As posted over at www.okayplayer.com, here are the final Nielson/Soundscan totals for the week:

1 Usher - CONFESSIONS - 267,128
2 D12 - D12WORLD - 196,795
3 Prince - MUSICOLOGY - 150,160
4 Petey Pablo - STILL WRITING IN MY DIARY - 117,497
5 Diana Krall - GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM - 97,350
6 Hoobastank - THE REASON - 90,744
7 Mario Winans - HURT NO MORE - 90,147
8 Norah Jones - FEELS LIKE HOME - 90,037
9 Josh Groban - CLOSER - 78,836
10 Various Artists - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC Vol. 15 - 76,864

Peace, David

Awesome ..that puts the 3 week Soundscan total at around 510,000 +. About 350,000 retail and 160,000 "non-traditional".

look for a big drop the next couple weeks though as he get the benefit of 1 show in next week chart and none in week 5.

Damn,why is Usher STILL continuing to sell so much?? His CD is crap,and therefore,it will probably go on to become the biggest-selling CD of 2004

But it's nice to see Prince holding his own among all the younger acts that usually dominate the charts.

newpower99 said:

it looks like if Musicology drops to around 50,000 in sales in the next 2 weeks without the added concert cd that it should be good enough to hang around the top 20 until the concerts start up again

DavidEye said:

http://www.billboard.com/...1000508660

Story on BB

NUMBERTWOFANATIC said:

I think this will go platinum in 1month

with worldwide sales included it might already be platinum??

Mazerati said:

I noticed that when the tour picks up again, he'll be doing 4, sometimes 5 shows a week in late May/early June. The numbers will kick back into gear pretty nicely because those shows are in Cali and Vegas. 21 of the shows are already sold out! Those cds are just waiting to be counted.

I watched Leno the other night to see Usher. Not that I'm a fan, but to see why he's so strong right now (Shaggy, anyone? What happened?).

One, Usher can be a great dancer - his moves last year on Leno on You Got it Bad were utterly flabbergasting. Second, his backup singers have rich, rich voices. Those guys are really outstanding in my limited listens.

DavidEye said:

David, you don't like confessions? I'm pretty shocked knowing our taste in music is so similar.

ALLMACK said:

The hate on Usher is expected. Anytime someone rises to the top and backlash follows. I had never bought an Usher album before Confessions nor was I a fan. But this cat is coming into his own now and I give props where props are due. Thank god someone came along and showed that little bitch Justin how this pop shit is done.