Kanye West Debuts at Number One on the Billboard Top 200
Posted by aeschtunes on December 3, 2008
Kanye West debuts at number one on the Billboard Top 200 album chart this week with 808s & Heartbreak. The album sold 450,000 copies in its first week.
Taylor Swift’s Fearless moves up two spots to number two, selling 267,000 copies (which is a 23% sales increase from last week). Guns N’ Roses long-awaited Chinese Democracy debuts at number three, selling 261,000 copies.
Beyonce’s I Am…Sasha Fierce falls three spots to number four, selling 257,000 copies (which is a 47% sales decline). Ludacris’ Theater of the Mind debuts at number five, selling 213,000 copies in its first week.
The Killers’ Day & Age debuts at number six, selling 193,000 copies in its first week. Nickelback’s Dark Horse falls five spots to number seven, selling 178,000 copies (this is a 46% sales decline from last week).
The Twilight soundtrack falls two spots to number eight, selling 162,000 copies; however, this is a 29% sales increase from last week. The Now That’s What I Call Music! Volume 29 compilation album falls two spots to number nine, selling 145,000 copies (however, this is a 26% sales increase). David Cook’s self-titled album falls seven spots to number ten, selling 112,000 copies (this is a 60% sales decline from last week).
This week’s sales (12.15 million units) are up 29% from last week, but down 0.7% from the same week last year.
