Album Chart: Disturbed takes over top slot
The Dixie Chicks’ three-week stand at No. 1 comes to an end as Disturbed’s sophomore release tops the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
The Dixie Chicks’ three-week stand at No. 1 comes to an end as Disturbed’s sophomore release tops the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
“Believe"--the follow-up to Disturbed’s 2000 debut, “The Sickness"--sold about 283,000 copies during its first week in stores, according to industry sources. The album’s first single, “Prayer,” helped drive sales, though the track’s music video went largely unseen after the group refused mainstream video outlets’ requests to produce an edited version of the original footage.
Disturbed’s chart-topping debut bumps the Dixie Chicks’ “Home” and Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” down one notch each to Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. Meanwhile, Eminem and Nelly continue to leapfrog each other, with “Nellyville” staying put at No. 4 this time around and Eminem dropping from No. 3 to No. 5.
Debuts fill out much of the Top 10’s latter half, with “Golden Grain,” the debut from Disturbing tha Peace--a rap outfit featuring Ludacris--in at No. 6, Lifehouse’s “Stanley Climbhouse” entering at No. 7 and Kenny G’s “Paradise” logging on at No. 9.
Rounding out the Top 10 is Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me,” down one spot to No. 8, and Toby Keith’s “Unleashed,” which drops five places to No. 10.
Further down the chart, Columbia’s reissue of singer-songwriter John Mayer’s 1999 debut EP enters the chart at No. 22, just three spots behind the Mayer’s full-length debut, 2001’s “Room for Squares,” which sits at No. 19.
Other debuts include Natalie Cole’s “Ask a Woman Who Knows” at No. 32, the “Disneymania” compilation at No. 61 and Theory of a Dead Man’s self-titled debut at No. 85.
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