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Ashlee Erases Ex
Ashlee Simpson has shown no mercy on the charts. First, her Autobiography destroyed the sales milestones of her more famous sister, Jessica. Now, Ashlee's kicked her former boyfriend to the curb.
Providing some needed drama in an otherwise slow music sales week, Simpson's debut disc easily outpaced that of her ex, Ryan Cabrera's big-label debut, Take It All Away.
Autobiography moved 164,000 last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers released Wednesday, nearly 100,000 more than Cabrera's album, which sold 66,000 to debut at number eight. (If it's any consolation, Cabrera did outsell Mr. Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, whose SoulO opened at 51 last November.)
Cabrera, who benefited from face time on MTV's The Ashlee Simpson Show, is a longtime family friend from the Dallas area. Though he and Ashlee are no longer an item, Cabrera is still managed by Ashlee and Jessica's father, Joe Simpson. Though the split was amicable, Simpson's "Pieces of Me" is about her ex.
Aside from the Ashlee-Ryan showdown, there were few sparks on the album chart. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 16 sold another 207,000 copies to displace Simpson at number one. In a twist, the compilation contains Jessica's "Take My Breath Away," briefly giving the big sis a leg up.
And while Cabrera scored a solid Top 10 opening, he wasn't the week's highest entry. That honor belonged to Long Beach's reunited rap crew 213--aka Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. The trio's The Hard Way checked in at number four on the Billboard 200, selling 95,000 copies. The group, first formed in the late '80s, got sidelined after Snoop's breakthrough appearance on Dr. Dre's The Chronic. The Hard Way marks the hip-hop troika's debut release.
The remaining Top 10 were repeat offenders: Prince's Musicology at three, Usher's Confessions at five, Maroon 5's Songs About Jane at six, Shyne's Godfather Buried Alive at seven, Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin at nine and Big & Rich's Horse of a Different Color in the 10 spot. Only Now 16 and Autobiography registered triple-digit sales during this dog-days season.
Outside the Top 10, Memphis rockers Saliva notched a number 20 bow with Survival of the Sickest selling nearly 39,000 copies. Queen's umpteenth compilation, Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, sold 24,000 at 42. Travis Tritt's My Honky Tonk History followed at 50 followed by the MoveOn.org-sponsored compilation Future Soundtrack for America at 56.
Other noteworthy debuts included Twelve Girls Band's Eastern Energy at 62 and Bruce Hornsby's Halcyon Days at 86.
In other chart action, Norah Jones' 130-week-old Come Away with Me leap-frogged her new album, Feels Like Home. The latter album, released last February with a seven-figure opening week, slid 20 spots to 58 over the past two weeks. Conversely, Come Away with Me climbed five to 55 during those same two weeks, putting Jones' old disc three spots above her new one.
Finally, Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to Head celebrated its two-year anniversary on the charts at 129. Norah Jones is the only other artist with an album that old still on the charts.
Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday:
1. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 16, various
2. Autobiography, Ashlee Simpson
3. Musicology, Prince
4. The Hard Way, 213
5. Confessions, Usher
6. Songs About Jane, Maroon 5
7. Godfather Buried Alive, Shyne
8. Take It All Away, Ryan Cabrera
9. Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne
10. Horse of a Different Color, Big & Rich
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