Chart positions of Stadium Arcadium
I don’t have the time to search many lists. But, from what I know, the album is the first on the US, UK and German charts, as well as here where I live (this country is a subject to discuss since last night, so I don’t know where I live:roll:)…if you know any other country where it’s first (and I bet there’s many), yell at me and I shall edit this.
Here’s what mtv.com said:
Shame on those who’d written off rock as a dead genre. Rock, it seems, was just taking a little nap. But thanks to Godsmack, Tool, Pearl Jam and Taking Back Sunday, who’ve dominated the Billboard albums chart in recent weeks, it’s safe to say
The genre’s sales have reawakened. The trend continues this week with Stadium Arcadium, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first fresh offering in four years.
What’s hard to imagine, though, is that it took the Peppers — one of the most popular rock bands to emerge over the past two decades — more than 20 years and nine studio records to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. But according to the latest SoundScan totals, they’ve finally managed it with Stadium Arcadium, their 28-track double LP. With more than 442,000 copies sold its first week in stores, Stadium has shattered the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ previous sales successes — 2002’s By the Way racked up 282,000 in sales to finish at #2, while 1999’s Californication generated 189,000 week-one scans for a #3 opening.
The sole threat this week to the Peppers’ chart-topping opening wasn’t much of a threat at all. The second solo outing from Jessica Simpson’s ex Nick Lachey, What’s Left of Me, didn’t get within 250,000 copies of Stadium Arcadium. Lachey’s latest opens at #2 with first-week sales nearing 172,000. Tool’s 10,000 Days, which bowed at #1 on the previous chart, slides to third place, selling 157,000 copies.
