JANET'S "20 Y.O." SLIDES DOWN THE ALBUM CHARTS!!!!
By L.T. Dinwiddie
Talk about a Billboard charts shake up, even I didn’t see this happening. Goth Band Evanescence debuts at number one this week knocking Ludacris from number one, to number six with a with a 66% percent drop selling a meager 108,000 copies, while Justin Timberlake holds strong with a one spot climb from 4 to 5 selling 115,000 more copies of his sophomore album.
Monica made an impressive debut seeing that her first single “Everytime The Beat Drop” failed to generate radio airplay outside of cit of Atlanta. The Making Of Me debuted at #8 selling around 93,000 copies. But the biggest upset that I am sure will shock a lot of people is Janet, Ms. Jackson if you’re Nasty. Janet Jackson got the hit the hardest because her album 20 Y.O dropped a staggering 77% as she is moved from 2 to 12 selling 69,750 copies. I hate to say this but usually when albums make strong sales their first week and then have a dramatic sales decrease just 1 week later, that usually means that they had help. Could Virgin Records or Jermaine Dupri have had a hand in Janet selling almost 300k records her first week? Well we will never know but that’s what it’s looking like. Ludacris your not in the clear I see you too! The same thing could have happen with him, but I thought Janet had a strong enough fan base to sustain this album and take it all the way to platinum status, but I guess not. Who knew that MTV could be so powerful, Damn them!!!
**These are all preliminary numbers, the “official” numbers won’t be out until later on today, but don’t expect a big difference. You know who got you the information first.
OFFICIAL NUMBERS
Talk about a Billboard charts shake up, even I didn’t see this happening. Goth Band Evanescence debuts at number one this week knocking Ludacris from number one, to number six with a with a 66% percent drop selling a meager 108,000 copies, while Justin Timberlake holds strong with a one spot climb from 4 to 5 selling 115,000 more copies of his sophomore album.
Monica made an impressive debut seeing that her first single “Everytime The Beat Drop” failed to generate radio airplay outside of cit of Atlanta. The Making Of Me debuted at #8 selling around 93,000 copies. But the biggest upset that I am sure will shock a lot of people is Janet, Ms. Jackson if you’re Nasty. Janet Jackson got the hit the hardest because her album 20 Y.O dropped a staggering 77% as she is moved from 2 to 12 selling 69,750 copies. I hate to say this but usually when albums make strong sales their first week and then have a dramatic sales decrease just 1 week later, that usually means that they had help. Could Virgin Records or Jermaine Dupri have had a hand in Janet selling almost 300k records her first week? Well we will never know but that’s what it’s looking like. Ludacris your not in the clear I see you too! The same thing could have happen with him, but I thought Janet had a strong enough fan base to sustain this album and take it all the way to platinum status, but I guess not. Who knew that MTV could be so powerful, Damn them!!!
**These are all preliminary numbers, the “official” numbers won’t be out until later on today, but don’t expect a big difference. You know who got you the information first.
OFFICIAL NUMBERS
Sales figures courtesy of hitsdailydouble.com
posted by IM OVER IT at 10/11/2006
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