Billboard Charts: Kanye West Debuts #1, Beats 50 Cent

Posted by Ashish on 09.19.2007

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As expected, Kanye West's Graduation debuted #1 on the Billboard Charts this week, selling 957,000 copies.

Kanye easily beat rival 50 Cent whose new album, Curtis, debuted at #2 with 691,000 copies sold.

Kanye's album delivered the highest first week sales of the year and highest since 2005 when 50 Cent's The Massacre sold 1.1 million first week copies.

Kenny Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates debuted at #3 with 387,000 copies sold.

Disney's High School Musical 2 Soundtrack fell to #4 with 133,000 copies sold.

Disney's Hannah Montana 2 Soundtrack fell two spots to #5 with 42,000 copies sold.

Fergie's The Dutchess fell four spots to #6 with 41,000 copies sold.

Nickelback's All The Right Reasons moved up one spot to #7 with 35,000 copies sold.

Colbie Caillat's Coco debuted at #8 with 32,000 copies sold.

NOW 25 fell two spots to #9 with 32,000 copies sold.

Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds moved up two spots to #10 with 31,000 copies sold.