Daughtry beats MJ on US album chart
July 24th, 2009 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): Rock band Daughtry has outsold Michael Jackson and claimed the top spot in the US album chart.
Fronted by Chris Daughtry, the group went straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with ‘Leave This Town’.
Singer Chris Daughtry was amongst the finalists on TV show ‘American Idol’, reports the BBC.
Daughtry’s album sold 269,000 copies in the week ending July 19, according to music sales tracker Nielsen Soundscan.
Jackson’s Number Ones album, which sold 192,000 in that period, had sold the most copies every week since his death. (ANI)
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