

94) and Chely Wright’s “Metropolitan Hotel” (Dualtone, No. 69) Thievery Corporation’s “The Cosmic Game” (Eighteenth Street Lounge, No. 63) Los Lonely Boys’ “Live at the Fillmore” (Sony, No. Other Billboard 200 bows include the Side One Dummy compilation “Atticus: Dragging the Lake Vol. The Tennessee quartet made its full-length debut in 2003 with “Youth & Young Manhood,” which started at No. Kings Of Leon’s long-awaited sophomore set “Aha Shake Heartbreak” (RCA) earns the band its highest Billboard 200 bow at No.

60 with “Bone Brothers,” which moved 18,000 copies. Tru labelmates Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone also enter this week at No. 5 with 139,000 copies and has sold 850,000 to date. As part of Master P’s original No Limit label, the trio scored its highest bow in 1999 with “Da Crime Family,” which entered at No. 10 for the second week even though it suffered a 15% dip to 64,000 units.įurther down the chart, New No Limit/Koch rap act Tru’s “Truth” enters at No. 8 for a second week despite an 11% slide to 70,000 3 Doors Down’s “Seventeen Days” (Republic/Universal) falls 6-9 on a 35% drop to 68,000 and Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway” (RCA) is No. Rounding out the top 10, Eminem’s “Encore” (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) holds at No. To date, the franchise has sold 4.2 million units. Last year’s “Kidz Bop Kids 6” opened at No. At 74,000 copies, the 18-track compilation - which includes covers of Ashlee Simpson’s “Pieces of Me,” Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started” and the Usher/Alicia Keys duet “My Boo” -ñ scores the franchise’s biggest sales week and highest chart position so far. The other top tier debut is Kidz Bop Kids’ “Kidz Bop 7” (Razor & Tie) at No. Taking a 7-6 move, John Legend’s “Get Lifted” (Columbia) squeezes in between this week’s two top 10 entries despite a 12% sales dip to 80,000. That Atlantic album has sold 1 million to date, while her best-selling album remains 1992’s “Little Earthquakes” at 1.9 million. 5 is Tori Amos’ second Epic effort, “The Beekeeper.” The set’s first-week sales of 83,000 copies are not the songstress’ highest, as 1996’s “Boys for Pele” started at No. The rapper is newly embroiled in controversy as mentor 50 Cent publicly dropped the rapper from his G-Unit crew during a New York radio interview on Monday, which may have led to the shooting of an unidentified man in 50 Cent’s entourage.īuzzing in at No. The Game sees his Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope debut “The Documentary” drop to No.

Green Day suffered a similar fate at the cash register, as “American Idiot” (Reprise) came up 46% lighter at 109,000 units and falls to No. 1 following a triumphant Grammy Awards that saw “Genius Loves Company” take eight awards, sales of Charles’ final Concord/Hear Music studio album slid 51% last week to 110,000. 35 this week, respectively.Īfter a historic move to No. It’s not all album glory for Omarion, as the set’s title track is climbing Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Hot 100 charts, reaching No. The group’s best-selling album to date is that year’s follow-up, “Pandemonium!,” which has sold 1.2 million. 2 on the album chart with B2K’s 2002 self-titled debut, which started with sales of 109,000. With his since-imploded R&B/pop boy band, Omarion went as far as No. 1, Ray Charles’ “Genius Loves Company” which falls to No. The T.U.G./Epic/Sony Music set sold 182,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 72,000 more than last week’s No. Former B2K frontman Omarion’s solo career makes a grand entrance this week, as the debut album “O” bows on top of The Billboard 200.
