Info courtesy JRems at Okayplayer.com

Soundscan info released Aug 3, 2005
Top 20 and various others

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

1 VARIOUS NOW 19 236,130 / 673,890
2 YOUNG JEEZY LET'S GET IT 171,747 / 172,383
3 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 101,532 / 2,704,727
4 COOK*DANE RETALIATION 85,695 / 85,811
5 MRAZ*JASON MR. A-Z 80,630 / 80,730
6 COLDPLAY X&Y 73,368/ 1,764,839
7 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 68,127 / 906,165
8 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 59,277 /544,200
9 KELLY*R. TP.3 RELOADED 59,222 / 777,177
10 BABYFACE GROWN & SEXY 56,366 / 56,528
11 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 56,081 / 2,772,268
12 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 48,633 / 2,742,274
13 BOW WOW WANTED 46,694 / 227,745
14 FOO FIGHTERS IN YOUR HONOR 45,612 / 736,438
15 YING YANG TWINS UNITED STATE OF ATLANTA 45,235 /460,572
16 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 44,176/ 2,310,724
17 SIMON*CARLY MOONLIGHT SERENADE 43,712 / 101,353
18 JONES*MIKE WHO IS MIKE JONES? 42,391 / 886,097
19 FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK 42,330 /405,563
20 SONGZ*TREY I GOTTA MAKE IT 41,554 / 41,646



22 ELLIOTT*MISSY COOKBOOK 39,878 / 328,712

27 KILLERS HOT FUSS 34,453 / 2,256,288
28 SYSTEM OF A DOWN MEZMERIZE 34,257 / 1,189,600
29 SLIM THUG ALREADY PLATINUM 33,981/ 215,725


31 LIL ROB TWELVE EIGHTEEN 33,566 / 34,207
32 50 CENT MASSACRE 33,284 /4,169,602


37 ALDEAN*JASON JASON ALDEAN 28,726 / 28,912
38 SHAKIRA FIJACION ORAL 27,035 / 438,436


40 RUFF RYDERS VOL. 4-REDEMPTION 24,949 / 25,056


43 B5 B5 21,560 / 66,124

45 DUKES OF HAZZARD SOUNDTRACK 21,468 / 48,203


50 MORISSETTE*ALANIS JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC 20,874 / 178,162
51 WHITE STRIPES GET BEHIND ME SATAN 20,798 / 444,847


55 CIARA GOODIES 19,184 /2,219,609


58 COMMON BE 18,264/ 522,325
59 THOMAS*ROB SOMETHING TO BE 17,990 / 921,786


73 SIMPLE PLAN STILL NOT GETTING ANY 14,818 / 1,241,376
74 VALENTINO*BOBBY DTP PRESENTS BOBBY VALENTINO 14,490 /506,879

77 CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTOR SOUNDTRACK 14,342 /35,046


81 NINE INCH NAILS WITH TEETH 12,906 / 633,016


86 EMINEM ENCORE 11,986 / 4,724,108


90 NOW 18 NOW 18 11,453 / 1,275,920


93 BECK GUERO 11,302 / 623,915
94 DEF LEPPARD ROCK OF AGES 11,281 / 257,311

96 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 11,231 / 19,435


100 SMITH*WILL LOST & FOUND 10,832/ 586,613



104 LUDACRIS RED LIGHT DISTRICT 10,617 / 1,843,784


114 FAT JOE ALL OR NOTHING 9,872/ 220,440

116 BENATAR*PAT GREATEST HITS 9,793 / 96,953



128 DOPE AMERICAN APATHY 8,942 / 8,965

130 D.H.T. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART 8,760 / 21,827

136 LABELLE*PATTI CLASSIC MOMENTS 8,227 / 95,431



143 OMARION O 7,658 / 596,773
145 USHER CONFESSIONS 7,547 / 9,013,971



163 AMERIE TOUCH 6,496 /320,266


169 BREAKING BENJAMIN WE ARE NOT ALONE 6,243 / 991,240


176 ROLLING STONES BEST OF JUMP BACK 6,096 / 515,771


179 LAVIGNE*AVRIL UNDER MY SKIN 6,047/2,775,768


191 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 5,641 / 2,823,952

195 TLC NOW & FOREVER 5,556 / 56,997

200 LOS LONELY BOYS LOS LONELY BOYS 5,421 / 2,156,292
[Edited 8/3/05 7:34am]

nice to see mariah have a hit again and selling so many albums
I don't like her at all, but it's always nice to see someone
who was labeled "over" or "has been" and "washed up" by todays
critics and record x-ecs have a big success again and prove m
all wrong.

asq:

[Edited 8/3/05 8:33am]

lilgish said:

It was all those reports about the low sales. They gave it a bit of free publicity - more than it had last week anyway.

the fact that young jeezy is at 3 and Babyface is at 10 maked my butt hurt.

Rhondab said:

Don't you own a 50 Cent CD?

Rhondab said:

The irony is that babayface's last album debut with 55k but only open at #25

just shows how weak albums sales are with virtually the same numbers

you can have a #10 album which b4 would only get you a #25 chart position

Ellie said:

well it did improve however the numbers are too weak for someone who considers

himslef the king of pop



rapper Young Jeezy who isnt any king can sell so much more then MJ


Even if he makes a new album it will cost $51 mil just to get someting decent out


Even if he sells several million copies its still a money losing proposition

asg said:

Didn't you question if he had ever written a song to

you my friend are a world class hater, to bad you can't hear the great music he's made in the last 35 years.

asg said:

I think his last CD came out on Sept 11, 2001! It's definately a slow time of year and there just aren't enough big releases out there.

It's funny that the media kept harping on the fact that the MJ album did so poorly (both E! and Access Hollywood mentioned it) that it probably helped his sales....most people probably had no idea this CD was out....Over time it might sell over 100K. That's hardly great but it's better than most of them probably sell.
[Edited 8/3/05 11:13am]

I am not a hater actually I like some of his work but no one has fallen so fast
in recent yrs.

He beat the molestation charges but most ppl think he did molest. Secondly he cant seem to make a album without spending so much money. Money so he can buy the talent he doesnt have. He didnt start making money personally until 2004 from invicible since all the debt had to be paid off.


I dont like this new group of manufactured artist. increasingly someone with no talent can have a hit being manufactured for them

lilgish said:

The Peas are still seeling at a strong consistent pace, closing in on another platinum plaque.

VoicesCarry said:

you are so evil....I'm sure you're satan!!

So what, these are ppl who bought the cd for one song like I did.

asg said:

Question for you asq - How many 'Essential' series albums do you know became big hits in the USA?

FYI, albums released under the '20th Century Masters' and 'The Essential' banner are not usually artist authorized compilations, but rather albums released by the artist's record company in order to cash in on their catalog.

It came as a big surprise to many MJ fans that the album debuted so high in certain countries (eg. UK #2, Ireland #2, France #1) based on this fact and the success of the 'Number Ones' project.

Anyways, I expect this album (like 'Number Ones') will enjoy steady sales. The sales increase this past week alone proves that not many people knew the album was released two weeks ago.

Didn't Rave sell about 91,000 in its first week and debuted at 19? Sales are weak.

I think it was 85k albums debuted at #18

sales hit a high at 942mil in 2000 and today its headed towards 600mil+ in 2005

in 2004 was the only yr the album sales didnt go down since 2000

but 2005 is proving to be the worse decline so far with sales down 8% so far

jbchavez said:

Missy's album has been falling quite a bit, eh? From 2, 7, 16 to 22, and it hasn't gone gold yet. She needs some strong singles or a tour to keep that album up there if she wants to get some of that revenue back.

UndercovaBrotha said:

Lose Control is on the verge of the Top 10 radio airplay chart and gaining fast, dont know what else she can do.

http://www.mmr247.com/mmr...0&cutoff=1
[Edited 8/3/05 13:37pm]

newpower99 said:

I thought it was in the Top 10 already? #4 last time I checked, but that was last week...

I love the Jason Mraz's album title:
MR.A-Z
But I don't buy cds based on titles.

thedoorkeeper said:

I've heard some of his stuff and thought it was pretty good. I might sample the album.

this chart reminds me why I no longer listen to the radio

DavidEye said:

Just a "Sign O The Times".