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Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown hits on Friday, May 15, just four days before the scheduled May 19 bow of Eminem’s Relapse on Shady/Aftermath/ Interscope though, considering the history of his releases, that may well be moved up as well.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

ROSS GOES DEEPER

Depeche Mode, Asher Roth Bow in Top 5, Kings of Leon, Theory of a Deadman, Shinedown, Adele Gain

Miami rapper Rick Ross talks a big game, but he delivers on his Def Jam/IDJ album, Deeper Than Rap, debuting at #1 on the HITS Album chart with 153k in sales. Take that, 50 Cent.

He’s one of three newcomers to bow in the Top 50, joining Mute/Capitol’s Depeche Mode (#3) and SRC/Universal Motown’s Asher Roth (#4).

Last week’s chart-topping Disney Records soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie (#2) and Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts (#5) round out the leader board.

Chop Shop/Atlantic’s Twilight soundtrack lands at #6, followed by Interscope’s Lady GaGa, up 11% at #7, UMe’s Now 30 at #8, Bad Boy/Atlantic’s Day26 at #9 and Def Jam/IDJ’s Jadakiss at #10.

Roadrunner’s Theory of a Deadman leads all double-digit gainers for the week, moving #31-28, up 25%, with Columbia’s Adele (#45, +19%), RCA/RMG’s Kings of Leon (#19-15, +18%), Atlantic’s Shinedown (#41, +16%), A&M/Octone’s Hollywood Undead (#40, +12%), Columbia’s Beyonce (#19, +11%) and Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#23, +10%).

Next major releases on tap include Columbia’s Bob Dylan, with a likely #1 debut, and Ice Age/Asylum’s Mike Jones, which hit the street today; LaFace/JLG’s Ciara, going to retail on May 5; and Diplomat/Asylum’s Cam’ron, Hollywood’s Marie Digby and Swishahouse/Asylum’s Paul Wall on May 12.

Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown hits on Friday, May 15, just four days before the scheduled May 19 bow of Eminem’s Relapse on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope though, considering the history of his releases, that may well be moved up as well.

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