LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL...VOL.23 SONY LABEL GROUP 331,665 --
VARIOUS
-- 2 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 271,531 --
AWAKE
-- 3 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 270,484 --
LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY...
-- 4 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 210,841 --
ENJOY THE RIDE
1 5 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 125,261 -38%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 6 JIM JONES KOCH 108,627 --
HUSTLERS P.O.M.E.
3 7 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL MOT 69,566 -62%
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
20 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 69,345 +62%
SOME HEARTS
7 9 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 68,016 -23%
FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
-- 10 THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 65,829 --
THE BEST OF WHAT'S AROUND VOL.1
-- 11 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 65,468 --
UNDER THE DESERT SKY
11 12 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 64,179 -12%
EXTREME BEHAVIOR
4 13 JOHN LEGEND G.O.O.D./COLUMBIA/SONY U 61,157 -47%
ONCE AGAIN
2 14 BARRY MANILOW ARISTA/RMG 60,381 -70%
SIXTIES GREATEST LOVE SONGS
12 15 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 59,950 -18%
THE OPEN DOOR
14 16 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 56,326 +2%
THE DUTCHESS
5 17 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 52,848 -42%
THE BLACK PARADE
25 18 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 52,812 +47%
ME AND MY GANG
13 19 BEYONCE COLUMBIA/CRG 52,784 -6%
B'DAY
-- 20 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 52,599 --
SKIN & BONES
15 21 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJMG 51,486 -3%
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
23 22 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 48,025 +25%
IT JUST COMES NATURAL
17 23 TONY BENNETT RPM RECORDS/COLUMBIA 44,748 -5%
DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
22 24 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 41,913 +8%
CONTINUUM
-- 25 SUGARLAND MCA NASHVILLE 41,560 --
TWICE THE SPEED OF LIFE
24 26 THE FRAY EPIC 40,632 +11%
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
8 27 KELLIE PICKLER BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 39,280 -51%
SMALL TOWN GIRL
-- 28 J.J. CALE & ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 37,459 --
THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO
18 29 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJMG 37,252 -17%
RELEASE THERAPY
38 30 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 34,972 +82%
YOUR MAN
21 31 THE KILLERS ISLAND/IDJMG 34,742 -16%
SAM'S TOWN
19 32 DIDDY BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 33,173 -24%
PRESS PLAY
-- 33 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA/RMG 32,863 --
WINTERSONG
-- 34 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 31,286 --
TIME WELL WASTED
10 35 MEAT LOAF VIRGIN 30,729 -60%
BAT OUT OF HELL III:THE MON....
-- 36 ONLY HITS RHINO/WEA 30,394 --
VARIOUS
27 37 JOJO BG/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 30,089 -7%
THE HIGH ROAD
29 38 CHEETAH GIRLS 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 29,850 +12%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 39 NOW CHRISTMAS VOL.3 SONY LABEL GROUP 29,353 --
VARIOUS
26 40 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 29,015 -14%
STILL THE SAME: THE GREAT ROCK..
-- 41 CARS WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,569 --
SOUNDTRACK
34 42 SNOW PATROL A&M/INTERSCOPE 25,894 +8%
EYES OPEN
6 43 THE WHO UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 25,803 -71%
ENDLESSWIRE
33 44 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 25,366 +5%
BACK TO BASICS
32 45 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA/SBMG NASHVILLE 23,464 -4%
LIKE RED ON A ROSE
9 46 DEFTONES MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. 22,599 -71%
SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST
-- 47 TECH N9NE STRANGE MUSIC/MSC ENT. 22,363 --
EVERREADY (THE RELIGION)
48 48 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 21,335 +27%
SOUNDTRACK
36 49 BOB SEGER CAPITOL 20,883 +3%
FACE THE PROMISE
49 50 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 20,220 +21%
CORINNE BAILEY RAE

Corrin Bailey Rae looks like she could gold or platinum without craking the top 20.
Christina Aguilera is the unsung flop of the year, she had a double album so she's been registering double sales and she still hasn't gone gold, imagine she released a single cd. , her ego needed this

Thanx asq! I always look for your charts informations weekly!

damn carrie underwood is doin great this album has been out since last nov the same week madonnas album came out and its back in the top 10

twink69 said:

Certification is based on how CDs shipped, so she's sold at least 250K, right? I have a hard time believing she hasn't sold at least 500K!

Christinas soundscan numbers count as 1 unit not 2, the RIAA when it certifies decides if it will double it for certification, but since the CD is under 80 minutes its still technically not a double, so the RIAA may not double it. But soundscan has nothing to do with the RIAA, two different animals.

I never got the Groban guy, he reminds me of Buble: Very nice voice, with remakes or ballads

i wonder if his new album is any different though

I would NOT disrespect my cd player with most of this GARBAGE. Music these days is SAD.....

PricelessHo said:

You know what expalins both those artists....Your mama...cause she is buying those CDs. It seems like after a slight up swing in 2004, record sales are so low, the only things making an impact are the Cds mom's are buying!

VinnyM27 said:

VinnyM27 said:

Its true, a few weeks ago Bill Maher said this to the president of the VIRGIN company when he said Tower is going out of business, he said to him "You guys could be next, because we all know Kids dont buy music, they steal it" .

Of course we don't buy cds! It's not our fault. It's the record industry. They need to stop making albums with all these fillers on it. Like the only good songs are the singles and sometimes not even that. I'm not paying for that! & they are the ones that care about making the hit singles and then they don't leave any attention to making an album that's good as a whole. Eff that. I'm not paying for it.

VinnyM27 said:

Christina 'Back To Basics'has SOLD (not shipped) 907,190 as of today. This is not a doubled figure..the cd has sold this much physically..but the certification will show her at well over 2 million because it's a double album...

Corrine Bailey Rae has been the silent hit record as it has never left the Top 75 since it's come out and has sold 502,632 to date and has shipped well over 750,000...Best New Artist anyone? I love this record!!!

peace

twink69 said:

Christina is not flopping. Look at RHCP's sales. That was a double album as well. They sold a little over 1.4 mill and they've been out since May. She could be doing better but she certainly isn't a flop. Neither RHCP or Christina will be huge sellers.

StillDirrty said:

They're consistant which I think is key...those records that queitly sell every week...and last on the charts for a long time...so many records debut big and fall off the earth these days!

my mamma won't waste her money on somethin' other than Arabic music darlin'

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

That's not bad considering it's still a fairly new album. I don't know what it sounds like but I would assume the key to selling it are the uptempo songs. That Corrine Bailey Rae album is OK (the single is awesome). I believe she has a huge chance at Best new artist....at lest a nod.

StillDirrty said:

This is a good argument, but in the end the only reason music is being stolen is because no one wants to pay for it and the technology is set up and it is easy to steal, plain and simple. Had Vinyl still been the way of the world or even Cd's and nothing digital and the net and all that then there would be no way to steal it, who the hell was bootlegging vinyl back in the day. Also the debate of not wanting to pay because the music sucks is a good point but, wheres my refund for the shitty Vinyl crap i bought way back that had tons of filler on it. The industry is the way it is, and the talent is the way it is because its a reflection of the public.

StillDirrty said:

Christina's doing alright, I think. It's selling slowly but surely, and once 'Hurt' reaches it's peak, itll sell better.

Justin's still in the top ten, which is amazing considering the industry these days. Helps that he had a consistantly good album.

Beyonce's also seeing some improvement, as her new single is getting alot more steam than that Ring The Alarm bullshit

newskin69 said:

hurt has almost peaked it dropped this week with a bullet meaning the numbers r still goin up slightly but i dont see it goin anywhere!! her last album sold like 4.5mil i believe but this one is just hangin there due to the holidays and will drop like a rocket once the holidays r over!!

This years best album is a preteen disney High school musical with 3.2mil number 2 is rascal flatt a country album at 2.6mil
[Edited 11/16/06 17:20pm]