MUSIC: Eminem 'Show's Off with 1.3 Million First Week
America tuned into "The Eminem Show" in droves, according to SoundScan.
After breaking with the Tuesday industry standard by hitting stores over the May 24-26 weekend and selling enough copies to top the charts for that week, Eminem's latest record did gangbusters in its first full week of release, moving 1.32 million units for a 10-day haul of 1.6 million.
As tremendous as that figure is, it falls short of the 1.76 million copies that Eminem's previous album "The Marshall Mathers LP" sold in its first week, en route to its lifetime total of 8.7 million.
"The Eminem Show's" 1.32 million bow, though, bumps Britney Spears' "Oops! ...I Did It Again's" 1.31 million debut to rank No. 5 on the all time first week sales chart. 'N Sync's "No Strings Attached" hangs tough at No. 1 with 2.42 million, followed by the boy band's "Celebrity" at No. 2 with 1.88 million. "The Marshall Mathers LP" holds on to the No. 3 spot, while that other boy band Backstreet Boys is No. 4 with the 1.59 million start for "Black and Blue."
Eminem aside, though, album sales overall were relatively anemic. P. Diddy's "We Invented the Remix" was a distant second on sales of 117,075 units, pushing its three-week total to 516,525. R&B singer Ashanti's eponymous debut came in third, selling 82,475 copies for a nine-week tally of 1,590,650.
"Spider-Man" remained the top selling soundtrack. Certified Gold, it moved up three spots to No. 11. The perennial "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" held firm at No. 18 in its 75th week of release, and has sold around 5.5 million copies so far.
The Bryan Adams-laced "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" saw the biggest sales gains among soundtracks, enjoying a 70% boost and leaping from No. 89 to No. 45. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" trailed at No. 47—down from No. 33 the previous week—but is a certified gold record.
Among new releases, the soundtrack to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood was tops, moving nearly 11,000 units to land at No. 99.
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After breaking with the Tuesday industry standard by hitting stores over the May 24-26 weekend and selling enough copies to top the charts for that week, Eminem's latest record did gangbusters in its first full week of release, moving 1.32 million units for a 10-day haul of 1.6 million.
As tremendous as that figure is, it falls short of the 1.76 million copies that Eminem's previous album "The Marshall Mathers LP" sold in its first week, en route to its lifetime total of 8.7 million.
"The Eminem Show's" 1.32 million bow, though, bumps Britney Spears' "Oops! ...I Did It Again's" 1.31 million debut to rank No. 5 on the all time first week sales chart. 'N Sync's "No Strings Attached" hangs tough at No. 1 with 2.42 million, followed by the boy band's "Celebrity" at No. 2 with 1.88 million. "The Marshall Mathers LP" holds on to the No. 3 spot, while that other boy band Backstreet Boys is No. 4 with the 1.59 million start for "Black and Blue."
Eminem aside, though, album sales overall were relatively anemic. P. Diddy's "We Invented the Remix" was a distant second on sales of 117,075 units, pushing its three-week total to 516,525. R&B singer Ashanti's eponymous debut came in third, selling 82,475 copies for a nine-week tally of 1,590,650.
"Spider-Man" remained the top selling soundtrack. Certified Gold, it moved up three spots to No. 11. The perennial "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" held firm at No. 18 in its 75th week of release, and has sold around 5.5 million copies so far.
The Bryan Adams-laced "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" saw the biggest sales gains among soundtracks, enjoying a 70% boost and leaping from No. 89 to No. 45. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" trailed at No. 47—down from No. 33 the previous week—but is a certified gold record.
Among new releases, the soundtrack to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood was tops, moving nearly 11,000 units to land at No. 99.
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ALBUM SALES CHART
