 "Small Town Girl" debuted inside the U.S. "Billboard" 200 top 10 at number nine.The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling about 79,000 copies in its first week, the album has since sold over 884,000 copies as of May 2010.Pickler is the second "American Idol" alumnus to have a number-one album on the U.S. Country Album chart, the first being "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood.