Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted - debuts at #1 on Billboard 200

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On the Charts: Kelly Clarkson’s “All I Ever Wanted” Grabs Top Spot From U2 (Rolling Stone)

U2’s reign atop the charts was short-lived as Kelly Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted sold 254,000 copies, giving the former American Idol champ her first number one since her 2003 self-titled debut. Despite landing at the top spot, All I Ever Wanted sold less in its first week than her 2007 release, My December, which sold 291,000 and peaked at No. 2. The-Dream’s second album Love vs. Money sold roughly 100,000 fewer copies than Clarkson’s but enough to wind up at No. 2–a vast improvement over the number 30 peak of his debut album Love Hate. U2’s No Line on the Horizon dropped down to third; J. Holiday’s Round 2 debuted at four and Taylor Swift’s mercurial Fearless landed at five.

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