Sheesh. Susan Boyle Spends Fifth Week At No. 1 On Billboard 200. Now that Christmas is over, you’ve got to expect her sales to plummet, right? I mean, are there really more than three million grandmothers in America?
1. Susan Boyle – “I Dreamed a Dream” – 510,000 (2,982,000 total)
2. Mary J. Blige – “Stronger With Each Tear”- 330,000 (debut)
3. Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas” – 284,000 (down 27%)
4. Alicia Keys – “Freedom” – 280,000 (down 33%)
5. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – 224,000 (down 6%; 3,157,000 in 2009)
6. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” – 169,000 (up 20%)
7. Justin Bieber – “My World” EP – 157,000 (up 23%)
8. Carrie Underwood – “Play On” – 153,000 (down less than 1%)
9. “We Are Young Money” compilation 142,000 (debut)
10. Michael Buble – “Crazy Love” – 137,000 (down 3%)
Last week’s sales data after the jump…
1. Susan Boyle – “I Dreamed a Dream” – 661,000 copies (up 14%; 2,465,000 total)
2. Alicia Keys – “The Element of Freedom” – 417,000 (debut)
3. Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas” – 390,000 (down 3%; 1.9 million total)
4. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – 239,000 (up 42%)
5. Carrie Underwood – “Play On” – 153,000 (up 44%)
6. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” – 141,000 (up 37%)
7. Michael Bublé – “Crazy Love” – 140,000
8. Justin Bieber – “My World” EP – 127,000 (up 31%)
9. Robin Thicke – “Sex Therapy: The Session” – 123,000 (debut)
10. “Glee” soundtrack volume 2 – 111,000 (down 36%)
They call Susan Boyle ‘SuBo’. I wonder if they would be so brave if her first name was Samantha.