Trainwreck Over, Comeback On: Whitney Fans Forgive, Forget, Fork Over

No damage done by shaky GMA show as Houston scores first No. 1 since 1993 with I Look to Love You

By Josh Grossberg Sep 09, 2009 6:50 PMTags
Whitney HoustonFrank Micelotta/Getty Images

Being Bobby Brown's wife didn't help. And we weren't sure about that wobbly Good Morning America performance.

But the fans have spoken, and Whitney Houston is back, baby!

I Look To You, her first studio album in seven years, has debuted at No. 1 on the album charts, selling 304,000 copies. It also topped the charts in Canada, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

And all that without Oprah Winfrey. Imagine what Whit's sales will be like after she appears on next week's season debut to belt out a couple of tunes and air her dirty laundry in what Oprah has touted as the best interview of her career.

"In search of ceiling repairmen. Cause Whitney just BLEW THE ROOF off of Harpo. Grown men & women weeping in the aisles," Oprah recently twittered.

Get this week's Top 10 albums after the jump.

Aside from Houston's album, new releases from Trey Songz, Insane Clown Posse, Chevelle, Pitbull and the Used made the cut.

Here's the Top 10 for the week ended Sunday, based on Nielsen SoundScan stats:

  1. I Look To You, Whitney Houston
  2. The Time of Our Lives, Miley Cyrus
  3. Ready, Trey Songz
  4. Bang! Pow! Boom, Insane Clown Posse
  5. Breakthrough, Colbie Caillat
  6. Sci-Fi Crimes, Chevelle
  7. Only by the Night, Kings of Leon
  8. Rebelution, Pitbull
  9. Fearless, Taylor Swift
  10. Artwork, The Used

 

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