Britney Spears album debuts at No. 1
( 2003-11-28 17:16) (Agencies)
BRITNEY SPEARS is in a zone,
all right ¡ª and it¡¯s at the top of the album chart.
The pop star¡¯s sexy fourth album, In the Zone, debuted at No. 1 with more
than 609,000 copies sold in its first week, according to industry figures
released Wednesday.
The disc, which contains the single Me Against the Music with Madonna, has
received mixed reviews. It showcases an all-grown-up Britney, panting about her
sex drive, her shopping sprees and her all-night partying.
To promote the album, Spears has seemed omnipresent recently, posing scantily
clad for magazine covers, appearing in several television interviews and causing
a major stir by kissing Madonna during the MTV Video Music Awards.
The showing is a slight drop from the 21-year-old singer¡¯s last album,
Britney, which also debuted at No. 1 with 746,000 copies sold during its first
week in November 2001. But it¡¯s less than half the sales of her second album,
Oops! ... I Did It Again, which sold a whopping 1.3 million in its first week in
May 2000.
Meanwhile, Michael Jackson¡¯s Number Ones debuted at No. 13. But the child
molestation allegations against the singer didn¡¯t seem to hurt his sales:
Jackson¡¯s album sold about 121,000 copies, which is typical for a greatest hits
collection.
Another new release, the self-titled disc from Blink-182, came in at No. 3
with more than 313,000 copies sold. And the Beatles¡¯ Let It Be ... Naked, which
strips the band¡¯s 1969 album of Phil Spector¡¯s lavish production effects,
debuted at No. 5 with about 280,000 copies sold.
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