PARIS, July 18, 2008
France's First Lady Hits The Charts
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's Album No. 3 On French Charts After First Week Of Sales
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, and Prince Philip, right, share a joke as she and her husband French President Nicolas Sarkosy, left, watch the ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld, Pool)
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Sales of "Comme si de rien n'etait" ("As if nothing had happened") were behind albums by the British band Coldplay, in first place, and French pop singer Laurent Voulzy, according to France's National Union of Phonographic Edition.
The album by Carla Bruni - the first lady's recording name - sold 14,130 copies in its first two days, according to her record label, Naive.
The former supermodel-turned-singer married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February after a whirlwind romance.
Her first album, "Quelqu'un m'a dit" ("Someone told me" in 2002), was a hit, selling 2 million copies and earning rave reviews from critics. Her second, "No Promises," released in January 2007, sung in English, received a far less enthusiastic response.
The new album is being released around Europe this month and is slated to hit U.S. shelves on Aug. 5.
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