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]
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Was it really more than a year ago that Kid Rock got in a scrap at a Waffle House that resulted in him having to go for anger-management training and perform some community service? It was, and Kid figured that enough time had passed that he could get "creative" with his service time... by going on his already-scheduled trip to the Middle East to entertain the troops stationed over there. Sure, singing for the servicemen and women who are stuck in Iraq is a noble pursuit, but the judge who sentenced him didn't exactly think that killing two birds with one high-publicity stone would allow Kid to properly reflect on scattering and smothering his parking-lot opponent. "Giving him credit for something he would otherwise love to do in front of a camera completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service," the judge wrote in his decision denying Kid Rock's request. Which is kind of a good point, given that the whole idea of "punishment" would seem to imply "doing something one really doesn't want to do." But Kid disagrees, and he's mad enough to blog about it. The Skynyrd-recycling Detroit boy's missive to his fans after the jump.
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Kid Rock has received the bill for his 
