By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Reuters) – Country singer Kenny Chesney
landed his seventh No. 1 album on the weekly Billboard 200 album
chart on Wednesday with his latest record “Life on a Rock.”
The album sold 153,000 copies in its first week, according
to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, giving Chesney the
second-most No. 1 country albums, behind Garth Brooks.
Last week’s chart-topper, Michael Buble’s “To Be Loved”
slipped to No. 2, while Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20
Experience” held steady at No. 3 for the fourth consecutive
week.
Only one other new album debuted in the top 10 this week,
country group Randy Rogers Band at No. 9 with “Trouble.”
Seattle rapper-producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis topped
Billboard’s Digital Songs chart, which measures downloads of
single tracks, for the second consecutive week with “Can’t Hold
Us,” featuring Ray Dalton.
Their debut album “The Heist” also climbed back into the top
10 on Billboard 200, from No. 11 to No. 5.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; editing by Eric Kelsey and
Cynthia Osterman)
