

Overall CD sales are down 2.3% from last week’s count and down 2.3% compared to the same week a year ago at 9.86 million units. 38 (Babygrande, also 22,000) and Sarah McLachlan’s holiday set “Wintersong,” at No. 33 (Columbia, 23,000), Lonestar’s “Mountains” at No. 30 (Columbia, 26,000), Aeromsith’s “Devil’s Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith” at No. Other big debuts include Frankie J’s “Priceless” at No. Vince Gill impacts the chart with the four-disc album “These Days” (MCA) at No. Tony Bennett’s “Duets: An American Classic” (RPM/Columbia) falls 5-9 with 68,000, a sales slip of 35%, while the Killers’ “Sam’s Town” (Island) rounds out the top 10, falling 6-10 with 62,000.īentley is not the only country star to enjoy a strong debut this week. Listening to Diddy rap in the same monotone flow hes had for years-not to mention his anemic songwriting-is a distracting. 1 in 2003 with 417,000, while the gospel-dominated follow-up “I Need An Angel” began at No. Press Play, his first album since 2001s The Saga Continues, is a reminder that whether hes named Puff, Puffy, or Diddy, Combs has a keen sense of what makes a good pop/hip-hop song but that hes also a middling rapper. “American Idol” second season winner Ruben Studdard is back with “The Return” (J) at No. Meanwhile, Hinder’s “Extreme Behavior” continues to prosper in its 38th week on the chart, ascending 9-7 with 76,000 and a sales decline of less than 1%. Which ascends 3-1 on new Hot Country Songs chart, to be posted tomorrow on .Īfter entering at the summit of the big chart last week, Rod Stewart’s J Records release “Still the Same… Great American Rock Classics of Our Time” falls to No. “Long Trip” was previewed by the single “Every Mile a Memory,” The set shifted 82,000, good enough for his best sales week and Billboard 200 charting position to date his 2005 release “Modern Day Drifter” began with 75,000 at No. 5 with “Long Trip Alone” (Capitol Nashville), which also bows at No. Justin Timberlake’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” which topped the chart for two weeks earlier this month, jumps up 7-4 with 99,000, an 8% sales increase. 4 chart entry of her 2004 self-titled debut.

Moving 108,000 units, the set also trumps the No. Pop youngster JoJo returns to the chart with her sophomore set “The High Road” (Da Family/Blackground) at No. 2 spot warm for a second week with 112,000 copies, a 31% sales decline. 2.Įvanescence’s Wind-Up effort “The Open Door” keeps the No. The follow-up, 1999’s “Forever” (205,000) and 2001’s “The Saga Continues” (186,000) both debuted and peaked at No. Under his previous moniker Puff Daddy, his debut “No Way Out” also topped the 200 with a whopping 561,000 units in 1997. “Press Play” sold 170,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the lowest first-week sum of Diddy’s solo career. 1 album on The Billboard 200 since 1997 this week with “Press Play.” The Bad Boy/Atlantic effort also knocks Lloyd Banks’ “Rotten Apple” from the throne on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop chart after only one week.
