'N Sync Sets New Record, Tops Chart

Yahoo! Music, Mar 29, 2000 3:00 pm PST
(3/29/00, 3 p.m. ET) - 'N Sync's No Strings Attached flew out of stores this week, selling more than 2.4 million copies, according to industry sources. It marks the first time that any album has sold more than 2 million copies in a one-week period since the recording industry began using Soundscan sales data nearly a decade ago. In fact, 'N Sync outsold Santana's Supernatural, which falls to No. 2, by more than 2.1 million units.

Elsewhere, Ice Cube's Vol. 2-War & Peace and Pantera's Reinventing The Steel had strong debuts at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.

Sisqo's Unleash The Dragon slid down from No. Two to No. 5 this week followed by Dr. Dre's Dr. Dre 2001 at No. 6 and Macy Gray's On How Life Is at No. 7.

The WWF Aggression album featuring a who's who of hip-hop superstars, including Run-DMC, Snoop Dogg & W.C., Ice-T, Method Man and more, debuted at No. 8. Rounding out the top 10 is Destiny's Child's The Writings On The Wall, at No. 9, and Kid Rock's Devil Without A Cause, at No. 10.

Other debuts this week include Aquarius, the new album from "Barbie Girl" hitmakers Aqua, which debuted at No. 82.

-- Jason Gelman, New York

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