Album Chart: Dixie Chicks continue to reign at No. 1
BySep 17, 2002 10:00 PM
For the third straight week, the Dixie Chicks’ “Home” will grace the top slot on the Billboard 200 album chart.
For the third straight week, the Dixie Chicks’ “Home” will grace the top slot on the Billboard 200 album chart.
“Home," which sold about 1.1 million copies during its first two weeks out, moved about 214,000 more units in its latest week on the shelves, according to industry sources.
Meanwhile, teen sensation Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” continues to stretch its legs, climbing from No. 5 to No. 2, its highest chart position since its June 4 release. Propelled by the continued success of the hit “Complicated,” the album sold about 122,000 copies during its most-recent week out.
Eminem and Nelly continue to hang out together on the chart’s upper rungs, with “The Eminem Show” dropping one notch to No. 3 and “Nellyville” staying put at No. 4.
The anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks likely spurred sales of country singer Toby Keith’s “Unleashed,” which features the track “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”; the album climbs back into the Top 10 at No. 5.
Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” Norah Jones’ “Come Away with Me” and Coldplay’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head” all lose a spot this week, down to Nos. 6, 7 and 8, respectively.
Closing out the Top 10 is Clipse’s “Lord Willin’,” up one place to No. 9, and James Taylor’s “October Road,” which climbs from No. 12 to No. 10.
Notable activity outside of the Top 10 includes a major surge by “Drive,” country singer Alan Jackson’s latest, which features the Sept. 11-inspired track “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).” The album’s Sept. 11 anniversary-week sales--which, at about 37,000, are more than twice those of the previous week’s total--propel it from No. 57 to No.16.
Passing “Drive” on its free-fall down the chart, meanwhile, is Aaron Carter’s “Another Earthquake!,” which, after debuting at No. 18 last week, sinks to No. 41.
While the anniversary of Sept. 11 helped spike sales of “Drive” and “Unleashed,” the week didn’t see many new mainstream albums hit the shelves. Among the week’s chart are Rebecca Lynn Howard’s “Forgive” at No. 31 and Ani DiFranco’s “So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter” at No. 34.