Jeez, last week was Barbra Streisand and this week it’s Michael Buble at #1 on the Billboard 200. American album buyers are a bunch of Oprah-watching pussies. But I’m glad somebody—anybody— beat Kiss, if for no other reason than to deny royal dickhead Gene Simmons the satisfaction.
1. Michael Bublé – “Crazy Love” – 132,000 (debut, in 3 days of sales)
2. Kiss – “Sonic Boom” – 108,000 (debut, Wal-Mart exclusive)
3. Toby Keith – “American Ride” – 90,000 (debut)
4. Barbra Streisand – “Love Is the Answer” – 75,000 (down 58%)
5. Jay-Z – “The Blueprint 3” – 65,000 (down 27%)
6. Luke Bryan – “Doin’ My Thing” – 58,000 (debut)
7. Mariah Carey – “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” – 54,000 (down 68%)
8. Miley Cyrus – “The Time of Our Lives” EP – 47,000 (down 14%)
9. Backstreet Boys – “This Is Us” – 42,000 (debut)
10. Breaking Benjamin – “Dear Agony” – 41,000 (down 69%)
• Michael Jackson – “Number Ones” – 43,000 (sold more than the Backstreet Boys but ineligible for the Billboard 200 because of its anachronistic chart rules excluding “catalog” albums)
More sales data after the jump…
Further down:
16. Pearl Jam – “Backspacer” – 32,000 (down 46%)
20. Madonna – “Celebration” – 26,000 (down 63%)
22. Roseanne Cash – “The List” – 26,000 (debut)
50. Built to Spill – “There Is No Enemy” – 12,000 (debut)
62. Karen O and the Kids – “Where the Wild Things Are” – 10,000 (second week)
135. Blake Lewis – “Heartbreak on Vinyl” – 4,000 (debut)
FYI: Jay-Z is a business, man! According to Yahoo, “The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z’s 12th album to top the 1 million mark in sales. Jay-Z has sold 26,945,000 albums, a total topped by only one rapper in history. Eminem has sold 34,956,000 albums.”