Album Chart: 50 Cent earns interest at No. 1
50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” which debuted at No. 1 last week despite spending only four days in stores, moved more than 800,000 additional copies during its first full week on the shelves.
50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” which debuted at No. 1 last week despite spending only four days in stores, moved more than 800,000 additional copies during its first full week on the shelves.
Released five days early to combat Internet piracy, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” racked up debut-week sales of 872,000 copies. The latest one-week total is far more than enough to keep the set ensconced at No. 1 on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
Also staying put is the Dixie Chicks’ “Home,” which remains at No. 2 after selling about 170,000 copies, a bump of about 55,000 copies over its previous one-week total, according to industry sources.
Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me"--which has garnered the singer-pianist five Grammy nominations--and Kid Rock’s “Cocky” trade places this week, with Jones up a spot to No. 3 and Rock down one to No. 4.
Also swapping with each other are the “Chicago” soundtrack and Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go,” which come in at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively.
Country heavyweight George Strait’s “For the Last Time--Live From the Astrodome” is the only newcomer to the Top 10. The album sold about 101,000 copies, and makes its debut at No. 7.
Jennifer Lopez’s “This Is Me ... Then” slips a notch to No. 9, while country siren Shania Twain’s “Up!” rebounds back into the Top 10, up three spots to No. 9.
Rod Stewart’s October 2002 release, “It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook” got a sizeable bump thanks to CNN’s multiple Valentine’s-weekend showings of an interview with Stewart, in which he discussed the album’s recent Grammy nod in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. The set jumps from No. 26 to No. 10 after selling about 71,000 copies, almost twice as much as its previous week’s total.
Just outside the Top 10, Vince Gill’s “Next Big Thing” checks in with a No. 14 debut, the “Grammy Nominees 2003” compilation surfaces at No. 16 and singer-songwriter John Mayer’s live set, “Any Given Thursday,” logs on at No. 17.
Debuting further down the chart are Yanni’s “Ethnicity” at No. 27, Kenny Lattimore and Chante Moore’s “Things That Lovers Do” at No. 31, and the “We’re a Happy Family” Ramones tribute at No. 43.
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