The 25 Worst-Selling #1 Albums
Most music lists are so flattering that any artist would love to be on them. The most #1 hits! The longest-running #1 albums! The most Grammys! It?s an endless orgy of the first, the fastest, the longest and the greatest.
This is a list that no artist would want to be on. These are the worst-selling #1 albums between May 1991, when Nielsen/SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard, and the end of 2006. (I excluded 2007 and 2008 albums on the theory that they?re still adding to their totals. Also, singling out low-selling albums from the past two years, when sales have been down industry-wide, would be like shooting fish in a barrel.)
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7. LeToya, LeToya, 529,000. This was the solo debut by LeToya Luckett, a former member of Destiny?s Child. LeToya left the group in early 2000, after the release of its top 10 blockbuster, The Writing?s On The Wall. LeToya has sold about one-twelfth as many copies as that album has. The album charted in July 2006. The single, ?Torn,? reached #31 on the Hot 100.
