Jay-Z has never had a new album not hit No.
1, andAmerican Gangsterdidnt put any stop to that streak.
The other big chart news this week: Country.
Loads and loads of country.
His two-CD, one-DVD hits collection debuted at No.
2 with
352,000 units.
This is Brooks first appearance on the charts since his
last studio album, 2001sScarecrow.
Chris BrownsExclusivewas in at No.
4 with a very healthy 294,000.
1 single, Kiss Kiss opened even more
strongly.
Among holdovers,Taylor Swiftgot the biggest boost, by a long shot.
It moved up from No.
8 with a sales increase from
26,000 last week to 68,000. she gushed) and enthusiastically performing her charming
rural-puppy-love single, Our Song.
And the minor factor?
Her label is quietly crossing her over from
country radio to pop.
The Eagles fell one slot to No.
2 with 359,000, a very acceptable 49 percent
sales decrease for their monstrous Wal-Mart-only double album.
Carrie
UnderwoodsCarnival Ridefell from No.
5 in her third week with sales of
121,000 and a modest 29 percent decline.
The key gainers: Rebas duets album,
up three spots to No.
12, and Sugarland, up 15 positions to No.
Other top debuts: rockers Angels & Airwaves, in at No.
24 with 35,000; and
the non-Jay-Z actualAmerican Gangstersoundtrack, a No.
36 entry with 21,000.
His two-CD, one-DVD hits collection debuted at No.
This is Brooks first appearance on the charts since hislast studio album, 2001sScarecrow.
Chris BrownsExclusivewas in at No.
4 with a very healthy 294,000.
1 single, Kiss Kiss opened even morestrongly.
It moved up from No.
8 with a sales increase from26,000 last week to 68,000.
Not by coincidence, her album wasjust rereleased in a deluxe edition with several new songs and a bonusDVD.
And the minor factor?
Her label is quietly crossing her over fromcountry radio to pop.
2 with 359,000, a very acceptable 49 percentsales decrease for their monstrous Wal-Mart-only double album.
CarrieUnderwoodsCarnival Ridefell from No.
5 in her third week with sales of121,000 and a modest 29 percent decline.
The key gainers: Rebas duets album,up three spots to No.
12, and Sugarland, up 15 positions to No.
Other top debuts: rockers Angels & Airwaves, in at No.
24 with 35,000; andthe non-Jay-Z actualAmerican Gangstersoundtrack, a No.
36 entry with 21,000.
