 Clay Walker was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies . It peaked at number 8 on Top Country Albums , number 2 on Top Heatseekers and number 52 on the Billboard 200 . Larry Powell of Allmusic gave the album a four @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half star rating , saying that Walker had a " high @-@ energy " voice reminiscent of Conway Twitty . Walker also received two award nominations in 1994 : Star of Tomorrow award from TNN / Music City News and Top New Male Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music . 
