Album Sales: Rihanna & Kid Rock Debut Great But Nelly Should Look For A New Job

Susan Boyle remains at #1 with her Christmas album entitled The Gift, with sales of 335,000. The also surprisingly sold more the 2nd week, than in the 1st week with 318,000.

Rihanna debuts at #3 with her 5th studio album Loud. The album managed to push 207,000, which is her best sales week yet. All 5 of her studio studio albums have debuted at the top 10 with Music of the Sun (#10, 2005), A Girl Like Me (#5, 2006), Good Girl Gone Bad (#2, 2007) and Rated R (#4, 2009).

Kid Rock’s Born Free debuts at #5 with 189,000 while Taylor Swift falls to #9 with sales of 149,537, andNelly debuts at #10 with his 6th studio album Nelly 5.0 selling 62,454.

Take a look at the top 40 below:

#1 Susan Boyle The Gift 335,000
#3 Rihanna Loud 207,000
#5 Kid Rock Born Free 176,920
#8 Glee Cast Christmas Album 160,730
#9 Taylor Swift Speak Now 149,537
#10 Nelly Nelly 5.0 62,454
#14 P!nk The Greatest Hits So Far 52,214
#15 Sugarland Incredible Machine 47,276
#18 Eminem Recovery 34,820
#19 Mariah Carey Merry Christmas II You 34,775
#24 Bon Jovi Greatest Hits 32,035
#25 Kid Cudi Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager 31,807
#28 Lil Wayne I Am Not A Human Being 27,906
#30 Taylor Swift Holiday Collection 26,005
#31 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 25,514
#32 Justin Bieber My World 2.0 25,256
#33 Kenny Chesney Hemmingway’s Whiskey 25,098
#38 Selena Gomez & The Scene A Year Without Rain 22,204