CHART DATE: 09/22/2008
LAST UPDATE: 09/23/2008 13:34:54
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 329,372 -35%
DEATH MAGNETIC
-- 2 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 250,684 --
YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN
-- 3 NELLY DERRTY/UNIV MOTOWN 81,106 --
BRASS KNUCKLES
-- 4 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 64,745 --
LEARN TO LIVE
2 5 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 64,266 -23%
RECESSION
3 6 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 62,674 -17%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
-- 7 DJ KHALED KOCH 50,663 --
WE GLOBAL
7 8 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 42,875 -10%
THA CARTER III
6 9 THE GAME GEFFEN 42,824 -11%
LAX
-- 10 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 42,504 --
BLACK BUTTERFLY
5 11 SLIPKNOT ROADRUNNER 40,313 -27%
ALL HOPE IS GONE
8 12 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 39,173 -17%
A LITTLE BIT LONGER
10 13 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 32,731 -17%
SOUNDTRACK
12 14 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 31,664 -10%
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
13 15 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 31,277 -7%
LOVE ON THE INSIDE
-- 16 ALL THAT REMAINS PROSTHETIC 28,356 --
OVERCOME
15 17 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 24,859 -14%
VIVA LA VIDA
4 18 JESSICA SIMPSON EPIC/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 23,770 -64%
DO YOU KNOW
18 19 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 22,106 -9%
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
22 20 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 21,855 +2%
SPIRIT
17 21 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 21,850 -19%
BREAKOUT
-- 22 RAPHAEL SAADIQ COLUMBIA 21,068 --
THE WAY I SEE IT
25 23 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 20,979 +11%
ONE OF THE BOYS
-- 24 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 17,965 --
LIVE IN LBC/DIAMONDS IN ROUGH
24 25 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 17,798 -12%
TAYLOR SWIFT
27 26 NOW 28 CAPITOL 16,438 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
26 27 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 16,410 -11%
SOUNDTRACK
16 28 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK INTERSCOPE 16,327 -41%
BLOCK
-- 29 ELI YOUNG BAND UNIVERSAL SOUTH 16,261 --
JET BLACK & JEALOUS
23 30 NOW COUNTRY UME/UNIVERSAL NASHVILLE 15,952 -24%
NOW COUNTRY
28 31 STAIND ATLANTIC 15,608 -15%
ILLUSION OF PROGRESS
20 32 MITCH HEDBERG COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS 14,354 -39%
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOSH?
11 33 ERIC BENET REPRISE 14,131 -62%
LOVE & LIFE
9 34 LL COOL J ISLAND/IDJMG 13,689 -69%
EXIT 13
30 35 DUFFY MERCURY 13,078 -18%
ROCKFERRY
19 36 CHRIS TOMLIN SIX STEPS RECORDS 13,054 -45%
HELLO LOVE
31 37 DISTURBED REPRISE 12,887 -9%
INDESTRUCTIBLE
-- 38 COLBY O'DONIS GEFFEN 11,974 --
COLBY O
14 39 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN 11,440 -66%
QUILT
21 40 NATALIE COLE RHINO 11,387 -50%
STILL UNFORGETTABLE
-- 41 KRISTY LEE COOK ARISTA/SBMG NASHVILLE 11,055 --
WHY WAIT
-- 42 JEM ATO 10,984 --
DOWN TO EARTH
37 43 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 10,866 -12%
JONAS BROTHERS
44 44 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 10,293 -1%
CARNIVAL RIDE
45 45 M.I.A. INTERSCOPE 10,033 -2%
KALA
38 46 CHEETAH GIRLS WALT DISNEY RECORDS 9,886 -18%
ONE WORLD
42 47 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,766 -9%
3 DOORS DOWN
29 48 UNDEROATH TOOTH & NAIL 9,558 -45%
LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION
34 49 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 9,462 -30%
DAUGHTRY
-- 50 TAPROOT VELVET HAMMER 9,058 --
OUR LONG ROAD HOME

How the hell is Little Wayne still in the top ten. 3 hip-hop albums better than the Carter III released a few weeks ago are already about to be out the top ten (The Game's LAX is already below C3)

the new metallica is #1, even though virtually every review has panned it?

darius rucker has a top 5 debut?

it's like people are consciously buying crap for the enjoyment of buying crap.

Poor Lindsey Buckingham. Not even a Top 50 debut?

Anxiety said:

Critics are dicks anyway. My friend really likes the Metallica album.

Nick715 said:

i was going by what i've read on rateyourmusic.com, too. though perhaps rateyourmusic.com users are dicks as well.

^I guess you can't please everyone.

Nick715 said:

well, ya know, if one person out of a million thinks an album is a great piece of music, then the album wasn't a complete waste of time.

or something like that.

Nick715 said:

Im liking the new Metallica and was one that liked the last also. I saw one review that said this album was "slick" sounding, and im thinking, u cant please everyone, last one was too "raw" this one is too "slick" i say fuck everyone and make your records, youve been around 25 years now what are they gonna do to you.

Nick715 said:

Im not shocked though i must say, Lindsey is someone that does almost no promo for his albums, i mean NO PROMO at all.

Nick715 said:

I think the even bigger thing is that Metallica held a second week and held off "Mr hitmaker" by almost 80,000 records.

Nelly barely got pass Hootie!

Goooo Darius!

Columbia SC in da house!(Even though i may never ever buy this album)
I've never been a fan of country music.

Anxiety said:

Typical Anx only reading reviews by the snob critics. Because as you can see, the fact is the Metallica album is actually getting GOOD reviews: http://www.metacritic.com...thmagnetic

The only really bad review there is by snobby Pitchfork.

phunkdaddy said:

I read the single is #1 on the country chart. Darius is only the third black person to hit the top there.

sextonseven said:

WOW! That's big.

So that's:

1.) Charley Pride
2.) Ray Charles (w/Willie Nelson)
3.) Darius Rucker

sextonseven said:

it's true. i send each critic a survey rating their snobbery quotient before i'll even consider reading their work. curses, sexton - you've foiled me again.

Anxiety said:

Most of the reviews I saw were great for the band. Some saying the band went back to their 1980s thrash roots on the album.

Darius is fine by me.

I liked his last album Back To Then. That was a cool, I'm-chilling-around-the-house-cooking-BBQ,drinking-wine-coolers album.

i think, um, i think i need to excuse myself from this thread now.

Anxiety said:

NO WINE COOLERS FOR ANX!
NO WINE COOLERS FOR ANX!
NO WINE COOLERS FOR ANX!

Where exactly did Darius get a bad rep from . Was it that every over exposed Hootie and the Blowfish song sounded the same? Was it the burger king commercials?

Dude has a good voice .

newpower99 said:

I like Darius. I guess it was cool in the '90s to hate anything affiliated with Hootie or Dave Matthews or whatever, but I liked them both. It was decent music and they had harmonies.

I liked Dave Matthews Band, too. It was just good music, I was not trippin off of "okay, if you listen to this you play Golf, wear cargo pants and vote Republican." I didn't know that as a kid listening to it. lol But I still like "Ants Marching," "Satellite." SO fuck yall.

newpower99 said:

he and dave matthews and eddie vedder all sound the same. it's like some kind of bullfrog meets cher-with-a-sex-change sound. i guess some people really enjoy that kind of singing, and to those who do, god bless you.

to me, hootie is dad rock. it's something you play at barbecues. it's music to compliment lawn darts.

which, you know, is fine, i guess

sextonseven said:

I really like the new Metallica. The more I listen to it...the more I like it (just like the Prince albums of the 80's).

The most aggressive and fast album they have done since "....and justice for all". In fact it sounds like it belongs between "....and justice for all" and "the black album".

I was really impressed with what I heard of the new Metallica album. They didn't just hint at their old stuff, they really seemed to capture the essence of the classic years, with a few new tricks thrown in.

I bet that if Metallica were to gang up on Darius Rucker,
even though he wouldn't really stand a chance,
he would probably take at least one of 'em down wit' him.

Sowhat said:

It's good but it leaves me exhausted after listening, the songs are too long. It did get good reviews.

great cd. glad fans are checking it out. Country flava but good writing and great voice

abierman said:

You're right, most of the songs could have been at least a minute or two shorter. But I still really like the album.