Author Topic: this week's charts 7-14-05 7-21-05 (Read 185 times)

Stone Cold is Bout It, Bout It · « **on:** July 21, 2005, 02:21:11 PM »

Respectively, Bow Wow's Wanted peaks at #3. Watch for the young man to "hold you down" on the 2005 Heartthrob Scream IV Tour. Wanted moved 119,769 copies in its first week.

Slipping down five positions to #7 is Missy's The Cookbook. Misdemeanor still has fans craving her recipes as they "Lose Control" for her latest dish. Despite a 63% dip, Missy moved an additional 65,093 LPs this week. The Cookbook's total sales stand at 242,077 records according to Soundscan.

One notch down taking over the 8-spot is the Black Eyed Peas. Week after week Monkey Business is still doing its thing! Will.I.am and the Peas' have another fabulous week in and push another 65,012 CDs. Their numbers total at 778,013 copies.

Holding down #9 is the Ying Yang Twins. Soundscan records show that the Twins are still in office. U.S.A. (United States of Atlanta) is down 38% this week. However, the album sold 61,837 more units, totaling 364,737 sales.

Taking over #15 is Mike Jones. The Houston rapper has taken off since dropping his debut Who is Mike Jones? The Swishahouse mic gripper moved 50,236 LPs this week. Mike Jones has sold 798,388 copies to date.

At #21 is 50 Cent. The Massacre has finally slipped out of the Top 20. This week 50 puts another 38,138 under his belt. 50 has been keeping Soundscan busy with a total of 4,103,353 units sold.

Ranking at #22 is DIPSET-DIPSET-DIPSET. Duke Da God's new release, Dipset & Duke Da God Presents: More Than Music (Vol.1) jumped off this week. That's right them boys are back again—Cam'Ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, .40 Cal, Jr. Writer, Jha' Jha', Hell Rell, and more. Duke's new compilation sold 38,735 copies in its first week.

Coming in at #28 is Webbie. The Dirty Dirty is living the Savage Life! With the help of Houston vet Bun B, Webbie tells fans "Give Me That" as he takes in 29,631 CDs this week. Web's total stands at 98,339 copies sold.

The Hustle & Flow movie soundtrack breaks at #31. The CD dropped last week, while the movie opens tomorrow, Friday, July 22nd. Dirty South stand outs like Trina, Lil Scrappy, T.I., Juvenile, Mike Jones and 8 Ball & MJG all appear on the disc. Terrance Howard even joins the roster by performing three songs as the character DJay. The soundtrack hustles to move 28,883 units its first week. Let's see how it flows after the movie debuts.

Next up is that "Windy-City" brother Common; holding down #36. Com's Be went on to sell an additional 24,846 records this week. He sold 478,888 albums in total to date.

Following at #40 is "Dem Boyz". Boyz n Da Hood still clocking digits. Bad Boy South stays another week in the Top 50; selling 23,092 units. So far dem boyz sold 202,009 records.

Closing out this week at #44 is Cassidy. I'm A Hustla pushed out 21,650 additional copies. Cass cashes in with 152,333 albums sold to date.

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