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Though he failed to join mentor Lil Wayne on selling one million in his first week , Drake don’t trip off little things like that , as the Canadian rapper’s debut studio album , Thank Me Later will easily hit #1 on the charts of the Billboard .
That total was good enough to earn Drizzy the third-best chart debut of 2010 (behind Lady Antebellum and Sade). He did better than the others , veteran rock act Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who came in at #2 with 125,000, and fellow Canadian Sarah McLachlan, who returns to the charts with Laws of Illusion, hitting #3 with 94,000 in sales. The fourth slot is taken up by Now 34, which sold 88,000, Drake sold more than the four combined, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
There were no other debuts in the top 10 , which undergoes a bit of shuffling: Jack Johnson‘s To the Sea (#5, 68,000), the “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” soundtrack (#6, 55,000, down 63 percent), Justin Bieber‘s My World 2.0 (#7, 47,000), Lady Antebellum‘s Need You Now (#8, 40,000), Christina Aguilera‘s Bionic (#9, 40,000, down 64 percent in week two) and Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals (#10, 39,000), which plummeted by 75 percent from last week’s #1 showing.
A little bit more down the charts , tattooed Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem notch their best-ever chart debut with American Slang, which lit it up at #16 on sales of 27,000. The first new disc in 20 years from reunited new-wave spud rockers Devo, Something for Everybody, debuts at #30 (14,000).
The solo record of Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy takes a hard tumble in week two , as Lazarus sinks 42 slots to #67 as sales dropped off by 57 percent to 7,000. The new album from Swedish pop singer Robyn, Body Talk Pt. 1, slides into the top 100 at #97 (5,000).
In case you doubted whether he still had it , Eminem rockets to the #2 position on this week’s iTunes album charts after only one day on shelves . Slim Shady’s Recovery nearly bested Drake’s Thank Me Later, which was able to maintain the #1 spot , according to charts provided by iTunes, which does not release sales figures.
The one-two finish by the rappers pushes last week’s iTunes #1 album, Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals, down to #4, as another newcomer , McLachlan’s Laws of Illusion, slipped in at #3. Johnson’s To the Sea slipped one to #5, while Petty’s Mojo debuted at #6, and the rankings were filled out by the “Twilight” soundtrack, B.o.B.‘s B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, Glee: The Music, Vol. 3: Showstoppers and Gaslight Anthem’s Slang, which debuted at #10.
On the iTunes singles chart, things were mostly unchanged , as Katy Perry held on at #1 with “California Gurls,” followed by the same suspects as last week : B.o.B. with “Airplanes,” Usher with “OMG,” Travie McCoy with “Billionaire” and Eminem’s “Not Afraid.” Climbing up to #6 was Mike Posner‘s “Not Afraid,” followed by Ke$ha with “Your Love Is My Drug,” 3OH!3′s “My First Kiss,” the Black Eyed Peas‘ “Rock That Body” and Drake’s “Find Your Love” at #10.
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