LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 THE GAME GEFFEN 378,936 --
THE DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE
-- 2 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 286,028 --
KONVICTED
1 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL...VOL.23 SONY LABEL GROUP 188,927 -43%
VARIOUS
2 4 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 148,428 -45%
AWAKE
3 5 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 103,712 -62%
LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY...
5 6 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 102,192 -18%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 7 TENACIOUS D EPIC 78,473 --
THE PICK OF DESTINY
4 8 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 77,173 -63%
ENJOY THE RIDE
-- 9 +44 INTERSCOPE 65,011 --
WHEN YOUR HEART STOPS BEATING
12 10 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 62,448 -3%
EXTREME BEHAVIOR
19 11 BEYONCE COLUMBIA/SLG 61,653 +17%
B'DAY
-- 12 FAT JOE TERROR SQUAD 61,314 --
ME,MYSELF & I
13 13 JOHN LEGEND G.O.O.D./COLUMBIA/SONY U 59,651 -2%
ONCE AGAIN
8 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 59,555 -14%
SOME HEARTS
9 15 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 59,426 -13%
FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
16 16 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 58,720 +4%
THE DUTCHESS
33 17 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA/RMG 55,126 +68%
WINTERSONG
15 18 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 53,372 -11%
THE OPEN DOOR
7 19 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL MOT 52,171 -25%
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
18 20 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 51,456 -3%
ME AND MY GANG
21 21 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJMG 50,852 -1%
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
-- 22 DAMIEN RICE VECTOR/WARNER BROS. 44,602 --
9
24 23 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 44,200 +5%
CONTINUUM
6 24 JIM JONES KOCH 42,741 -61%
HUSTLERS P.O.M.E.
23 25 TONY BENNETT RPM RECORDS/COLUMBIA 42,728 -5%
DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
39 26 NOW CHRISTMAS VOL.3 SONY LABEL GROUP 42,109 +43%
VARIOUS
28 27 J.J. CALE & ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 41,500 +11%
THE ROAD TO ESCONDITO
17 28 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 41,087 -22%
THE BLACK PARADE
26 29 THE FRAY EPIC 39,753 -2%
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
14 30 BARRY MANILOW ARISTA/RMG 38,011 -37%
SIXTIES GREATEST LOVE SONGS
22 31 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 37,866 -21%
IT JUST COMES NATURAL
29 32 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJMG 36,135 -3%
RELEASE THERAPY
31 33 THE KILLERS ISLAND/IDJMG 34,918 +1%
SAM'S TOWN
11 34 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 33,721 -48%
UNDER THE DESERT SKY
38 35 CHEETAH GIRLS 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 31,962 +7%
SOUNDTRACK
44 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 30,657 +21%
BACK TO BASICS
-- 37 KENNY G ARISTA/RMG 29,176 --
THE MOST ROMANTIC MELODIES OF...
30 38 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 28,609 -18%
YOUR MAN
-- 39 JAMES TAYLOR COLUMBIA/SLG 28,060 --
JAMES TAYLOR AT CHRISTMAS
32 40 DIDDY BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 27,893 -16%
PRESS PLAY
-- 41 STAIND FLIP/ATLANTIC ATL G 27,509 --
THE SINGLES
37 42 JOJO BG/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 27,204 -10%
THE HIGH ROAD
48 43 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,524 +24%
SOUNDTRACK
34 44 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 25,902 -17%
TIME WELL WASTED
42 45 SNOW PATROL A&M/INTERSCOPE 24,888 -4%
EYES OPEN
-- 46 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATL G 24,586 --
THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE
-- 47 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 22,935 --
A VERY LARRY CHRISTMAS
40 48 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 22,808 -21%
STILL THE SAME: THE GREAT ROCK..
27 49 KELLIE PICKLER BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 22,797 -42%
SMALL TOWN GIRL
-- 50 ARMY OF ANYONE FIRM MUSIC 19,724 --
ARMY OF ANYONE

Anybody else find that Akon guy totally laughable. I don't know why, there's just something extremely lame about him, starting with that name. Makes me think of Acorn and Akron, Ohio, before anything about convicts!
[Edited 11/21/06 15:02pm]

music is dead.

wonder505 said:

Well, charts are stupid. Anyone who follows charts should check themselves. Is it about the art? Or marketing? They have it down to such a marketing science that they could be selling shoes or anything...

bah

I love how this time of year its almost the same game plan with Labels, if you scan the Top 10 any of the last 10 years its always the same around late november. Theres a NOW cd, theres a Rap Cd that sells for 2 weeks, Theres either a Josh Groban or Boccelli cd, then a few Disney Soundtracks, and then a U2 hits cd, and of course a country cd or 2, and then an American Idol winner or loser.

I've recently turned my back on most hip-hop because it sucks nowadays, but the game is the best thing going he has a few songs that will just drop your jaw for how poetic and deeply personal this cat gets.