info courtesy JRems at okayplayer.com


chart position/artist/title/this week sales/total sales


1 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 171,519 /1,722,135
2 SYSTEM OF A DOWN MEZMERIZE 117,886 / 740,802
3 AUDIOSLAVE OUT OF EXILE 98,985 / 362,979
4 KEITH*TOBY HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY 85,307/497,337
5 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 83,350 / 2,257,815
6 COMMON BE 77,496 / 262,608
7 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND STAND UP 75,868/ 799,673
8 50 CENT MASSACRE 74,749/ 3,786,493
9 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 69,095 /2,289,018
10 IL DIVO IL DIVO 69,000 / 532,162
11 LONGEST YARD SOUNDTRACK 65,908 /113,650
12 OASIS DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH 65,440/ 65,889
13 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 57,932/1,917,567
14 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 54,967 / 162,344
15 KILLERS HOT FUSS 48,083 / 1,959,896
16 JONES*MIKE WHO IS MIKE JONES? 45,406/ 524,641
17 WEEZER MAKE BELIEVE 45,177 / 369,516
18 PRETTY RICKY BLUE STARS 42,616 /98,728
19 CIARA GOODIES 41,132 /1,990,904
20 URBAN*KEITH BE HERE 40,930 / 1,104,584



23 GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 38,974/ 3,584,324

26 THOMAS*ROB SOMETHING TO BE 37,234/ 727,793
27 AMERICAN IDOL FINALISTS SEASON 4-THE SHOWSTOPPERS 36,951/175,120
28 NINE INCH NAILS WITH TEETH 34,659 / 494,390



33 HOUSTON*MARQUES NAKED 27,250 / 92,132


36 MADAGASCAR SOUNDTRACK 25,374 / 32,484
37 WILLIAMS*JOHN STAR WARS EPISODE III:REVENGE 23,876 / 223,131



50 KOTTONMOUTH KINGS KOTTONMOUTH KINGS 20,053 / 20,254

55 BECK GUERO 19,010 /511,615


58 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE DEVILS & DUST 18,523 / 460,225


64 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 18,104 / 1,515,914



72 AMERIE TOUCH 15,841/ 251,170


78 MEMPHIS BLEEK 534 14,913 / 100,714

82 BLACK EYED PEAS ELEPHUNK 14,355 / 2,659,068


85 USHER CONFESSIONS 14,035 / 8,935,827



87 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 13,725 / 1,203,919


89 DESTINY'S CHILD DESTINY FULFILLED 13,680 / 2,675,449


91 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 13,025 /2,762,689


95 WALLFLOWERS REBEL SWEETHEART 11,886 /38,237

100 BRAVERY BRAVERY 10,980 /133,526

110 KEANE HOPES & FEARS 9,255/ 703,759


122 GARBAGE BLEED LIKE ME 8,269/ 188,462


128 KEYS*ALICIA DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 7,934/ 4,264,343


132 LOPEZ*JENNIFER REBIRTH 7,788 /639,129



140 MAYER*JOHN HEAVIER THINGS 7,313/ 2,465,897



153 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE LULLABIES TO PARALYZE 6,818 /252,052


160 RIMES*LEANN THIS WOMAN 6,454 /337,834


168 BOWLING FOR SOUP HANGOVER YOU DON'T DESERVE 6,075 /409,139

173 STONE*JOSS SOUL SESSIONS 5,865/791,413




188 RAY SOUNDTRACK 5,308 / 1,355,530

197 INSANE CLOWN POSSE CALM 5,075 /43,096

199 NELLY SUIT 5,002 / 2,924,901
200 BABY EINSTEIN LULLABY CLASSICS 4,979 / 230,241


Carey's 'Emancipation' Returns To No. 1



By Margo Whitmire, L.A.



Mariah Carey rebounds 3-1 with "The Emancipation of Mimi" to give the Island Def Jam set a second non-consecutive week atop The Billboard 200, where it debuted in April. The set reclaims the throne despite a 4% dip to 172,000 U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Also inching back toward the summit is System Of A Down's "Mezmerize" (American/Columbia), which enjoys a 4-2 boost despite a hefty 30% fall to sales of 118,000. Last week's chart-topper, Audioslave's "Out of Exile" (Interscope/Epic), falls to No. 3 on a 62% slide to 99,000.

Carey and SOAD lead an upward chart trend for most existing top 10 acts, which, in a pause from the slew of new entries over the past few weeks, are climbing in spite of declining sales. The only titles bucking the trend are Gwen Stefani's solo debut, "Love, Angel, Music, Baby" (Interscope), which reaches a new Billboard 200 peak with a 10-5 gain on the strength of a 9% increase to 83,000 copies; and Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" (RCA), which rebounds 14-9 on a 12% boost to 69,100.

Toby Keith's "Honkytonk University" (DreamWorks Nashville) moves 5-4 even though the set sold 34% less than the previous week at 85,000. Dave Matthews Band's "Stand Up" (RCA) holds steady at No. 7 for a second week with 76,000, while 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) climbs 11-8 after registering a 1% dip at 75,000.

Rounding out the top tier is Common's "Be" (G.O.O.D./Geffen), which falls 2-6 on a 58% drop in sales to 77,000, and Il Divo's self-titled Sony effort, which slips 9-10 on a 13% decline to 69,000.

With its highest debut and best sales week in almost a decade, Oasis' "Don't Believe the Truth" (Epic) enters The Billboard 200 at No. 12 with a first-week total of 65,000 copies. The British band's previous effort, 2002's "Heathen Chemistry," started at No. 23 with 38,000 and has sold 143,000 copies to date. Oasis' career-best debut remains 1997's "Be Here Now," which started at No. 2 with 152,000 and has sold 991,000 so far.

With 20,000 units, Kottonmouth Kings' self-titled Suburban Noize effort arrives at No. 50. Last year, the group's "Fire It Up" started at No. 42 with 23,000 copies and has sold 85,000 to date. Also debuting in the top half of the chart are Better Than Ezra's "Before the Robots" (Artemis, No. 84) and Layzie Bone's "It's Not a Game" (Cleopatra, No. 96).

At 10.3 million units, overall U.S. album sales were down 3.4% from the previous week and off 10.5% from the same week last year. Sales for 2005 are behind those of last year by about 8% at 239 million units.
[Edited 6/8/05 7:43am]

ok, i'm not sure if i follow U - did Mariah fall out of the the #1 position? and now she is back at #1?

What artist bumped her in the 1st place?

goat2004 said:

6 rock acts debuted at No. 1 in a row.

VoicesCarry said:

yeah.. she debuted at #1 in her first week and has been hanging out at #2 or #3 the past several weeks while new releases come and go at the top. It was a slow week for new release allowing her to get back to #1 this week. She has been consistanty selling around 170,000 a week .

newpower99 said:

Well, while she has the momentum - do U think she should drop her third single?

Maybe it will be - Say Something - the single is already recieving some airplay.

Wow, congrats to her.

goat2004 said:

Shake It Off has already been announced as the third single.

Interesting to note that Gwen's album reaches a new peak (#5) this week.

Mariah Carey's making plans for her next single, which she's decided will be "Shake It Off," a track produced by Jermaine Dupri. "Jermaine is in such a great place musically," Carey told MTV News recently. "I mean, everything he's done over the past two years, it's just beyond huge, first of all. But second of all, he's just focused. Like he's very much in the space he needs to be in musically. And I feel like I am as well." Carey calls the song "totally one of my favorites," but hasn't decided yet on the director or concept for the video, according to her label rep.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502881/20050524/story.jhtml

vanity69 said:

Check out the lack of rap/hip-hop at the top of the chart.

Is the tide finally turning?

vanity69 said:

"Shake It Off" is weak for a single choice. I'd much rather she release "Get Your Number"; it's a much more funky track. BTW, VH1 said that she and Snoop Dogg are working on the video for "Say Something" so I have a feeling that this is going to be released as a single soon.

As for the albums which knocked Mariah off the top of the charts, they went in order like this:

Rob Thomas - Something To Be
Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
System Of A Down - Mezmerize
Audioslave - Out Of Exile

I'm so happy for Mariah being back on top of the album charts, but she better enjoy this week while it lasts. The new releases by Coldplay, The White Stripes, Black Eyed Peas and Shakira will chart next week, and the Foo Fighters and Fat Joe follow the week after.

cold play album is expected to sell 600k in its first week

newpower99 said:

Let's freakin hope

Mariah Has the #1 album and single this week
also:
A new record joins Mariah's list of achievements and honors: "We Belong Together" becomes the most heard song [in a week] on American radio stations ever

With 192.3 million audience impressions counted by Nielsen BDS, Mariah's "We Belong Together" breaks the previous airplay record held by Mario's "Let Me Love You" whose airplay peaked at 191.6 million impressions. Next on the list are Usher (173.2) and Beyonce.

"We Belong Together" also breaks the Mediabase impressions record by reaching an incredible peak of 224.554 million audience impressions (week ending June 7th). The record was previously held by Mario's "Let Me Love You" (210 million impressions).

"We Belong Together" has received 22,415 spins this week divided on the various radio formats

twink69 said:

meltwithu said:

Who knows. I was suprised Mariah even got a record back on the radio let alone break airplay records. Her singles from the last album bareley broke the 10 million mark