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Neil Diamond Finds Temporary Shelter Atop The Album Charts [Who Charted]
Posted on May 14, 2008
The Rick Rubin-produced Neil Diamond album Home Before Dark took the top spot on this week's album chart, selling 146,000 copies and easily outpacing its competition. Home is somehow the first No. 1 album of Diamond's career, which is probably more a testament to the wacky way the album charts were calibrated back in the day than it is to the fact that he's been reaching out to the MySpace generation. Biggest Debuts: In addition to Diamond's top-selling bow, the top 10 had six debuts: Toby Keith's 35 Biggest Hits (No. 2, 103,000 sold), Clay Aiken's On My Way Here (No. 4, 94,000), Gavin DeGraw ...
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