Thanks to that potent 1-2 punch, the industry’s doldrums are temporarily lifted, with Blue Note’s Norah Jones, who didn’t appear on the awards show, but was featured on 60 Minutes and a slew of TV shows directly before, climbs back to #1, with 202k in sales. Another chart newcomer, Atlantic’s Gerald Levert, bowed at #2, with his posthumous In My Songs racking up an impressive 170k total.
The real story, though, was that little old awards show, which helped re-launch a number of titles, starting with SBMG/Commercial Music Group’s Grammy Nominees 2007 album, up a whopping 121% to #3. Capitol’s Corinne Bailey Rae enjoys an even more impressive 172% rise to #6, moving 114k copies, while the night’s big winner, Open Wide/Columbia’s Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way back onto the charts at #7, with a boost from some 12k to 107k.
Jive/ZLG’s Justin Timberlake used his Grammy performance and a record-shattering video sale on iTunes for his “What Goes Around…Comes Around” clip to jump 143% to #8, while Aware/Columbia NARAS darling John Mayer’s Continuum moves #33-10, with a 225% rise.
Top 10 holdovers include last week’s #1, IDJ’s Fall Out Boy (#4), Star Trak/ Interscope’s Robin Thicke (#5, +91%) and RCA/RMG’s Daughtry (#9, +30%).
Other beneficiaries of the gala night include WB’s Red Hot Chili Peppers (#39-12), Arista/RMG's Carrie Underwood (#13, +61%), Geffen’s Mary J. Blige (#16), G.O.O.D./Columbia’s John Legend (#22), RCA/RMG’s Christina Aguilera (#31), Downtown/Atlantic’s Gnarls Barkley (#34), RPM/Columbia’s Tony Bennett (#39) and Def Jam South/IDJ’s Ludacris (#41).
Mercury Nashville’s Lucinda Williams tops the rest of the chart debuts at #15, along with Atlantic’s Daddy’s Little Girls soundtrack (#42) and Manhattan’s Van Morrison movie music compilation (#46).
Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop 11 and Sanctuary Music Group’s The Ataris are the week’s two top releases expected to chart next week.
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