Rapper Mac Miller became the first indie artist since 1995 to debut at the top of the Billboard Top 200 album charts on Wednesday, with his first album “Blue Slide Park.”
Selling 144,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, Miller’s No. 1 debut beat out Michael Buble’s “Christmas” album, which climbed to No. 2 on the chart from last week’s No. 8 position.
Miller, 19, has quickly established a fan base of more than one million followers on Twitter and Facebook and recently appeared on the VH1 television series “Single Ladies.”
