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Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” is No. 1
Coldplay’s “Vida la Vida” debuts at no. 1 on this week’s sales chart with over 720,000 in sales, according to Neilsen Soundscan.
The sigh of relief from EMI shareholders could be heard from London to Los Angeles.
Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” dropped to no. 2, moving 285,000 copies, a pretty brutal 70 percent drop from last week’s high of over one million copies sold, but that was to be expected. It’s still one of this year’s smashes, and the first album since 2005 to debut with more than one million copies moved in a week.
Disney’s “Camp Rock” soundtrack comes in at no. 3, the pop-compilation “Now 28” at no. 4, Usher’s “Here I Stand” at no. 5, a repackaged version of Rihanna’s “Good Girl Gone Bad” at no. 6, Disturbed’s aptly-named “Indestructible” at no. 7, Plies’ “Definition of Real” at no. 8, Katy Perry’s “One of the Boys” at no. 9 and the Offspring’s “Rise & Fall, Rage & Grace” at no. 10. Only the Camp Rock sound track sold more than 100,000 copies.
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By Ana
June 25, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
Restored my faith in Coldplay. I love this album, especially Violet Hill.