Alicia Keys “As I Am” sells 742,400 copies in it’s first week!!!
Posted by Media Outrage on November 22, 2007
Alicia Keys has done it for the 4th straight time…dropping another #1 album. “As I Am” sold a super impressive 742,400 copies in just it’s first week! That is remarkable in this time of slumping music sales due to the ever expanding internet.
Via MTV:
She’s released four albums over the course of her career, and all four have debuted at #1 on the Billboard top 200, including her most recent studio offering, As I Am, which first landed in record shops last week.
But a fourth #1 opening isn’t the only thing Keys is thankful for this week. With 742,400 As I Am copies sold, earns the distinction of being the singer’s best-performing debut. Her 2001 LP Songs in A Minor sold 235,800 copies to enter the top 200 at #1 while 2003’s The Diary of Alicia Keys scanned more than 618,300 copies; her 2005 Unplugged set sold close to 196,000 units. Plus, As I Am, according to the latest SoundScan totals, walked away with the chart’s peak position, with her closest competitor, Josh Groban’s Christmas-themed Nëel, trailing at #2 with sales reported at 223,000.
All we can say is remarkable! Alicia that’s incredible. Alicia post a special message of thanks on her blog Krucialkeys.
To find out what other music artist did in sells this week check out MTV
BronxBoogie said
I knew she was going to do it again, even better!!! I love the album the wait was definetely worth it… shout out to the KEYS!!!!!!!!!!!
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hermipowell said
She’s amazing!!!! She hit the right note at the right time with that album. I was moved. I felt it.