Billboard points out that this week's chart topper, with 83,000 copies sold, is "the lowest sum for a No. 1-debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan's 18-year history. Previously, the low-water mark was held by Johnny Cash's American V: A Hundred Highways (American) in the summer of 2006, when it started with 88,000." I expect we'll see that record continue to get broken over the next few years...
1. Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany" - 83,000 (debut)
2. "Hannah Montana: the Movie" soundtrack - 82,000 (down 5%; Cume: 826,000)
3. Ciara - "Fantasy Ride" - 81,000 (debut)
4. Rascal Flatts - "Unstoppable" - 58,000 (up 10%; Cume: 637,000)
5. Bob Dylan - "Together Through Life" - 51,000 (down 59%; Cume: 177,000)
6. Lady GaGa - "The Fame" - 41,000 (up 4%)
7. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" - 41,000 (up 42%; Cume: 3,190,000)
8. Rick Ross - "Deeper Than Rap" - 35,000 (down 32%)
9. Ben Harper and Relentless7 - "White Lies for Dark Times" - 34,000 (debut)
10. "Twilight" soundtrack - 32,000 (down 8%)
Debuts further down:
26. Elliot Yamin - "Fight for Love" - 20,000
40. Conor Oberst and his Mystic Valley Band - "Outer South " - 14,000
41. Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) - "Roadsinger" - 14,000
160. Peaches - "I Feel Cream" - 3,000
Additional sales data via MTV and Lefsetz.
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does the billboard chart even matter anymore? im curious to see if artists start going to the singles route again, just electronically, and release a few songs at a time