Another pair of dazzling divas follow, as Britney Spears’ Jive/ZLG album Circus drops down to #2, and Beyonce’s Columbia smash, I Am…Sasha Fierce, remains at #3.
Roadrunner’s Nickelback (#4) and Chop Shop/Atlantic’s Twilight soundtrack (#5) round out the Top 5.
The rest of the Top 10 includes Roc-a-Fella/IDJ’s Kanye West (#6), UMe’s Now 29 (#7, +30%), Columbia’s AC/DC Wal-Mart exclusive (#8, +33%), Disney’s High School Musical 3 (#9, +29%) and 19/RCA/RMG’s David Cook (#10, +18%).
That gives Doug Morris’ UMG two in the Top 10 (Taylor and Kanye), tied with Steve Barnett’s Team Columbia (Beyonce and AC/DC) and Barry Weiss’ BMG Label Group (Britney and Cook).
Atlantic’s Musiq Soulchild is the week’s top debut at #11. Other new entries include Geffen’s Common (#12), Epic’s Brandy (#15), Capitol R&B crooner Avant (#27) and Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#48). 19/Arista/RMG country star Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride reenters the chart at #50.
Leading gainers for the week are, not surprisingly, holiday-themed albums like Yo-Yo Ma’s Sony Classical release, Songs of Joy & Peace (#32-23, +78%), Decca’s Mamma Mia! soundtrack, building on the release of the DVD (#40-35, +61%), Atlantic’s Jason Mraz (#44-40, +55%), Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland (#36-33, +52%), LaFace/ZLG’s P!nk (#22-18, +46%), Hollywood’s Miley Cyrus (#24-20, +43%), Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts (#25, +43%), Taylor Swift’s Big Machine debut (#28, +42%) and UMe’s Now Essential Christmas (#32, +40%).
Geffen’s Keyshia Cole, Island/IDJ’s Fall Out Boy, J/RMG’s Jamie Foxx and DGC/Interscope’s All American Rejects hit stores today, but since this is our last chart of the year, we’ll check back in 2009 for their progress.
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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