Posted May 18, 200619 yr Music news - Virgin.net Chili Peppers claim first US number one Red Hot Chili Peppers have topped the American album chart for the first time in their distinguished career. The band's ninth studio album 'Stadium Arcadium' went straight to the top of the Billboard chart on Wednesday after shifting 442,500 copies in its opening week. The record - a mammoth 28-track double album - easily beat the Chili Peppers' last effort 'By The Way', which sold 282,000 copies in its first week and peaked at number two. The American success of the album matches their success around the world. 'Stadium Arcadium' is currently number one in the UK and has also topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. US Billboard top 10: 1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 2. Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me 3. Tool - 10,000 Days 4. Jagged Edge - Jagged Edge 5. The Isley Brothers ft Ronald Isley - Baby Makin' Music 6. Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang 7. High School Musical Original Soundtrack 8. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam 9. NOW! That's What I Call Music 21 10. James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
May 18, 200619 yr Very suprising that a band as talented as the chili's would be #1 in the US :o ^_^ ;)
