LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 202,442 -25%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 2 BARRY MANILOW ARISTA/RMG 200,913 --
SIXTIES GREATEST LOVE SONGS
-- 3 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL MOT 183,441 --
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
2 4 JOHN LEGEND G.O.O.D./COLUMBIA/SONY U 114,849 -50%
ONCE AGAIN
3 5 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 90,851 -60%
THE BLACK PARADE
-- 6 THE WHO UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 88,326 --
ENDLESSWIRE
4 7 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 87,810 +1%
FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
-- 8 KELLIE PICKLER BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 80,940 --
SMALL TOWN GIRL
-- 9 DEFTONES MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. 78,372 --
SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST
-- 10 MEAT LOAF VIRGIN 77,523 --
BAT OUT OF HELL III:THE MON....
6 11 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 73,218 +8%
EXTREME BEHAVIOR
5 12 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 72,731 -1%
THE OPEN DOOR
18 13 BEYONCE COLUMBIA/CRG 56,294 +48%
B'DAY
23 14 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 55,208 +49%
THE DUTCHESS
9 15 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJMG 53,219 +6%
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
-- 16 PITBULL TVT 48,859 --
EL MARIEL
8 17 TONY BENNETT RPM RECORDS/COLUMBIA 46,934 -13%
DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
16 18 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJMG 44,889 +9%
RELEASE THERAPY
7 19 DIDDY BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 43,394 -22%
PRESS PLAY
24 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 42,882 +23%
SOME HEARTS
14 21 THE KILLERS ISLAND/IDJMG 41,186 -5%
SAM'S TOWN
17 22 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 38,776 -1%
CONTINUUM
12 23 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 38,418 -13%
IT JUST COMES NATURAL
22 24 THE FRAY EPIC 36,475 -2%
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
26 25 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 35,858 +13%
ME AND MY GANG
13 26 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 33,882 -22%
STILL THE SAME: THE GREAT ROCK..
11 27 JOJO BG/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 32,416 -28%
THE HIGH ROAD
10 28 JIBBS GEFFEN 27,249 -40%
JIBBS FEAT. JIBBS
36 29 CHEETAH GIRLS 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,607 +12%
SOUNDTRACK
21 30 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 25,939 -31%
TAYLOR SWIFT
27 31 LLOYD BANKS G UNIT/INTERSCOPE 25,596 -17%
ROTTEN APPLE
32 32 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA/SBMG NASHVILLE 24,544 -7%
LIKE RED ON A ROSE
35 33 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 24,138 +1%
BACK TO BASICS
34 34 SNOW PATROL A&M/INTERSCOPE 23,937 0%
EYES OPEN
29 35 JIMMY BUFFETT MAILBOAT/SBMG NASHVILLE 23,606 -21%
TAKE THE WEATHER WITH YOU
37 36 BOB SEGER CAPITOL 20,272 -13%
FACE THE PROMISE
44 37 DANITY KANE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 19,754 +11%
DANITY KANE
39 38 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 19,247 -8%
YOUR MAN
47 39 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 18,452 +14%
PORT OF MIAMI
38 40 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC VOLCANO/ZOMBA 18,396 -13%
STRAIGHT OUT OF LYNWOOD
25 41 LIL' BOOSIE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC ATL G 17,969 -46%
BAD AZZ
48 42 BECK GEFFEN 17,621 +9%
THE INFORMATION
50 43 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 17,382 +15%
A BEAUTIFUL LIE
-- 44 LADY SOVEREIGN DEF JAM/IDJMG 17,318 --
PUBLIC WARNING
33 45 RUBEN STUDDARD J RECORDS/RMG 17,250 -33%
THE RETURN
31 46 DIERKS BENTLEY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17,236 -39%
LONG TRIP ALONE
-- 47 CRAIG MORGAN BROKEN BOW 17,128 --
LITTLE BIT OF ME
-- 48 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 16,738 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 49 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 16,732 --
CORINNE BAILEY RAE
19 50 MONTOMERY GENTRY COLUMBIA/SBMG NASHVILLE 16,499 -57%
SOME PEOPLE CHANGE

Manilow just misses have 2 number 1 debuts in one calendar which to my knowledge hasnt been done since Elton John in the 70's. Also what the hell is Hannah Montana and whos buying it and why.

Ahh, the sorry state of popular music rears its ugly head yet again..

lastdecember said:

Disney Channel original series starring Miley Cyrus as Miley Stewart, a girl who lives a double life as a normal student during the day and a famous music star (Hannah Montana) at night.

audience pre-teen

Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus
[Edited 11/7/06 15:19pm]

asg said:

This could be huge...hence HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL...2006 biggest album seller!

peace