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Jack White notches first-ever No. 1 album

Jack White signs autographs at the Third Man Records Rolling Record Store on June 24, 2011, in New York. Getty

(CBS News) Jack White debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his solo debut, "Blunderbuss." The set, released last week, sold 138,000 copies.

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This marks White's first No. 1 album ever. He never landed at the top of the charts with any of his other bands, including the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather.

Rolling Stone gave "Blunderbuss" a 4.5 star review, noting, "huge riffs, wild ideas, tunes for miles: Jack White turns in a classic" and raising it with an "as impressive and magnetic a record as he's ever made."

White kicks off a tour May 15 in Nashville and will be on the road through August.

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