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| Soldatti |
Strait Speeds Past R.E.M. To Debut At No. 1
George Strait
April 09, 2008, 11:00 AM ET
Katie Hasty, N.Y.
For the fourth time in his career, country vet George Strait earns the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200 with "Troubadour." According to Nielsen SoundScan, the MCA Nashville album moved 166,000 copies, more than enough to push him to the summit of the Top Country Albums tally, his 22nd No. 1 there. The Billboard 200 has hosted at least one new entry from Strait every year since 1984.
R.E.M. scores its highest sales and charting week in nearly 12 years with the Warner Bros. set "Accelerate," which debuts at No. 2 with 115,000. "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" also started at No. 2 in September 1996.
The multi-label "NOW 27" compilation experiences an 11% sales loss to 60,000, though it climbs 5-3. Last week's chart-topper, Day26's self-titled Bad Boy effort, falls to No. 4 with 51,000, a whopping 73% sales decline. In its 18th week on the chart, the Fox/Razor & Tie soundtrack to "Alvin and the Chipmunks" propels itself back into the top 10 16-5 with a 111% sales increase (also with 51,000); the film was released on DVD on April 1.
Rapper Trina bows with "Still Da Baddest" (Slip-N-Slide) at No. 6 with 47,000, her first top 10 set. Her last album, "Glamorest Life," entered at No. 11, though with better sales at 77,000.
Danity Kane's sophomore album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (Bad Boy), descends 4-7 with 47,0000 (-47%), while Counting Crows' "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" (Geffen) slips 3-8 with 43,000 (-59%). With 41,000, Rick Ross' "Trilla" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) falls 6-9 on a 20% sales dip.
Van Morrison's Lost Highway album "Keep It Simple" earns the songwriter his first top 10 hit of his 40-plus-year career, debuting at No. 10 with 37,000. His previous high water marks were with 2005's "Magic Time" and 2002's "Down the Road," both at No. 25.
In a week where 31 titles debut on the chart, the Rolling Stones' Interscope soundtrack to its Martin Scorsese-directed concert film "Shine a Light" bows at No. 11 with 37,000, while the Black Keys' "Attack and Release" (Nonesuch) begins at No. 14 with 29,000, both career bests for the Akron, Ohio-based duo.
Rock act Sevendust's "Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow" (Asylum) has a No. 19 start with 25,000 and George Michael's Epic retrospective "Twentyfive" debuts at No. 23 with 23,000.
Album sales this week are down 3.5% compared to last week at 7.99 million and down 24.5% against the same week in 2007.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787340
Bad luck for the Stones, the top 10 was so close, I bet a couple of hundreds between Morrison and them. The Stones' 37th U.S Top 10 album must wait. |
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| mrhipfl |
do you know where Live Licks debuted? |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
mrhipfl wrote:
do you know where Live Licks debuted?
#50 with 19,700 copies sold. |
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| mrhipfl |
I bet Martin's name helped sell a lot of copies. Plus it had a hugely publicized movie behind it. It's also a straight-up good album.  |
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| LadyJane |
Dammit! 
We deserved the Top Ten.
Van Morrison. Yuck. I'd rather listen to Yoko Ono.
LJ. |
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| SweetVirginia |
Geez, LJ....go after Now 27 or those dumb rappers, or even R.E.M.
Van Morrison has a ton of soul for an Irish white guy. |
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| LadyJane |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
Geez, LJ....go after Now 27 or those dumb rappers, or even R.E.M.
Van Morrison has a ton of soul for an Irish white guy.
We must disagree on this one, my friend.
Never quite "got him".
LJ. |
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| Joey |
quote:
LadyJane wrote:
I'd rather listen to Yoko Ono.
LJ.
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| Steel Wheels |
The Stones are also selling it through their own website. I wonder where it would have ended up if they didn't. |
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| Gazza |
quote:
mrhipfl wrote:
I bet Martin's name helped sell a lot of copies. Plus it had a hugely publicized movie behind it. It's also a straight-up good album.
That plus the fact it wasnt on Virgin-EMI, who have been an absolute disaster in recent years when it comes to marketing most of their biggest assets.
#11 is a good position for a latter day Stones album, then again the media attention with the movie release helps.
It looks like it will go top 5 in the UK, which is pretty good too as the film doesnt get released until this weekend. |
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| Gazza |
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Steel Wheels wrote:
The Stones are also selling it through their own website. I wonder where it would have ended up if they didn't.
Still at #11, probably. |
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| mmdog |
I'm pretty amazed that a live album almost made the Top 10. This album might also buck the trend of a 2nd week drop, a lot of people saw the movie last weekend, who haven't purchased the album yet. I could see it selling another 37k this week. It's a great listen that could be a consistent mover like Jump Back was when it was released in the U.S. in '04.
[Edited by mmdog] |
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| corgi37 |
What is it with you Yanks and country fucking music???
Hellllllloooooooo
It's the 21st century calling. |
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| Gazza |
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corgi37 wrote:
What is it with you Yanks and country fucking music???
Hellllllloooooooo
It's the 21st century calling.
Well, when you think about it, we're all buying a record by a group of 60-something near-billionaire white Englishmen who made their name playing a style of music that tends to be associated with poor, black Americans and which is a musical genre which has been out of date for decades.
..and 'Champagne & reefer' is the best thing on this new album, is it not? |
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| Soldatti |
Only 298 copies between Van Morrison and the Stones!
1 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 166,609
2 R.E.M. ACCELERATE 116,138
3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 27 59,596
4 DAY 26 DAY 26 50,934
5 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 50,923
6 TRINA STILL DA BADDEST 46,803
7 DANITY KANE WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 46,596
8 COUNTING CROWS SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNI 43,336
9 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 41,393
10 MORRISON*VAN KEEP IT SIMPLE 37,415
11 ROLLING STONES SHINE A LIGHT 37,117
12 PANIC AT THE DISCO PRETTY ODD 36,607
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| mrhipfl |
lmao...beat by Alvin and the Chipmunks.  |
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| lotsajizz |
quote:
corgi37 wrote:
What is it with you Yanks and country fucking music???
Hellllllloooooooo
It's the 21st century calling.
I've been to your land down under. There are proportionally at least as many fans of country music in Australia as with us "Yanks". Eh, "matey"..... |
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| Poison Dart |
How did it do in the U.K.? |
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| glencar |
quote:
Soldatti wrote:
Only 298 copies between Van Morrison and the Stones!
1 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 166,609
2 R.E.M. ACCELERATE 116,138
3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 27 59,596
4 DAY 26 DAY 26 50,934
5 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 50,923
6 TRINA STILL DA BADDEST 46,803
7 DANITY KANE WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 46,596
8 COUNTING CROWS SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNI 43,336
9 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 41,393
10 MORRISON*VAN KEEP IT SIMPLE 37,415
11 ROLLING STONES SHINE A LIGHT 37,117
12 PANIC AT THE DISCO PRETTY ODD 36,607
Ironically, I bought a copy of BOTH the Stones & Van the Man in the same order. I'm guilty! Had I bought 150 more copies of the single disc "SAL" I would have jetted the Stones into the Top Ten. |
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| glencar |
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LadyJane wrote:
Dammit!
We deserved the Top Ten.
Van Morrison. Yuck. I'd rather listen to Yoko Ono.
LJ.
For shame! |
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| LadyJane |
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glencar wrote:
For shame!
Oh now you AND SV are mad at me.
I just don't like Van M. His voice irritates me.
BUT...as usual...my Irish temper got the best of me.
We only missed the Top 10 by about 200.
Thanks for the CD's.
LJ.
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| glencar |
Certainly not mad atchoo! I can make you some copies of his CD's. You might be surprised. |
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| SweetVirginia |
LJ...listen to the song "Stranded" and tell me you don't like him.
BTW...you know Glenny and I would never get mad at you, especially over music.
And I do wish we had outsold Van to take the #10 spot.
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| LadyJane |
Alright.
Send me some Van M and I'll give it a listen.
Just picked up the SAL soundtrack, deluxe edition. THAT will be played at the office tomorrow.
LJ. |
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| fireontheplatter |
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LadyJane wrote:
Alright.
Send me some Van M and I'll give it a listen.
Just picked up the SAL soundtrack, deluxe edition. THAT will be played at the office tomorrow.
LJ.
don't give in to peer pressure
..but i have basement recorded versions of 'caravan', 'domino' and 'wild nights' that are to die for.
van is the man
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| glencar |
quote:
SweetVirginia wrote:
LJ...listen to the song "Stranded" and tell me you don't like him.
BTW...you know Glenny and I would never get mad at you, especially over music.
And I do wish we had outsold Van to take the #10 spot.
Agreed 100% my Imax friend! |
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| Soldatti |
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Poison Dart wrote:
How did it do in the U.K.?
Excelent, is top 3 on midweeks. It will chart on the Top 5 for sure next Sunday.
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| Soldatti |
The album made a lot of Billboard charts this week:
THE BILLBOARD 200 -- #11
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Albums
TOP INTERNET ALBUM SALES -- #4
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top+Internet+Albums
TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS SALES -- #10
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top+Digital+Albums
TOP ROCK ALBUMS -- #4
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top%20Rock%20Albums
TOP SOUNDTRACKS ALBUMS -- #2
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top%20Soundtracks |
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| Poison Dart |
Thanks Soldatti |
