BOX OFFICE MOJO
ALBUM SALES
|
TW |
LW |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
Weekly Sales |
Total Sales |
Week # |
| 1 | N | NOW! That's What I Call Music, Vol. 9 | Various Artists | Universal |
419,000 |
419,000 |
1 |
| 2 | N | Best of Both Worlds | Jay-Z/R. Kelly | Def Jam |
223,400 |
223,400 |
1 |
| 3 | 1 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Soundtrack | Lost Highway |
132,000 |
4,640,000 |
65 |
| 4 | N | World Outside My Window | Glenn Lewis | Epic |
85,000 |
85,000 |
1 |
| 5 | N | Far Side of the World | Jimmy Buffett | Mailboat |
78,500 |
78,500 |
1 |
| 6 | 3 | Drive | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
N/A |
Est.1,620,000 |
10 |
| 7 | 6 | [Hybrid Theory] | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
N/A |
Est.6,650,000 |
74 |
| 8 | 4 | Under Rug Swept | Alanis Morissette | Maverick |
N/A |
Est.500,000 |
4 |
| 9 | 7 | Word of Mouf | Ludacris | Def Jam |
N/A |
PlatinumX2 |
17 |
| 10 | 8 | Missundaztood | Pink | LaFace |
N/A |
PlatinumX2 |
18 |
COMPARISONS: The ninth installment of the NOW! franchise posted the lowest first week sales since Vol. 4, which sold 320,000 copies out of the gate in 2000. Vol. 8 bowed with 548,900, while Vol. 7 holds the series' strongest start at 621,425. Separately, the last albums of Jay-Z ("The Blueprint") and R. Kelly ("TP-2.com") each debuted at No. 1 on sales of 427,000 and 543,000 respectively. Jimmy Buffett's latest falls short of the 100,000 copies his last album "Beach House on the Moon" sold in its first week.
OTHER DEBUTS: The soundtrack to Blade II slices into the No. 26 slot on sales of 44,000. Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones" moved 35,000 units at No. 33. Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes' solo debut "Spin" landed at No. 35 with 33,000.
SECOND-WEEK SLUMP: B2K's eponymous debut slides 10 spots to No. 12 on a sales loss of 42% to 63,000 units. The disc's two-week total stands at around 172,000.
MILESTONES: Elton John's "Songs from the West Coast," the one featuring the much-hyped video with Robert Downey, Jr., finally passed the 500,000 sales mark, reappearing in the top 200 at No. 181.
Platinum = Certification of one million units shipped. Gold =500,000 units shipped.
Source: SoundScan
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