Chart Chat

This week's top 20 albums:


1. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "NARROW STAIRS" 143,586 units sold

2. FRANK SINATRA "NOTHING BUT THE BEST" 99,089 units sold

3. JASON MRAZ "WE SING THE DANCE" 72,963 units sold

4. DUFFY "ROCKFERRY" 70,943 units sold

5. LEONA LEWIS "SPIRIT" 62,321 units sold

6. MARIAH CAREY "E=MC2" 58,574 units sold

7. NEIL DIAMOND "HOME BEFORE DARK" 53,408 units sold

8. MADONNA "HARD CANDY" 53,302 units sold

9. TOBY KEITH "35 BIGGEST HITS" 40,761 units sold

10. KEITH SWEAT "JUST ME" 36,572 units sold

11. TAYLOR SWIFT "TAYLOR SWIFT" 29,672 units sold

12. 10 YEARS "DIVISION" 27,981 units sold

13. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC "VOL. 27MAN" 23,291 units sold

14. DIERKS BENTLEY "GREATEST HITS" 21,857 units sold

15. GAVIN DEGRAW "GAVIN DEGRAW" 21,496 units sold

16. JOSH GROBAN "AWAKE LIVE" 21,001 units sold

17. LYFE JENNINGS "LYFE CHANGE" 20,883 units sold

18. CLAY AIKEN "ON MY WAY HERE" 20,527 units sold

19. JUNO "SOUNDTRACK" 20,330 units sold

20. JACK JOHNSON "SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC" 19,702 units sold


This top 10 alone is hilarious. Here are my comments...

* Death Cab For Cutie, Frank Sinatra, and Jason Mraz in the top 3? Who'd have ever thought they'd see the day THAT would happen? Certainly not me my friends. (And I am a fan of the artists.)

* Yes, we know you are thrilled you are above Madonna, Miss Mimi, but wipe that smile off your face, because you are still below your British wannabe, Leona Lewis.

* Did I mention the fact that Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra are both in the top 10?!??!?!

* With the exception of Lyfe Jennings, numbers 15 through 20 read like the playlist for an elevator. Clay Aiken, Josh Groban, Jack Johnson... Jack's great but when you put all of those artists together, it's like the lineup of NapStock 2008.