the Heavy Metal comeback continues with a very nice debut for the new Motley Crue cd!

2 1 THE GAME AFTERMATH/G-UNIT/INT 193,165 -27%
THE DOCUMENTARY
-- 2 TINA TURNER CAPITOL 118,841 --
ALL THE BEST
4 3 GREEN DAY REPRISE 112,510 +23%
AMERICAN IDIOT
1 4 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 105,239 -65%
BE AS YOU ARE
7 5 JOHN LEGEND GETTING OUT OUR/COLUMBIA 96,652 +64%
GET LIFTED
-- 6 MOTLEY CRUE HIP-O RECORDS 91,983

Screw the Crue..Tina Turner is at #2?

sosgemini said:

I don't think anyone anticipated that - and it's a double CD set, too.

I'm really glad, though. It got like 0 promotion.

VoicesCarry said:

The biggest debut is Tina Turner’s All the Best (Capitol), which came on strong to finish #2 on 119k units, thanks to a week-of-release TV blitz involving a pair of Today appearances and an Oprah special, as well as the album’s availability at Starbucks locations nationwide in the second successful arrangement for the coffee chain; the first was for Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company (Concord).

Mazerati said:

Well I didn't notice any of that.

Really, though, I don't have time for Oprah and the Today Show.

Why doesn't she record any new material !?
[Edited 2/8/05 20:02pm]

Mazerati said:

Shut up! Oprah had a special on Tina Turner? Unheard of!

sosgemini said:

The Original Hotlegs is Debut At # 2 That's What I'm Happy About. Go Head Tina.

RipHer2Shreds said:

it had something to do with one of the ladies from Designer Housewives or whatever that show is called....Making dreams come true..Once again Oprah making dreams come true for the upperclass white woman!!

(ps..that was a joke..i dont want laurarichardson's having heart palpitations..)

This is more diverse than I've seen the album chart in ages. Hooray for Tina. I just wish that her album had all new songs on it. Unfortunately, she has gotten truly crappy material for about 10 years now. But anything that reminds folks of her greatness is fine by me. I'm glad Prince and companies like Starbucks have found a new business model to get good music out. Maybe we'll finally see an end to that poisonous bile masquerading as hip-hop.

Tina has been working this cd set. She was on Oprah too and we all know that Oprah can sell ketchup popcicles to Teresa Heinz Kerry.

I think that this is another great story:

7 5 JOHN LEGEND GETTING OUT OUR/COLUMBIA 96,652 +64%
GET LIFTED

An increase of 64% in sales over last week for a breakout artist. Hes still in the top 5 after naerly 2 months.

Mazerati said:

that's pretty impressive! i didn't even know the album came out already. was it last week? not bad for getting zero promotions and for a band that hasn't made music for years. go crue go!

Great for the crue,considering this is there 8th best of

13inchshoe said:

damn'd,cold
true...but cold...

i happen to love the crue, though

sosgemini said:

I know! I guess all the tv appearances have paid off...and she's still doing them! I bet it will have "legs" () while the Crue set won't, even though I wanted it and am dissapointed that I didn't buy it when it was on sale....how did the 3rd 2-CD set of last week due....I doubt ole Kylie managed to well since her CD got NO promotion....is "I Believe In You" a single here?

Dewrede said:

If you're referring to Tina, there are three new and very different songs on the CD. And it was cheap as dirt when it came out ($9.99 at Circuit City but I think they might have made a mistake since it when I went to the store it was $14.99 and they had to change it).

WhamBamGlamSlam said:

Well the Billboard album charts can be pretty diverse at times , especially since in the first week of release a lot of albums debut in the top ten and many drop out the next(and consider the wide range of releases this week). Now the radio/single charts....that's a whole other story!

13inchshoe said:

And I'm sure those other hits sets didn't do to well. Greatest Hits sets tend to do very well, sometimes with just a little pomotion push (like those cheapo, late night commericals with the 1-800 numbers).