The first time I ever heard of Kenny Chesney was when Wilco‘s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot debuted on the Billboard 200 at #13 behind some dude I’d never heard of. Well, that dude has gone on to release six number one albums:
1. Kenny Chesney – “Hemingway’s Whiskey” – 183,000 (debut)
2. Lil Wayne – “I Am Not a Human Being” – 110,000 (digital-only debut)
3. Zac Brown Band – “You Get What You Give” – 70,000 (down 54%)
4. Gucci Mane – “The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted” – 60,000 (debut)
5. Eminem – “Recovery” – 59,000 (down 10%)
6. Eric Clapton – “Clapton” – 47,000 (debut)
7. Trey Songz – “Passion, Pain and Pleasure” – 42,000 (down 36%)
8. Linkin Park – “A Thousand Suns” – 42,000 (down 40%)
9. Maroon 5 – “Hands All Over” – 41,000 (down 71%)
10. Selena Gomez and the Scene – “A Year Without Rain” – 38,000 (down 42%)
More interesting albums further down, including Neil Young, Ice Cube, and Deerhunter…
Further down:
11. Jimmy Eat World – “Invented” – 38,000 (debut)
14. Neil Young – “Le Noise” – 30,000 (debut)
20. Trent Reznor – “The Social Network” (debut)
22. Ice Cube – “I Am the West” – 22,000 (debut)
26. Soundgarden – “Telephantasm” – 19,000 (debut)
31. Seal – “Seal 6: Commitment” – 17,000 (debut)
35. Bad Religion – “The Dissent of Man” – 16,000 (debut)
36. Ben Folds and Nick Hornby – “Lonely Avenue” – 14,000 (debut)
37. Deerhunter – “Halcyon Digest” – 14,000 (debut)
73. Gin Blossoms – “No Chocolate Cake” – 7,000 (debut)
81. Mark Ronson and the Business Intl. – “Record Collection” – 6,000 (debut)
103. No Age – “Everything in Between” – 4,000 (debut)
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 3) totaled 5.31 million units
• Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.44 million downloads
Additional sales data via MTV.
He’s the putz on the side of trucks delivering Corona Light to your local beer distributor/grocery store.
Nice to see a Marco Rubio add here on Glono.
How did Clapton’s new one end up on the top 10 twice?
I like the name of Chesney’s album though.
Doh! Nice catch, Murph. Corrected. Apologies to Selena Gomez and the Scene.
GO GIN BLOSSOMS!!
Wait – are we experiencing time skips? Clapton, Ice Cube, Jimmy Eat World and Seal are all top of the charts. What’s next – Men At Work? The Ink Spots?
I think we’re safe with those two groups, Shecks; MAW isn’t active, and most of the Ink Spots are either dead or can’t remember their names anymore.
Now Hootie? Watch out! Probably coming back. 3rd Eye Blind? Gonna get us!! Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20? Gonna rev up those wheels again for world domination!! The beige music of the past will haunt us yet again, sigh.