Gwen Stefani's scores her first US Number 1 album with This Is What the Truth Feels Like

The star denies The Voice US winner a chart-topping debut.
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Gwen Stefani has earned her first solo Number 1 album in the United States.

The star's third solo album This Is What the Truth Feels Like has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, with combined sales of 84,000. The album is The Voice US coach's second Number 1 in total when including No Doubt 1995 record Tragic Kingdom.

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Over in the UK, This Is What the Truth Feels Like charted at Number 14 on last week's Official Albums Chart. The collection is Gwen's joint second-highest placing album, matching the position reached by 2006's The Sweet Escape. Her Number 4-peaking debut Love Angel Music Baby (released in 2004) started its Official Charts journey at Number 14 too, putting Gwen's discography in uncharted trivia territory.

Gwen's feat means that The Voice US Season 10 winner Jordan Smith's debut album Something Beautiful has to settle for Number 2. Still, Smith's album is the highest peaking ever for a Voice contestant and achieved the highest first week sales for a winner to boot.

Over on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, Rihanna's Work holds firm at Number, tallying a sixth week at the helm. The song topped 30 million streams for the fifth week in a row, putting it in a very exclusive club alongside Adele's Hello.

Lukas Graham climb to Number 2 to claim a new peak for 7 Years, which was last week's highest selling track. That distinction falls to Meghan Trainor's No this week, which leaps from 12 to 6.

The Billboard singles and album charts are updated here on OfficialCharts.com every Wednesday. Click here to see the latest charts.

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