Album Chart: Springsteen retains top spot
"The Rising,” Bruce Springsteen’s first album in 18 years to feature his E Street Band, has enough juice to spend a second week in the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart.
"The Rising,” Bruce Springsteen’s first album in 18 years to feature his E Street Band, has enough juice to spend a second week in the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart.
Despite seeing its one-week sales total more than halved--from about 526,000 copies to about 239,000 copies, according to industry sources--"The Rising” still manages to edge out the rest of the albums in this week’s rap-heavy Top 10.
With sales of about 208,000 copies, Nelly’s “Nellyville” climbs one spot to No. 2 this week, buoyed by the success of its hit singles “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma,” which occupy the Nos. 1 and 2 spots, respectively, on Billboard’s latest Hot 100 chart. Eminem’s “The Eminem Show"--the latest single from which, “Cleaning Out My Closet,” recently hit the airwaves--follows at No. 3.
Two more rappers join Nelly and Eminem in the Top 10, as Scarface’s “Fix” and Trick Daddy’s “Thug Holiday” debut in the Nos. 4 and 6 spots, respectively. Between the two newcomers is the “Now That’s What I Call Music! 10” compilation, which drops one spot to No. 5.
The Top 10’s remaining stalwarts all lose ground this week, with Linkin Park’s “Reanimation” down five spots to No. 7, Toby Keith’s “Unleashed” down two spots to No. 8, Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” down one notch to No. 9, and the Dave Matthews Band’s “Busted Stuff” down three places to No. 10.
The two-disc “XXX” soundtrack, which features one hip-hop disc and one rock disc, falls just shy of a Top 10 debut by checking in at No. 11, and is followed by Project Pat’s “Layin’ Da Smack Down,” which debuts at No. 12.
Divebombing its way out of the Top 10 this week is “All I Have,” the debut effort from R&B singer Amerie; the album drops from No. 9 to No. 17. Passing “All I Have” during its own freefall, meanwhile, is Def Leppard’s “X,” which plummets 25 spots to No. 36.
Debuts happening further down the chart include: Phil Vassar’s ”American Child” at No. 44; DJ Sammy’s “Heaven” at No. 67; Jim Brickman’s “Love Songs and Lullabies” at No. 73; Riddlin’ Kids’ “Hurry Up & Wait” at No. 84; Trin-I-Tee 5:7’s “Kiss” at No. 85; No Secrets’ self-titled debut at No. 136; Sasha’s “Airdrawndagger” at No. 157; Meshuggah’s “Nothing” at No. 165; and Cage’s “Movies for the Blind” at No. 193.
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