The set also opened atop the Top Catalog Albums chart (which ranks sales of albums released more than 18 months earlier). 11: Joel Whitburn Presents: Billboard #1s: The ’70s (March 16, 2013). On the overall Billboard 200 albums chart, the highest a Billboard-branded title has charted is No. Andrae Crouch: Remembering the Gospel Great’s Immense Influence Most notably, Billboard-branded Latin titles have infused Latin album charts, with the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists release rising as high as No. 1 for a Billboard-branded title on a list measuring current releases in a long line of albums that sport the Billboard name (spearheaded by Billboard’s licensing department in conjunction with retail partners). In a design that avid chart-watchers will surely appreciate, the CD’s back-cover art even looks like a Billboard chart, listing all 20 songs in a title/artist grid, with peak positions, peak dates and weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart, including Ricky Dillard & New G‘s recent 30-week leader “Amazing,” the late Andrae Crouch‘s “Let the Church Say Amen,” with Marvin Winans, and Hezekiah Walker‘s “Every Praise.” Befitting its title, each of the album’s 20 tracks spent time at No. Subtitled The Greatest Gospel Songs of All Time!, the compilation (released on the eOne label) starts with 2,000 sold, according to Nielsen Music. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time on a current-based ranking, as Billboard #1 Gospel Hits enters at the Top Gospel Albums summit. Next week will see Cam’ron’s new project Crime Pays, as well as Paul Wall’s Fast Life.Īccording to, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending May 10) totaled 6.51 million units, up 5.4% compared to the sum last week (6.17 million) and down 19.8% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (8.12 million).In a very meta achievement, a Billboard-branded album is No. 142 spot and Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul who sold just 4,000 of Scale-A-Ton to put him at no. 18, and Keri Hilson’s In A Perfect World… sold 22,000 to round out the top 20.Īside from Ciara and Chrisette Michele’s new releases, other debuts to rank on the Billboard 200 is Juelz Santana’s Skull Gang, whose self-titled debut sold just 4,200 to put it at the no. 8, Beyonce’s I Am … Sasha Fierce sells 23,000 to put it at no. 6 with 41,000 copies, Rick Ross’s Deeper Than Rap sold 35,000 copies to put it at no. Lady GaGa’s The Fame moved up one slot to no. Despite a successful single with “Love Sex Magic” (featuring Justin Timberlake), the album’s performance is Ciara’s lowest first-week sum ever. 3 with 125,000, while 2006’s The Evolution topped the charts at no.
3 is Ciara’s newest album, Fantasy Ride, giving the singer her third top three debut. 1 with less than 100,000 is Notorious B.I.G.’s #1’s in November of 2005 with 99,000.
Aside from that, the only one other album to debut at no. Previously, the low sales mark was held by Johnny Cash’s American V: A Hundred Highways album in the summer of 2006, when it started with 88,000. 1 debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan’s 18-year history, reported Billboard. While its the singer’s best sales week to date (her debut I Am began with 27,000 in 2007), the sales mark is the lowest number of units recorded for a no. Michele’s sophomore effort, titled Epiphany, debuts at no. Singer Chrisette Michele landed atop the Billboard 200 for the first time this week, beating out a new album from Ciara and the “Hannah Montana: the Movie” soundtrack.
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