Chart Chat

This week's top 20 albums:


1. NAS "NAS" 186,640 units sold

2. LIL WAYNE "THA CARTER III" 105,490 units sold

3. MAMMA MIA "SOUNDTRACK" 91,369 units sold

4. COLDPLAY "VIVA LA VIDA" 90,322 units sold

5. CAMP ROCK "SOUNDTRACK" 77,950 units sold

6. KID ROCK "ROCK N ROLL JESUS" 73,497 units sold

7. JOHN MELLENCAMP "LIFE DEATH LOVE & FREEDOM" 56,156 units sold

8. DAVID BANNER "GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD" 51,805 units sold

9. TAYLOR SWIFT "BEAUTIFUL EYES" 44,652 units sold

10. RIHANNA "GOOD GIRL GONE BAD" 41,269 units sold

11. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC "VOL. 28" 40,138 units sold

12. TAYLOR SWIFT "TAYLOR SWIFT" 34,622 units sold

13. O.A.R. "ALL SIDES" 30,290 units sold

14. RANDY TRAVIS "AROUND THE BEND" 31,022 units sold

15. KATY PERRY "ONE OF THE BOYS" 30,617 units sold

16. BECK "MODERN GUILT" 28,970 units sold

17. DISTURBED "INDESTRUCTIBLE" 28,496 units sold

18. JOURNEY "REVELATION" 27,934 units sold

19. USHER "HERE I STAND" 26,071 units sold

20. DARK KNIGHT "SOUNDTRACK" 24,747 units sold


Here are my comments...

* Mannnnnnn, they STILL couldn't honor Nas' wishes and just call the damn album "Untitled" like he wanted?!?!?! Noooooo, they wouldn't let him call it the controversial N word, and so he said "cool, make it just be Untitled then". And they go and name it Nas. Whatever. Either way, GO 'HEAD BOY that he still came in at #1.

* Hip-hop is still doing well with Nas and Lil Wayne in the top 2 spots, but other than them, there is only one other rap album in the top 20 (David Banner). Hmm. They might want to fix that.

* And speaking of David Banner, why did his record label take a damn year to drop his album and it's STILL the version they played at the listening party last summer??? Not a good look for him, but he's a real cool, funny, good guy, so I'm happy that he at least got some shine and debuted in the top 10.

* The rest of this chart really doesn't interest me. You know how I feel about Rihanna and Ursher. And then there are TWO Taylor Swift albums AND a Randy Travis joint? Not to mention Camp Rock, Mamma Mia, and a Now That's What I Call Music compilation to round out the trinity of corniness. Yuck.

* "The Dark Knight" has a soundtrack??? Hmm, something about that seems corny to me. Wait, what am I saying. It's a Batman movie. Seal's "Kiss From A Rose" was from a Batman movie too and that became such a big pop hit, and prob Seal's biggest hit to date. And my FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE artist of all time Prince had a whole album devoted to the original Michael Keaton/Batman movie. "Electric Chair", "The Future", "Partyman"?!?!?!? Now THAT rocked.