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Album Charts: Susan Boyle Breaks Alicia Keys No. 1 Debuts Streak
By BallerStatus News Staff ♦ Published 12/24/2009

2009-12-24 - Keys Element of Freedom albumThis Susan Boyle lady will not go away. For the fourth week in a row, the former "Britain's Got Talent" contestant locked up the top spot on Billboard's Top 200, despite new releases from Alicia Keys and Robin Thicke.

While Boyle claimed the throne, Alicia Keys nabbed the no. 2 spot this week with her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom, selling 417,000 copies.

The no. 2 debut breaks Keys' streak of no. 1 debuts. All four of her previous efforts topped the charts -- three studio sets plus an "Unplugged" release. Her last album, As I Am, was released during Thanksgiving week of 2007 and started with 742,000 at no. 1.

The second biggest debut this week comes from Robin Thicke. His new album, Sex Therapy: The Session, opens at no 9, selling 123,000. It's the singer's third top 10 set in a row, following The Evolution of Robin Thicke (No. 5 in 2007) and Something Else (No. 3 in 2008).

Other releases in the top tier include: Lady Gaga's The Fame at no. 6 with 141,000; Michael Jackson's This Is It lands at no. 11 with 105,000; and the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. stops at no. 18 with 82,000.

To cop any of these new releases, head over to Amazon.com.

That does it this week.

According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 20) totaled 15.14 million units, up 26% compared to the sum last week (12.00 million) and down 12% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (17.16 million).

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  • erm

    There is not a better performer out there than Susan Boyle. You can understand every word she sings. It is pure & simple & beautiful & most of all from her heart.

  • capton california

    ^^^^ if u don't kill dat corny shit

  • http://www.myspace.com/grownmanmusic2010solocd Tedju

    IAM SO HAPPY REAL MUSIC IS STILL ALIVE ...GO MS. BOYLE

  • Brenda

    Well Susan Boyle sure has the entire music industry standing up and taking notice.
    Good for her. Maybe now we'll all start to get some real music from people with real voices again.
    I can at least hope.

  • GEORGE

    @erm, Tedju, and Brenda you're right ol girl can sing and you won't have to worry about seeing her half-naked. Sometimes talent does win out. No strike against Alicia.

  • http://www.wtnrradio.com A-Beatz of WTNRRADIO.COM

    Great. So now the number one selling artist has a nice voice but looks like my uncle in a dress...how mortifying.

  • Michael

    Mariah takes notes! Mariah has the power and fanbase to sell like that, but if she would just sing like shes suppossed to dang! LOL

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