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Twain's album "Now" sold more than 137,000
copies in its first week, according to data on Monday from
Nielsen SoundScan, almost double new releases by pop singers
Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus.
Petty's "Greatest Hits" album with his band The Heartbreakers,
first released in 1993, sold some 83,000 units to take the No. 2
spot on the Billboard 200 a week after the "American Girl"
singer died at age 66.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song
sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500
streams equal one album).
Canadian country-pop crosssover Twain, 52, released "Now" after
several years away from the studio following a struggle with
Lyme disease and a tough divorce.
Lovato's "Tell Me You Love Me" bowed at No. 3 with 73,000 in
sales, while Cyrus's change of direction to a more folksy style
with "Younger" debuted in fifth place with some 45,000 units
sold.
It was also a good week for Beyonce and fundraising for
hurricane and earthquake disasters. The R&B singer's remix of
Spanish-language hit "Mi Gente" took the top spot on the digital
songs chart, which measures online single sales.
"Mi Gente," in which Beyonce joined forces with Latin singer
J.Balvin and Willy William, sold some 79,000 units, and rose 25
places on the charts.
Beyonce, whose hometown Houston in Texas was badly hit by
Hurricane Harvey in September, said she would donate her
proceeds from the song and a new video to relief charities in
Puerto Rico, Mexico and Caribbean islands after they were hit
with three successive hurricanes, and an earthquake.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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