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| Myself & Adam on set for "If I Had You" Photo By: Sutan Amrull |
An American Idol runner-up replaced an Idol winner atop the Billboard 200 this week, as Adam Lambert dethroned Carrie Underwood with his sophomore album Trespassing, which sold 77,000 copies in its first week.
With his No. 1 debut and 77,000 copies sold, many are touting that this makes Lambert the first openly gay artist to ever top the albums chart (another gay Idol contestant, Clay Aiken, topped theBillboard 200 with Measure of a Man, which debuted with 613,000 copies sold in 2003, but he didn’t come out until 2008). Still, it’s a landmark achievement.
Other Top 10 debuts included Tenacious D’s The Rise of Fenix and Beach House’s Bloom, but despite the newcomers, overall sales were relatively soft.
1. Adam Lambert, Trespassing – 77,000
Adam Lambert’s passionate “Glamily” helped propel his second LP into first place with sales of 77,000 — a strong result for an album that has yet to spawn a significant hit (“Better Than I Know Myself” sputtered on the chart, and followup “Never Close Our Eyes” is slowly climbing). While Lambert’s No. 1 album is a major achievement, his debut, For Your Entertainment, sold over twice as many copies (198,000) in its first week in November 2009. As Billboard notes, Trespassing‘s start is the “smallest sum at No. 1 on the chart since the tally dated Aug. 20, 2011, when Adele‘s “21″ sold 76,000 in its 12th nonconsecutive week atop the list.”
Check Out My Interview with Adam back in 2009 HERE
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