Empire Soundtrack Debuts at No 1 on Billboard
Big news for the biggest TV hit of the season Empire's soundtrack debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, beating out Madonna's Rebel Heart, which came out at No. 2. Industry forecasters were watching the throne closely, with King Lear Lucious and the Queen of Pop battling for the top spoteven though Empire wasn't even a contender until the last minute. As Billboard reports, a week before the TV soundtrack's release, experts predicted sales of around 25,000. But after the release, that prediction rose 500 percent to 125,000 unitsthe same number predicted for Rebel Heart.