Alicia Keys’ Album Sells Over 400K First Week
Alicia Keys’ album The Element of Freedom debuts at #1 on Billboard’s R&B Albums and Digital Albums charts and #2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen/SoundScan.
Selling 417,277 units in a week, this marks the biggest first week sales debut for a female R&B singer this year. This is Alicia’s 5th straight chart-topping debut. Her previous four albums debuted at #1 on the aforementioned charts. Susan Boyle is dominating the number 1 spot right now having sold nearly 2.5 million units in 4 weeks.
Alicia will launch 2010 in high gear with a performance on Saturday Night Live on January 9 followed by an AOL Music Sessions premiere on January 14. Then on March 3, she will embark on the U.S. portion of The Freedom Tour at Chicago’s Allstate Arena. The European leg of the tour will start late April 2010.
Freedom Tour dates after the jump:
DATE CITY VENUE
March 03, 2010 ………. Chicago, IL………………..Allstate Arena
March 05, 2010 ………. Detroit, MI ………………..Fox Theater
March 06, 2010 ………. Detroit, MI………………..Fox Theater
March 13, 2010 ………. Mashantucket, CT……….Foxwoods Casino
March 17, 2010………. New York, NY…………….Madison Square Garden
March 19, 2010 ……….Newark, NJ………………..Prudential Centre
March 20, 2010………. Atlantic City, NJ……….. Mark Estess Arena
March 22, 2010………. Boston, MA……………….Agganis Arena
March 24, 2010 ……….Baltimore, MD …………..1st Mariner Arena
March 25, 2010 ……….Washington, D.C………..Verizon Center
March 27, 2010………. Miami, FL ………………..American Airlines Arena
March 28, 2010 ……….Tampa, FL ………………. St. Pete Times-Forum
March 30, 2010 ……….Atlanta, GA……………….Phillips Arena
April 02, 2010………… Dallas, TX………………….Nokia Theater (Grand Prairie)
April 03, 2010 …………Houston, TX ………………Toyota Centre
April 06, 2010 …………Los Angeles, CA …………Staples Centre
April 07, 2010 ………..San Jose, CA……………….HP Pavilion
April 09, 2010 ………..Las Vegas, NV……………. Mandalay Bay
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