The Ying Yang Twins? Bubba Sparxxx? A Perfect Circle?

All these debuted ahead of David Bowie on the Billboard album chart.

If it wasn't clear already, I'm now absolutely sure that the state of music has gone straight to hell.

he does better in europe:

Denmark #1
France #2
Norway #2
Austria #3
Germany #3
UK #3
Italy #4
Switzerland #5
Ireland #6 (With the Best Of Bowie at #10 in the same chart!)
Finland #9
Australia #13

Europe is good. Lovesexy did better here as well.

scififilmnerd said:

i'm a FIRM believer that y'all have better taste in music over there

that's why i'm moving there soon

endorphin74 said:

No,you're not! We're not gonna let you leave us..lol

DavidEye said:

heh heh heh

don't worry, just ask my hunny, I ain't EVER leaving MPLS for good




but it's fun to dream!

Oh, we got crap music too. Trust me.

TRON said:

you know you bought that Bubba cd on the same day you bought Bowie

Even things that have been out forever like Norah Jones did better.

I just don't understand how he only debuted at #29 unless people didn't know it was coming out.

He has the momentum of last year's Heathen album and tour behind him.

Maybe the upcoming tour and tv appearances will help it become a slow burner.

And hopefully OutKast will come along next week and slay them all!

TRON said:

The only thing that explains Bubba Sprarxx is that it was sold for $6.99!, half the price of Bowie's regular CD! I really don't get this considering the fact that "Heathen" debuted in the top ten, didn't it? And "Heathen" was an amazing album so I would assume that people would be ready for more! I'm also pretty sure they coutned the special edition CDs as a different album, which might be a new idea that didn't exist when "Heathen" was released last year(not sure). How many copie did it sell in comparison to "Heathen" (in America)?

I expected Reality to do much better...That sucks, TRON...

That tells me "Reality" must be a really good album.

And WHEN was Bowie's last #1 hit?

Under Pressure? Let's Dance?

Just reminding you freaks that MTV/Clear pimps the flavor of the month, regardless WHO is good, WHO sold well in the past, and WHO will continue to sell records.

LIMP BizCRAP for Chrissakes. Come on. That should be a giveaway right there that Billboard is a tool of the Clear Man.

KingSausage said:

Me too. Oh well.

TRON said:

Bubba Sparxxx I could easily see why. Bowie is good and all, but it's not the 80s anymore.

okaypimpn said:

No, but it's not 2001 either. I thought he was a one hit wonder. Bowie's a legend.

TRON said:

I'm not surprised at all. Virtually no one knew about it. I bet it stays in the top 100 for 3, maybe 4 weeks.

Moonbeam said:

I am. It's not like Annie had a big promotional campaign.

People like this should be able to sell based on their names alone.

No.29 ain't so bad. You have to remember that Bowie hasn't hit the top 20 in the US with one of his albums since Tonight in '84.

Cloudbuster said:

Heathen debuted at number 14.

TRON said:

A few things to keep in mind:

• Heathen did not have any hits, nor were any videos played.
  
• "New Killer Star" hasn't been played much, if at all, on radio stations.
  
• There has been very little promotion.
  
• Number 29 isn't that bad, especially if it was a strong sales week.
  
• Blondie's No Exit which was hailed for being the comeback album and had a hit single and video, debuted at number 18.
  
• Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic debuted at number 18, despite a bit of hype beforehand.
  
• Eurythmics' Peace debuted at number 25, despite being hailed as their comeback album.
  
  

Moonbeam said:

Excellent! I meant to add that I wasn't sure about Heathen but since Tonight his peak positions are:

Never Let Me Down - no.34
Tin Machine - no.28
Tin Machine II - didn't make the top 100
Black Tie White Noise - no.39
Outside - no.21
Earthling - no.39
Hours... - no.47

Moonbeam said:

True. But Bowie is held in much higher esteem these days than any of those artists you mentioned.

Bare has had jack shit for promotion either. It just seems weird to me.

I guess he is more of a cult artist in this country. He was only ever really mainstream for about 4 years.

Well...all I know is...I GOT MY BOWIE TICKETS THIS MORNING!!! TRON, we gotta hang out before the concert--I'll buy you a slice of overpriced concert pizza!

DudeDrops said:

You guys should come to the MPLS show...we can all enjoy shitty concert food together!

KingSausage said:

I wish I could. I'm outta $ though.

DudeDrops said:

Whoa! How'd you get 'em?

TRON said:

Tell you what...I'll eat some shitty food in your honor...

I'll say THIS - the ONE commercial I saw for the wrecka made it look like a "Greatest Hits" album - showed all his old personas... which led me to believe it was just another Greatest Hits package - of which I'm not interested because I already have the good bowie records - INCLUDING Tin Machine.

KingSausage said:

Gee thanks man!