Posted June 4, 200817 yr Reprise Rockers Top the Chart with 230k+ Total, Weezer, Now 28 Also Hot June 4, 2008 Windy City rockers Disturbed are popular not just in the yeshiva, where they attract a following from lead singer David Draiman’s background as an Orthodox Jew, but apparently on the HITS charts as well. Mazel tov, guys. The Reprise act’s fourth album, Indestructible, appears to be just that, with one-day retail reports pegging it at a first-week total of 230-250k, which should make it #1 next Tuesday. The band’s previous two albums, 2005’s double-platinum Ten Thousand Fists, and 2002’s platinum Believe, both debuted at #1. Weezer’s new self-titled DGC/Interscope release, already dubbed by fans “The Red Album,” will ride a diet of the hit single “Porn and Beans” to a debut in the 150k range, fighting it out with Capitol’s Now 28. Universal Motown pop R&B songstress Ashanti’s The Declaration looks to be in the 80k range. Journey is the latest brand name act to go the exclusive Wal-Mart route with their latest, Revelation, the first with new lead singer Arnel Pineda, which should do around 80k as well. Jewel’s first country album, Perfectly Clear, for Big Machine’s Valory label, in on target for a total of 50k. The market was pretty much flat vs. last week, down 13% vs. same week last year and now off 11% year-to-date. Anyone know where we can get a tank of black market gas below $4? __________________________ Not tooooo bad for Ashanti, but still a bit :(
June 4, 200817 yr Author Not very good for Ashanti considering all her other albums debuted at #1 Concrete Rose got #7 :P But did sell 250k+
June 4, 200817 yr :o I thought it was #1. Still, its understandable since her single doesnt seem to be doing much atm :(
June 4, 200817 yr Not suprised about Ashanti the album only has a couple of good tracks worth listening to
June 5, 200817 yr “Porn and Beans” The amount of mistakes I've seen over that song title is frightening.
June 5, 200817 yr Not tooooo bad for Ashanti, but still a bit :( It's awful for Ashanti! I honestly think that people just aren't interested in her. She's got a single that's been on 50m AI for weeks and weeks and yet it never even entered the iTunes top 100. Crazy.
June 5, 200817 yr Author It's awful for Ashanti! I honestly think that people just aren't interested in her. She's got a single that's been on 50m AI for weeks and weeks and yet it never even entered the iTunes top 100. Crazy. The song was gettin airplay from mainly Urban, most songs on the top iTunes tracks have airplay from other formats because its very difficult to generate sales from Urban airplay - this goes for everyone, not just Ashanti. Her last album only sold 700k in total and she has recieved a major backlash since then, so selling 80k in a tumbling market isn't good at all, but it is no way "awful".
June 5, 200817 yr Oh let's be realistic, for Ashanti it very much is awful; she's lost her fanbase, nobody cares. Plenty of urban artists get sales - look at Mary; Just Fine didn't do anywhere near as well on pop as on other formats such as Rhythmic and Urban, but she still debuted with over half a million and is at 1.5 million now. Ashanti's hasn't had a major backlash, it's just that no-one cares any more! Oh, and Concrete Rose sold more than 700k - it's at 869,022, copies to date.
June 5, 200817 yr Author Mary is an R&B legend who's last album debuted with HUUUGE numbers, and Just Fine didn't do that well on Downloads either. And Ashanti DID have a major backlash due to the Murder Inc label closing and her supposed "shagging the boss" schandal.
June 5, 200817 yr Ashanti has no talent, she's basically like the R&B version of Rachel Stevens. She was never going to last the distance really. She does however have a few very decent songs under her belt.
June 5, 200817 yr That's the stupidest thing I've read all day :mellow: No talent? What is that opinion even based on?! She has an incredible live singing voice, can reach some huge notes, sounds beautiful, and writes her own songs. To say she's talentless or even compare her talents to those of Rachel is absolutely absurd. If she was talentless she wouldn't be in the business now.
June 5, 200817 yr I've not seen any evidence of remarkable vocal ability from her ever, as flat as a pancake. She has nothing remarkable about her either I don't think.
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