart after its April 26 release.

Debuting at No 7 on The Billboard 200, the set was Messina’s first top 10 entry on that chart. The album has sold 174,000 copies in the United States in its first three weeks. In addition, her first single My Give A Damn’s Busted written by Joe Diffie, Tony Martin and Tom Shapiro and previously recorded by Diffie for his 2001 album In Another World was No 1 on the Hot Country Songs’ chart for two weeks, marking the sixth No 1 single of her career Delicious Surprise, Messina’s first non-holiday studio album in five years, marks a big comeback for her.

Since her last new album, she has made radical changes in her life.