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 Johnny Reid (Ernest Doroszuk/QMI Agency) |
Country star Johnny Reid is feeling the love from Canadian music fans this week.
His brand new album, "A Place Called Love," entered in at No. 1 this week, racking up 31,000 copies, according data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
It easily surpassed the sales of his last disc, "Dance With Me," which came in at No. 3 with sales of 13,000 copies in March of last year.
The timing of Reid's chart success is perfect -- he's up for five Canadian Country Music Awards, which are handed out on Sept. 12 at Edmonton's Rexall Centre.
Disturbed's "Asylum" (18,000) also had a hot first week, coming in at No. 2, while Katy Perry's chart dominance didn't last long, with "Teenage Dream" (14,000) sliding down from No. 1 to No. 3.
Eminem's "Recovery" slipped two positions to No. 4, Arcade Fire's critically-acclaimed "The Suburbs" moved down one to No. 5, and the French compilation "12 Hommes Rapailles" checked in at No. 6.
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Rounding out the top 10 was Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" at No. 7, Iron Maiden's "Final Frontier" at No. 8, Disney's "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" at No 9, and Ke$ha's "Animal" at No. 10.
In the U.S., Godsmack came in first with 179,000 in sales, followed by "NOW 35" in second, Eminem in third, Katy Perry in fourth, and Fantasia's "Back to Me" in fifth.