Info courtesy JRems at okayplayer.com.

Soundscan data released August 10, 2005

Top 20 and various others

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

1 HILL*FAITH FIREFLIES 328,970 / 329,469
2 VARIOUS NOW 19 177,342 / 851,232
3 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 99,000 / 2,803,727
4 YOUNG JEEZY LET'S GET IT 85,288 / 257,671
5 MARI*TEAIRRA ROC-A-FELLA PRESENTS TEAIRRA M 68,777 /68,989
6 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 8 66,994 / 67,400
7 COLDPLAY X&Y 65,307 /1,830,146
8 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 61,115 / 967,280
9 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 60,068 / 2,832,336
10 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 53,232 / 597,432
11 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 50,360 / 2,361,084
12 BOW WOW WANTED 49,781 /277,526
13 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 46,861 / 2,789,135
14 KELLY*R. TP.3 RELOADED 45,943 /823,120
15 COOK*DANE RETALIATION 44,184 / 129,995
16 FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK 41,888 / 447,451
17 JONES*MIKE WHO IS MIKE JONES? 41,084 / 927,181
18 KEITH*TOBY HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY 40,341 / 1,000,202
19 SUGARLAND TWICE THE SPEED OF 40,163 / 723,799
20 FOO FIGHTERS IN YOUR HONOR 40,150 / 776,588



24 MRAZ*JASON MR. A-Z 35,513/ 116,243
25 SYSTEM OF A DOWN MEZMERIZE 34,749 / 1,224,349
26 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA UNWRITTEN 34,393 / 34,510

28 ELLIOTT*MISSY COOKBOOK 31,793 / 360,505


32 DUKES OF HAZZARD SOUNDTRACK 30,210 / 78,413


34 BABYFACE GROWN & SEXY 28,885 /85,413

36 SLIM THUG ALREADY PLATINUM 27,725 / 243,450


39 SHAKIRA FIJACION ORAL 24,873/ 463,309




48 WEEZER MAKE BELIEVE 20,420 /614,991


51 BACKSTREET BOYS NEVER GONE 19,371 / 549,411


59 IL DIVO IL DIVO 17,857 / 766,142

62 WHITE STRIPES GET BEHIND ME SATAN 17,147 / 461,994
63 MORISSETTE*ALANIS JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC 17,089 / 195,251
64 CIARA GOODIES 17,011 /2,236,620


69 PUBLIC ENEMY POWER TO THE PEOPLE 16,645 / 16,670


71 COMMON BE 16,422 / 538,747


78 FRANKIE J ONE 14,428 / 617,952

80 NINE INCH NAILS WITH TEETH 13,962 / 646,978



88 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 11,886 /1,327,855

90 AKON TROUBLE 11,434 / 1,138,587

93 BECK GUERO 11,188/ 635,103


100 GAME DOCUMENTARY 10,668 / 2,172,171


105 BENATAR*PAT GREATEST HITS 10,139 / 107,092

107 DEF LEPPARD ROCK OF AGES 10,058 / 267,369



113 FAT JOE ALL OR NOTHING 9,781/ 230,221


118 SMITH*WILL LOST & FOUND 9,648 / 596,261


127 FANTASIA FREE YOURSELF 8,270/ 1,569,904


131 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 8,119 / 27,554


136 D.H.T. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART 7,822 / 29,649



150 USHER CONFESSIONS 7,117 /9,021,088


158 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 7-KIDZ BOP KIDS 6,757 / 403,174
159 TLC NOW & FOREVER 6,712 / 63,709


164 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 6,530/ 2,830,482


173 LAVIGNE*AVRIL UNDER MY SKIN 6,299 / 2,782,067
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177 KEYS*ALICIA DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 6,062 / 4,312,412


184 ZOMBIE*ROB PAST PRESENT & FUTURE 5,905/ 708,021


187 LABELLE*PATTI CLASSIC MOMENTS 5,813 / 101,244


192 KORN VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 5,687 / 946,539


200 MAYER*JOHN HEAVIER THINGS 5,444 / 2,525,643

still wondering when music will EVER get good again ...

Overall U.S. album sales were up 1.7% over the previous week at 10.6 million units, down about 14% from the same week last year. Year-to-date sales lag behind 2004 by 8% at 335 million units.

***I like Faith Hill so I'm glad she is at No.1


***Despite having one of the biggest hip-hop hits of last year ("Lean Back")it looks like Fat Joe is having problems with his latest CD.


***it's official: Missy's latest CD is a flop

***Babyface...what happened??

I'm impressed by the staying power the new Gorillaz has had. I expected them to drop very quickly after their high debut...