Wow, this is a real shocker! Chrisette Michele's new album
Epiphany actually sold more records than Ciara's
Fantasy Ride and will indeed be the #1 album in the country when the Billboard 200 comes out tomorrow. The bad news is that it wasn't due to
Epiphany (83,000) overachieving but rather
Fantasy Ride (81,000) underachieving. I mean, I thought CiCi was good for at least 100,000, but she really flopped hard.
Props to Chrisette though because she had a pretty good album. This all goes to show that I was right about #1 albums being more about when you come out than how much you sale.
Oh, and just in case you were wondering, this is the lowest a #1 album has sold in the history of SoundScan.
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