Album sales 4/23/02

[King-Suge]

These are the preliminary numbers put up by hitsdailydouble.com

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
2 1 ASHANTI MURDER INC./IDJ 205,648 -10%
ASHANTI
-- 2 SHERYL CROW A&M 199,956 --
C'MON, C'MON
1 3 CELINE DION EPIC 159,722 -31%
A NEW DAY HAS COME
3 4 NOW VOL.9 UTV 124,904 -14%
VARIOUS
8 5 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 76,608 +24%
JOSH GROBAN
6 6 SCORPION KING UNIVERSAL 66,551 0%
SOUNDTRACK
5 7 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? MERCURY/IDJ 64,259 -16%
SOUNDTRACK
10 8 PINK ARISTA 59,790 +2%
M!SSUNDAZTOOD
4 9 GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS. 58,955 -45%
GUTTERFLOWER
9 10 SHAKIRA EPIC 58,039 -2%
LAUNDRY SERVICE
7 11 TWEET GM/ELEKTRA/EEG 54,039 -15%
SOUTHERN HUMMINGBIRD
12 12 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJ 48,883 -13%
WORD OF MOUF
21 13 JAY-Z & R.KELLY ROC-A-FELLA/JIVE/IDJ 47,276 +15%
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
14 14 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 45,641 -10%
HYBRID THEORY
15 15 PUDDLE OF MUDD FLAW/GEFFEN/INTERSCO 45,607 -5%
COME CLEAN
16 16 AVANT MJM/MCA 43,979 -6%
ECSTASY
17 17 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJ 43,914 -6%
SILVER SIDE UP
11 18 BONNIE RAITT CAPITOL 43,347 -24%
SILVER LINING
40 19 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 41,640 +34%
COME AWAY WITH ME
19 20 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 40,877 -3%
DRIVE
27 21 NO DOUBT INTERSCOPE 38,112 +3%
ROCK STEADY
31 22 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COL/CRG 37,642 +4%
ROOM FOR SQUARES
36 23 NAPPY ROOTS ATLANTIC/ATL G 37,227 +7%
WATERMELON, CHICKEN & GRITZ
13 24 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 37,176 -33%
ARE YOU PASSIONATE
20 25 BRANDY ATLANTIC/ATL G 36,164 -13%
FULL MOON
25 26 JA RULE MURDER INC./IDJ 35,960 -6%
PAIN IS LOVE
26 27 FAT JOE ATLANTIC/ATL G 35,623 -6%
JEALOUS ONES STILL ENVY
23 28 USHER ARISTA 34,934 -10%
8701
22 29 ALANIS MORISSETTE MAVERICK/REPRISE 34,832 -13%
UNDER RUG SWEPT
24 30 MARY J. BLIGE MCA 34,143 -12%
NO MORE DRAMA
33 31 ENRIQUE INTERSCOPE 33,492 -7%
ESCAPE
35 32 JENNIFER LOPEZ EPIC 33,332 -6%
J TO THA L-O!:THE REMIXES
29 33 KYLIE MINOGUE CAPITOL 33,138 -10%
FEVER
32 34 SYSTEM OF A DOWN AMERICAN/COL/CRG 32,998 -9%
TOXICITY
28 35 B2K EPIC 32,228 -13%
B2K
18 36 WWF:FORCEABLE ENTRY COLUMBIA/CRG 31,735 -26%
VARIOUS
30 37 MICHELLE BRANCH MAVERICK/WARNER BROS 31,346 -14%
SPIRIT ROOM
34 38 P.O.D. ATLANTIC/ATL G 31,114 -13%
SATELLITE
37 39 CREED WIND-UP 30,495 -8%
WEATHERED
38 40 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS 29,609 -10%
SONGS IN A MINOR
39 41 NAS COLUMBIA/CRG 28,966 -11%
STILLMATIC
42 42 ENYA REPRISE 26,939 -7%
DAY WITHOUT RAIN
45 43 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 24,525 -1%
RASCAL FLATTS
41 44 BARRY MANILOW ARISTA 24,450 -19%
ULTIMATE MANILOW
46 45 JIMMY EAT WORLD DREAMWORKS 23,477 -2%
JIMMY EAT WORLD
43 46 INDIA.ARIE MOTOWN/UNIVERSAL 22,932 -13%
ACOUSTIC SOUL
48 47 DEFAULT TVT 22,286 -2%
FALLOUT
-- 48 N.E.R.D. VIRGIN 21,870 --
IN SEARCH OF...
44 49 BLADE II IMMORTAL/VIRGIN 21,524 -18%
SOUNDTRACK
47 50 KID ROCK LAVA/ATL/ATL G 21,499 -8%
COCKY



Two main things jump at me when looking at these numbers.

1)  Ashanti is selling MANY more copies than what it has any right to.  Im sorry-shes an average talent.

2) Jay Z and R Kelly miracilously bounced all the way back up to number 13 and experienced a 15% increase in album sales.  This is a real testement to the talent of R Kelly and Jay Z cos anyother artist going through this kinda drama could never push these kinda units.

[Techniq]

God damn... Ashanti doin' thangs... didn't think it would sell THIS good.

[Youngster323]

this proves that if u can just be an average talent, with some good promotion, u will sell!!!!!

[P Nelson]

2) Jay Z and R Kelly miracilously bounced all the way back up to number 13 and experienced a 15% increase in album sales.  This is a real testement to the talent of R Kelly and Jay Z cos anyother artist going through this kinda drama could never push these kinda units.

Word!!

[King-Suge]

this proves that if u can just be an average talent, with some good promotion, u will sell!!!!!

No real single, no video made, and no promotion, a child molesting scandal, and still selling 50,000 copies over a month since its release is impressive and a testament to the talent of R and Jay

[Youngster323]

No real single, no video made, and no promotion, a child molesting scandal, and still selling 50,000 copies over a month since its release is impressive and a testament to the talent of R and Jay

I was talkin about Ashanti.

Actually Best of both Worlds does have promotion. At least once a day, i hear on the radio "make sure to pick up the best of both worlds". So im pretty sure that in NY, its being said every hour. but yea lil promotion. Good for Jay Z and R Kelly

[King-Suge]

I was talkin about Ashanti.

Actually Best of both Worlds does have promotion. At least once a day, i hear on the radio "make sure to pick up the best of both worlds". So im pretty sure that in NY, its being said every hour. but yea lil promotion. Good for Jay Z and R Kelly

Ahhh okay..yah cos Ashanti is definitely average at best

[HBKid_Jr]

I was talkin about Ashanti.

Actually Best of both Worlds does have promotion. At least once a day, i hear on the radio "make sure to pick up the best of both worlds". So im pretty sure that in NY, its being said every hour. but yea lil promotion. Good for Jay Z and R Kelly

In NY BOBW gets a lot of air play

[.:R-E-L:.]

holy shit.........



i cant believe LINKIN PARK is still on there.....the album came out over a year ago....DAM!!


thnx 4 the 411