

It actually rose by 5 percent in sales in its sophomore frame, likely owed to the set’s seasonal appeal. 1 debut - was Susan Boyle’s Christmas release The Gift, in the week ending Nov. The last artist album to hold up better in its second week - after a No. Remarkably, Streisand has the smallest second-week drop for an album by an artist in almost four years. 16, when the Now 49 compilation slid by only 21 percent. 1 debuting album since the week ending Feb. 1 - Chesney’s lucky 13th leader.Īs for Streisand, her second-week decline is the lowest for a No. On the Top Country Albums chart, The Big Revival comes in at No. 1 debut Life On a Rock (153,000 sold in its first week). 3 with 127,000 (down just 35 percent).įor Chesney, The Big Revival is his 12th top 10 effort and follows 2013’s No. 1, Barbra Streisand’s own duets album, Partners, slips to No. Cheek To Cheek edges out Kenny Chesney’s also-arriving The Big Revival at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as three albums were vying for the pole position.

Gaga previously led the list with ARTPOP, less than a year ago, and Born This Way, in 2011. 1 album with Duets II (which included a collaboration with Gaga on “The Lady Is a Tramp”). That year, a then 85-year old Bennett scored his first No. 1 album, beating a record he set himself back in 2011. Lady Gaga Shows Off Pipes in ‘Bang Bang’ VideoĨ8-year old Bennett is the oldest living act to earn a No. 1 on both the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts. 23 on Streamline/Interscope/RPM/Columbia Records, sold 131,000 copies in the week ending Sept.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s jazzy new duets album, Cheek To Cheek, debuts at No.
