Friday, June 24, 2005
BCA for this week: Coldplay, Backdoor, Foos
Welcome to the 3rd edition of BCA!
Coldplay holds on to the #1 spot despite a predictable 56% drop down to a very healthy 323,000. This was just 12,000 ahead of the brand new Foo Fighters double-disc album, which incidentally was their best chart showing ever. If memory serves me well (despite old age) this CD has enhanced copy protection, or something similar.
This was a shocker but 290,000 people bought the new Backdoor Boys CD, enough to put them at the #3 spot, just 21,000 behind the Foos. That's a lot of CDs for a bunch of has-been boyband twinkies ;-)
The artist formerly known as Big Phat Bootay, (aka Mariah Carey), continues a strong showing with an 8% increase at 163,000 and #4. Mariah Insider vWayner.com reported that this weeks sales helped "Mimi" become the 2nd best selling CD of the year.
At #5, with a 47% drop and 155,000 units Black Eyed Peas continue to sing about love, peace, tolerance and understanding.
Fat Joe can now afford to enroll in Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig as his new CD sold a career high 106,400 for a #6 debut. His 2001 "JOSE" CD is just 62,000 units away from becoming platinum, so hardcore Fat Joe fans go out and buy a few more!
Teaching left turns at Honkytonk University gave Professor Toby Keith a 29% sales gain to 93,000 while Shakira's loosely translated "Oral fixation" CD takes a 50% jumbo drop to a respectable 77,000 and #8. There is ...no doubt that Gwen Stefani continues to do well (up 7%, 76,400, #9). There is no doubt that System of a Down went ...down (down 11%, 76,200, #10)
Other New Releases
#27 Nashville "Idol" winner - name irrelevant ;-)
#29 Static X needed more AC/DC
#35 As I lay dying CD (don't think this will become elevator music any time soon)
#54 Dwight Yoakam
The Starbucks (ewww!) exclusive release of Alanis's acoustic version of JAG sold a very impressive 56,000 and would be #17 in the Billboard 200 if it was allowed. However, it is not allwowed in there because it is not generally available. That is a stupid rule. That along with the exclusion of "catalog albums" from the Top 200 means that the Top 200 is actually not the Top 200 selling CDs. To make up for the silliness, Billboard created the "Comprehensive Chart" (multiple LOLs and ROLFLMBAOs here) that actually lists the top selling CDs! In that chart, the Alanis acoustic Starf*cks exclusive is at #17. If you don't want to buy that CD at full price at Starf*cks you have to wait until July 26.
Source data: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000965907
Coldplay holds on to the #1 spot despite a predictable 56% drop down to a very healthy 323,000. This was just 12,000 ahead of the brand new Foo Fighters double-disc album, which incidentally was their best chart showing ever. If memory serves me well (despite old age) this CD has enhanced copy protection, or something similar.
This was a shocker but 290,000 people bought the new Backdoor Boys CD, enough to put them at the #3 spot, just 21,000 behind the Foos. That's a lot of CDs for a bunch of has-been boyband twinkies ;-)
The artist formerly known as Big Phat Bootay, (aka Mariah Carey), continues a strong showing with an 8% increase at 163,000 and #4. Mariah Insider vWayner.com reported that this weeks sales helped "Mimi" become the 2nd best selling CD of the year.
At #5, with a 47% drop and 155,000 units Black Eyed Peas continue to sing about love, peace, tolerance and understanding.
Fat Joe can now afford to enroll in Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig as his new CD sold a career high 106,400 for a #6 debut. His 2001 "JOSE" CD is just 62,000 units away from becoming platinum, so hardcore Fat Joe fans go out and buy a few more!
Teaching left turns at Honkytonk University gave Professor Toby Keith a 29% sales gain to 93,000 while Shakira's loosely translated "Oral fixation" CD takes a 50% jumbo drop to a respectable 77,000 and #8. There is ...no doubt that Gwen Stefani continues to do well (up 7%, 76,400, #9). There is no doubt that System of a Down went ...down (down 11%, 76,200, #10)
Other New Releases
The Starbucks (ewww!) exclusive release of Alanis's acoustic version of JAG sold a very impressive 56,000 and would be #17 in the Billboard 200 if it was allowed. However, it is not allwowed in there because it is not generally available. That is a stupid rule. That along with the exclusion of "catalog albums" from the Top 200 means that the Top 200 is actually not the Top 200 selling CDs. To make up for the silliness, Billboard created the "Comprehensive Chart" (multiple LOLs and ROLFLMBAOs here) that actually lists the top selling CDs! In that chart, the Alanis acoustic Starf*cks exclusive is at #17. If you don't want to buy that CD at full price at Starf*cks you have to wait until July 26.
Source data: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000965907
