Article: Rascal Flatts' New CD Me and My Gang the #1 Album in the Nation With 721,747 Units Scanned in the First Week.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Rascal Flatts' highly anticipated new CD Me And My Gang debuted in the #1 position on the Soundscan Top 200 albums chart, making it the highest selling CD across all genres, beating out new releases from Pink and the popular NOW compilation. As the highest selling title in the nation, Rascal Flatts' new CD also debuted at #1 on Soundscan's country album chart.

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With 721,747 units sold in the first week of release, this places Rascal Flatts in an elite group of artists. Since the inception of Soundscan, only four other country artists (Garth Brooks, ...

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