NEW YORK: Paul McCartney is back on the top of the charts, on Sunday earning his first solo number-one album in the United States in 36 years. Surprisingly, McCartney did not replicate the feat in his native Britain, where “Egypt Station” debuted at number three, with veteran US rapper Eminem’s surprise album “Kamikaze” reigning for a second week. “Egypt Station” sold the equivalent of 153,000 copies in the United States in the week since its release on September 7, tracking service Nielsen Music said. McCartney, who last topped the chart as a solo artist in 1982 with “Tug of War,” achieved the second largest gap between number-one albums for any artist. Since “Tug of War,” McCartney has also reached number one four times in the United States with Beatles anthologies.

Source: Manila Times September 17, 2018 02:26 UTC