After the success of the Hope for Haiti Now telethon, the digital album "Hope for Haiti Now," including live recordings of the night's performances from artists like Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, and Madonna, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 171,000 copies sold. The album was available for less than two full days when sales were tracked for this week's chart. The album is also the first ever album to hit #1 on the Billboard albums chart on digital sales alone.
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" is the only other digital album to have sold more copies in one week. It's also the third charity album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts, following 1985's "We Are the World" and 2001's "God Bless America," following the September 11th attacks. The biggest selling track from the album is Justin Timberlake's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which is currently #1 on iTunes.
Susan Boyle spends another week at #2 with "I Dreamed a Dream," selling 86,000 copies this week. Following at #3 is Lady Gaga with "The Fame," which sells 62,000 of the combined deluxe version. Rockers Spoon earn their second top 10 debut this week with "Transference" selling 53,000 copies.
The "2010 Grammy Nominees" compilation, which includes music from Kings of Leon, Kelly Clarkson, and U2, lands at #5 and moves 49,000 copies in its first week. It's also the ninth "Grammy Nominees" album to make the top 10 on Billboard. Last week's #1, "Contra" from Vampire Weekend, moves down to #6, selling 43,000 copies.
Pictures of winning auction items in the Coldplay end of decade clearout sale (bonedaddy):
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