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In its 8th week on the chart 3121 sees a 7% increase this week with 13,081 copies sold , pushing it over the 400k mark to 402,914 .

The increase was not enough to keep it from dropping 13 spots from #80 to #93 this week, as many album saw large increases due to Mothers Day traffic.



TWRank--Artist--Title--TWSales--%CHG--LWSales--RTDSales

1 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 442,489 999 545 443,088
2 LACHEY*NICK WHAT'S LEFT OF ME 171,657 999 206 171,876
3 TOOL 10000 DAYS 156,880 -72 563,532 721,578
4 JAGGED EDGE JAGGED EDGE 114,914 999 535 115,454
5 ISLEY BROTHERS BABY MAKIN' MUSIC 110,922 999 397 111,322
6 RASCAL FLATTS ME AND MY GANG 105,548 18 89,208 1,516,072
7 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK 88,985 -6 94,462 1,971,902
8 PEARL JAM PEARL JAM 85,935 -69 279,137 365,499
9 VARIOUS NOW 21 75,861 -11 85,094 1,016,608
10 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 70,856 22 58,153 1,712,216

11 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE WE SHALL OVERCOME: SEEGER SESS 70,708 -6 75,133 295,554
12 BOCELLI*ANDREA AMORE 70,272 16 60,523 939,876
13 MCGRAW*TIM VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 62,735 37 45,913 704,122
14 SIMON*PAUL SURPRISE 60,940 999 151 61,094
15 YOUNG*NEIL LIVING WITH WAR 60,385 999 1,359 61,744
16 SHAKIRA ORAL FIXATION V2 59,376 8 54,782 947,806
17 JACKSON*ALAN PRECIOUS MEMORIES 57,704 77 32,547 583,224
18 KEITH*TOBY WHITE TRASH WITH MONEY 53,588 17 45,680 605,216
19 GODSMACK IV 50,981 -39 83,645 345,897
20 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 50,021 999 4,011 54,033

21 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 49,116 46 33,693 2,814,021
22 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 48,261 -20 60,424 224,041
23 T.I. KING 47,373 -16 56,278 1,100,039
24 MARIE*TEENA SAPPHIRE 44,059 999 235 44,296
25 JEWEL GOODBYE ALICE IN WONDERLAND 43,276 -47 81,656 125,021
26 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 41,311 20 34,374 2,790,369
27 MANILOW*BARRY GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES 40,300 116 18,657 905,072
28 MOBB DEEP BLOOD MONEY 38,572 -64 105,747 144,953
29 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 38,451 30 29,654 2,268,386
30 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 38,263 45 26,304 1,752,836

31 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 37,967 12 33,885 802,603
32 POWTER*DANIEL DANIEL POWTER 37,173 4 35,595 273,984
33 KNOPFLER/HARRIS ALL THE ROADRUNNING 36,846 4 35,266 119,695
34 SNOW PATROL EYES OPEN 36,191 999 61 36,254
35 TAKING BACK SUNDAY LOUDER NOW 33,436 -35 51,377 242,891
36 AVANT DIRECTOR 31,755 -36 49,693 205,157
37 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 31,753 6 29,888 1,495,176
38 VASSAR*PHIL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 31,725 -51 64,644 96,421
39 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 31,043 17 26,464 5,230,659
40 TUNSTALL*KT EYE TO THE TELESCOPE 29,989 9 27,635 300,723

41 URBAN*KEITH BE HERE 29,727 25 23,850 2,937,478
42 PANIC! AT THE DISCO FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT 29,395 6 27,668 585,810
43 CASH*JOHNNY LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH 29,172 13 25,797 1,701,308
44 GOO GOO DOLLS LET LOVE IN 29,052 -25 38,717 150,656
45 MERCYME COMING UP TO BREATHE 29,051 8 26,975 55,939
46 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 28,797 -10 32,062 846,231
47 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 28,228 19 23,777 325,740
48 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 24,317 -11 27,291 967,990
49 JOHNSON*JACK & FRIENDS CURIOUS GEORGE:SINGALONGS/LULL 23,457 15 20,416 801,439
50 TURNER*JOSH YOUR MAN 21,959 23 17,864 638,292

51 KORN LIVE & RARE 21,777 999 66 21,845
52 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 21,169 19 17,752 4,154,672
53 DISNEYMANIA DISNEYMANIA 4 21,052 -5 22,262 190,024
54 ISAAK*CHRIS BEST OF CHRIS ISAAK 20,808 999 36 20,844
55 WOLFMOTHER WOLFMOTHER 19,417 -48 37,010 56,524
56 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 19,224 0 19,222 1,086,711
57 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA UNWRITTEN 19,045 23 15,484 542,963
58 PINK I'M NOT DEAD 18,996 -11 21,443 327,244
59 WALK THE LINE SOUNDTRACK 18,862 12 16,798 874,865
60 BLUE OCTOBER FOILED 18,432 14 16,216 118,338

61 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 18,030 19 15,123 2,089,343
62 DIAMOND RIO VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 17,591 999 25 17,616
63 L.L. COOL J TODD SMITH 17,587 -15 20,684 225,597
64 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 17,177 4 16,566 3,762,095
65 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 17,158 -8 18,640 2,364,430
66 FORT MINOR RISING TIED 16,862 6 15,922 189,904
67 BENTLEY*DIERKS MODERN DAY DRIFTER 16,820 15 14,634 1,011,027
68 IL DIVO ANCORA 16,718 55 10,804 615,614
69 ADKINS*TRACE SONGS ABOUT ME 16,706 7 15,605 1,413,558
70 BON JOVI HAVE A NICE DAY 16,699 18 14,128 1,124,430

71 PAISLEY*BRAD TIME WELL WASTED 16,574 21 13,724 1,030,451
72 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 16,235 -0 16,261 1,226,649
73 BUCKCHERRY 15 16,035 1 15,905 87,145
74 CHESNEY*KENNY ROAD & THE RADIO 16,017 28 12,545 2,216,724
75 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 15,567 -8 16,907 1,336,242
76 FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE 15,503 -4 16,182 2,259,231
77 BROOKS & DUNN HILLBILLY DELUXE 15,404 25 12,302 813,074
78 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 14,668 11 13,184 2,936,142
79 KORN SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE 14,533 5 13,781 880,145
80 THURSDAY CITY BY THE LIGHT 14,473 -68 45,595 60,147

81 ROGERS*KENNY WATER & BRIDGES 14,279 86 7,692 137,967
82 POISON BEST OF POISON: 20 YEARS OF RO 14,241 -5 14,934 124,817
83 ENYA AMARANTINE 13,822 155 5,426 1,147,988
84 VARIOUS NOW LATINO 13,679 -1 13,868 146,674
85 HILL*FAITH FIREFLIES 13,589 59 8,536 1,839,937
86 CASTING CROWNS LIFESONG 13,519 26 10,733 256,928
87 MONTEZ DE DURANGO BORRON CUENTA NUEVA 13,413 -6 14,199 28,073
88 SPARXXX*BUBBA CHARM 13,387 -13 15,406 148,798
89 DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ ON TOP OF OUR GAME 13,255 -3 13,601 454,923
90 MATISYAHU YOUTH 13,247 1 13,135 374,200

91 WOW WORSHIP AQUA WOW WORSHIP AQUA 13,164 26 10,426 43,345
92 ZOMBIE*ROB EDUCATED HORSES 13,108 -14 15,251 259,652
93 PRINCE 3121 13,081 7 12,261 402,914
94 SUGARLAND TWICE THE SPEED OF 12,810 62 7,912 1,903,956
95 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 12,662 11 11,434 5,592,111
96 LITTLE BIG TOWN ROAD TO HERE 12,552 18 10,602 470,909
97 CONNICK*HARRY JR. HARRY ON BROADWAY ACT 1 11,975 999 118 12,093
98 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 11,920 -4 12,379 180,600
99 FOXX*JAMIE UNPREDICTABLE 11,811 -3 12,152 1,768,372
100 ALDEAN*JASON JASON ALDEAN 11,488 7 10,690 548,000

101 GEIGER*TEDDY UNDERAGE THINKING 11,439 0 11,392 190,071
102 STEWART*ROD VOL. 4-GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK 11,303 44 7,825 934,767
103 ROGERS*KENNY 21 NUMBER ONES 11,276 34 8,416 210,558
104 HEADLEY*HEATHER IN MY MIND 11,002 -17 13,237 413,274
105 CROW*SHERYL WILDFLOWER 10,967 45 7,543 818,502
106 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 10,878 -5 11,463 245,941
107 GHOSTFACE KILLAH FISHSCALE 10,515 -14 12,283 226,945
109 HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS IF ONLY YOU WERE LONELY 10,301 -9 11,325 340,395
110 BOCELLI*ANDREA AMOR 9,987 51 6,632 82,515

111 CELTIC WOMAN CELTIC WOMAN 9,955 10 9,058 634,618
112 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 9,917 -1 10,000 1,869,934
113 REBEL MEETS REBEL REBEL MEETS REBEL 9,888 -62 25,806 35,960
114 GABRIEL*JUAN LA HISTORIA DEL DIVO 9,847 22 8,071 55,257
115 IL DIVO IL DIVO 9,754 29 7,541 1,231,124
116 FRANKLIN*KIRK HERO 9,723 16 8,414 542,584
117 MADONNA CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR 9,579 22 7,865 1,450,508
118 THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 9,543 -13 10,965 817,731
119 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 9,537 1 9,398 930,909
120 DURCAL*ROCIO AMOR ETERNO 9,357 30 7,205 111,462

121 HINDER EXTREME BEHAVIOR 9,297 -10 10,352 177,061
122 MORRISON*VAN PAY THE DEVIL 8,903 37 6,514 128,621
123 COLDPLAY X&Y 8,829 19 7,410 2,876,067
124 STAIND CHAPTER V 8,771 0 8,730 838,127
125 HARPER*BEN BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN 8,695 0 8,689 163,827
126 CREED GREATEST HITS 8,648 7 8,101 1,159,524
127 DADDY YANKEE BARRIO FINO ENDIRECTO 8,186 -4 8,531 557,377
128 JUVENILE REALITY CHECK 8,181 -20 10,249 415,598
129 YEAH YEAH YEAHS SHOW YOUR BONES 8,139 -15 9,545 144,728
130 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2006 8,076 38 5,832 316,787

131 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 9-KIDZ BOP 7,935 -13 9,131 352,074
132 QUEEN STONE COLD CLASSICS 7,814 -3 8,041 65,359
133 ALY & AJ INTO THE RUSH 7,680 -9 8,412 515,658
134 LITTRELL*BRIAN WELCOME HOME 7,661 -42 13,177 11,619
135 VARIOUS/GOSPEL 2006-WOW GOSPEL 7,582 34 5,654 172,989
136 ALLAN*GARY TOUGH ALL OVER 7,561 19 6,367 474,253
137 HAMILTON*ANTHONY AIN'T NOBODY WORRYING 7,534 -1 7,586 456,657
138 EVANS*SARA REAL FINE PLACE 7,531 73 4,346 596,340
139 ARCTIC MONKEYS WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT' 7,409 -11 8,284 193,582
140 DISTURBED TEN THOUSAND FISTS 7,374 -3 7,567 1,098,264

141 VARIOUS MONSTER BALLADS PLATINUM EDITI 7,309 11 6,605 252,717
142 COOK*DANE RETALIATION 7,236 5 6,896 704,134
143 WALL*PAUL PEOPLE'S CHAMP 7,222 -3 7,481 744,882
144 MANUELLE*VICTOR DECISION UNANIME 7,108 999 102 7,210
145 LITTLE WILLIES LITTLE WILLIES 7,093 30 5,477 105,519
146 BYNUM*JUANITA PIECE OF MY PASSION 7,051 14 6,201 139,404
147 SHINEDOWN US & THEM 7,048 -7 7,596 348,512
148 MCBRIDE*MARTINA TIMELESS 6,899 70 4,063 1,097,147
149 BICE*BO REAL THING 6,870 83 3,746 615,881
150 VARIOUS NOW #1S 6,850 -8 7,464 424,284

151 STRAIT*GEORGE SOMEWHERE DOWN IN TEXAS 6,831 35 5,054 807,674
152 SHE WANTS REVENGE SHE WANTS REVENGE 6,826 -2 6,957 173,158
153 GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 6,809 6 6,439 5,450,695
154 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 6,720 24 5,406 714,423
155 MC MAGIC MAGIC CITY 6,643 999 10 6,653
156 ATREYU DEATHGRIP ON YESTURDAY 6,625 -10 7,354 145,424
157 CASCADA EVERYTIME WE TOUCH 6,554 -1 6,590 117,659
158 TOMLIN*CHRIS ARRIVING 6,472 20 5,386 175,427
159 CURRINGTON*BILLY DOIN' SOMETHIN' RIGH 6,468 17 5,525 593,053
160 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH GUAPA 6,448 -18 7,897 14,686

161 MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR THEN SINGS MY SOUL 6,391 56 4,104 38,648
162 AVENGED SEVENFOLD CITY OF EVIL 6,357 -2 6,487 604,499
163 SYSTEM OF A DOWN HYPNOTIZE 6,346 1 6,311 1,105,536
164 JAHEIM GHETTO CLASSICS 6,307 15 5,490 371,175
165 T-PAIN RAPPA TERNT SANGA 6,228 -18 7,575 493,167
166 GILMOUR*DAVID ON AN ISLAND 6,158 -9 6,784 238,482
167 STRAIT*GEORGE 50 NUMBER ONES 6,150 27 4,847 2,692,358
168 FLAMING LIPS AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS 6,127 -16 7,256 105,340
169 STEWART*ROD STARDUST...GRT AMER SNGBK V3 6,122 58 3,872 1,670,443
170 YOUNG JEEZY LET'S GET IT 6,072 -3 6,243 1,585,265

171 GRANDADDY JUST LIKE THE FAMBLY CAT 5,923 999 155 6,078
172 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 5,874 -2 5,985 3,754,266
173 HIM DARK LIGHT 5,873 -6 6,237 413,545
174 THIRD DAY WHEREVER YOU ARE 5,800 33 4,375 192,808
175 VARIOUS ARTISTS MTV2 HEADBANGERS BALL-REVENGE 5,747 -29 8,040 59,149
176 GOMEZ HOW WE OPERATE 5,737 -31 8,303 14,106
177 MCGRAW*TIM LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING 5,729 16 4,932 3,751,602
178 LACUNA COIL KARMACODE 5,675 -12 6,423 79,433
179 MARY MARY MARY MARY 5,653 11 5,095 405,153
180 THOMAS*ROB SOMETHING TO BE 5,609 18 4,737 1,346,596

181 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC FRM & INSPRD BY GET RICH 5,593 -12 6,343 1,346,847
182 PURE '80S: #1S PURE '80S: #1S 5,585 999 22 5,610
183 VARIOUS TOTALLY COUNTRY V5 5,578 7 5,201 257,285
184 WILSON*GRETCHEN ALL JACKED UP 5,322 42 3,748 1,084,912
185 NICHOLS*JOE III 5,282 12 4,721 402,390
186 B.G. HEART OF THA STREETZ, VOL. 2 ( 5,251 -12 5,996 148,264
187 NELSON*RICKY GREATEST HITS 5,226 5 4,975 164,135
188 BLACK*LEWIS CARNEGIE HALL PERFORMANCE 5,215 -8 5,641 17,019
189 MARTIN*DEAN DINO: ESSENTIAL DEAN MARTIN 5,208 30 4,014 867,212
190 PUNK GOES 90'S PUNK GOES 90'S 5,207 999 57 5,348

191 CAM'RON & DUKEDAGOD PRESENTS MOVEMENT MOVES ON 5,177 -16 6,132 55,266
192 VARIOUS NOW 20 5,125 -5 5,374 2,458,028
193 DESTINY'S CHILD #1'S 5,092 -2 5,194 1,097,568
194 SUGA FREE JUST ADD 5,071 999 25 5,096
195 KORN VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 5,040 17 4,326 1,111,783
196 TRAIN FOR ME IT'S YOU 4,967 4 4,781 212,207
197 MCENTIRE*REBA REBA #1'S 4,952 69 2,928 704,067
198 10 YEARS AUTUMN EFFECT 4,914 5 4,659 292,948
199 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE PLANS 4,906 -1 4,944 671,793
200 WEST*KANYE LATE REGISTRATION 4,892 -1 4,943 2,731,831

it's slowly on it's way to gold status.

Paul Simon deserved more. Oh, wait, this is a Prince thread.

PurpleKnight said:

I think it's in one word: Tamar

He's more into promoting her shit than his and it's annoying.

purplecam said:

I really, really doubt Tamar can be blamed for this one. There's just no way Prince would compromise his own art for someone else's.

The fact that he is still selling without any promotions or tv appearances is great to me. I know when the 3121 shows roll out, he will sell even more.

PurpleKnight said:

Hopefully he realized how crap the album was and is doing the smart thing by disassociating himself with it. Maybe he's even currently making some actual music at the moment and not MTV styled pastiches of pop smear.

Yep, it makes u wonder if he signed with Universal just 2 get her signed, hopefully sales will increase 4 3121 when he starts promoting 4 Tamars cd, with appearances on Good Morning America the week of her release and a few others in the works, we'll see.

purplecam said:

Prince should has comissioned some remixes. He would get connected with Dance fans! Solidify his presence! Madonna and Janet do this!

so prince killed his own record...again. typical. what a shame that he doesn't care about the work he makes (or, at least, that's the impression given).

Prince's albums always drop off the charts quick, but I can't ever remember him being so completely invisible after releasing an album.

And this one had the greatest hit potential of anything he'd done since 1994 IMO.
[Edited 5/17/06 11:11am]

sallysassalot said:

Yeah, i think he could have gone platinum again if he took the opportunity to promote the album.
He was flying high with his recent "comeback" into the mainstream, and this album has so many potential singles.
A missed opportunity but he did so on his own terms.

I'm sure Universal is pleased with his decision.

jayaredee said:

honestly, if i were someone in the biz, i would not work with prince. he's too much of a risk. you never know if he's gonna work with you or if you'll be burnt. he doesn't have a large enough pull to be worth the risk. even with all the hype over this record it has still not managed to sell 500k...and its a good freakin' record. maybe if he promoted it the record would have gone platinum by now but he sabotaged his own work. i don't know what the specs of the deal are between prince and universal but he's probably able to act this way because he had very little to lose.

sallysassalot said:

Why does everybody think Universal would be upset about any of this. They went into an agreement with Prince AGREEING to exactly what Prince wants to do and how he wants to do it.

Who is to say that Prince agreed to any kind of promotion, or guaranteed a platinum album. Ofcourse record companies want the best, but this is a UNIQUE agreement between Prince and the record company, so as far as I am concerned Universal knew exactly what they were getting into.

newpower99 said:

I would say that 7% has something to do with all the Remaining 3121 with chance for ticket on them have been going on sale. They dropped 5 dollars off the ticketed price every where i seen them.

You've got to be kidding yourself if you think Universal are happy with Prince and his efforts to date.

sallysassalot said:

So that's how a musician shows he cares about his work, not by putting on killa live shows for his fans to enjoy, but by hype and promotion? I think Prince would be offended by a statement like that because he has said in numerous interviews that he is very close to the music he makes,and that type of thinking is more consistent with the way record companies operate, rather than how he runs his business.

Furthermore, you're forgetting he gets to keep the majority of his profits and he owns his music 100%, so his money has already been made, not to mention the profits from upcoming shows.

bkw said:

They are not kidding, they are in denial.

It's great to see Teena Marie's new CD debut at #24 this week. love it! Sapphire!

MickG said:

First comes denial, then anger, then acceptance, then P's ass to the kurb.

PurpleKnight said:

I understand that. I was replying to the person who was argueing the contrary.

NPG2045 said:

See that's what I was thinking too. On top of that, do you notice how Prince is FINALLY starting to do some kind of promotion next month with Good Morning America? That happens to be around the same time as Tamar's album coming out. This is pure theory here but I think the plan was to promote the heck out of the CD in March into April because it would help Tamar too since her CD was to come out on May 2nd but with Universal moving Tamar's CD to June, it pushed back the promotion stuff leaving 3121 to fend for itself. I heard that there is more planned for promotion but remember, Rave Un2 was promoted almost a month after it came out and it still flopped. This CD is dead and it's a damn shame cause it's a damn good CD. But that's Prince 4 U.
[Edited 5/17/06 16:37pm]

bkw said:

Judging from what I have seen lately It would seem PRINCE is in the anger stage himself.

purplecam said:

With all the attention he's devoting to her album,let's hope it doesn't flop too

Wowugotit said:

I love the album too,but I'm disappointed that it only sold 44,059 copies.Where's the promotion?! The first single "Ooh Wee" is getting some airplay on R&B stations,but where is the video? Hopefully,Cash Money Records won't screw this up.This CD is filled with strong potential singles: "Make It Hot","A.P.B","Cruise Control".