Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reported on the struggles Enrique Iglesias has had with the release of his new album ‘Insomniac’, which has sold fewer than 100,000 copies since its June 12th release. Friedman writes, “What’s the difference between ‘Escape’ and ‘Insomniac’? Back then, Iglesias had a prominent mole on his face; now he doesn’t. The mole may have been a correlation to the ‘bullet’ you get when a single or album is climbing the charts. No mole, no bullet, no sales.” Read more.
Billboard reports T.I.’s latest album ‘T.I. vs. T.I.P.’ led the album charts, selling 468,000 copies in its first week. Miley Cyrus’ double album ‘Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus’ slipped to No. 2 with 188,000 units, a sales decrease of 42 percent. Kelly Clarkson’s ‘My December’ fell from No. 2 to No. 3 with 113,000, 61 percent drop.
Billboard reports that Miley Cyrus’ new album ‘Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus’ sold 326,000 units during the week ended July 1st, according to Nielsen SoundScan, enough to edge out ‘American Idol’ season one champ Clarkson’s latest effort ‘My December’, which opened at No. 2 with 291,000. Read more.
HitsDailyDouble.com reports that based on one-day sales figures, Avril Lavigne’s third album ‘The Best Damn Thing’ is on pace to sell 250,000 copies in its opening week, enough to hold off Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Year Zero’, on pace to top 200k. Lavigne’s previous effort ‘Under My Skin’ sold 380,000 units its opening week three years ago, albeit during a more healthy overall music market.
Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reports that “the massive attempts to save Jennifer Lopez’s singing career – and even her acting pursuits – aren’t going too well.” Friedman cited poor sales of ‘Como Ama Una Mujer’ – around 50k in its first week out, as well as tepid interest in her upcoming movie releases ‘Bordertown’ and ‘El Cantante’. Read more.
HitsDailyDouble.com says one day sales figures show ‘American Idol’ season five runner-up Katharine McPhee’s self-titled debut is set to sell 100,000 units, probably good enough for #2 behind Norah Jones, who could go as high as 350,000 sales of ‘Not Too Late’. Lily Allen’s debut ‘Alright, Still’ looks to sell between 20-25k.
Take That held on to the number one spot in the British singles and albums chart for a third week with ‘Patience’, edging off aging rocker Cliff Richard, who came straight in at number two with ’21st Century Christmas’. Take That’s comeback album ‘Beautiful World’ also nabbed a third week at number one, beating the Oasis greatest hits compilation ‘Stop the Clocks’ and Westlife’s ‘The Love Album’.
This week’s Billboard 200 featured the anticipated new CD from Gwen Stefani ‘The Sweet Escape’ entering the charts at #3, behind Eminem and Ciara who respectively claimed the silver and gold. Gwen’s last solo effort ‘L.A.M.B.’ entered the chart in 7th place with 310, 000 sold. Although ‘Escape’ charts four spots higher, it sold a modest 243, 000, a little below studio expectations and a moderate 22% decrease from ‘L.A.M.B”s debut week. The album narrowly defeated Hannah Montana’s TV Soundtrack in its seventh week by a few hundred copies for a spot in the coveted top 3. The album belly flopped on the UK charts, coming in at 26th place! With so-so reviews and an average debut, the road ahead doesn’t look so clear for ‘The Sweet Escape’. The pop singer stated in interviews that she plans to reunite with No Doubt to make a record for 2008.
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After a moderate 13 weeks, Christina Aguilera’s 3rd album ‘Back to Basics’ has been certified platinum by the RIAA. On this week’s Billboard chart, the album descends from 35th to 48th place despite a sales increase to 25,000 sold. The 2nd single ‘Hurt’ is at #23 on the Hot 100 after 7 weeks, gaining a little more airplay than last week. The single should enter the top ten soon as RCA plans to release it on iTunes in late November and increase radio airplay heavily.
Westlife topped the UK singles chart for the 14th time in their career with ‘The Rose’, edging fellow Irishmen U2, whose collaboration with Green Day – ‘The Saints Are Coming’ – rose from six to two. All Saints climbed from 11 to three with their comeback single ‘Rock Steady’, while Madonna’s ‘Jump’ entered at number nine.