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Mariah No 1 on US chart
24/04/2008 11:42 - (SA)
New York - Mariah Carey scored her sixth
No 1 album on the US pop chart on Wednesday, vaulting into
rarefied territory in the record books.
E=MC2 sold 462 971 copies during the week ended April 20,
according to Nielsen SoundScan data, the best debut sales week
of her career and the strongest week by any artist so far this
year.
Carey, 38, is now tied with Madonna and Janet Jackson for
the second most No 1 albums among female artists.
Barbra
Streisand, with eight, leads the pack. There's a good chance
Madonna will add another No 1 to her tally though, as her
Hard Candy album comes out next week.
Carey's last album, the Grammy-winning The Emancipation of
Mimi, also landed at No 1 in its premiere week, moving
403 755 copies in April 2005.
Jack Johnson
Singer/songwriter Jack Johnson had the best start this
year, with 374 619 copies for his February chart-topper Sleep
Through the Static.
British pop singer Leona Lewis's debut album Spirit
slipped one to No 2 on the current Billboard 200 with 95 000
units in its second week.
Miley Cyrus's Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both
Worlds Concert vaulted 28 places to a new high of No 3 with
47 000 units.
The set became available to all retailers last
week after spending its first five weeks as a Wal-Mart
exclusive.
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