Reuters: “Empire,” the Fox TV hip-hop drama that became a hit in its first season, made its mark with music fans as the show’s soundtrack debuted at No. 1 and beat Madonna for the top slot in the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. The soundtrack scored 130,000 sales units, ahead of 121,000 units for Madonna’s 13th studio album, the brand new “Rebel Heart.” “Empire,” the story of a hip-hop recording dynasty, is the first TV soundtrack to debut at No. 1 since 2010, when three albums from another Fox show, “Glee,” arrived.