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Underwood Rides to Top of Pop Charts Wed Oct 31, 3:48 PM ET For the first time ever, three country singers (with help from one rock star) grabbed the top three slots on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, with former "American Idol" champ Carrie Underwood leading the way. Underwood's "Carnival Ride" sold 527,000 copies in the week ended October 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan, marking her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Her Grammy-winning debut "Some Hearts" opened at No. 2 with 315,000 copies in 2005. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" bowed at No. 2, selling 112,000 copies. It's the highest charting album for both as solo artists. Country-bluegrass veteran Krauss notched her previous best position in April when "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection" debuted at No. 10 with 73,000 copies. Led Zeppelin singer Plant's "Mighty Rearranger" (on which he shared credit with backing band the Strange Sensation) opened at No. 22 in May 2005 with 39,000 copies. Gary Allan's "Living Hard" entered at No. 3 with 69,000. It was the country singer's second trip into the top five this year: his "Greatest Hits" debuted at No. 5 in March with 70,000. His 2005 album "Tough All Over" also opened at No. 3. System of a Down fans largely ignored the debut solo effort by Serj Tankian, the frontman of the L.A.-based hard rockers. "Elect the Dead" opened at No. 4, also with 69,000 copies, a couple hundred short of Allen's sum. System's last album, 2005's "Hypnotize," bowed at No. 1 with 320,000. Josh Groban's holiday album "Noel" slipped one to No. 5 with 65,000. Rock act Coheed & Cambria's "No World for Tomorrow" started at No. 6 with 62,000. The group's 2005 album, "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV," debuted at No. 7 with 84,000. Kid Rock's former chart-topper "Rock N Roll Jesus" fell five to No. 7 with 61,000, while Rascal Flatts' "Still Feels Good" also fell five, to No. 8, with 57,000. Seether's "Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces" opened at No. 9 with 57,000. The rock band's last studio set, 2005's "Karma and Effect," entered at No. 8 with 82,000. Disney's soundtrack to "High School Musical 2" fell three to No. 10 with 57,000. Neil Young's "Chrome Dreams II" drove in at No. 11 with 54,000. Young hit the top 10 earlier this year with "Live at Massey Hall 1971," which bowed at No. 6 with 57,000. His last studio set, 2006's "Living with War," entered at No. 15 with 60,000. Colombian rocker Juanes started at No. 13 with "La Vida ... Es Un Ratico," which sold 47,000 copies. It bested the No. 33/34,000 start of 2004's "Mi Sangre." Other big chart debuts this week include Hurricane Chris' "51/50 Ratchet" at No. 24, rock act Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre" at No. 27, and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' "Follow the Lights" EP at No. 40 with 19,000. Album sales were up 5.2% from last week at 8.34 million units, but down 16.8% from the same week in 2006 (10.03 million). Reuters/Billboard |