Miley Cyrus’ “Breakout” Welcomed On No. 1

Miley Cyrus is so popular that she can break just any record and sell just any material. The Vanity Fair issue that contained the 15-year-old star’s contentious photos proved to be the magazine’s highest seller thus far this year. And what’s more, Miley’s “Breakout” from the “Hannah Montana” persona debuted by claiming the number one spot of the Nielsen SoundScan chart, selling an impressive 371,000 copies in the week ended July 27. Her success represents the second-biggest sales week of the year for a female artist, following the 463,000 entrance of Mariah Carey’s “E=MC2” in April.

Miley Cyrus’ previous album, “Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus,” also broke onto the charts at No. 1 last July, by selling 326,000 copies, while the first “Hannah Montana” soundtrack, which set Miley off in her recording career, also headed up at No. 1 two years ago, with first-week sales of 281,000.

However, the teen idol’s job was not easy, as she was seriously challenged by Sugarland, who sold 314,000 copies of “Love on the Inside”, but landed only on the second spot.

Furthermore, the “Mamma Mia!” soundtrack practically doubled its sales for a second consecutive week, 168,000 copies being purchased and maintaining the album on its third position.

Nine Inch Nails’ “The Slip” made its market debut by selling 29,000 copies, and claiming position No. 13, approximately three months after it was released for free of charge purchase. Moreover, other two albums made their entrances and sold 14,000 copies each, more precisely Candlebox’s first album in 10 years, “Into the Sun” at No. 32 and Noel Gourdin’s “After My Time” at No. 36.

Via efluxmedia.com