The harmony-laded country rockers bow at #1 with their new album, scoring more than 556k, to finish ahead of Geffen’s Keyshia Cole, the R&B diva whose Just Like You rolls up a surprising 290k to finish at #2.
RCA/RMG alterna-rock mainstays Foo Fighters enter at #3, with Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace notching 173k, while Hidden Beach’s neo-soul diva Jill Scott lands at #4 with Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3.
Roc-A-Fella’s Kanye West stays in the Top 5 with 133k, while last week’s chart-topper, MCA Nashville’s Reba McEntire, makes it six albums on the charts featuring six-figure sales, as Duets comes in at #6 with 122k.
Island/IDJ’s Jagged Edge is the other Top 10 newcomer at #8, right behind Disney Records’ High School Musical 2.
The Top 10 is rounded out by Aftermath/Interscope’s 50 Cent (#9) and BNA/SBMG Nashville’s Kenny Chesney (#10).
Chart newcomers include Island/IDJ’s Melissa Etheridge (#11), Verve’s Queen Latifah (#13), Hear Music’s Joni Mitchell (#14), Burgundy/SBMG’s Chaka Khan (#16), Legacy’s Tony Bennett (#17), Bad Boy/Atlantic’s Gorilla Zoe (#19), EastWest/WB’s hard rockers Down, featuring former Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo (#24), Columbia’s Chris Botti (#28), William Street’s Dethklok (#31) and Interscope’s will.i.am (#35).
Rascal Flatts’ previous album, Me and My Gang, re-enters at #42.
Interscope’s Feist continues to demonstrate the power of Apple’s iPod Nano TV spot by moving up #36-23, with a whopping 65% increase.
The other double-digit gainer of the week is Island/Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland, +37% at #47.
Next week, it’s time for a little Magic, as Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band return to the chart with their first album together in five years. Also on tap: ColliPark/ Interscope’s Soulja Boy, WB’s Faith Hill, Arista’s Annie Lennox, Atlantic’s Matchbox 20 and Music Line/Capitol’s J. Holiday.
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The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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