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Week Ending Jan. 21, 2008:

Keys Is #1 With 2nd Lowest Tally Ever

Posted Wed. Jan 23, 5:45 AM ET by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Alicia Keys' As I Am registered the second worst weekly sales tally for a #1 album since SoundScan began monitoring album sales in 1991. Keys' album sold 60,519 copies last week, just 455 more copies than the all-time bottom-dweller, the Dreamgirls soundtrack, which sold 60,064 copies in its second week on top one year ago.

Keys' album has sold 2,786,000 copies in just 10 weeks, a tremendous total by any measure. So it's a little unfair that her name will be dragged through the mud as this news is disseminated. But that's show biz.

It's also noteworthy that five of this week's top 10 CDs this week are R&B-oriented. Keys is joined by Mary J. Blige at #3, Raheem DeVaughn at #5, John Legend at #7 and Chris Brown at #9. (How they coordinated it so they'd occupy only the odd positions is beyond me!)

There's also news on the Hot Digital Tracks chart. "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain logs its eighth week at #1, which puts it in a three-way tie for the most weeks at #1 on that chart since mid 2004, when the configuration really started to take off. The other tracks with eight weeks at #1 are Green Day's "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" and Beyonce's "Irreplaceable."

"Low" registered 180,000 download purchases last week, which puts it far ahead of the #2 title, Chris Brown's "With You" (104,000 download purchases). So "Low" is likely to hold at #1 for at least another week or two. This is the fourth week in a row that the #1 digital track has registered more download sales than the #1 CD saw in total sales. (I've got a feeling I'm going to be saying that a lot this year.)

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 CDs.

1. Alicia Keys, As I Am, 61,000. Keys is the first woman to log three weeks at #1 since Norah Jones scored a year ago with Not Too Late. Keys is the first African American woman to remain at #1 this long since Ashanti scored with her eponymous debut album in 2002.

2. Juno soundtrack, 58,000. This is the first movie soundtrack to reach #2 since Hairspray last August. If it climbs one more notch, it will be the first movie soundtrack to go all the way since Dreamgirls. But those were both big, lavish musicals, while Juno is a quirky little movie with an alternative-leaning soundtrack. The movie, which was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, has grossed $85.4 million in its first seven weeks.

3. Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains, 52,000. This week's sales pushes Blige's album over the 1 million mark. Growing Pains has ranked in the top five all five weeks it has appeared on the chart.

4. Radiohead, In Rainbows, 46,000. The band's album has sold 246,000 copies in four weeks, less than the 300,000 that the band's previous album, Hail To The Thief, moved in its debut week in 2003. But then, what do you expect when you let fans download it for any price they choose.

5. Raheem DeVaughn, Love Behind The Melody, 45,000. This lofty debut marks a tremendous improvement over DeVaughn's first album, The Love Experience, which opened (and peaked) at #46 in 2005.

6. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, 34,000. Swift's new single, "Umbrella," debuts at #68 on Hot Digital Tracks. It's possible that she'll soon have three tracks in the top 30. "Our Song" is #20 this week; "Teardrops On My Guitar" is #22.

7. John Legend, Live From Philadelphia, 33,000. This 19-track set, available only at Target, is the Grammy-winner's third album in a row to debut in the top 10. His 2005 debut, Get Lifted, opened at #7 and peaked at #4 the following week. His sophomore album, Once Again, opened (and peaked) at #3 in 2006.

8. Various Artists, Now 26, 30,000. The compilation has been a fixture in the top 10 for 10 straight weeks. It has scanned 1,370,000 copies to date.

9. Chris Brown, Exclusive, 29,000. Brown's new hit, "With You," is #2 on Hot Digital Tracks. "Kiss Kiss" topped that chart for four weeks last fall.

10. Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus, 27,000. The TV soundtrack is returns to the top 10, boosted by Cyrus' hit single, "Start All Over." It's the only album in the top 30 (except the debuting collections by DeVaughn and Legend) to show a sales increase over last week. The two Hannah Montana albums are closing in on 6 million in combined sales. (Current total: 5,965,000).

Three albums fall out of the top 10 to make way for the newcomers. Garth Brooks' The Ultimate Hits drops from #9 to #14, Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden falls from #8 to #15, and Fergie's The Dutchess falls from #10 to #17.

Anne Murray has the week's third highest new entry with Duets: Friends & Legends, which debuts at #42. Murray first hit the pop album chart in 1970 with Snowbird, which featured her top 10 single of the same name. She posted her highest-charting album in 1978 with Let's Keep It That Way, which reached #12 and spawned her #1 smash "You Needed Me." (When Murray first hit the album chart, Shania Twain was five years old, Faith Hill was three, and Mary J. Blige was still in the womb. Which is not to make Murray feel old, but to show how long she has been in the game.)

The Magnetic Fields' Distortion opens at #77. This is the veteran alternative band's highest chart ranking to date. The band's previous album, i, was its first to hit the pop chart. It peaked at #152.

Spice Girls' Greatest Hits opens at #93. The group's debut, Spice, was the #1 album of 1997. The Girls followed it that same year with the soundtrack to Spiceworld and in 2000 with a studio album, optimistically titled Forever. (In their case, "forever" lasted seven weeks, the amount of time the album spent the top 200.)

Ringo Starr's Liverpool 8 opens at #94. It's the pop veteran's first solo album for Capitol Records since 1975. Ringo wrote and produced the songs on the album with Dave Stewart, co-founder of Eurythmics. Ringo isn't the first former member of the Fab Four to tip his hat to the Beatles' hometown in an album title. Paul McCartney released Liverpool Oratorio in 1991.

By tradition this is the slowest time of year in music retail, labels are catching their breath, making plans, dropping artists and cutting staffs to account for their losses. For the retail stores (whatever are left) this is when you send everything back that didnt sell and get credit so you can buy more stuff in the new year that most likely wont sell and then you send that stuff back, its a never ending cycle. Things usually start to pick up in February around Valentines day a little and than again around easter and spring break and all that stuff.

wonder505 said:

What do you expect? The music industry is dead, and the only albums selling are those marketed toward people who don't know anything. Notably albums for children and albums for hip hop/r&b fans. Both groups of fans either don't have enough money to buy a computer and internet access, or simply have horrible taste. The music industry is deader than dead.

BILLBOARD 200 with complete sales totals

(artist/title/tw sales/lw sales/% change/total sales to date)

1 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 60,519 70,267 -14 2,786,454
2 JUNO SOUNDTRACK 57,536 67,507 -15 200,232
3 BLIGE*MARY J. GROWING PAINS 51,615 63,876 -19 1,040,011
4 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS 46,141 68,784 -33 246,090
5 DEVAUGHN*RAHEEM LOVE BEHIND THE MELODY 44,903 213 999 45,118
6 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 33,827 34,544 -2 2,358,372
7 LEGEND*JOHN SHOW ME LIVE 32,809 0 32,809
8 VARIOUS NOW 26 30,215 33,103 -9 1,369,699
9 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 29,193 29,774 -2 1,151,030
10 HANNAH MONTANA 2: MEET MILEY C SOUNDTRACK 27,434 25,671 7 2,572,154

11 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 26,173 27,442 -5 1,188,400
12 COLE*KEYSHIA JUST LIKE YOU 25,634 26,957 -5 1,028,248
13 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 25,451 26,919 -5 222,770
14 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 24,914 28,312 -12 1,425,899
15 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 23,637 28,664 -18 2,696,369
16 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 22,923 22,986 0 1,958,954
17 FERGIE DUTCHESS 22,420 27,599 -19 3,353,481
18 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 20,096 21,137 -5 3,027,319
19 ONEREPUBLIC DREAMING OUT LOUD 19,790 26,100 -24 354,816
20 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 19,395 22,556 -14 3,685,517

21 BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 19,259 22,748 -15 253,110
22 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND 19,218 20,082 -4 708,632
23 SWEENY TODD THE DEMON BARBER O SOUNDTRACK 19,213 23,661 -19 169,301
24 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 19,208 21,569 -11 1,764,949
25 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 18,956 19,815 -4 1,671,745
26 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL 18,526 20,498 -10 268,283
27 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 18,491 21,729 -15 718,820
28 JAHEIM MAKINGS OF A MAN 17,070 20,023 -15 293,941
29 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 16,668 18,756 -11 6,550,831
30 PARAMORE RIOT! 16,583 18,779 -12 673,646

31 ONCE SOUNDTRACK 16,289 17,564 -7 293,544
32 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 16,265 15,750 3 1,622,899
33 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 16,066 20,133 -20 2,159,144
34 JONAS BROTHERS JONAS BROTHERS 15,162 17,134 -12 907,509
35 SPEARS*BRITNEY BLACKOUT 14,342 16,507 -13 708,576
36 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 14,241 13,259 7 1,480,429
37 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 14,195 14,221 0 711,182
38 BIRDMAN 5 STUNNA 13,465 14,733 -9 221,568
39 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 13,299 17,949 -26 1,945,833
40 THE-DREAM LOVEHATE 13,199 12,749 4 154,486

41 VARIOUS GRAMMYS 50TH ANNIV COLLECTION 13,103 15,833 -17 44,597
42 J. HOLIDAY BACK OF MY LAC' 13,091 12,538 4 453,216
42 MURRAY*ANNE DUETS : FRIENDS & LEGENDS 13,091 74 999 13,178
44 FRANKLIN*KIRK FIGHT OF MY LIFE 12,944 14,218 -9 143,530
45 JAY-Z AMERICAN GANGSTER 12,889 17,307 -26 941,200
46 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 12,750 11,993 6 3,392,555
47 SIA SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS 12,710 20,069 -37 32,874
48 SPARKS*JORDIN JORDIN SPARKS 12,569 12,416 1 449,037
49 CHESNEY*KENNY JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 11,712 11,925 -2 1,039,773
50 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 11,508 13,581 -15 704,174

51 NASH*KATE MADE Of BRICKS 11,496 16,369 -30 28,793
52 MCENTIRE*REBA REBA DUETS 11,488 13,476 -15 1,242,180
53 FOO FIGHTERS ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRAC 11,453 12,298 -7 573,376
54 URBAN*KEITH GREATEST HITS 11,076 12,526 -12 419,143
55 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 10,723 10,796 -1 989,096
56 TIMBALAND TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 10,599 13,872 -24 1,045,114
57 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 10,590 9,223 15 6,220,577
58 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 10,361 13,723 -24 843,363
59 BUCKCHERRY 15 10,273 9,882 4 972,085
60 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK 10,207 12,416 -18 961,176

61 BOCELLI*ANDREA BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI-VIVERE 10,092 11,697 -14 547,675
62 BOW WOW & OMARION FACE OFF 10,047 11,568 -13 275,647
63 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 10,019 11,714 -14 1,322,356
64 FINGER ELEVEN THEM VS. YOU VS. ME 9,840 10,219 -4 431,766
65 MATCHBOX TWENTY EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 9,571 10,251 -7 540,301
66 COOK*DANE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES-LIVE FR 9,430 10,797 -13 368,416
67 FEIST REMINDER 9,339 9,591 -3 506,575
68 MARIO GO! 9,232 10,129 -9 168,574
69 DJ SKRIBBLE TOTAL DANCE 2008 9,201 6,768 36 16,067
70 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 9,004 10,536 -15 4,003,977

71 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK 8,981 9,429 -5 4,661,007
72 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 8,806 9,531 -8 276,837
73 STRAIT*GEORGE 22 MORE HITS 8,795 9,494 -7 379,310
74 SANTANA ULTIMATE SANTANA 8,472 8,947 -5 286,890
75 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: NON-STO SOUNDTRACK 8,344 8,850 -6 57,731
76 GODSMACK GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES: TEN YEAR 8,167 8,943 -9 146,418
77 MAGNETIC FIELDS DISTORTION 8,162 58 999 8,221
78 ADKINS*TRACE AMERICAN MAN GREATEST HITS... 7,942 9,023 -12 181,109
79 JEAN*WYCLEF CARNIVAL 2: MEMOIRS OF AN IMMI 7,666 8,832 -13 150,628
80 PAISLEY*BRAD 5TH GEAR 7,499 7,948 -6 847,517

81 MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS 7,443 6,352 17 107,746
82 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 7,368 8,699 -15 903,528
83 BOYS LIKE GIRLS BOYS LIKE GIRLS 7,311 8,430 -13 452,536
84 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE MAGIC 7,287 7,568 -4 923,500
85 SCOTT*JILL REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS V3 7,225 6,851 5 483,332
86 BON JOVI LOST HIGHWAY 7,203 7,026 3 1,069,810
87 P.S. I LOVE YOU SOUNDTRACK 7,169 10,779 -33 47,690
88 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 7,082 7,306 -3 1,065,530
89 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 7,001 7,502 -7 274,727
90 KILLERS SAWDUST 6,975 8,019 -13 252,840

91 WWE RAW'S GREATEST HITS 6,920 9,399 -26 88,925
92 ALLAN*GARY LIVING HARD 6,848 7,051 -3 245,595
93 SPICE GIRLS GREATEST HITS 6,723 685 881 23,947
94 STARR*RINGO LIVERPOOL 8 6,708 18 999 6,726
95 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR 6,587 7,134 -8 236,084
96 BOTTI*CHRIS ITALIA 6,491 7,473 -13 260,874
97 VEDDER*EDDIE MUSIC FOR THE MOTION PICTURE I 6,475 6,920 -6 226,078
98 TURNER*JOSH EVERYTHING IS FINE 6,448 6,798 -5 377,876
99 SCARFACE M.A.D.E. 6,437 8,002 -20 145,843
100 KINGSTON*SEAN SEAN KINGSTON 6,420 6,616 -3 386,733



101 50 CENT CURTIS 6,417 8,708 -26 1,252,305
102 LAVIGNE*AVRIL BEST DAMN THING 6,213 7,029 -12 1,419,517
103 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 6,148 6,539 -6 2,027,412
104 K-PAZ DE LA SIERRA CAPAZ DE TODO POR TI 6,109 6,338 -4 85,392
105 TAYLOR*JAMES ONE MAN BAND 6,038 7,858 -23 362,574
106 MERCYME ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME 6,022 6,075 -1 80,803
107 WU-TANG CLAN 8 DIAGRAMS 6,002 7,610 -21 145,860
108 DRAMA GANGSTA GRILLZ 5,999 7,108 -16 120,735
109 PAVAROTTI*LUCIANO PAVORITTI'S GREATES HITS 5,965 7,667 -22 68,634
110 PINK I'M NOT DEAD 5,939 7,074 -16 1,191,823

111 LIFEHOUSE WHO WE ARE 5,835 5,715 2 301,989
112 MORGAN*CRAIG LITTLE BIT OF LIFE 5,600 5,145 9 268,608
113 GOO GOO DOLLS VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 5,596 6,597 -15 186,687
114 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2008 5,540 5,985 -7 112,139
115 VARIOUS ACROSS THE POND 5,523 6,849 -19 17,959
116 SIXX:A.M. HEROIN DIARIES SOUNDTRACK 5,476 5,797 -6 122,546
117 M.I.A. KALA 5,447 5,566 -2 157,293
118 LEWIS*BLAKE AUDIO DAY DREAM 5,408 5,813 -7 251,075
119 VARIOUS SONGS 4 WORSHIP: COUNTRY 5,388 9,544 -44 75,872
120 MICHELE*CHRISETTE I AM 5,211 5,134 1 297,055

121 ENCHANTED SOUNDTRACK 5,151 6,977 -26 183,832
122 CYRUS*BILLY RAY HOME AT LAST 5,094 5,143 -1 212,452
123 BEYONCE B'DAY 5,035 5,463 -8 3,099,359
124 PLIES REAL TESTAMENT 5,028 4,990 1 418,408
125 ATKINS*RODNEY IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL 4,904 4,931 -1 1,203,556
126 WISIN Y YANDEL WISIN VS YANDEL 'LOS EXTRATERR 4,782 5,151 -7 173,324
127 TANKIAN*SERJ ELECT THE DEAD 4,685 5,368 -13 212,837
128 GUCCI MANE BACK TO THE TRAPHOUSE 4,666 4,900 -5 76,160
129 PLAIN WHITE T'S EVERY SECOND COUNTS 4,612 3,600 28 655,182
130 PUDDLE OF MUDD FAMOUS 4,610 4,580 1 130,605

131 MCGRAW*TIM LET IT GO 4,591 4,731 -3 1,291,357
132 SAPP*MARVIN THIRSTY 4,559 4,603 -1 136,286
133 AVENTURA AVENTURA...KINGS OF BACHATA LI 4,553 4,924 -8 75,354
134 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE 4,536 5,709 -21 1,911,957
135 BOYZ II MEN MOTOWN: A JOURNEY THROUGH HITS 4,505 5,850 -23 187,369
136 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (DLX) SOUNDTRACK 4,438 5,325 -17 268,627
137 CLAPTON*ERIC COMPLETE CLAPTON 4,411 4,972 -11 277,999
138 VARIOUS NOW PARTY HITS 4,408 4,639 -5 114,388
139 RIMES*LEANN FAMILY 4,398 5,247 -16 286,771
140 DRAGONFORCE INHUMAN RAMPAGE 4,354 4,223 3 218,570

141 WINEHOUSE*AMY FRANK 4,302 4,068 6 89,051
142 BLUNT*JAMES ALL THE LOST SOULS 4,298 5,371 -20 356,549
143 2PAC BEST OF 2PAC-PART 1: THUG 4,237 3,810 11 73,925
144 CAMILA TODO CAMBIO 4,178 4,351 -4 222,798
145 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 4,130 4,225 -2 318,372
146 SPOON GA GA GA GA GA 4,116 4,911 -16 215,852
147 AKON KONVICTED 4,069 4,583 -11 2,803,997
148 SONGZ*TREY TREY DAY 4,045 4,018 1 220,815
149 POTTS*PAUL ONE CHANCE 4,040 4,903 -18 329,083
150 TOMLIN*CHRIS SEE THE MORNING 3,988 3,809 5 181,819

151 MORRISON*VAN STILL ON TOP-GREATEST HITS 3,967 3,934 1 121,320
152 ALTER BRIDGE BLACKBIRD 3,936 4,243 -7 157,512
153 TISDALE*ASHLEY HEADSTRONG 3,922 3,691 6 401,759
154 WHITE STRIPES ICKY THUMP 3,915 4,662 -16 704,692
155 BREAKING BENJAMIN PHOBIA 3,852 3,815 1 830,955
156 FALL OUT BOY INFINITY ON HIGH 3,813 4,868 -22 1,241,160
157 ALDEAN*JASON RELENTLESS 3,811 4,007 -5 458,506
158 MONTGOMERY GENTRY SOME PEOPLE CHANGE 3,741 3,587 4 385,212
159 WEST*MATTHEW SOMETHING TO SAY 3,727 13 999 2,081
160 DISNEY KARAOKE SERIES HANNAH MONTANA 3,682 3,588 3 140,692

161 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM 3,633 4,194 -13 169,024
162 FLEX TE QUIERO 3,617 0 3,617
163 ALLEN*LILY ALRIGHT STILL 3,574 3,112 15 468,682
164 KRAUSS*ALISON HUNDRED MILES OR MORE: A COLLE 3,572 3,943 -9 518,625
165 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO LA MEJOR COLECCION 3,570 3,600 -1 186,094
166 LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND 3,552 3,411 4 124,148
167 ANGELS & AIRWAVES I-EMPIRE 3,527 4,444 -21 165,993
168 KOTTONMOUTH KINGS GREATEST HIGHS 3,503 26 999 3,529
169 BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN 3,495 2,569 36 75,600
170 PITBULL BOATLIFT 3,463 3,763 -8 66,694

171 SKILLET COMATOSE 3,441 2,288 50 145,107
172 JUANES LA VIDA...ES UN RATICO 3,437 3,185 8 163,279
173 GRAY*DAVID GREATEST HITS 3,421 3,565 -4 70,300
174 DOORS VERY BEST OF THE DOORS 3,419 3,560 -4 93,455
175 NATIONAL BOXER 3,416 3,251 5 94,753
175 VARIOUS NOW 25 3,416 3,609 -5 1,060,836
177 A FINE FRENZY ONE CELL IN THE SEA 3,414 4,155 -18 153,628
178 CHINGY HATE IT OR LOVE IT 3,372 4,104 -18 58,124
179 GOOD CHARLOTTE GOOD MORNING REVIVAL 3,324 3,384 -2 256,345
180 FERNANDEZ*ALEJANDRO LA HISTORIA 3,286 3,069 7 23,812

181 ATREYU LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR 3,276 3,501 -6 172,288
181 SHINS WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 3,276 3,578 -8 504,546
183 SIGEL*BEANIE SOLUTION 3,272 3,808 -14 91,137
184 STONE*ANGIE ART Of LOVE & WAR 3,255 2,716 20 139,136
185 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AS DAYLIGHT DIES 3,241 3,190 2 352,426
186 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 12 3,237 3,080 5 328,689
187 T.I. T.I. VS TIP 3,216 4,410 -27 1,229,877
188 SILVERSUN PICKUPS CARNAVAS 3,201 3,005 7 274,729
188 DJ KHALED WE THE BEST 3,201 3,700 -13 316,380
190 SEAL SYSTEM 3,180 4,303 -26 114,626

191 COMMON FINDING FOREVER 3,149 3,757 -16 521,718
192 EVANS*SARA GREATEST HITS 3,140 3,627 -13 240,996
193 CHEVELLE VENA SERA 3,120 2,342 33 256,316
194 MUSIC & LYRICS SOUNDTRACK 3,117 3,737 -17 164,196
195 AUGUST RUSH SOUNDTRACK 3,104 3,866 -20 93,660
196 U2 U218 SINGLES 3,086 3,819 -19 844,162
197 HURRICANE CHRIS 5150 RATCHET 3,080 3,148 -2 100,116
198 HINDER EXTREME BEHAVIOR 3,068 3,120 -2 2,640,579
199 IRON & WINE SHEPHERD'S DOG 3,055 3,722 -18 136,543
200 NAKED BROTHERS BAND NAKED BROTHERS BAND 3,050 3,262 -6 214,477
[Edited 1/24/08 13:52pm]

I love how the article sites RADIOHEADS sales numbers. Its so funny how every major corporation that has to do with music/industry/media is making sure they target them for something in their articles. RADIOHEAD stirred the shit storm, i think the fact that 250,000 still bought the disc after it was given free or whatever is an acoomplishment but since now they arent with a corporation, they arent with that same game.

lspear76 said:

That's all sorts of wrong...funny thing your comment painted a picture of you, that you tried to paint of others:lol:

twink69 said:

Hip hop and R&B are NOT the same. Van Hunt does not sound like Lil" Wayne. Angie Stone does NOT sound like Bow Wow and Chrisette Michele does NOT sound like Soulja Boy. Sounds like someone has fallen for the racist marketing of record labels. Its NOT all the same just because the people doing it are the same color.

BlaqueKnight said:

For real.

lspear76 said:

So in other words, you're saying people who don't know "anything" (and I wonder who those people that don't know anything might be?) and fans of "hip hop and r&b," can't afford to buy the music or a computer, is your answer as to why music sales are low? Gee, I wonder why you would make such a silly assumption like that?
[Edited 1/24/08 19:30pm]