Carrie Underwood‘s new CD has done even better than we predicted!
Carnival Ride is the #1 album in the U.S., having sold a staggering 527,000 copies during its debut week.
This is the American Idol winner’s first #1 album.
Her new disc also bests her previous effort, 2005’s Some Hearts, which debuted to 315,000 in its first week.
The total is also the best sales week for a female country artist since Shania Twain‘s Greatest Hits started with 530,000 in November of 2004.
This was a good week for country music! In a first for the Billboard 200, three country debuts occupy the Nos. 1-3 slots on the chart, led by Underwood’s Carnival Ride.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss‘ Raising Sand opens at #2, selling 112,000.
Country singer Gary Allan‘s Living Hard enters at #3 with 69,000 copies.
Underwood’s debut of 530,000 copies is DOUBLE what Kelly Clarkson├óΓé¼Γäós latest CD, My December, sold in its first week.
Congrats Carrie!
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