Dylan's new album hits No. 1 on charts

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NEW YORK -
Bob Dylan is back at the top of the charts — for the first time in 30 years. His new album, "Modern Times," reached No. 1 on the album sales chart, selling 192,000 units in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released Wednesday.
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The critically acclaimed disc is Dylan's first No. 1 album since 1976's "Desire."

Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" debuted at no. 5 with 101,000 copies sold — the highest charting of her career. It's Simpson's first release since her divorce from
Nick Lachey.

Girl group Danity Kane sold 117,000 copies of their debut album, "Danity Kane," slipping to second place from the top spot. Another debut, the rapper Young Dro's "Best Thang Smokin" placed third, selling 104,000 copies.

Christina Aguilera's "Back to Basics" slipped one spot to No. 4 with sales of 101,000, edging out Simpson by just a few hundred.

I just bought this the other day. I plan on listening to it tonight.

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A number 1 album that's actually friggin' great?! And I own it? Has there been some unusual alignment of planets or something?

I think you can chock it up to critical acclaim and an early buzz on it, plus Jessica Simpson was probably his stiffest competition this week, which isn't saying a whole lot.
It's a continuation of the trend started by Radiohead with KID A

i think twice a decade falls under fluke more so than trend.

Bright Eyes and I believe one or two other "indie" artist have charted pretty high recently on their debut week, so within the last year or two it is sort of a trend.

Don't know much about numbers, but isn't just about anyone with a jolt behind them hitting number one since CD sales are falling through the floor? Is 192K an impressive number? C'mon, industry people.

Isn't that the point - that noone can hold number one?

Modern Times was number 1 last week here. Not sure how it's going now/.

It's pretty awesome.

I'd say it is impressive for the likes of Dylan, Radiohead or Bright Eyes, it is not for someone like Jessica Simpson and her label, that are probably hoping she sells 2+ million albums.
I think it's just another example of why the record industry needs to embrace digitalism a lot more. I'd like to know how many times Dylan's album has been bought on Itunes versus Jessica Simpson too.