Carrie Underwood Debuts at #1 on Billboard; Highest Female Debut of 2018
Carrie Underwood made country history on the #Billboard200 with "Cry Pretty" [via @billboardcharts] #BillboardNews https://t.co/uTrwvlSlJG pic.twitter.com/WuAUacbO2V
- billboard (@billboard) September 24, 2018
Carrie Underwood's new album, Cry Pretty, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 266K album equivalents sold.
In doing so, she:
- Had the biggest opening week of a female artist in 2018
- Had the biggest first week of a country album since Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights in 2015
- Had the biggest sales week of a country female artist since Taylor Swift's Red in 2013
- Becomes the first female country artist to have four albums top the Billboard 200
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phew, we stan a relevant, album selling queen