Stapleton’s “Traveller” spent its second consecutive week at No. 1 with 124,000 album units sold in the week ending November 12, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. This was McGraw’s 17th top 10 album. Both Stapleton and Church saw boosts in sales following their appearances and wins at the Country Music Awards earlier this month.
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Coming in at #2 was Eric Church’s Misunderstood, up a spot from last week with 65,000 units (down 14%).
Amazingly, Traveler just the second album to earn more than one week at No. 1 in 2015. The only other album to do so is Luke Bryan’s Kill The Lights, which was a No. 1 album for its first two weeks. This is her highest-charting album to date, surpassing “Halcyon” that debuted and peaked at No. 9 back in 2012.
The best-selling first week album by a debut country artist this year, Traveller sold 153,428 units two weeks ago. Carrie Underwood’s album Storyteller was down seven to #9 in its third week with 33,000 units (down 59%) and Sara Bareilles’ What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress premiered at #10 with 30,000 units (27,000 in album sales).
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The last act to debut in the top 10 is Sara Bareilles, whose “What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress” lands at No. 10 with 30,000 units.
