What more can be said about Pretty Ricky, the lascivious Miami quartet who took the top spot on the chart this week? Their latest album, Late Night Special, sold 132,000 copies last week, and that probably still won’t be enough to make them wear shirts under their marching-band jackets. More »
Chris Daughtry, the American Idol runner-up with the shaved head and the Ed Kowalczyk obsession, rose to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 this week. Daughtry’s self-titled full-length beat out the No 2. album, the Dreamgirls soundtrack, by about 160 units; it sold an estimated 65,000 copies. More »
The Dreamgirls soundtrack spent its second week at the top of the Billboard 200, but all was not well for the music business, sales-wise; the album’s sales dipped 9% and topped out at 60,000 copies. More »
The first week of the year was a soft one on the charts, with most albums seeing overall declines in album sales. At the top of this week’s Billboard 200 heap was the Dreamgirls soundtrack, which sold 66,000 copies–the lowest sales total for a No. More »
In a lackluster week for album sales–that thud you heard was album-sales tallies dropping by 55%–former B2K heartthrob Omarion came away with the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 after moving 119,000 copies of his second solo album, 21. More »
Nas’ Hip-Hop Is Dead took the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week, selling 355,000 copies; the album is his third career No. 1. Hip-Hop Is Dead barely edged out the never-say-die Hannah Montana soundtrack, which sold 349,000 copies, for the top spot. More »
Young Jeezy’s The Inspiration won this week’s battle for Billboard 200 bragging rights; the Atlantan’s set sold 352,000 copies last week, which was enough to land him the top spot on the albums chart. More »
The holiday-shopping season in full steam, and album sales were up about 28% this week; Ciara’s Evolution benefited, selling 338,000 copies and debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The debut marks Ciara’s first-ever No. More »
We had a hunch that nu-metal survivors Incubus would have a solid debut this week, but we honestly didn’t think their album would slide into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. But hey, there’s Light Grenades, their fifth album, sitting pretty in the chart’s top spot, with 165,000 copies sold. More »
Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come entered the Billboard 200 in the top spot this week, with the post-retirement opus moving 680,000 copies in the United States. The tally resulted in the Def Jam president’s highest single-sales week ever, and his ninth No. 1 album. More »
