Top 20 and selected others.....

Chart Postion / Artist / Album / this weeks sales / total sales

1 50 CENT MASSACRE 1,140,638 / 1,140,743
2 LOPEZ*JENNIFER REBIRTH 260,892 / 261,638
3 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 228,714 / 229,223
4 MARS VOLTA FRANCES THE MUTE 123,166 / 123,514
5 GAME DOCUMENTARY 99,901 / 1,538,910
6 GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 86,123 / 2,829,425
7 CHARLES*RAY GENIUS LOVES COMPANY 80,745 / 2,622,828
8 OMARION O 76,782 / 259,921
9 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 62,849 / 1,548,867
10 EMINEM ENCORE 60,982 / 4,234,767
11 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 60,823 / 812,341
12 3 DOORS DOWN SEVENTEEN DAYS 58,533/ 462,450
13 JUDAS PRIEST ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION 57,523 / 57,647
14 KILLERS HOT FUSS 57,205 / 1,237,106
15 RAY SOUNDTRACK 54,560 /1,140,658
16 USHER CONFESSIONS 54,237 / 8,594,476
17 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 46,383 / 1,431,441
18 FANTASIA FREE YOURSELF 43,488 / 1,139,533
19 LUDACRIS RED LIGHT DISTRICT 40,613 / 1,375,730
20 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ CRUNK JUICE 40,233 /1,979,142


25 AMOS*TORI BEEKEEPER 34,697 / 117,509

27 TURNER*TINA ALL THE BEST 33,268 / 338,138
28 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 7-KIDZ BOP KIDS 32,779 / 106,699

32 VARIOUS 2005 GRAMMY NOMINEES 31,471 / 357,874
33 DESTINY'S CHILD DESTINY FULFILLED 30,483 / 2,444,724


35 MOTLEY CRUE RED WHITE & CRUE 30,315 / 225,376

37 KEYS*ALICIA DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 29,612 / 4,085,518


44 MAYER*JOHN HEAVIER THINGS 24,237 / 2,301,877

48 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 23,367 / 2,515,470

59 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE 19,511/465,811
60 MCKNIGHT*BRIAN GEMINI 19,501 /197,442


69 RAY-VOL. 2 SOUNDTRACK 15,656 /103,842



77 SIMPSON*ASHLEE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 14,053 / 2,743,895


82 VELVET REVOLVER CONTRABAND 13,003 / 1,641,682

98 STEWART*ROD STARDUST...GRT AMER SNGBK V3 11,303 /1,370,238

100 BUFFETT*JIMMY LICENSE TO CHILL 11,263 / 1,342,507


107 QUEEN LATIFAH DANA OWENS ALBUM 10,658 / 553,593


121 SPEARS*BRITNEY GREATEST HITS:MY PREROGATIVE 9,440 /970,352

124 BEE GEES NUMBER ONES 9,327 / 409,025


137 MODEST MOUSE GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE 8,312 / 1,282,780


152 DEGRAW*GAVIN CHARIOT-STRIPPED 7,547 / 369,055


164 FRANZ FERDINAND FRANZ FERDINAND 6,881 / 875,527


176 COLE*NAT KING WORLD OF NAT KING COLE 6,619 / 87,679

187 CROW*SHERYL VERY BEST OF SHERYL CROW 6,398 / 3,315,296

193 MARILYN MANSON LEST WE FORGET-BEST OF MARILYN 6,235 / 447,266

198 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 6,014 / 200,961

200 PITBULL M.I.A.M.I. (MONEY IS A MAJOR I 5,967 / 358,926

Happy with the Green Day numbers. Never thought I'd see those numbers again.

Sad with the Tori numbers.

Alicia can't be stopped.

Fiddy? What can you say?

CynicKill said:

I saw that coming. Her rabid fans (myself included) all buy her albums within the first few days of release. Beyond them, she doesn't appeal to much people which is why her recent albums always take a big drop after a high debut.

newpower99 said:

That's very impressive.

sextonseven said:

I kinda saw it coming too but I haven't followed the charts well enough to know how much of a fall it would take. Do I understand correctly that the last one still went gold though?

It reminds me of a conversation I had with someone when "Vespertine" debuted at 19 and I was all excited and he was like that's so awful. I said that that was like the highest debut Bjork ever had and therefore it was smashing.

CynicKill said:

'Scarlet's Walk' is indeed certified gold. 'Strange Little Girls' after a top 5 debut has yet to be certified anything. However, that may be due to Atlantic just not wanting to submit the figures to the RIAA because of the way things ended with Tori.

is nice to see Motley Crue's album hanging in there...it actually went up about 7 spots this week! time for an album of new material

newpower99 said:

Stop this madness

I can't beleive the Britney Spears to Franz Ferdinand. Not that I am suprised that Franz Ferdinand is approaching platinum status (well deserved), but that Britney's sales are only slightly better. Even though much of America is sick of her (as I am), I thought she would have a few more fans buying her crap. Oh well.

In other Britney news, it appears that people are thrilled that Britney is now a married woman. In an eonline.com poll conducted on Tuesday, March 8th, when asked whether Britney should return to the public spotlight or focus on being with her new husband and raising her stepchildren, about 70 percent of respondents said that she should stay at home.

Gwen's L.A.M.B. is doing VERY well. Approaching 1.5 mil.

Impressed said:

For an album full of superproducers who charge huge fees ($250,000 for 1 Dre song), it should have been selling better.

I can't even keep up with the charts. Where did Tori debut last week?

728huey said:

The love affair with Britney is over but never underestimate a comeback. Also, for a Britney CD, the promotion was terrible and I wouldn't be suprised if most people don't even know she released a hits set.

lilgish said:

totally

lilgish said:

It sucks for teenagers of today! Just blows!!!

CinisterCee said:

It's Good To Be... Dr. Dre.

VinnyM27 said:

Tori debuted at # 5 last week .

tori's sales have been falling since boys for pele which was just too weird for most people including me.