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Springsteen Still the Boss
Hip-hop releases accounted for the top four biggest selling debuts on the album charts, but Springsteen and his E Street Band couldn't be knocked from their number one perch.
The Rising set several sales records for Springsteen in its first week. With his reunited E Streeters joining him for a just-launched tour, the album easily maintained its position in week two, selling 239,000 copies for the period ended Sunday, according to SoundScan numbers.
With mainstays like Nelly's Nellyville and Eminem's The Eminem Show holding spots two and three, the week's highest debut came from hip-hop legend and Geto Boys stalwart Scarface, considered by many to be the pioneer of Dirty South rap. Scarface (his birth certificate reads Brad Jordan) scored a career-best opening at number four as his new album, The Fix, sold 160,000 copies.
Trick Daddy debuted at number six with his latest, Thug Holiday, selling 130,000 copies. The Floridian rapper, also known as Trick Daddy Dollars, barely made a dent with his 1997 debut, but he has built a strong fan base with each subsequent album. His last, 2000's Book of Thugs: Chapter AK, Verse 47, marked a previous personal best, opening at 26, thanks in part to arrest-related publicity for disorderly conduct.
The week's other two major bows both just missed the Top 10. The rap-heavy XXX soundtrack--featuring songs by Big Tymers, Nelly and Lil' Wayne--sold 76,000 copies at 11 (the film itself took top honors at the box office with a $44.5 million opening). And Three 6 Mafia affiliate Project Pat landed at 12, selling 68,000 copies of Layin' da Smack Down. The hardcore hip-hopster's previous album, 2001's Mista Don't Play, opened at a surprising number four.
The rest of the Top 10 were holdovers: Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 10 at five, Linkin Park's Reanimation at seven, Toby Keith's Unleashed at eight, Avril Lavigne's Let Go at nine, and the Dave Matthews Band's Busted Stuff at 10.
Other notable debuts included country singer Phil Vassar's American Child at 44, DJ Sammy's Heaven at 67, Jim Brickman's Love Songs & Lullabies at 73, Austin punk-rockers the Riddlin' Kids Hurry Up & Wait at 84 and the urban Christian pop group Tin-I-Tee 5:7's Kiss at 85.
With the Elvis Week hype machine working overtime as fans honor the 25th anniversary of his passing, the fabled singer's Very Best of Love reentered the charts at 198. The King's much-anticipated new collection, Elvis 30 #1 Hits, is due in stores September 24.
Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums for the week ended August 11, according to SoundScan:
1. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen
2. Nellyville, Nelly
3. The Eminem Show, Eminem
4. The Fix, Scarface
5. Now That's What I Call Music! 10, various
6. Thug Holiday, Trick Daddy
7. Reanimation, Linkin Park
8. Unleashed, Toby Keith
9. Let Go, Avril Lavigne
10. Busted Stuff, Dave Matthews Band
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