Gwen Stefani 'This Is What the Truth Feels Like' Tops the Charts Over Jordan Smith, Rihanna

Hey, Gwen Stefani! This is what a No. 1 album feels like. Twenty years after scoring her last No. 1 album with No Doubt (for Tragic Kingdom), the "Make Me Like You" singer's third solo album This Is What the Truth Feels Like has topped the Billboard 200.

Stefani scored her first No. 1 album as a solo act this week, Billboard reports, with a total album tally of 84,000 units. The vast majority of those records were pure album sales; Stefani sold 76,000 copies.

Despite being her first No. 1 solo album, it's Stefani's smallest debut week to date. Her debut solo album 2004's Love. Angel. Music. Baby. sold 309,000 copies in its first week. Her follow-up, The Sweet Escape, sold 243,000 copies in 2006.

Stefani, who has gained a renewed following as a coach on The Voice, isn't the only star from that show to debut on the charts this week. Fresh off his win in season 9, Jordan Smith's debut album Something Beautiful starts its chart run at No. 2 with a total of 54,000 units sold. Smith, who established himself as an artist with a big sales streak on The Voice, further proved that with 52,000 pure copies sold of Something Beautiful. The album is a mix of covers ("Over the Rainbow," "Amazing Grace") and original tracks, which include lead single "Stand in the Light."

Another television-related album debuted in the top 10 this week - the soundtrack to FOX's The Passion: New Orleans. Featuring songs by Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, Seal and more, the Easter OST moved 31,000 units and landed at No. 8. The final debut of the week has nothing to do with TV. Country singer Kane Brown's new EP Chapter 1 debuted at No. 9 with 28,000 units.

Elsewhere on the chart, familiar favorites once again landed in the top 10. Rihanna's Anti slipped from No. 1 to No. 3 with 52,000 units. She's followed by two fellow former chart-topping artists. Adele's 25 landed at No. 4 with 51,000 units and Justin Bieber's Purpose sold 47,000 units with a No. 5 position.

Chris Stapleton's Traveller (No. 6), Twenty One Pilots' Blurryface (No. 7) and Joey+Rory's Hymns (No. 10) fill out the chart.

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