|
Kid
Rock |
|
|
October
17,
2007,
10:30
AM
ET
Jonathan
Cohen,
N.Y.
As
expected,
Kid
Rock
scores
his
first
No.
1
on
The
Billboard
200
this
week
with
"Rock
N
Roll
Jesus."
The
Top
Dog/Atlantic
set
sold
170,000
copies
in
the
United
States,
according
to
Nielsen
SoundScan.
Rock
has
had
several
bigger
weeks
in
terms
of
sales
(2000's
"The
History
of
Rock"
bowed
in
the
runner-up
slot
with
457,000)
but
this
is
the
best
debut
of
his
four
prior
top
10
albums.
Last
week's
No.
1,
Bruce
Springsteen's
"Magic"
(Columbia),
suffers
a
60%
drop-off
to
130,000
and
falls
to
No.
2.
Rascal
Flatts'
"Still
Feels
Good"
(Lyric
Street)
is
down
2-3
after
a
43%
slide
to
96,000.
LeAnn
Rimes'
"Family"
(Curb)
is
new
at
No.
4
after
selling
74,000,
her
12th
charting
effort
on
The
Billboard
200.
matchbox
twenty's
"Exile
on
Mainstream"
(Atlantic)
falls
3-5
in
its
second
week
after
a
45%
sales
decline
to
72,000.
Kanye
West's
"Graduation"
(Def
Jam)
rebounds
7-6
despite
a
23%
sales
fall
to
71,000.
Reba
McEntire's
"Reba
Duets"
(MCA)
also
inches
up
8-7
on
a
15%
drop
to
68,000,
whie
Sara
Evans
debuts
at
No.
8
with
"Greatest
Hits"
(RCA)
on
sales
of
66,000.
Her
last
set,
2005's
"Real
Fine
Place,"
debuted
at
No.
3
with
126,000.
Disney's
"High
School
Musical
2"
soundtrack
climbs
10-9
despite
a
14%
drop
to
66,000,
while
Josh
Groban's
holiday
album
"Noel"
(143/Reprise)
debuts
at
No.
10
with
sales
of
64,000.
|
|
Three
debuts
arrive
in
the
Nos.
12-14
spots,
with
Jennifer
Lopez'
"Brave"
(Epic)
new
at
No.
12
with
sales
of
53,000.
All
of
her
previous
six
studio
albums,
including
this
year's
Spanish-language
"Como
Ama
Una
Mujer,"
debuted
in
the
top
10
--
and
four
of
those
peaked
in
the
top
two
slots.
Alter
Bridge's
Universal
debut,
"Blackbird,"
starts
at
No.
13
with
47,000,
while
Eric
Clapton's
"Complete
Clapton"
(Reprise)
bows
at
No.
14
with
45,000.
Additional
top
40
debuts
come
from
the
Naked
Brothers
Band's
self-titled
Sony
album
(No.
23;
34,000),
Puddle
Of
Mudd's
Geffen
set
"Famous"
(No.
27;
31,000)
and
Band
Of
Horses'
sophomore
Sub
Pop
album,
"Cease
To
Begin"
(No.
35;
21,000).
Album
sales
are
down
6.3%
from
last
week
at
8.34
million
units
and
17.4%
from
the
same
week
in
2006
(10.09
million
units).