News: Letoya's Album Debuts At No. 1!
Whether it was calculated or not, turns out that last week's pre-order launch for Beyonce's upcoming album "B'Day" did nothing to clip the album sales of her former Destiny's Child mate LeToya Luckett, whose self-titled Capitol disc entered the Billboard 200 chart this week at No. 1.
"LeToya," led by the No. 1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop single "Torn," sold 165,000 copies in the U.S., more than enough to unseat the monstrous compilation "Now 22,." which falls to No.2 this week on sales of 151,000.
As a member of Destiny's Child, Luckett co-wrote and sang on the group's gold-certified singles "Bills Bills Bills" and "Say My Name," from their eight-times platinum album, "The Writing's On The Wall." As a solo artist, she is the subject of a new BET reality series, "LeToya: The H-Town Chick" and an opening act for Mary J. Blige on "The Breakthrough Experience" tour.
Meanwhile, Pharrell Williams' long-awaited solo LP "In My Mind" debuted at No. 3 this week. Elsewhere in the top 10, Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere" (Downtown/Atlantic) drops 4-5 despite a slight sales increase to 54,000; Rihanna's "A Girl Like Me" (Def Jam) moves up 8-7 with 46,000 (+1.5%); and Nelly Furtado's "Loose" (Geffen), produced by Timbaland, inched down 7-8 on sales of 45,000.
Rap outfit Jurassic 5 enters Billboard at No. 15 with "Feedback" (Interscope), which sold 34,000 copies. First single "Work It Out," featuring Dave Matthews Band, is getting spins across multiple radio formats.
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