Billboard 200 (5/7/11)

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Kyle Carter debuts strong on Billboard 200[/size]

Rising country superstar Kyle Carter broke records this week on the Billboard 200. For the issue dated May 7, 2011, the album Yellow scored the third best sales debut of 2011 and the highest country album sales week ever with 430,000 copies sold.

This puts it behind only the February debuts of Jake Sutherland (517,000) and Anna Thomas (456,000). It also bests the previous country record holder, Shawn Davies, who sold 279,000 units in his first week.

Kate McGill also had a strong debut. The much talked about British singer is expected to sell around 204,000 copies of McThrill in its first week on store shelves.

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FULL CHART:

01 NE 01 Kyle Carter, "Yellow" 430006 999 0 430006
02 NE 01 Kate McGill, "McThrill" 204150 999 0 204150
03 NE 01 Various Artists, "Sing For a Cure" 112391 999 0 112391
04 02 11 Jake Sutherland, "Jake Sutherland" 88130 -2 90160 1988136
05 01 02 Jason Fraz, "Jason Fraz" 70853 -57 163041 233894
06 03 09 Serena, "Breakthrough" 65938 -9 72769 867799
07 06 08 Rachel Simpson, "I Am… Rachel Simpson" 60325 -1 61238 513244
08 04 12 Anna Thomas, "In the Zone" 60034 -12 68394 1462785
09 05 07 Lady Dee, "Deelicious" 59823 -7 64217 854373
10 08 08 Slim Shady, "Mastermind" 51250 -4 53415 981953
11 10 12 Shawn Davies, "Things That Matter" 46003 -5 48597 1159300
12 NE 01 Jason Moore, "Country Boy" 45120 999 0 45120
13 07 04 Rachel Taylor, "Fearless" 44836 -26 60443 430448
14 12 08 Leaders of the Misled, "With Hopes High, But Heads Low" 40094 2 39188 500916
15 13 06 Papa Joe, "Good Life" 39599 6 37293 289185
16 09 03 Melanie Brown, "Melanie Brown" 33105 -33 49381 184187
17 15 07 Samantha Marquez, "One of the Boys" 31026 -13 35770 607097
18 11 03 Peter Nelson & the Big Bad Blueberry Band, "The Old Green Tractor" 29845 -27 40923 142121
19 17 05 Avril Peyton, "Anything But Ordinary" 29770 -2 30252 311809
20 14 03 Mr. Whiz, "The Whiz Beatz" 29015 -20 36059 171408
21 20 07 Erica Posey, "Erica Posey" 28969 8 26771 272420
22 18 12 The Reckless, "Hallelujah" 27685 -1 28011 287272
23 26 07 Ryan Cohen, "Falling to Pieces" 26169 23 21336 223288
24 22 10 Justin Pratt, "Never Say Never" 26001 6 24438 335599
25 19 08 Marie Jackson, "My Foolish Heart" 25943 -4 26946 292456
26 21 09 Jennifer Andrews, "Small Town Girl" 24448 -5 25773 435546
27 25 09 Nicki Lee, "Good Girl Gone Bad" 24001 12 21399 216577
28 23 07 Scotty Dynamo, "Scotty Dynamo" 23816 3 23211 280570
29 27 04 Isabella Day, "Diva" 21403 2 20896 117644
30 28 04 Third Strike, "Shackles & Chains" 20990 6 19759 156462
31 24 07 Blue Orchid, "Masquerade" 20477 -7 22105 244413
32 16 02 Wild Bergamot, "Wild Bergamot" 19068 -39 31416 50484
33 30 04 Kymbyrly Creek, "Missouri in Me" 18121 -3 18694 95525
34 32 06 DJ-O, "DJ-O" 17004 5 16235 147737
35 29 03 Katie Browne, "This Is Me" 16477 -14 19134 75872
36 33 06 Amy Stewart, "With Love" 13928 -10 15483 162794
37 31 03 Danielle Lewis, "Let Go" 13296 -26 17900 65391
38 35 03 Haley Allen, "Haley Allen" 9835 -10 10926 37344
39 38 10 Matthew Nichols, "Live a Little" 9224 18 7839 106724
40 36 06 Jen Atkinson, "Jen Atkinson" 9212 -1 9316 69546
41 34 02 Emily Roberts, "Sweet Thing" 8099 -34 12259 20358
42 37 03 Jordyn Taylor, "Jordyn Taylor" 6859 -24 9069 33838
43 39 04 Mary-Anne-Dawn, "Eyes on the Prize" 6016 -7 6437 33543
44 40 04 Barry Anderson, "Long Distance Romance" 1870 -11 2094 12764


Total Sales: 1,990,224 (+43% from last week)