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Carrie Underwood’s new CD has done even better than we predicted!

Carnival Ride is the #1 album in the U.S., having sold a staggering 527,000 copies during its debut week.

This is the American Idol winner’s first #1 album.

Her new disc also bests her previous effort, 2005’s Some Hearts, which debuted to 315,000 in its first week.

The total is also the best sales week for a female country artist since Shania Twain’s Greatest Hits started with 530,000 in November of 2004.

This was a good week for country music! In a first for the Billboard 200, three country debuts occupy the Nos. 1-3 slots on the chart, led by Underwood’s Carnival Ride.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss‘ Raising Sand opens at #2, selling 112,000.

Country singer Gary Allan’s Living Hard enters at #3 with 69,000 copies.

Underwood’s debut of 530,000 copies is DOUBLE what Kelly Clarkson’s latest CD, My December, sold in its first week.

Congrats Carrie!

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