Album Chart: Eminem doubles up with No. 1 soundtrack
ByNov 5, 2002 11:00 PM
With his May release “The Eminem Show” still riding in the top 10, Eminem’s “8 Mile” soundtrack takes over the top slot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
With his May release “The Eminem Show” still riding in the top 10, Eminem’s “8 Mile” soundtrack takes over the top slot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
Propelled by the hit “Lose Yourself"--one of four new Eminem tracks featured on the album--the “8 Mile” soundtrack racked up first-week sales of about 702,000 copies, according to industry sources. That places it in the top slot, while “The Eminem Show,” which has been in the Top 10 since its release in May, drops one spot to No. 8.
Despite first-week sales of about 370,000 copies less than “8 Mile,” Christina Aguilera’s “Stripped"--featuring the singer’s latest hit, “Dirrty"--makes its debut in the No. 2 slot.
Nirvana fans who had to wait for surviving members Dave Grohl and Chris Novaselic to finish with Courtney Love their legal battle for control of the previously unreleased track “You Know You’re Right"--the last Nirvana track Love’s late-husband Kurt Cobain recorded before his 1994 suicide--give the group’s self-titled best-of collection a No. 3 debut, thanks to sales of about 234,000 copies.
The three newcomers atop the chart push Santana’s “Shaman,” which debuted at No. 1 last week, down to No. 4, where it is followed by the No. 5 debut of country trio Rascal Flatts’ sophomore release, “Melt.” That album sold just under 170,000 copies.
Fellow country singer Faith Hill follows at No. 6 with her latest, “Cry,” which is down four spots from last week.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos scores a No. 7 debut with “Scarlet Walk,” which sold about 107,000 copies during its first week out.
Closing out the Top 10 behind “The Eminem Show” are Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go,” down one spot to No. 9; and the Dixie Chicks’ “Home,” down two places to No. 10.
Making room for the five Top 10 debuts are Elvis Presley’s “Elvis: 30 #1 Hits,” which drops six places to No. 11; Nelly’s “Nellyville,” down three places to No. 13; the Rolling Stones’ “Forty Licks,” down five spots to No. 14; Rod Stewart’s “It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook,” down a dozen places to No. 16; and Foo Fighters’ “One By One,” down 16 rungs to No. 19.
Other notable debuts include Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Thug World Order” at No. 12, Lil Jon & Eastside Boyz’s “Kings of Crunk” at No. 15, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s “Now or Never” at No. 17, Tank’s “One Man” at No. 20, “Totally Hits 2002” at No. 21, “Totally Hits Country” at No. 23, Shaggy’s “Lucky Day” at No. 24, Stevie Wonder’s “Definitive Collection” best-of set at No. 35, Too Short’s “What’s My Favorite Word” at No. 38, and Sigur Ros’ “( )” at No. 51.
Run DMC’s “Greatest Hits,” which first surfaced in early September, climbs onto the chart at No. 117; sales of the album surged in the wake of group member Jam Master Jay’s death on Oct. 30.