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SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending April 24th, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: May 7th, 2005.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, Sales Last Week, +/- percentage

MARIAH CAREY - 232,916 units (6,916 units excluding The Emancipation Of Mimi)
(excluding Live at Madison Square Garden DVD and "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" digital single sales)

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 226,000 (-44%)
2. Greatest Hits (2 CD): 2,435 (-23%)
3. #1's: 1,764 (-)
4. Remixes (2 CD): 645 (+4%)
5. Charmbracelet: 427 (-39%)
6. Butterfly: 345 (+7%)
7. #1's (Video): 254 (-8%)
8. Music Box: 232 (+10%)
9. Glitter: 186 (-25%)
10. Daydream: 170 (+22%)
11. Rainbow: 145 (-22%)
12. Mariah Carey: 102 (-25%)
13. Around the World (Video): 79 (-40%)
14. Through the Rain: 59 (-17%)
15. Emotions: 46 (+35%)
16. MTV Unplugged: 27 (-27%)

Notes: The Emancipation Of Mimi scanned 226,000, down 44% from its debut (total stands at nearly 632,000). "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" saw digital sales of 21,000+ and 16,000+. Following last week's new-album release, the older titles, overall, see the expected losses. Some, though, do enjoy increases.

MICHAEL JACKSON - 12,821 units
(Does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles like The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc., material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.)

1. Thriller: 3,760 (3,947) (-5%) (Top 20 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Chart. Exact position to be announced.)
2. Number Ones: 3,658 (3,874) (-6%)
3. Number Ones (Video): 2,484 (2,543) (-2%) (Moves 17-13 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, 57 weeks on the chart.)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 919 (916) (-)
5. Off the Wall: 777 (757) (+20%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 335 (344) (-3%)
7. Bad: 258 (333) (-22%)
8. HIStory on Film - Vol. 2 (Video): 230 (279) (-18%)
9. Dangerous: 176 (231) (-24%)
10. Invincible: 112 (136) (-18%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I[/i][/b] (2-CD): 81 (100) (-19%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor: 31 (38) (-18%)

Notes: The compilations and Thriller hold up well, and Off The Wall sees a nice gain. Other albums see notable declines. Nice to see the Number Ones DVD jump 17-13 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart.

MADONNA - 6,948 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,508 (+1%)
2. GHV2: 620 (-2%)
3. Something To Remember: 281 (+4%)
4. Ray Of Light: 295 (+16%)
5. Like A Virgin: 278 (+3%)
6. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 228 (+9%)
7. Madonna: 215 (+11%)
8. American Life: 167 (+6%)
9. True Blue: 156 (-12%)
10. Remixed & Revisited: 142 (-10%)
11. Music: 131 (+17%)
12. The Video Collection 93:99 (Video): 116 (+1%)
13. Like A Prayer: 115 (+32%)
14. Erotica: 114 (-5%)
15. Girlie Show: Live Down Under (Video): 59 (-34%)
15. Me Against the Music: 59 (-)
16. Drowned World Tour 2001 (Video): 58 (+12%)
17. You Can Dance: 56 (-23%)
18. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy (Video): 54 (-28%)
19. Evita: 54 (+23%)
20. I'm Breathless: 47 (-2%)
21. Love Profusion: 43 (-17%)
22. Bedtime Stories: 41 (-37%)
23. Hollywood: 41 (+24%)
24. American Life (Single): 39 (+11%)
25. Music: 31 (+107%)

Notes: Not a bad week. The Immaculate Collection rebounds to 3,500+ units. Ray Of Light jumps to nearly 300 units, and the debut tops 200 units. Like A Prayer also bounces back after dropping below 100 units for a couple of weeks. Bedtime Stories drops back to almost 40 copies - poor thing!

CHER - 5,111 units
(excluding Live Farewell Tour CD)

1. The Very Best of Cher (2 CD): 2,144 (-3%)
2. The Very Best of Cher (Video): 851 (+7%)
3. Farewell Tour (Video): 435 (+3%)
4. Best of Cher - Millennium Collection (2004 Edition): 464 (+22%)
5. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 390 (-5%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher’s GH: 282 (+18%)
7. Heart of Stone: 144 (-1%)
8. Half Breed: 128 (-2%)
9. Believe: 105 (+3%)
10. Best of Cher - Millennium Collection (First Edition): 91 (-11%)
11. Live In Concert (Video, 1999): 77 (-17%)

Notes: The Very Best of Cher hangs in there, while a couple of the compilations see decent gains.

JANET JACKSON - 3,075 units

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (album): 638 (+2%)
2. Damita Jo: 545 (+23%)
3. janet.: 479 (+19%)
4. From janet. To Damita Jo (Video): 323 (-12%)
5. The Velvet Rope: 254 (-21%)
6. All For You (album): 249 (+1%)
7. Rhythm Nation: 210 (+1%)
8. Control: 157 (-)
9. Live in Hawaii (Video): 152 (+42%)
10. All For You (CD/DVD): 34 (-32%)
11. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (Video): 34 (-15%)

Notes: Damita Jo rebounds to 500+ units, and janet. also sees a decent gain. Live in Hawaii, meanwhile, gets a good boost.

WHITNEY HOUSTON - 2,212 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 1,062 (-22%)
2. The Bodyguard: 305 (-13%)
3. The Greatest Hits (Video): 164 (-5%)
4. Whitney: 130 (+6%)
5. Whitney Houston: 127 (-26%)
6. The Preacher's Wife: 125 (-26%)
7. Just Whitney: 119 (+1%)
8. My Love is Your Love (Album): 98 (-19%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 55 (+20%)
10. It’s Not Right But it’s Okay: 9 (-55%)
11. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 9 (-50%)
12. My Love is Your Love (Single): 9 (+125%)

Notes: Not a great week for La Houston. The biggest percentage increases are singles, and most of the albums experiences losses.

Interesting. How about an update on Prince's albums. I wonder if Grafiti Bridge sold more than 5 copies.

Shoot. I'm sorry. This should have been posted in the Music-Non Prince Forum.

If my contact is ever able to get Prince SS info, I'll be sure to post.