Album Chart: Nelly, Eminem regain control
Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” will instead be sinking on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart thanks to the continued success of the latest releases from Nelly and Eminem.
Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” will instead be sinking on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart thanks to the continued success of the latest releases from Nelly and Eminem.
“Nellyville," St. Louis-rapper Nelly’s sophomore effort, moves back into the No. 1 slot after selling about 183,000 copies during its most-recent week in stores, according to industry sources. The album continues to be fueled by the hits “Dilemma” and “Hot in Herre,” which occupy the No. 1 and No. 2 slots, respectively, on Billboard’s latest Hot Rap Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts.
Also leap-frogging over “The Rising” is “The Eminem Show,” which climbs to No. 2 after moving another 178,000 copies, bringing its total sales to more than 5 million copies.
“The Rising,” meanwhile--which debuted at No. 1 two weeks back after selling more than a half-million copies during its first week out--slips to No. 3 after selling another 166,000 copies.
James Taylor’s “October Road,” which is the veteran singer-songwriter’s first collection of new material in five years, debuts at No. 4 with first-week sales of about 153,000 copies. The album is the only newcomer in this week’s Top 10.
Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go,” which had slipped to No. 9 last week, shoots back to No. 5, and is followed by “Now That’s What I Call Music! 10,” which is down a notch to No. 6.
Trading places with each other are Toby Keith’s “Unleashed” and Linkin Park’s remix collection, “Reanimation,” which land at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively.
After narrowly missing a Top 10 debut by checking in at No. 11 last week, the “XXX” soundtrack--a two-disc set featuring one rock disc and one hip-hop disc--claws its way to No. 9, while Scarface’s “The Fix” sinks from No. 4 to No. 10.
Debuting just outside the Top 10 are Keith Sweat’s “Rebirth” at No. 14, Nickel Creek’s “This Side” at No. 18, the verbosely named “Snoop Dogg Presents ... the Doggy Style All Stars: Welcome to tha House, Vol. 1” at No. 19, and Slum Village’s “Trinity” at No. 20.
Further down the chart, Do or Die’s “Back 2 the Game” debuts at No. 64, Sparta’s “Wiretap Scars” at No. 71, Mary J. Blige’s “Dance for Me” at No. 76, and Jump5’s “All the Time in the World” at No. 86.”
Other noteworthy movement on the chart comes from Drowning Pool’s debut, “Sinner,” sales of which roughly doubled in the wake of frontman Dave Williams’ Aug. 14 death; the album will re-enter the Billboard 200 chart at No. 141.
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