Britney is Back on Top, Bitch
Billboard: Britney’s ‘Circus’ Debuts Atop Album Chart, making Spears “the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history [1991 to present] to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.”
1. Britney Spears – Circus – 505,000 (debut)
2. Taylor Swift – Fearless – 193,000 (-28%)
3. Beyonce – I Am … Sasha Fierce – 153,000 (-41%)
4. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak – 142,000 (-69%)
5. Nickelback – Dark Horse – 133,000 (-25%)
6. Twilight soundtrack – 133,000 (-18%)
7. Akon – Freedom – 111,000 (debut)
8. High School Musical 3: Senior Year – 91,000 (-7%)
9. Now 29 – 90,000 (-38%)
10. David Cook – David Cook – 87,000 (-22%)
Missing in action: Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy. Ouch. Rumor has its sales this week at 58,000 (-78%). That would put it at #18. Beat by David Cook? Oy. Related: 8 reasons why Chinese Democracy stiffed.
scotty
1262 days ago
She’s also HOT again.
SNAP!
Derek Phillips
1262 days ago
#1 Reason Chinese Democracy tanked? It kinda sucks.
barabajagal
1261 days ago
I’d even go so far as to say “it fuckin’ sucks.”
Jake
1256 days ago
More reasons it tanked from the WSJ: At Best Buy, an Album Sounds a Sour Sales Note.