LMAO, I knew it! The Cheetah Girls 2 are going to be the 2nd coming of "High School Musical!!!" Although not as strong, this album actually has a chance to go platinum...sales should increase ALOT in the next two weeks.

I'm surprised at Cherish I thought they would debut lower.

Cherish's album is real good

Domination on christinas behalf.....

Go Christina!

OUTKAST AND DANITY KANE BATTLE IT OUT FOR POLE POSITION

Idlewild Soundtrack, New Diddy Girl Group Go Head-to-Head for Chart Honors at 200k as Aguilera Lurks

August 23, 2006

It's a two-team race for #1 on next week's album chart, with last week's winner on the outside.

OutKast is off to quick start, but look for a hard charge from out of nowhere, in this case R&B girl group Danity Kane, stars of the most recent installment of Diddy’s MTV series, Making of the Band, to finish first on Tuesday's HITS Top 50 album tally. And don’t count out Christina Aguilera, either. Those are the findings based on a survey of first-day sales from our team of crack-smoking retailers around the country… Unh, we mean crack retail reporters.

The multi-platinum Hotlanta rap duo's new LaFace/ZLG Idlewild has to be considered the early favorite for the top slot, with the film opening wide this Friday, accompanied by a massive marketing blitz, which appears to be sending sales past 200k. Still, the marketplace is reacting to the album more like a soundtrack than the follow-up to Andre 3000 and Big Boi’s massive 2003 diamond-selling double-CD Spearkboxx/The Love Below.

But Bad Boy/Atlantic’s Danity Kane could provide a stiff challenge, with a total that could go also top 200k, or not, depending on whether stores can be stocked quickly enough to meet the unexpected demand. And a strong second week for Christina Aguilera’s RCA album Back to Basics could put her in a three-way tussle for the top if she loses less than 50% from her first-week total of 356k.

Mexican rockers Mana’s Amar Es Combatir (To Love is To Fight) on the Warner Music Latina label, looks headed for an opening week of close to 100k, which would put them in line for a Top 5 debut.

Paris Hilton’s WB bow as a singer is next, with a total that could approach 90k, not bad for a novice who roasts the Rod Stewart chestnut, “Do You Think I’m Sexy?”

Epic dark rockers Lamb of God, who broke through on HITS alum Dan Fitzgerald’s metal Prosthetic label, are next up with an impressive one-week total for their new album Sacrament that could approach 80k. LaFace “Milkshake” gal Kelis is next with Kelis Was Here earmarked for almost 70k in first-week sales.

J/Epic/Legacy’s posthumous The Ultimate Luther Vandross could reach 50k, while roots country-rocker Pat Green’s Sony BMG Nashville debut, Cannonball, appears headed for the 35-40k range.

This coming Tuesday (8/29), Sony’s odd couple of Columbia’s Bob Dylan and Epic’s Jessica Simpson hit the streets, and wouldn’t that make a prime duet?

Overall, the market was up beween 2-3% vs. last week, down almost 7% from the same week last year and now down more than 5.5% year-to -date. Now we return you to this week’s Dueling Press Releases between Sumner Redstone and Tom Cruise.

woot mana!

Outkast = not huge, which is a bit sad.
Paris = flop, sure 90K isn't that bad but it will probably limp to 500k finish at best, I doubt she is going to have any huge hits. Could be wrong.

I'm really interested to see what kind of interest there is in Christina's album, holding steady or a big drop.

I am shocked at DK...I hardly know who they are and they trounce Paris.

Sktofi, do you have the top 200 for this week? Thanks in advance.

Not the entire chart...

Billboard Top 200 (Some Sales figure)

1 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 341,988 999 520 342,608
2 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 135,582 999 480 136,065
4 CHERISH UNAPPRECIATED 90,733 999 165 90,900
7 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 78,724 -58 187,269 266,571
8 TRICE*OBIE SECOND ROUND'S ON ME 73,850 999 297 74,150
11 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 50,091 -7 53,747 772,226
14 CASSIE CASSIE 40,814 -59 100,065 141,188
15 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 39,496 0 39,576 2,006,292
20 LETOYA LETOYA 33,926 -23 43,879 308,225
21 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 33,789 -14 39,240 605,874
22 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 33,327 -8 36,384 887,291
25 DMX YEAR OF THE DOG AGAIN 28,120 -40 47,147 201,849
28 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 27,438 -14 31,757 647,941
33 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 24,840 -7 26,663 1,220,369
36 PHARRELL IN MY MIND 22,941 -26 30,904 247,499
38 INDIA.ARIE TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIFE & RELATIO 20,703 -17 25,038 408,898
50 BUSTA RHYMES BIG BANG THE 16,301 -10 18,059 503,487

53 CHAM GHETTO STORY 15,264 999 111 15,375
66 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 12,787 7 11,900 398,567
67 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 12,776 3 12,405 1,506,894
76 T.I. KING 11,753 -20 14,732 1,442,740
77 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 11,701 -14 13,618 1,148,000
83 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 10,660 -10 11,888 2,527,893
84 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 10,587 -19 13,125 408,515
85 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 10,535 -6 11,194 1,164,958
93 JURASSIC 5 FEEDBACK 9,612 -10 10,734 70,651
95 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 9,220 2 9,067 3,928,816
98 PIMP C PIMPALATION 8,992 -23 11,734 176,632

115 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 7,921 -17 9,553 245,471
125 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 6,672 1 6,632 1,346,561
128 JONES*DONELL JOURNEY OF A GEMINI 6,475 10 5,896 134,535
134 ISLEY BROTHERS BABY MAKIN' MUSIC 6,312 -9 6,949 329,271
135 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,267 -4 6,539 2,503,367
139 THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 6,018 -9 6,641 932,936
146 FRANKLIN*KIRK HERO 5,580 -3 5,730 615,689
148 AVANT DIRECTOR 5,522 -14 6,388 357,380
149 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 5,503 2 5,421 1,023,161

152 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 5,434 -1 5,471 595,414
153 SHAWNNA BLOCK MUSIC 5,406 -22 6,930 123,971
163 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,965 3 4,825 5,691,350
173 FIELD MOB LIGHT POLES & PINE TREES 4,620 -22 5,892 159,356
193 MARY MARY MARY MARY 4,089 -6 4,348 460,182
197 MARLEY*DAMIAN WELCOME TO JAMROCK 3,977 7 3,701 559,308


Billboard Top 200

1 NEW 1 Christina Aguilera, Back To Basics
2 NEW 1 Lyfe Jennings, The Phoenix
3 NEW 1 Trace Adkins, Dangerous Man
4 NEW 1 Cherish, Unappreciated
5 NEW 1 Soundtrack, The Cheetah Girls 2
6 3 1 6 Various Artists, NOW 22
7 1 - 2 Rick Ross, Port Of Miami
8 NEW 1 Obie Trice, Second Round's On Me
9 6 - 2 Soundtrack, Step Up
10 10 10 46 Nickelback, All The Right Reasons
11 8 7 15 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
12 2 - 2 Breaking Benjamin, Phobia
13 7 3 3 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 10
14 4 - 2 Cassie, Cassie
15 15 13 49 The Pussycat Dolls, PCD
16 12 12 20 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang
17 25 27 30 Josh Turner, Your Man
18 14 11 32 Soundtrack, High School Musical
19 22 20 29 Hinder, Extreme Behavior
20 11 5 4 LeToya, LeToya
21 16 15 11 Yung Joc, New Joc City
22 20 14 17 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
23 17 6 4 Tom Petty, Highway Companion
24 23 17 37 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
25 9 2 3 DMX, Year Of The Dog...Again
26 18 4 3 Stone Sour, Come What(ever) May
27 26 19 15 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
28 21 16 9 Nelly Furtado, Loose
29 33 22 21 Tim McGraw, Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected
30 30 23 33 The Fray, How To Save A Life
31 32 26 40 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
32 34 29 9 Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae
33 29 21 25 Ne-Yo, In My Own Words
34 41 35 20 Blue October, Foiled
35 27 18 13 Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way
36 24 9 4 Pharrell, In My Mind
37 19 - 2 Steve Holy, Brand New Girlfriend
38 31 24 8 India.Arie, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
39 40 33 13 The Wreckers, Stand Still, Look Pretty
40 37 28 5 Rodney Atkins, If You're Going Through Hell
41 5 - 2 Slayer, Christ Illusion
42 38 30 11 AFI, Decemberunderground
43 NEW 1 Soundtrack, Snakes On A Plane: The Album
44 47 34 28 KT Tunstall, Eye To The Telescope
45 53 55 15 Snow Patrol, Eyes Open
46 36 25 7 Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways
47 42 31 11 Soundtrack, Cars
48 28 8 3 Five For Fighting, Two Lights
49 45 41 19 Buckcherry, 15
50 44 37 10 Busta Rhymes, The Big Bang

51 13 - 2 Hellogoodbye, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
52 51 40 19 Toby Keith, White Trash With Money
53 NEW 1 Cham, Ghetto Story
54 56 45 5 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Don't You Fake It
55 54 59 46 James Blunt, Back To Bedlam
56 52 36 38 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
57 50 38 20 Various Artists, NOW 21
58 57 44 25 Alan Jackson, Precious Memories
59 48 42 18 30 Seconds To Mars, A Beautiful Lie
60 49 32 5 Los Lonely Boys, Sacred
61 39 163 53 Aly & AJ, Into The Rush
62 63 57 46 Little Big Town, The Road To Here
63 66 65 80 Michael Buble, It's Time
64 62 52 43 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of Johnny Cash
65 58 64 126 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits
66 76 74 23 E-40, My Ghetto Report Card
67 72 70 38 Chris Brown, Chris Brown
68 68 62 41 Kenny Chesney, The Road And The Radio
69 70 87 29 Andrea Bocelli, Amore
70 60 48 16 Tool, 10,000 Days
71 61 53 10 Three Days Grace, One - X
72 65 56 58 The All-American Rejects, Move Along
73 69 63 99 Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
74 85 67 26 Flyleaf, Flyleaf
75 79 68 51 Brooks & Dunn, Hillbilly Deluxe
76 NEW 1 Various Artists, Girl Next
77 55 51 21 T.I., King
78 64 54 39 Chamillionaire, The Sound Of Revenge
79 59 46 8 Dashboard Confessional, Dusk And Summer
80 73 66 100 Keith Urban, Be Here
81 75 47 6 Thom Yorke, The Eraser
82 80 86 56 Dane Cook, Retaliation
83 78 61 90 Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway
84 NEW 1 Yanni, Yanni Live!: The Concert Event
85 77 58 35 Mary J. Blige, The Breakthrough
86 67 49 11 Ice Cube, Laugh Now, Cry Later
87 86 76 47 Sean Paul, The Trinity
88 84 72 67 Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter
89 83 69 53 Brad Paisley, Time Well Wasted
90 46 - 2 Ani DiFranco, Reprieve
91 74 60 8 Hank Williams Jr., That's How They Do It In Dixie: The Essential Collection
92 43 - 2 Selah, Bless The Broken Road - The Duets Album
93 137 121 48 Bon Jovi, Have A Nice Day
94 82 73 6 Muse, Black Holes And Revelations
95 88 43 4 Jurassic 5, Feedback
96 97 91 77 Jack Johnson, In Between Dreams
97 103 95 63 The Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business
98 89 77 7 Rise Against, The Sufferer & The Witness
99 99 94 17 Godsmack, IV
100 81 50 6 Pimp C, Pimpalation

101 92 78 13 Angels And Airwaves, We Don't Need To Whisper
102 90 71 4 Jake Owen, Startin' With Me
103 35 - 2 Unearth, III: In The Eyes Of Fire
104 94 83 14 The Raconteurs, Broken Boy Soldiers
105 71 39 3 G. Love, G. Love's Lemonade
106 102 93 37 Korn, See You On The Other Side
107 98 85 9 Keane, Under The Iron Sea
108 95 88 16 Wolfmother, Wolfmother
109 105 96 28 Jack Johnson, Curious George (Soundtrack)
110 NEW 1 The Panic Channel, (ONe)
111 87 - 2 Vickie Winans, Woman To Woman: Songs Of Life
112 104 89 15 Nick Lachey, What's Left Of Me
113 101 79 17 Taking Back Sunday, Louder Now
114 93 80 9 Underoath, Define The Great Line
115 113 112 93 Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2
116 107 101 83 Sugarland, Twice The Speed Of Life
117 96 82 13 Don Omar, King Of Kings
118 109 90 4 Various Artists, Buzz Ballads
119 111 108 33 Big & Rich, Comin' To Your City
120 100 75 7 Soundtrack, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
121 115 110 51 Casting Crowns, Lifesong
122 117 109 39 Gary Allan, Tough All Over
123 116 106 64 Creed, Greatest Hits
124 126 125 55 Faith Hill, Fireflies
125 112 99 48 Disturbed, Ten Thousand Fists
126 128 116 61 Keyshia Cole, The Way It Is
127 108 98 20 Various Artists, Disneymania 4: Music Stars Sing Disney ...Their Way!
128 110 102 74 Trace Adkins, Songs About Me
129 141 133 9 Donell Jones, Journey Of A Gemini
130 119 118 6 Marc Anthony, Sigo Siendo Yo
131 130 111 44 Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten
132 123 115 20 Pink, I'm Not Dead
133 132 117 40 Soundtrack, Walk The Line
134 139 132 17 Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris, All The Roadrunning
135 122 129 15 The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley, Baby Makin' Music
136 131 124 37 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits
137 120 100 5 Eric Church, Sinners Like Me
138 125 114 17 Goo Goo Dolls, Let Love In
139 129 107 16 Phil Vassar, Greatest Hits Volume 1
140 127 113 46 Three 6 Mafia, Most Known Unknown
141 133 131 68 Fall Out Boy, From Under The Cork Tree
142 118 128 19 Daniel Powter, Daniel Powter
143 121 97 6 Cheyenne Kimball, The Day Has Come
144 136 130 17 Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
145 177 - 13 Rakim & Ken-Y, Masterpiece: Nuestra Obra Maestra
146 NEW 5 Gaither Vocal Band, Give It Away
147 143 145 46 Kirk Franklin, Hero
148 114 84 3 The Pink Spiders, Teenage Graffiti
149 135 138 17 Avant, Director
150 151 148 37 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter II

151 140 173 10 Cartel, Chroma
152 165 144 56 Jason Aldean, Jason Aldean
153 149 135 65 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Greatest Hits
154 124 105 8 Shawnna, Block Music
155 152 92 3 Steely Dan, The Definitive Collection
156 NEW 1 A Change Of Pace, Prepare The Masses
157 134 - 2 Under The Influence Of Giants, Under The Influence Of Giants
158 138 - 14 Chris Isaak, Best Of Chris Isaak
159 162 164 44 Death Cab For Cutie, Plans
160 153 136 65 Gorillaz, Demon Days 2
161 160 154 57 Avenged Sevenfold, City Of Evil
162 147 143 20 Poison, The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock
163 150 149 20 Various Artists, WOW Worship (Aqua)
164 168 159 71 Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi
165 NEW 1 Sarah Kelly, Where The Past Meets Today
166 145 134 13 Huey Lewis & The News, Greatest Hits
167 156 161 63 Coldplay, X&Y 3
168 175 174 33 Wisin & Yandel, Pa'l Mundo
169 169 166 77 George Strait, 50 Number Ones
170 184 187 7 Various Artists, Pure '80s: #1s
171 157 139 16 Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam
172 155 141 36 Daddy Yankee, Barrio Fino: En Directo
173 106 81 11 Various Artists, Vans Warped Tour 2006 Compilation
174 142 123 9 Field Mob, Light Poles And Pine Trees
175 188 181 13 Tye Tribbett & G.A., Victory Live!
176 171 157 17 MercyMe, Coming Up To Breathe
177 154 167 11 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Jersey Boys
178 158 151 15 Carole King, The Living Room Tour
179 182 - 19 John Fogerty, The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty-Creedence Collection
180 163 183 59 Bee Gees, Number Ones
181 NEW 1 Various Artists, Gargolas Next Generation
182 174 137 13 Soundtrack, American Idol Season 5: Encores
183 181 186 100 Green Day, American Idiot
184 172 185 44 Billy Currington, Doin' Somethin' Right
185 164 140 8 Lostprophets, Liberation Transmission
186 197 168 9 Dragonforce, Inhuman Rampage
187 170 142 8 Julie Roberts, Men & Mascara
188 144 104 4 Soundtrack, Miami Vice
189 161 126 6 Seether, One Cold Night
190 199 200 35 Third Day, Wherever You Are
191 NEW 1 Soundtrack, The Last Kiss
192 RE 17 Neil Young, Greatest Hits
193 179 - 10 Black Sabbath, Greatest Hits 1970-1978
194 185 175 42 Mary Mary, Mary Mary
195 183 146 4 Gym Class Heroes, As Cruel As School Children
196 RE 11 Michael Bolton, Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around
197 178 152 23 Fort Minor, The Rising Tied
198 RE 34 Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Welcome To Jamrock
199 167 122 4 Flogging Molly, Whiskey On A Sunday
200 194 199 22 Various Artists, NOW Latino

You kidding me?! Joanna didn't debut? Oh wait, maybe her album came out this past Tuesday.

If they know her stats, PLEASE TELL ME. I NEED TO KNOW!

Oh and Joanna >>>>>>>> Christina

It was released August 15th (according to amazon.com), looks like she flopped.

I'm bored as hell and decided to make somebody look bad...

That was when See You on the Other Side debuted at #3 back in December.

It has sold 1,019,884 as of August 16th, and then some. Doesn't look like struggling to me, especially when it hasn't been a year [the last two releases took a year and several months to pass the 1 million mark.]
"Politics" will only help this album sell even more.

Joanna debuted at #31 on Heatseekers. I just bought her CD today. I hope she climbs.

lol, I think you come off way worse then me here buddy. Weird.

LOL

Korn - See you on the other side "Certified Platinum 03/16/06"

It shipped 1 million back then, yeah.

Not really.

#31 on heatseekers? Well, more people have to pick up the cd then.

And she had promotion on a reality show and she still couldn't sell over 5,000 copies.