USA

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Sales For The Week Ending March 27th, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: April 9th, 2005.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, +/- percentage

MICHAEL JACKSON - 16,345 units
(Does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles like The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc., material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.)

1. Thriller: 5,487 (+10%)
2. Number Ones: 4,176 (+4%)
3. Number Ones (Video): 2,777 (+5%)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 1,317 (+12%)
5. Off the Wall: 909 (+17%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 464 (+7%)
7. HIStory on Film- Vol. 2 (Video): 355 (+9%)
8. Bad: 303 (+18%)
9. Dangerous: 275 (+4%)
10. Invincible: 135 (-9%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2-CD): 112
(-10%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor: 35 (+6%)


MADONNA - 6,445 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,152 (+2%)
2. GHV2: 382 (-16%)
3. True Blue: 295 (+3%)
4. Something To Remember: 258 (-)
5. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 242 (+1%)
6. Ray Of Light: 222 (-7%)
7. Like A Virgin: 219 (-15%)
8. Remixed & Revisited: 179 (-9%)
9. American Life: 171 (-13%)
10. Music: 163 (+4%)
11. Like A Prayer: 151 (+17%)
12. The Video Collection 93:99 (Video): 132 (-6%)
13. Madonna: 122 (-18%)
14. Erotica: 115 (+47%)
15. You Can Dance: 97 (+2%)
16. Bedtime Stories: 92 (-7%)
17. Girlie Show: Live Down Under (Video): 91 (+11%)
18. Drowned World Tour 2001 (Video): 91 (+32%)
19. Me Against The Music: 80 (-5%)
20. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy (Video): 75 (-1%)
21. Evita: 65 (-12%)
22. I'm Breathless: 51 (+2%)


JANET JACKSON - 3,329 units

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (album): 775 (+4%)
2. Damita Jo: 535 (-9%)
3. janet.: 433 (-16%)
4. From janet. To Damita Jo (Video): 394 (-10%)
5. All For You (album): 318 (-13%)
6. The Velvet Rope: 287 (-6%)
7. Rhythm Nation 1814: 215 (-19%)
8. Control: 170 (-21%)
9. Live In Hawaii (Video): 94 (-15%)
10. All For You (CD/DVD): 58 (-27%)
11. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (Video): 50 (+48%)


MARIAH CAREY - 5,949 units
(excluding Live at MSG DVD)

1. Greatest Hits (2 CD): 2,480 (-7%)
2. #1's: 1,121 (+5%)
3. Remixes (2 CD): 587 (+2%)
4. Charmbracelet: 305 (+24%)
5. Butterfly: 254 (+2%)
6. #1's (Video): 245 (+30%)
7. Music Box: 227 (+21%)
8. Glitter: 148 (+6%)
9. Daydream: 138 (-)
10. Rainbow: 137 (+15%)
11. Mariah Carey: 109 (+15%)
12. Around The World (Video): 93 (+35%)
13. Through The Rain: 55 (-18%)
14. Emotions: 32 (+3%)
15. MTV Unplugged: 18 (-5%)


WHITNEY HOUSTON - 2,949 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 1,606 (+2%)
2. The Bodyguard: 369 (+14%)
3. The Preacher's Wife: 181 (+15%)
4. The Greatest Hits (Video): 174 (+5%)
5. Whitney Houston: 146 (-14%)
6. Whitney: 131 (-4%)
7. My Love Is Your Love (Album): 130 (+13%)
8. Just Whitney: 100 (-18%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 48 (+23%)
10. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 29 (+383%)
11. It’s Not Right But It’s Okay: 17 (+143%)
12. My Love Is Your Love: 10 (+25%)
13. My Love Is Your Love: 8 (+100%)


CHER - 7,888 units
(excluding Live Farewell Tour CD)

1. Very Best of Cher: 4,255 (+11%)
2. Very Best of Cher (Video): 1,084 (-2%)
3. Farewell Tour (Video): 588 (+17%)
4. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 488 (-2%)
5. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 479 (+28%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 281 (+4%)
7. Heart of Stone: 177 (+11%)
8. Half Breed: 160 (+19%)
9. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 125 (+6%)
10. Believe: 110 (-9%)
11. Live In Concert (Video, 1999): 95 (+10%)
12. Living Proof: 46 (+28%)

Those fifty-one listeners are in for a rude surprise.

CinisterCee said:

Shut it! I know I'm in the minority, but it's one of my favorite albums of hers. She tried something really new and, for me, it worked. I love the sound of her voice on this album. I sort of look at it as her own version of Donna Summer's I Remember Yesterday.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I sort of look at it as my own personal barf bag.

Americans never understood "blood on the dancefloor". Some nice remixes on there.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I love how you punish me.

VoicesCarry said:

"Cry Baby" <---- if only that emoticon had a face like this

CinisterCee said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

"I'm Breathless" is probably my least favorite disc bu it still isn't bad. Comparing it the very expirmental "I Remember Yesterday"?

thesexofit said:

It just wasn't a good time for him saleswise and it never did catch on. Had it been remixes of his older hits, I think it would have gotten more attention. It was pretty good. Probably better than the "new" disc from "History".

VinnyM27 said:

The only thing that saves I'm Breathless from the trash heap is the original version of "Vogue", and this photo:



While we have the back cover tracklist posted, why don't we refresh our memory and justify what other tracks are actually worth owning?

CinisterCee said:

Maybe the 51 people had the following reaction:

OMG TITTAYZ!!!!

and then purchased the record?

VoicesCarry said:

YES! That photo explains alot, then.

My Personal Highlights from that album are:

He's A Man
I'm Going Bananas
Something to Remember
Back In Business
More
What Can You Lose
Vogue

i think it's a great album... just that people don't Madge to something other than pop

I'm Breathless remains one of my least listened to Madonna albums.

Aside from "Vogue", the whole thing was a let down. Of course, I was expecting it to be a brand new studio album so it's party my fault.
[Edited 3/31/05 17:08pm]

thesexofit said:

"Superflysista" produced by Byran "Lollipop Luv" Loren was a jam.

Madonna sounds fabulous on the I'm Breathless album. She really had a vocal stretch on that album aside from her regular albums.

But yeah, when Madonna does something aside from mainstrem pop, a lot of people will turn against her. Oh well.

VoicesCarry said:

Madonna always has nice titties wherever she goes, not just on that album.

jayaredee said:

amit1234 said:

VoicesCarry said:

Isn't that Captain America?

I wonder if Madonna's boobs will always be firm or if they will sag and she'll have to get them lifted
[Edited 3/31/05 16:30pm]

jayaredee said:

I'm sure she's already had her fair share of lifts. They're easy to do and no complications!

VoicesCarry said:

hmmmmm probably.
And i think she is becoming botox dependant quite recently....

jayaredee said:

Really? I didn't think she'd go down that route.

VoicesCarry said:

Ooops

VoicesCarry said:

I don't think she's obsessive with it, but during the tsunmi benefit thing her eyebrows weren't moving.
And she kinda looked like Cher with her blonde wig.

jayaredee said:

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jayaredee said:

Exactly.Many of her fans want her to stick to only one type of music (dance/pop).But a real artist doesn't do the same thing over and over.While 'I'm Breathless' is not one of my favorite Madonna albums,I give her credit for trying something different.I love "Sooner Or Later","Something To Remember","Now I'm Following You" and of course "Vogue".