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Haiti telethon album first digital-only album to top US chart
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 28 January 2010
Perhaps unsurprising, but worth noting. The ‘Hope For Haiti Now’ benefit album, a recording of the performances that took place at last week’s George Clooney organised telethon in aid of the post-earthquake relief effort in Haiti, is the first digital-only album to top the US album chart, having shifted 175,000 units in just three days.
The album was rushed to the digital market place by digital distributors INgrooves, who were working for free, in a bid to maintain the momentum of the MTV-produced fund-raiser, which was aired across the MTV network and on numerous US TV stations last Friday. All digital retailers are also passing on all their fees to the telethon fund, who will in turn provide monies to various aid organisations helping with the relief effort.
