Album Chart: ‘8 Mile’ retains top slot
ByNov 12, 2002 11:00 PM
New albums from Justin Timberlake, U2, Jaheim and the Dave Matthews Band will all debut in the Top 10 on the forthcoming Billboard 200 chart, but none will topple Eminem’s “8 Mile” soundtrack.
New albums from Justin Timberlake, U2, Jaheim and the Dave Matthews Band will all debut in the Top 10 on the forthcoming Billboard 200 chart, but none will topple Eminem’s “8 Mile” soundtrack.
During its second week out, “8 Mile"--which features four new tracks from Eminem--sold about 508,000 copies, bringing its total to about 1.2 million, according to industry sources. The soundtrack’s namesake film, which opened in theaters last week, was the weekend’s top grosser.
Coming up about 70,000 copies short of “8 Mile” is “Justified,” ‘NSync member Justin Timberlake’s solo debut, which enters the chart at No. 2. Debuting at a distant third, with about 185,000 copies sold, is U2’s “Best of 1990-2000.”
Christina Aguilera’s “Stripped” slips two spots to No. 4 after debuting at No. 2 last week. The album moved about 168,000 copies during its second week out, a decrease of about 50 percent from its debut week.
Santana’s “Shaman” drops a notch to No. 5 while Faith Hill’s “Cry” stays put at No. 6.
Eminem makes his second appearance in the Top 10 with “The Eminem Show,” up one spot to No. 7. The album, which got a boost thanks to the theatrical release of “8 Mile,” sold about 115,000 copies, roughly 15,000 more than the previous week.
Debuting in the No. 8 slot is Jaheim’s “Still Ghetto,” which, with first-week sales of about 111,000 copies, sold less than 1,000 copies more than the No. 9 debut, the Dave Matthews Band’s “Live at Folsom Field.”
Closing out the Top 10 is Nirvana’s new best-of collection, featuring the previously unreleased track “You Know You’re Right.” The album slips seven places after debuting at No. 3 last week.
For the first time in months, Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” drops out of the Top 10, stopping just shy at No. 11. Also making a noteworthy descent is Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s solo debut, “Now or Never,” which plummets to No. 63 after debuting at No. 17 last week.
Notable debuts outside of the Top 10 include Andrea Bocelli’s “Sentimento” at No. 12, Insane Clown Posse’s “The Wraith: Shangri-La” at No. 15, David Gray’s “New Day at Midnight” at No. 17, Def Jam Records’ “Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes” at No. 24, the Wallflowers “Red Letter Days” at No. 32, Alison Krauss’ new live set at No. 36, Deborah Cox’s “The Morning After” at No. 38, Tony Bennett and k.d. lang’s “Wonderful World” at No. 41, Boston’s “Corporate America” at No. 42, Eric Clapton’s “One More Car, One More Rider” at No. 43, Ms. Jade’s “Girl Interrupted” at No. 51 and Alan Jackson’s “Let It Be Christmas” at No. 52.