By now, you all know about the
tussle between the Eagles and Britney at the top of the charts this week—and the universe would fall in on itself if all the photos at the top of Idolator were of Don Henley and Company—so let's talk about last week's top two country debuts. First, there's Carrie Underwood, whose
Carnival Ride saw a pretty steep drop in its second week on the charts. The album's sales figures tumbled 68%, from 527,000 to 170,000, although that only resulted in a two-space chart drop. And then there's the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss collaboration
Raising Sand, which, sure, had a shorter perch from which to fall, but its 28% drop (it fell from No. 2 to No. 6, beating out the Backstreet Boys) seems pretty impressive to me, given the second-week swan dives that have become commonplace on the charts this year. (It's hard not to wonder how many classic-rock diehards bought the Eagles/Plant-Krauss as a twofer last week.)
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Idolator
The good news: Ticketmaster is experimenting with dropping the "convenience fees" that can potentially mark up the tickets it sells as much as 75%. The bad news: This experiment, right now, is restricted to fans of the freaking Eagles, thanks in part to the deal two weeks ago that brought the ticketing behemoth together with Irving Azoff's Frontline Management. Which just happens to manage Don Henley & Co.
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