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Staind's "Cycle" Unbroken
Proving wrong industry pundits who predicted the heavy rockers would fall to alt-rock darlings Radiohead or the Nelly-fueled hip-hop of the St. Lunatics, Staind's Break the Cycle extended its chart-topping run to a third week against its stiffest competition yet. For the period ended June 10, Break the Cycle held off Radiohead by 13,000 copies, selling just north of 244,000, according to SoundScan numbers.
Amnesiac, a companion album of sorts to 2000's Kid A, sold about 231,000 copies for a number two debut. Kid A debuted at number one last year, although it actually sold 25,000 copies less in its first week than Amnesiac.
The St. Lunatics, featuring rap powerhouse Nelly, landed at number three with Free City selling 196,000 copies. The St. Lunatics scored a regional hit in Missouri back in 1996 with "Gimme What Ya Want," but when that failed to bring the group a record deal, Nelly branched out as a solo artist. Free City represents Nelly's first collaboration with his pals since the huge success of his 2000 debut, Country Grammar.
The week also saw two other major top 10 bows. The yummy Jessica Simpson opened at number six, selling 119,000 copies of her sophomore album, Irresistible. She's followed by Hot Boys rapper Turk's Cash Money solo bow Young & Thuggin, which moved 89,000 copies to score the number nine slot.
The Moulin Rouge soundtrack, surging after the one-time performance of the album's all-star "Lady Marmalade" single at last's week MTV Movie Awards, sold an impressive 179,000 copies for number four. Destiny's Child, who will launch MTV's inaugural TRL tour next month (featuring fellow charters Nelly and Simpson), fell to number five, with Survivor selling 173,000.
Top 10 holdovers included Now That's What I Call Music! 6 at seven, Tool's Lateralus at eight, and Missy Elliott's Miss E...So Addictive in the 10 spot.
Several soundtracks made their debuts this week. The Fast and the Furious, with tracks featuring DMX, Nate Dogg and Jay Z, claimed number 13; Tomb Raider, with cuts from U2, Nine Inch Nails and the Chemical Brothers, was at number 33; and Paul Oakenfold's soundtrack to John Travolta's Swordfish was down at 125.
A pair of female country stars had one of the closest battles on the Billboard charts last week. Separated by only a few hundred albums, Lucinda Williams' Essence inched past Trisha Yearwood's Inside Out to finish at 28 and 29, respectively.
Other notable debuts included The Cult's Beyond Good and Evil at 37; Epitaph Records' Punkorama 6 (featuring tracks by Pennywise, Rancid, NOFX and Bad Religion) at 80; OzzFest side-stagers Drowning Pool at 81 with Sinner; and Rufus Wainwright's latest, Poses, at 117.
Though Staind held tight against the double threat of Radiohead and the St. Lunatics, any even tougher challenge comes this week with Blink-182's new album, Take Off Your Pants & Jacket, seriously eyeing the top spot.
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