Pop rocker Pink scored her first Billboard No. 1 album on Wednesday, while South Korean singer Psy, who has taken the Internet by storm with his horsey dance moves, landed at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with his hit “Gangnam Style.”
Psy recently appeared on the “Today” show and “Saturday Night Live” to perform “Gangnam Style” while doing his choppy dance steps.
Pink’s “The Truth About Love” sold 280,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it the third-highest debut of 2012, behind Justin Bieber’s “Believe” and Madonna’s “MDNA.” It is the singer’s best-selling debut to date.
Pink beat debuts from Kanye West’s GOOD music rappers, The Killers and Carly Rae Jepsen. Sales of Pink’s album were aided by a major Target promotional campaign as well as Amazon MP3 offering the record for a discount price of $5. The lead single – “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” – also topped Billboard’s pop songs airplay chart this week.
K-pop viral phenomenon Psy, who has racked up some 270 million YouTube views, sold 301,000 digital copies in the U.S. last week of his “Gangnam Style” hit, knocking Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” from its month-long run in the top spot.
The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, told a news conference in Seoul this week he would perform the song topless if it hit No.1 on the Billboard chart.
