Save your appetite for Britney Spears, whose new Jive album, In The Zone, is more filling than all of them, debuting this week at #1 with a whopping 605k+ in sales. That’s a lotta drumsticks, folks.
Trans World/Wherehouse’s Bob Bell, denying he was the role model for Bad Santa, said: "Spectacular first-week for Britney. She has silenced the doubters. She’s a big star and people really like her. She’s America’s head cheerleader."
Spears was one of three newcomers in the Top Five, with Geffen’s Blink-182 (#3), clocking 318k in sales, and Apple/Capitol legends The Beatles’ Spector-less reworking of Let It Be…Naked at #5, topping 268k.
Added Bell: "With all of the new pop-punk bands out now, some people might have questioned Blink 182’s relevance. But I think that they’ve proven to be the fathers of that genre, and the kids do still care."
As for the Fab Four, Bell opined: "These guys are good. I think with a good radio story, this band could be around for a while."
The rest of the Top 10 included G-Unit/Interscope’s G-Unit (#2), Roc-A-Fella/IDJ’s Jay-Z (last week’s #1, now at #4), Columbia/CRG’s Now Vol. 14 (#6), 143/Reprise’s Josh Groban (#7), Amaru/Interscope’s Tupac (#8), DreamWorks Nashville’s Toby Keith (#9) and Arista’s OutKast (#10).
Other chart newcomers include Epic’s embattled Michael Jackson (#13), RCA’s Dave Matthews Band Live (#14), Bad Boy/Def Soul/IDJ’s 112 (#19), WB’s Linkin Park Live (#20) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (#21), Epic’s Korn (#22 and rush-released last Friday), MCA Nashville’s Reba McEntire (#25), Curb’s Leann Rimes (#27), Universal’s Timbaland & Magoo (#33), Atlantic/Atl G’s Tori Amos (#34), Daylight/Epic’s Cyndi Lauper (#36) and Blue Note’s Al Green (#50).
Double-digit increases were registered by Arista Nashville’s Alan Jackson (19-15, +57%), DTP/Capitol’s Chingy (+44%), Roadrunner/IDJ’s Nickelback (30-22, +11%), Columbia/CRG’s Harry Connick Jr. (36-32, +36%), WB’s Linkin Park (+18%), Wind-up’s Evanescence (+26%), Columbia/CRG’s Beyoncé (40-30, +11%), Blue Note’s Norah Jones (+20%) and J Records’ Love, Actually soundtrack (+20%).
Next week, it’s all about GM/Elektra/EEG’s Missy Elliott, DreamWorks’ Nelly Furtado, Interscope’s Enrique Iglesias and Flip/Geffen’s Puddle of Mudd.
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