Chart Chat

This week's top 20 albums:


1. MARIAH CAREY "E=MC2" 462,971 units sold

2. LEONA LEWIS "SPIRIT" 94,842 units sold

3. HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS "BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT" 47,297 units sold

4. LADY ANTEBELLUM "LADY ANTEBELLUM" 43,384 units sold

5. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC "VOL. 27" 38,960 units sold

6. GEORGE STRAIT "TROUBADOUR" 38,171 units sold

7. ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS "SOUNDTRACK" 31,683 units sold

8. JUNO "SOUNDTRACK" 31,285 units sold

9. R.E.M. "ACCELERATE" 29,985 units sold

10. TAYLOR SWIFT "TAYLOR SWIFT" 29,741 units sold

11. RICK ROSS "TRILLA" 26,735 units sold

12. JAMES OTTO "SUNSET MAN" 25,819 units sold

13. JACK JOHNSON "SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC" 25,369 units sold

14. DANITY KANE "WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE" 22,939 units sold

15. DAUGHTRY "DAUGHTRY" 22,655 units sold

16. JORDIN SPARKS "JORDIN SPARKS" 22,645 units sold

17. THRICE "VOL. 3-4-ALCHEMY INDEX" 21,424 units sold

18. RUSH "SNAKES & ARROWS LIVE" 20,936 units sold

19. SARA BAREILLES "LITTLE VOICE" 20,253 units sold

20. GNARLS BARKLEY "ODD COUPLE" 19,781 units sold


Mimi debuted pretty well (look for her album review coming soon from me). The rest of this chart is a complete mashed-up amalgamated mix of every other kind of music from every different age group. Usually I'd think that was a good thing, however, the sales were REALLY low this week (so you know that makes me sad). :) Either way, here are just a few comments from me...

* It's nice to see Danity Kane still holding on. They are almost "officially" Gold now (I say "officially" because most record labels will pronounce something as Gold or Platinum before it REALLY sells 500K or 1M copies because it has shipped that amount).

* Why the hell is the Alvin & The Chipmunks Soundtrack in the Top 10 for the past few weeks?

* Isn't it sad that not many people seem to care about the new Gnarls Barkley album when they were such a huge success with their last effort?