BOX OFFICE MOJO
ALBUM SALES
November 12-18, 2001
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TW |
LW |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
Weekly Sales |
Total Sales |
Week # |
| 1 | N | Scarecrow | Garth Brooks | Capitol |
465,523 |
465,523 |
1 |
| 2 | 1 | Britney | Britney Spears | Jive |
337,000 |
1,083,000 |
2 |
| 3 | N | Laundry Service | Shakira | Epic |
202,000 |
202,000 |
1 |
| 4 | 3 | Invincible | Michael Jackson | Epic |
189,000 |
758,000 |
3 |
| 5 | 5 | Day Without Rain | Enya | Reprise |
159,000 |
3,760,000 |
52 |
| 6 | 4 | Escape | Enrique Iglesias | Interscope |
158,500 |
608,750 |
3 |
| 7 | N | Greatest Hits - Volume 2 | Madonna | Maverick |
150,300 |
150,300 |
1 |
| 8 | N | Sinister Surge | Rob Zombie | Geffen/Interscope |
150,000 |
150,000 |
1 |
| 9 | N | This Way | Jewel | Atlantic |
140,000 |
140,000 |
1 |
| 10 | 8 | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
129,000 |
1,262,000 |
10 |
COMPARISONS: "Scarecrow" marks the seventh time that Garth Brooks has debuted at No. 1, more than any other artist. In total, he has spent 51 weeks in the top spot since the inception of the SoundScan era. However, though "Scarecrow's" tally is considerably higher than the 262,000 first-week sales of Brooks' ill-fated last album, "In the Life of Chris Gaines," it pales in comparison to 1998's "Double Live" (1.01 million) and 1997's "Sevens" (897,000). Meanwhile, in just one week, Shakira's English-language debut "Laundry Service" out-sells the overall U.S. tally of her last album of original material, 1998's "Donde Estan Los Ladrone?" Madonna's "GHV2" tops the 113,000 first-week sales of her last hits collection, 1995's "Something to Remember." "Sinister Urge" delivered Rob Zombie career-best sales start, topping the 121,000 unit bow of 1998's "Hillbilly Deluxe," which went on to sell 2.5 million copies. Not everyone enjoyed sales boosts, though. The first week tally for Jewel's "This Way" was just 38 percent of the 368,000-unit bow of her last album, 1998's "Spirit," which ended up selling 3.5 million copies.
OTHER DEBUTS: Rappers UGK hit No. 18 with "Dirty Money" on sales of 98,000. Their last album "Riding Dirty" started with 67,000 units en route to 627,000 to date. Paul McCartney's "Driving Rain" moved 66,240 units at No. 26, a marked improvement over the 49,000 first week sales of 1999's "Run Devil Run." Meanwhile, Natalie Merchant claimed the No. 30 slot with "Motherland," and Radiohead's live set "I Might Be Wrong" started at No. 44. Madonna wasn't the only one to release a greatest hits collection. Barenaked Ladies' "Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001)" and Green Day's "International Superhits!" bowed at No. 38 and No. 40, respectively.
Platinum = Certification of one million units shipped.
Source: SoundScan