Billboard News
Eric Church Lands First No. 1 Album, Amy Winehouse Continues to Climb
as projected last week, country singer Eric Church takes his third album, "Chief," straight in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 145,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan (with an even bigger sales figure that expected). The debut marks the artist's first topper on not just this chart but also on the Top Country Albums tally. (Please note: this story was revised at 3:00 PM PST on Aug. 3 after Nielsen SoundScan reprocessed its sales data.)
Church's last set, 2009's "Carolina," debuted and peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 with 31,000 sold in its first week. It has moved 496,000 total in the U.S.
