West Is Best At No. 1
- September 07, 2005
Kanye West registers at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with his second album and first chart-topper, snaring the year's second-best sales week ... Six albums debut in the top 10 of The Billboard 200, including G-Unit's Tony Yayo in the runner-up spot ... Brooks & Dunn hit a new chart high on The Billboard 200 and score their fifth No. 1 on Top Country Albums ... Death Cab for Cutie camps out in the top four with its major label debut ... Casting Crowns turn heads as the Christian group scores its best week ever, entering The Billboard 200 at No. 9 and Top Christian Albums at No. 1 ... Newcomer Rihanna give Def Jam its second top 10 bow this week, following West at No. 1 ... Eric Clapton's latest starts in the top 15 while Bob Dylan appears in the top 20 ... Herbie Hancock hits the chart with his star-studded "Possibilities" CD, garnering the artist his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991 and his first appearance on the chart since 1984 ... Rock bands 30 Seconds to Mars and Opeth make splashy debuts with their latest albums ... the MTV Video Music Awards cause sales spikes on The Billboard 200, including powerful increases for Green Day and My Chemical Romance.
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Poor Kanye is suffering.