Musicology logs its 13th week in the top ten as sales hold around 73,000 this week ... moves from #7 to #9 . Total 17 week sales in the neighborhood of 1,485,000. This weeks chart...

1 SIMPSON*ASHLEE|AUTOBIOGRAPHY 263445
2 VARIOUS|NOW 16 247313
3 * SHYNE|GODFATHER BURIED 157562
4 * MOBB DEEP|AMERIKAZ NIGHT MARE 108821
5 * ALTER BRIDGE|ONE DAY REMAIN 95373
6 USHER|CONFESSIONS 88204
7 BUFFETT*JIMMY|LICENSE TO CHILL 77036
8 WILSON*GRETCHEN|HERE FOR THE P 76680
9 PRINCE|MUSICOLOGY 73293
10 LAVIGNE*AVRIL|UNDER MY SKIN 70227
11 BIG & RICH|HORSE OF A DIFFEREN 66282
12 * MAROON 5|SONGS ABOUT JANE 65554
13 LOS LONELY BOYS|LOS LONELY BOY 62664
14 * HOUSTON|IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN 49374
15 BANKS*LLOYD|HUNGER FOR MORE 48584
16 * PRINCESS DIARIE|SOUNDTRACK 47795
17 SWITCHFOOT|BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN 41642
18 BLACK EYED PEAS|ELEPHUNK 40638
19 TAKING BACK SUN|WHERE YOU WANT 40326
20 * SIMPSON*JESSICA|IN THIS SKIN 39950

I gotta know who's buying 263,445 copies of Ashlee Simpson. I mean, I just gotta know.

newpower99 said:

Something wierd is goin on!! this album isnt even in the top 50
on the sales estimate generated on hits daily double !!


now i dont get it at all!!

Maybe Jessica gave away free CD at her concerts. Naw, shed have to perform 30 shows to sell hit 39,000 CDS

Ashley Simpson....every girl in American ages 9-15 who watches MTV is buying it up. I swear Ashley makes Britney Spears look talented.

This is why US music in general sucks .... What was the boy band craze of the late 90's has turned into the teeny bopper girl crazy of today.

Which makes it all the more amazing that a middle aged 46 yr old foggie can still chart this high for so long (regardless of the CD give aways) .

newpower99 said:

Actually according to hits daily double sales compilation ( which closely resmebles the billboard one) the #50 album sold about 24k copies

i do think she is hovering just outside the top 50 maybe sold 23k copies

how did she add 16k copies!! there is no tour deal at all!! although her tour is doin badly i heard not fillin half the capacity and she cancelled some shows blaming it on some sickness

Maybe Jessica has some tie in deal with her sisters CD ..thats bumping her sales up??


.....or else its Soundscan Payola