Paul Sexton of
Billboard.biz report that
Guns N' Roses' new album,
"Chinese Democracy" has topped the new European Top 100 Albums chart.
"Democracy" races 36-1 after making a series of notable debuts in European markets. That includes only one No. 1 debut, in Switzerland, but the album secures a second week at the helm in Finland and debuts at No.2 in the United Kingdom (on 119,000 sales) and Germany, No. 3 in Italy, Austria and Ireland, No. 4 in Holland, Sweden and Hungary and No. 9 in Portugal. The comeback release also climbs 5-2 in Norway and 26-10 in France.
"Chinese Democracy" sold 261,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release (including a reported 25,000 downloads at
iTunes on November 23 not counted towards the opening week) to debut at position No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart ? right behind
Taylor Swift's
"Fearless" at No. 2 (with 267,400 sold) and
Kanye West's
"808s & Heartbreak", which opens at No. 1 with sales of 450,000 and change.
Only singer
Axl Rose remains in the current
Guns roster, having taken some 15 years to complete
"Chinese Democracy" with a revolving cast of musicians.
As previously reported,
"Chinese Democracy" looks set to drop out of the Uk Top 5 this Sunday (December 6) based on the midweek figures released by
Music Week. The Cd debuted at No. 2 in the Uk after failing to outsell
"Day & Age", the latest album from Las Vegas rock group
The Killers.
