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Velvet Revolver's Contraband Debuts at #1 on Billboard Charts By Sefany Jones, Contributing Editor Wednesday, June 16, 2004 @ 12:39 AM
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Rock "supergroup" Velvet Revolver has smuggled its debut release Contraband right into the top slot on the U.S. pop albums chart.
The group's RCA set sold 256,000 copies in the week ended June 13, according to Nielsen SoundScan data issued Wednesday, sending reigning champ Usher's Confessions to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 171,000 copies.
Velvet Revolver is a consortium of Guns N' Roses alumni Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. Last week, first single "Slither" reached the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, which is based on radio airplay. The band is in the midst of its first North American tour.
The arrival of Contraband cuts short the return of Usher's Confessions to No. 1. After a one-week rebound that upped its total to nine weeks at the top, the LaFace/Zomba set has sold about 4.1 million copies to date.
Velvet Revolver led a charge of rock arrivals, as new sets from 311 and a compilation culled from last year's Warped tour also landed in the top 10 this week. Greatest Hits '93-03, the first such collection from rock/rap quintet 311, bowed at No. 7 on sales of 63,000 copies. The Volcano/Zomba set opened in the same slot as the group's last studio album, 2003's Evolver, which has sold 307,000 copies to date.
For the full story, please check out Reuters.com.
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