Album Chart: Dixie Chicks, Coldplay, Eve make Top 10 debuts
Eminem’s return to No. 1 proves to be short-lived, as the Dixie Chicks’ latest claims the top slot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
Eminem’s return to No. 1 proves to be short-lived, as the Dixie Chicks’ latest claims the top slot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
“Home," the follow-up to the Dixie Chicks’ 1999 release “Fly,” sold almost 780,000 copies in its debut week to set a new record for the highest first-week sales of any female group in the history of sales-tracking organization SoundScan, according to the Dixie Chicks’ record label.
“The Eminem Show,” which bounced back to No. 1 last week, comes in at a distant second with one-week sales of about 175,000 copies, according to industry sources, while the former No. 2 entry--St. Louis rapper Nelly’s “Nellyville"--slips to No. 4. Between the pair of rappers is Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go,” which stays put at No. 3 for the second consecutive week.
Coldplay and Eve log back-to-back debuts, with Coldplay’s “Rush of Blood to the Head” entering at No. 5 after selling about 141,000 copies, and Eve’s “Eve-o-lution” coming in at No. 6 with sales of about 123,000 copies.
Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” and James Taylor’s “October Road” each lose two spots this week to land at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, while Clipse’s “Lord Willin’"--which debuted at No. 4 last week--sinks to No. 9.
The “Now That’s What I Call Music! 10” compilation drops from No. 7 to No. 10, bumping Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me” out of the Top 10 to No. 11.
A slew of albums debuting outside of the Top 10 include Lil’ Flip’s “Undaground Legend” at No. 12, Trina’s “Diamond Princess” at No. 14, Queens of the Stone Age’s “Songs for the Deaf” at No. 17, BBMak’s “Into Your Head” at No. 25, Montgomery Gentry’s “My Town” at No. 26, the “Barbershop” soundtrack at No. 30, Aimee Mann’s “Lost in Space” at No. 35, Daniel Bedingfield’s “Gotta Get Thru This” at No. 41, Stone Sour’s self-titled debut at No. 46, Jimmy Fallon’s “The Bathroom Wall” at No. 47, KISS’s “The Very Best of KISS” at No. 52, Devin the Dude’s “Just Tryin’ ta Live” at No. 61 and Silverchair’s “Diorama” at No. 91.
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