Album Chart: “O Brother” stays on top
Still riding the momentum of its recent Grammy win, the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack will spend its second consecutive week in the No. 1 spot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart, according to industry sources.
Still riding the momentum of its recent Grammy win, the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack will spend its second consecutive week in the No. 1 spot on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart, according to industry sources.
Trailing just behind is the self-titled debut from B2K, which marks this week’s only Top 10 debut.
Released in December of 2000, the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack claimed the Album of the Year award at February’s Grammy ceremony. The album--comprised of country and bluegrass tunes--was propelled by the track “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” a song prominently featured in the film. (Singer Dan Tyminski performed the song live during the ceremony; the song won the Grammy in the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals category.)
Making its debut at No. 2 is the inaugural album from teen pop-soul group B2K, whose self-titled release sold about 150,000 copies during its first week in stores. The album features the group’s hits “Uh Huh” and “Gots ta Be,” the companion videos for which rose to No. 3 on MTV’s “Total Request Live” and BET’s “106th & Park,” respectively, according to the group’s official [L=http://b2klovesyou.com]website[EL].
Alan Jackson’s “Drive” continues to stretch its legs, climbing two spots to come in at No. 3. Following at No. 4, meanwhile, is “Under Rug Swept,” the latest from Alanis Morissette, which debuted at No. 1 two weeks back and slipped to No. 3 last week.
Brandy’s “Full Moon,” which logged on to the chart at No. 2 last week, slides three spots to No. 5, while Linkin Park’s “Hybrid Theory"--which is now in its 73rd week on the chart--drops two spots to No. 6.
Ludacris’ “Word of Mouf” takes a slight drop one spot to No. 7, followed by Pink’s sophomore effort, “Missundaztood,” which claws its way up to No. 8 from No. 10.
Kylie Minogue’s “Fever,” which made its debut at No. 3 two weeks ago, stays put at No. 9 for the second week straight, while Jennifer Lopez’s “J to tha LO!” continues its slow decline, slipping two spots to No. 10.
Debuts happening further down the chart include the “Resident Evil” soundtrack at No. 24, Destiny’s Child’s “This is the Remix” at No. 29, Indigo Girls’ “Becoming You” at No. 30, “Remy Shand’s “The Way I Feel” at No. 39 and Wu Tang presents the Killa Bees’ “The Sting” at No. 46.
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