Monday, September 24, 2012

History Repeated at Billboard 200


For this week, the top six albums in Billboard 200 are all debuts. The last time that this type of event occurred was in the week of October 11, 2003.

Let's take a look back at the top 6 albums that debuted on Billboard 200 chart last October 11, 2003:

1 - Speakerboxx and The Love Below
      by Outkast

*The album sold 509, 000 copies in its first week.
- Some Devil by Dave Matthews

*The album sold 469, 000 copies in its first week.

- Results May Vary by Limp Bizkit

*The album sold 325, 000 copies in its first week.


4 - The R. in R&B Greatest Hits Collection,Volume 1 by R. Kelly

*The album sold 250, 000 copies in its first week.
- Cheers by Obie Trice

*The album sold 226, 000 copies in its first week.




6 - The Long Road by NickelBack

*The album sold 200, 000 copies in its first week.



*The data of album sales was provided by 411mania.com

For this week, here are the Top 6 albums that made its debut:

- Away from The World by Dave Matthews

*The album sold 266, 000 copies in its first week.





2 - Little Big Town by Tornado

*The album sold 113, 000 copies in its first week.





- Tempest by Bob Dylan

*The album sold 110, 000 copies in its first week.





- The Carpenter by The Avett Brothers

*The album sold 98, 000 copies in its first week.
5 - Coexist by The XX

*The album sold 75, 000 copies in its first week.
- La Futura by ZZ Top

*The album sold 31, 000 copies in its first week.




*The data of album sales from numbers 1-5 was provided by billboard.com while 
antimusic.com for number 6.

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