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Shelton, who is also a judge on NBC's talent show "The
Voice," topped the chart with "Bringing Back the Sunshine,"
which sold 101,000 copies in its first week, according to sales
figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Tailing Shelton is Lady Antebellum at No. 2 with "747" selling
74,000 copies. Last week's No. 1 album, "Cheek to Cheek" by Tony
Bennett and Lady Gaga, dropped to No. 4.
R&B singer Prince, who last released an album in 2010, gave his
fans two new albums at once. "Art Official Age" notched No. 5,
while "Plectrumelectrum," his collaboration with his backing
band 3rdeyegirl, landed at No. 8.
Billboard said Prince is the first act in a decade to achieve
two simultaneous albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200
chart. Rapper Nelly last achieved that feat in 2004 with his
"Suit" and "Sweat" records.
The only other new debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200
chart, which measures physical and digital album sales, is Irish
pop-rockers the Script at No. 10 with "No Sound Without
Silence."
For the week ended Oct. 5, total album sales clocked in at 4.35
million units, down 9 percent from the comparable week in 2013,
while year-to-date sales totaled 180.01 million, down 14 percent
from last year, Billboard said.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Lisa
Shumaker)
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