Still Top 10 retail...

NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 227,503 -15%
CONFESSIONS
-- 2 GRETCHEN WILSON EPIC/SONY NASHVILLE 224,770 --
HERE FOR THE PARTY
-- 3 8BALL & MJG BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 120,736 --
LIVING LEGENDS
2 4 D12 SHADY/INTERSCOPE 116,572 -42%
D12 WORLD
5 5 HOOBASTANK ISLAND/IDJ 80,149 -14%
THE REASON
-- 6 TEENA MARIE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL 78,619 --
LA DONA
9 7 NOW 15 CAPITOL 62,762 -17%
VARIOUS
3 8 PETEY PABLO JIVE/ZLG 58,312 -51%
STILL WRITING IN MY DIARY: 2ND..
6 9 MARIO WINANS BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 54,200 -40%
HURT NO MORE
10 10 PRINCE COLUMBIA/CRG 53,648 -27%
MUSICOLOGY
12 11 OUTKAST LAFACE/ZLG 50,100 -18%
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW
4 12 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 50,064 -47%
FEELS LIKE HOME
8 13 DIANA KRALL VERVE 49,982 -37%
GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM
11 14 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 49,741 -25%
FALLEN
15 15 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 48,701 -14%
COLLEGE DROPOUT
13 16 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 42,967 -29%
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
18 17 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 42,774 -21%
GREATEST HITS
19 18 JESSICA SIMPSON COLUMBIA/CRG 41,626 -19%
IN THIS SKIN
-- 19 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ROADRUNNER/IDJ 38,446 --
END OF HEARTACHE
7 20 JOSH GROBAN 143/REPRISE 36,865 -55%
CLOSER

Not bad at all. Even without the concert CDs, he's had a top 10 selling album for a solid month now. With the Nashville copies factored in this week, Musicology should be around number 7 on Billboard, down from number 3. And even without the benefit of concert sales, he should hang around the top 15 or so next week. And once the tour starts back up again, he should hang in the top 10 or 15 until September. Almost 5 months straight in the top 10 and 20? I know what you mean in the interviews Prince when you say you didn't go anywhere, but this is unquestionably a commercial comeback. And even the concert copies are a testament to his commercial success. It balances out. Prince may not be able to get a song in the top 5 like Mario Winans, but I doubt Mario could sell 60-70,000 concert tickets a week to keep himself in the top 5 of the album chart. Usher probably couldn't sell that many seats either. It all balances out...

Forget P's comeback, what about Lady T (Teena Marie)?! I never expected to see her do so well. Nice to see her back ... you know, a singer with soul, talent and style!

Peace,
Scott

Pretty amazing for week 4 considering the lack of a new video.

Great news. It would be nice if radio stations played the songs from Musicology the way they do with Usher's album. Even without a video that would keep it in the top 10 or 15 for a long while.
It's great that Call My Name is taking off, and that Cinnamon Girl has been heard on some stations.
Time for my happy dance:

shygirl said:

Yeah. But I think Prince is trying to avoid those six-figure fees in radio promotion he would have to pay alongside Usher, Mario Winans & the rest to accomplish the same result anyway: chart appearance.
However, since right before RRHOF up til now I've been hearing classic 80's Prince singles on pop radio. Guess WB's tryin to cash in on the hype around Musicology, ironically when they should have promoted him 5-10 years ago! Dumb bean counters...

HardcoreJollies said:

I agree! I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised to see Lady Tee debut at Number Six.Maybe there is hope for today's R&B music after all.

"...This 1's 4 Yosamite Sam & Toys At Disneyland..." -Lady Cab Driver

pdubble, isn't it TOURISTS at Disneyland..?

It is official. #7! SHould drop down for a couple weeks now with no shows and then bounce back up a bit when the tour resumes.

actually, this current week is the only week that won't have any concert dates factored in. He goes back on tour monday, and monday's concert will count towards the totals the following week.

pdubble said:

I just saw an ad on MTV for The Very Best of Prince, so WB is definetly cashing in on this wave.