| Subject: That's strange? I thought Christina was going to sell at least around 700,000 or more but 300,000,that's crazy. As for Justin solo album,i think he is going to do pretty good hopefully land in the top 10 but as for sales I'm not sure but hope that he does pretty good. |
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Date Posted: 17:26:42 11/07/02 Thu
In reply to:
LinZ
's message, "From Billboard.com" on 21:49:54 11/06/02 Wed
>The Shady/Interscope soundtrack to "8 Mile" debuts at
>No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and Billboard's Top
>R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, on sales of 702,000 units,
>according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set, the companion
>piece to the Eminem-starring film of the same name,
>wasn't expected to perform as well as "The Eminem
>Show," which sold 1.32 million units in its first full
>week of release earlier this year. But it has already
>spawned a No. 1 Hot 100 single for Eminem with "Lose
>Yourself."
>
>In a week of major releases, "8 Mile" is one of five
>albums to debut inside the top-10. At No. 2 with
>330,000 units is Christina Aguilera's "Stripped"
>(RCA), and right behind at No. 3 is Interscope's
>long-awaited self-titled Nirvana hits set. Aguilera,
>now sporting an even more ribald look and some
>newfound songwriting abilities, previously reached No.
>1 with her 1999 self-titled debut. "Nirvana,"
>containing the No. 1 rock airplay single "You Know
>You're Right," marks the band's first appearance at
>the top of The Billboard 200 since live album "From
>the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah" landed at No. 1 in
>1996.
>
>Country act Rascal Flatts scores a career best with
>the No. 5 entry of "Melt." The Lyric Street album
>sells 169,000 units and also races to No. 1 on
>Billboard's Top Country Albums roundup. Previously,
>Rascal Flatts have not been higher than No. 43 on The
>Billboard 200, but "Melt" has been propelled by the
>success of "These Days," which last week breached the
>top-40 of the Hot 100.
>
>Tori Amos' "Scarlet's Walk," her first set since
>jumping from Atlantic to Epic, strolls to No. 7 on The
>Billboard 200 on sales of 107,000 units, falling short
>of the No. 4 entry of last year's "Strange Little
>Girls," a covers set that sold 111,000 units in its
>debut week.
>
>With all of the top-10 debuts, last week's No. 1,
>Santana's "Shaman" (Arista), dips to No. 4 on a 41%
>slide to 175,000 units. Faith Hill's "Cry" (Warner
>Bros.) takes a 24% hit to 147,000 units and falls 4-6,
>Avril Lavigne's "Let Go" (Arista) sinks one slot to
>No. 9, and the Dixie Chicks round out the top-10 with
>"Home" (Monument/Columbia), which drops from No. 6.
>
>Bone Thugs-N-Harmony enter just outside the top-10 at
>No. 12 with "Thug World Order" (Sony). The album,
>which arrives at No. 3 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop
>Albums count, sold 82,000 units, a hefty decline from
>2000's "BTHNResurrection," which moved 280,000 units
>in its first week to arrive at No. 2 on The Billboard
>200.
>
>Other newcomers inside the top-20 include Lil Jon and
>Eastside Boyz with "Kings of Crunk" (TVT) at No. 15,
>Backstreet Boy Nick Carter's solo debut "Now or Never"
>(Jive) at No. 17, and Tank's "One Man" (Universal) at
>No. 20.
>
>Elsewhere, Shaggy's "Lucky Day" (MCA), the follow-up
>to the 6.5 million selling "Hot Shot," arrives at a
>disappointing No. 24. Icelandic rock act Sigur Ros
>notches its first appearance on The Billboard 200 at
>No. 52 with "( )" (MCA). The group's Shortlist
>Prize-winning 1999 set "Agaetis Byrjun" has sold
>123,000 units to date.
>
>
>-- Todd Martens, L.A.
>
>I was positive that Christina would be #1 this week
>but she didn't sell even half of what Eminem did. What
>the!? Stores in my area were selling her album for
>less than $10 and I thought that would boost sales.
>Hrmm... And Nick is in at #17. How do you guys think
>Justin will do this week? If I had known Rascall
>Flatts had a new album out I would have gotten it.
>They are my fav country group. *ducking out of range
>of people who might throw rocks at me for liking some
>country music. LOL*
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