According to early reports, Nas has managed to pull off the seemingly impossible task of keeping Lil Wayne and Coldplay from the top spot on the Billboard albums chart. Of course, what with Miley Cyrus’ album dropping next week, Nas shouldn’t get too used to life on top, but around 200,000 albums sold is a decent take for an album with minimal radio airplay. Meanwhile, Tha Carter III appears to have Viva La Vida beat in the longevity game, taking second with an estimated 110,000 album sales to Coldplay’s 85-90,000. The Camp Rock soundtrack slots into fourth with a projected 80-85,000 copies sold, while Kid Rock’s resurgence continues with another 75,000 albums sold this week for fifth place. The rest of the top ten is a logjam in the 50,000-sold range with the Mamma Mia soundtrack, John Mellencamp, O.A.R., David Banner, Taylor Swift and NOW 28 all falling somewhere near that number. [HITS Daily Double]
Surprise, Surprise: Nas Takes Over The Top Spot
July 18th, 2008 // 4 Comments
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Haven’t heard the whole Nas album yet, but “Black President” blows like no other. Even with the Calvin Coolidge reference.
Bwhahahaha. Where is Jesse Washington when you need an expert perspective? Oh, he’s on the race beat now.
Watch out for the Mamma Mia! OST – the chart week goes through Sunday, and I bet it’ll pick up a surge of sales Saturday and Sunday from middle-aged hausfrau and musical-theater geeks exiting the movie theater.
O.A.R. — O RLY?