For a contrast, Kid Rock hits No. 2, Staind bows in third spot
NEW YORK -- Despite a immense drop-off from the jazzy numbers it posted utmost week, the Jonas Brothers begin a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "A Little Bit Longer." The Hollywood set sold 147,000 units in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, 72% less than its debut tote up of 525,000.
Kid Rock's "Rock'n'Roll Jesus" (Atlantic) continues to motor toward the summit, rising from No. 3 to No. 2 on a scarce perceptible gross sales decline to 101,000. Labelmate Staind's "The Illusion of Progress" opens at No. 3 with 92,000. The band's last three albums had all debuted at No. 1, with 2001's "Break the Cycle" unfirm a whopping 716,000 copies in its opening night week.
The "Mamma Mia!" soundtrack (Decca) waterfall from s to quartern place on a 20% drop to 87,000, followed by a No. 5 debut for Ice Cube's "Raw Footage" (Lench Mob) with 70,000. His virtually recent album, 2006's "Laugh Now, Cry Later," debuted at No. 4 with 144,000.
Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) slides forty-six on a 27% gross revenue decline to 62,000, while Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) is dispirited 6-7 after a 7.8% slide to 57,000. Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville) drops lviii after marketing 56,000 (-15.5%) and Disney's "Camp Rock" soundtrack falls 8-9 on a 5.5% decline to 47,000.
Shwayze's self-titled Interscope debut lands at No. 10 with 47,000. The mathematical group has enjoyed big visibility in the past month thanks to its MTV reality show, "Buzzin'." New at No. 13 is the Cheetah Girls' TV movie soundtrack "One World" (Hollywood) with 34,000, while the Academy Is ... starts at No. 17 with its third record album, "Fast Times at Barrington High." The Fueled by Ramen set sold 23,000.
Further down the chart ar new entries from Black Stone Cherry's "Folklore and Superstition" at No. 28 (Roadrunner, 14,000), Family Force Five's "Dance or Die" at No. 30 (Transparent Media Group, 13,000), GZA/Genius' "Pro Tools" at No. 52 (Babygrande, 9,000), Karina's "First Love" at No. 57 (Def Jam, 9,000) and Toadies' "No Deliverance" at No. 59 (Kirtland, 9,000).
Album sales are down 4.7% from last week at 7 meg units and 13% from the same week a year ago.
Saturday 30 August 2008
Monday 11 August 2008
Isaac Hayes Dies At The Age Of 65
Soul isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Hayes, who was responsible for the �Theme From Shaft�, has died.
The musician, world Health Organization was 65, was launch unresponsive near a treadmill at his home in Memphis, according to constabulary.
Hayes was taken to Baptist East Hospital just later pronounced dead. The cause of death was not straight off known.
In addition to his notorious 70s hit for Shaft, which won an Academy laurels, Hayes too provided the voice for Chef in the animated TV exhibit South Park.
The popularity of Hayes� role in the cartoon brought him sweet chart success in the UK with �Chocolate Salty Balls�.
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