Here's this weeks sales figures:



1 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 248,730 721,207 -66 970,864
2 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 209,305 308,505 -32 1,525,516
3 CAMP ROCK SOUNDTRACK 169,489 188,370 -10 358,083
4 MOTLEY CRUE SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES 98,816 638 999 99,473
5 THREE 6 MAFIA LAST 2 WALK 76,722 183 999 76,909
6 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 28-NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 65,533 80,966 -19 463,998
7 USHER HERE I STAND 51,586 64,938 -21 805,856
8 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 50,349 75 999 50,432
9 DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE 49,615 59,340 -16 464,314
10 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 46,545 63,319 -26 1,354,022
11 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL 42,893 67,678 -37 325,472
12 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 35,815 28,595 25 1,057,426
13 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 34,209 46,767 -27 81,087
14 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 31,827 27,413 16 3,110,553
15 SIGUR ROS MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM END 31,584 177 999 31,762
16 LEWIS*LEONA SPIRIT 29,153 27,991 4 829,685
17 JOURNEY REVELATION 28,271 37,796 -25 260,290
18 DUFFY ROCKFERRY 27,285 27,517 -1 266,601
19 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN 25,699 29,114 -12 355,926
20 WEEZER WEEZER (RED ALBUM) 24,684 29,709 -17 226,913
21 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR ROTATION 22,681 65 999 22,751
22 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 19,340 20,564 -6 1,647,098
23 OFFSPRING RISE & FALL RAGE & GRACE 18,410 45,696 -60 64,195
24 JONAS BROTHERS JONAS BROTHERS 17,719 14,272 24 1,361,085
25 CAREY*MARIAH E=MC2 17,272 21,297 -19 1,063,430
26 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 17,179 19,502 -12 292,518
27 MORISSETTE*ALANIS FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT 16,732 28,803 -42 116,111
28 SAPP*MARVIN THIRSTY 16,711 11,050 51 356,604
29 LEE*AMOS LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE 16,066 6 999 16,072
30 SEX AND THE CITY SOUNDTRACK 15,286 21,748 -30 198,026
31 JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 14,712 15,811 -7 1,247,987
32 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS 14,607 18,811 -22 309,414
33 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 14,489 14,728 -2 204,184
34 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 14,117 15,337 -8 2,204,128
35 DWELE SKETCHES OF A MAN 13,854 153 999 14,008
36 JEWEL PERFECTLY CLEAR 13,558 17,889 -24 101,717
37 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES 13,362 20,814 -36 83,652
38 N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS 13,258 23,620 -44 116,953
39 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 13,164 12,521 5 2,315,148
40 JUDAS PRIEST NOSTRADAMUS 12,973 41,922 -69 55,201
41 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS 12,858 13,799 -7 134,907
42 ASHANTI DECLARATION 12,807 22,226 -42 155,419
43 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 12,111 10,811 12 792,921
44 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 11,951 12,549 -5 1,656,682
45 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 11,875 14,958 -21 273,043
46 MADONNA HARD CANDY 11,867 14,294 -17 570,410
47 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 27-NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 11,831 13,173 -10 766,513
48 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO UNA NOCHE EN MADRID 11,809 13,778 -14 38,639
49 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2008 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 11,608 9,312 25 46,880
50 CHESNEY*KENNY JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 11,463 12,425 -8 1,328,019
51 ICARLY ICARLY-MUSIC FROM & INSPIRED B 11,365 14,241 -20 45,987
52 JACKSON*ALAN GOOD TIME 11,307 11,705 -3 432,371
53 METRO STATION METRO STATION 11,298 10,938 3 121,624
54 BUN-B II TRILL 10,718 13,317 -20 206,576
55 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 10,692 11,450 -7 311,668
56 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 10,481 11,465 -9 1,827,955
57 GREEN*AL LAY IT DOWN 10,462 9,815 7 86,801
58 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 10,456 11,236 -7 599,178
59 TOTAL CLUB HITS TOTAL CLUB HITS 10,397 13,879 -25 44,207
60 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 10,335 10,319 0 437,832
61 LESS THAN JAKE GNV FLA 10,320 310 999 10,633
62 HARRIS*EMMYLOU ALL I INTENDED TO BE 10,131 16,227 -38 53,384
63 G. LOVE SUPERHERO BROTHER 10,098 24 999 10,122
64 KUTLESS TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALIVE 9,693 0 5,488
65 SUPERCHICK ROCK WHAT YOU GOT 9,676 4 999 2,444
66 COLE*KEYSHIA JUST LIKE YOU 9,668 8,852 9 1,452,910
67 JUNO SOUNDTRACK 9,600 11,009 -13 827,747
68 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 9,468 8,067 17 2,006,601
69 MENDES*SERGIO ENCANTO 9,402 10,591 -11 32,139
70 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 9,292 9,330 0 476,467
71 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 9,153 10,279 -11 2,462,598
72 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 9,076 9,348 -3 3,529,499
73 IDOL*BILLY VERY BEST OF-IDOLIZE YOURSELF 9,008 0 9,017
74 DIAMOND*NEIL HOME BEFORE DARK 9,003 11,917 -24 321,680
75 SPARKS*JORDIN JORDIN SPARKS 8,978 9,823 -9 834,308
76 DYLAN*JAKOB SEEING THINGS 8,851 12,987 -32 46,267
77 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 8,780 9,263 -5 1,077,311
78 WISIN Y YANDEL WISIN VS YANDEL 'LOS EXTRATERR 8,771 8,454 4 299,379
79 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 8,629 9,356 -8 4,133,913
80 MONTGOMERY GENTRY BACK WHEN I KNEW IT ALL 8,617 12,380 -30 48,356
81 OTTO*JAMES SUNSET MAN 8,554 9,455 -10 237,827
82 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND 8,520 10,243 -17 1,021,076
83 MUDCRUTCH MUDCRUTCH 8,514 4,367 95 97,100
84 PAISLEY*BRAD 5TH GEAR 8,512 8,925 -5 1,079,836
85 FERNANDEZ*VICENTE PARA SIEMPRE VICENTE FERNANDEZ 8,345 10,188 -18 283,834
86 HOUGH*JULIANNE JULIANNE HOUGH 8,319 10,364 -20 141,944
87 NOW CLASSIC ROCK NOW CLASSIC ROCK 8,302 9,905 -16 59,439
88 ADELE 19 8,229 11,236 -27 49,168
89 ADKINS*TRACE AMERICAN MAN GREATEST HITS... 8,182 8,713 -6 430,292
90 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 8,136 8,250 -1 6,827,726
91 ONEREPUBLIC DREAMING OUT LOUD 8,026 8,752 -8 691,038
92 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 7,964 8,120 -2 476,008
93 MONTANA*HANNAH/CYRUS*MILEY BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT 7,881 8,419 -6 334,839
94 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 7,801 7,514 4 2,181,646
95 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 7,698 7,992 -4 165,117
96 DISNEYMANIA DISNEYMANIA 6 7,558 10,201 -26 85,745
97 THE-DREAM LOVEHATE 7,503 7,744 -3 437,754
98 CAMP*JEREMY BEYOND MEASURE 7,342 8,170 -10 133,824
99 IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE & DJ GREEN 3RD WORLD 7,306 165 999 7,473
100 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 7,303 7,163 2 1,875,337
101 VAMPIRE WEEKEND VAMPIRE WEEKEND 7,133 6,907 3 254,252
102 HANNAH MONTANA 2: MEET MILEY C SOUNDTRACK 7,120 6,741 6 3,085,771
103 JENNINGS*LYFE LYFE CHANGE 7,118 7,660 -7 194,483
104 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 7,035 8,615 -18 1,625,299
105 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 7,027 7,029 0 6,471,588
106 BENTLEY*DIERKS GREATEST HITS/EVERY MILE A... 6,967 7,638 -9 122,861
107 VARIOUS CRUE FEST 6,909 0 6,909
108 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 6,872 7,613 -10 1,987,232
109 SAVING ABEL SAVING ABEL 6,802 5,652 20 68,199
110 2 PISTOLS DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 6,594 15,764 -58 22,388
111 RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL DIGI SNACKS 6,565 158 999 6,723
112 WRIGHT*LIZZ ORCHARD 6,562 2,378 176 45,701
113 PARAMORE RIOT! 6,477 6,936 -7 934,700
114 DEGRAW*GAVIN GAVIN DEGRAW 6,442 6,416 0 141,478
115 RACONTEURS CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY 6,434 6,667 -3 195,544
116 FERGIE DUTCHESS 6,426 6,591 -3 3,657,154
117 RECKLESS KELLY BULLETPROOF 6,424 68 999 6,492
118 BLOOD RAW CTE PRESENTS BLOOD RAW: MY LIF 6,326 17,377 -64 23,732
119 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE 95/08 EXITOS 6,243 5,435 15 131,700
120 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 6,221 6,636 -6 1,260,647
121 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 6,202 6,869 -10 3,019,937
122 ESCOVEDO*ALEJANDRO REAL ANIMAL 6,178 178 999 6,356
123 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS 6,107 6,783 -10 564,235
124 TING TINGS WE STARTED NOTHING 6,000 7,127 -16 34,479
125 BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 5,952 6,595 -10 780,121
126 FLO RIDA MAIL ON SUNDAY 5,829 6,538 -11 273,758
127 SHELTON*BLAKE PURE BS 5,819 6,052 -4 334,865
128 BUCKCHERRY 15 5,791 5,972 -3 1,241,315
129 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES 5,564 6,018 -8 26,281
130 BIG BLUE BALL BIG BLUE BALL 5,510 149 999 5,926
131 RADIOHEAD BEST OF (SINGLE DISC) 5,493 6,952 -21 38,586
132 TMI BOYZ GRINDIN' FOR A PURPOSE 5,464 8,751 -38 23,733
133 MCENTIRE*REBA REBA DUETS 5,377 5,949 -10 1,409,880
134 COLTRANE*JOHN OPUS 5,325 6,101 -13 18,894
135 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 5,287 5,914 -11 149,404
136 WOLF PARADE AT MOUNT ZOOMER 5,264 12,878 -59 18,193
137 BLIGE*MARY J. GROWING PAINS 5,258 5,898 -11 1,515,643
138 WALL E SOUNDTRACK 5,198 9 999 5,207
139 FLEX TE QUIERO 5,189 4,389 18 158,774
140 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 5,118 5,483 -7 919,997
141 PANIC AT THE DISCO PRETTY ODD 5,093 6,229 -18 306,548
142 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 4,950 4,711 5 88,734
143 POTTS*PAUL ONE CHANCE 4,914 806 510 389,597
144 MCCARTNEY*JESSE DEPARTURE 4,880 5,354 -9 66,929
145 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 4,817 3,990 21 149,767
146 GRIFFIN*KATHY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 4,803 8,190 -41 13,018
147 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 4,770 4,718 1 397,022
148 10 YEARS DIVISION 4,704 5,131 -8 70,988
149 TRIBBETT*TYE STAND OUT 4,663 5,407 -14 67,021
150 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 4,653 4,464 4 3,221,649
151 ESTELLE SHINE 4,556 5,010 -9 60,766
152 INTOCABLE 2C 4,462 5,854 -24 18,784
153 DEVAUGHN*RAHEEM LOVE BEHIND THE MELODY 4,452 4,600 -3 241,320
154 PUDDLE OF MUDD FAMOUS 4,331 4,692 -8 274,122
155 DANITY KANE WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 4,303 4,835 -11 510,099
156 MANA ARDE EL CIELO 4,251 4,965 -14 79,215
157 R.E.M. ACCELERATE 4,182 5,850 -29 293,322
158 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 4,172 4,651 -10 2,132,870
159 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 4,091 4,500 -9 104,941
160 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO LA MEJOR COLECCION 4,079 4,709 -13 292,231
161 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (DLX) SOUNDTRACK 4,075 4,488 -9 534,017
162 GREEN*AL DEFINITIVE GREATEST HITS 4,074 2,512 62 192,775
163 SWEAT*KEITH JUST ME 4,050 4,953 -18 83,574
164 ONCE SOUNDTRACK 4,032 4,060 -1 592,015
165 RADIO DISNEY VOL. 10-KIDS JAMS 4,014 4,104 -2 233,931
166 REV THEORY LIGHT IT UP 3,955 4,303 -8 18,477
167 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK 3,947 4,121 -4 1,059,123
168 ATKINS*RODNEY IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL 3,938 4,267 -8 1,336,666
169 PORTISHEAD THIRD 3,917 5,101 -23 131,595
170 FOO FIGHTERS ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRAC 3,915 3,940 -1 759,136
171 ALLAN*GARY LIVING HARD 3,879 3,705 5 368,618
172 CELTIC THUNDER CELTIC THUNDER THE SHOW 3,871 4,826 -20 78,596
173 VARIOUS UNWRAPPED VOL. 5 COLLIPARK CAF 3,853 31 999 3,884
174 MCGRAW*TIM LET IT GO 3,804 3,928 -3 1,415,640
175 COUNTING CROWS SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNI 3,788 4,395 -14 263,258
176 SANTOGOLD SANTOGOLD 3,777 3,125 21 45,695
177 URBAN*KEITH GREATEST HITS 3,729 3,916 -5 567,396
178 TIESTO IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE 7 3,707 4,686 -21 17,075
179 BARENAKED LADIES SNACKTIME 3,695 4,790 -23 44,925
180 TURNER*JOSH EVERYTHING IS FINE 3,687 3,781 -2 497,371
181 TYRELL*STEVE BACK TO BACHARACH 3,643 63 999 3,709
182 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR 3,601 4,084 -12 322,901
183 AUGUST RUSH SOUNDTRACK 3,586 3,600 0 243,247
184 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE LIVE 3,530 3,563 -1 118,836
185 MICHAELS*BRET ROCK MY WORLD 3,519 4,456 -21 28,895
186 BOYS LIKE GIRLS BOYS LIKE GIRLS 3,475 2,771 25 554,692
187 TOKIO HOTEL SCREAM 3,463 3,501 -1 49,983
188 VARIOUS WOW GOSPEL 2008 3,460 3,351 3 140,009
189 CHICAGO STONE OF SISYPHUS 3,432 5,609 -39 9,050
190 SIXX:A.M. HEROIN DIARIES SOUNDTRACK 3,385 3,103 9 234,577
191 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR 3,364 36 999 3,400
192 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 13 3,336 2,625 27 199,943
193 ROSSDALE*GAVIN WANDERLUST 3,333 4,222 -21 29,571
194 LIFEHOUSE WHO WE ARE 3,327 3,506 -5 437,603
195 SOUTH PACIFIC NEW BROADWAY CAST RECORDING 3,321 4,643 -28 26,760
196 ATMOSPHERE WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS YOU 3,292 3,458 -5 102,071
197 FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS UNDERDOG ALMA MATER 3,278 2,794 17 40,445
198 ROOTS RISING DOWN 3,216 3,951 -19 123,464
199 VEDDER*EDDIE MUSIC FOR THE MOTION PICTURE I 3,204 3,585 -11 369,134
200 VARIOUS NOW 26 3,193 3,369 -5 1,674,843

Who the hell is still buying that Nickelback album?

YAY!! Amy Winehouse is offically double platinum!

Also, I had no idea Robert Plant and Alison Krauss had sold over one million copies of "Raising Sand". Good for them!

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Originally posted by torontophenom:
Who the hell is still buying that Nickelback album?

hahaha same here, i guess generic rock and country are the only genres that can sell cds at this day.

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Originally posted by Rock Star:

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Originally posted by torontophenom:
Who the hell is still buying that Nickelback album?

hahaha same here, i guess generic rock and country are the only genres that can sell cds at this day.

Well it's not like Nickelback are that great that this album should still be selling. All their songs sound the same. They are tiring!!!!

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Originally posted by torontophenom:
Who the hell is still buying that Nickelback album?

I have no idea, but that thing is soon to go 7x platinum!!!

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Originally posted by booyahboy:

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Originally posted by torontophenom:
Who the hell is still buying that Nickelback album?

I have no idea, but that thing is soon to go 7x platinum!!!

Incredible isn't it? Some of their songs are catchy and get stuck in your head. But if you think about it, all their songs follow the same formula and sound the same. I really wouldn't mind if Nickelback disappeared.

Madonna's album isn't doing that great. It's losing so much momentum.

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Originally posted by musicluva123:
Madonna's album isn't doing that great. It's losing so much momentum.

It's not that great. She needs to save this album and release "Miles Away". One of the few redeeming factors of "Hard Candy".

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Originally posted by clementine:
YAY!! Amy Winehouse is offically double platinum!

Go Amy! Back To Black is a brilliant piece of work.

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Originally posted by torontophenom:

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Originally posted by musicluva123:
Madonna's album isn't doing that great. It's losing so much momentum.

It's not that great. She needs to save this album and release "Miles Away". One of the few redeeming factors of "Hard Candy".

I love that people were thinking "Give It 2 Me" was gonna be a smash. It was so obviously not going to appeal to a pop audience.
I think they should release "Beat Goes On". "Miles Away" feels like a 3rd single.

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Originally posted by GH:

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Originally posted by torontophenom:

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Originally posted by musicluva123:
Madonna's album isn't doing that great. It's losing so much momentum.

It's not that great. She needs to save this album and release "Miles Away". One of the few redeeming factors of "Hard Candy".

I love that people were thinking "Give It 2 Me" was gonna be a smash. It was so obviously not going to appeal to a pop audience.
I think they should release "Beat Goes On". "Miles Away" feels like a 3rd single.

I completely disagree that Hard Candy is not that great. I think there are two or three weak tracks but the rest is stellar. But who thought GI2M was going to be a smash?! Even her biggest fans (hello?) thought it was too Euro for the U.S. "Miles Away" and "Beat Goes On" should have been the second and third singles and then she could have tossed something out like GI2M if she really wanted to. I think she didn't want to release two back-to-back Timbaland tracks and you can't blame her. The Pharrell tracks are much better but they're just not as radio-friendly.

Alot of Madge fans on other boards said that GITM was gonna be a smash hit!! I really like the song(and coming from a mariah fan thats saying something) but I dont know if it will sell albums. And heres hoping Natasha can get some more momentum from her 3rd single to put the album up to GOLD! she deserves it

The three million-selling albums of the first half of 2008 are Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III (1,526,000), Jack Johnson's Sleep Through The Static (1,248,000) and Mariah Carey's E=MC2 (1,063,000). Two other albums are close to striking the 1 million mark: Alicia Keys' As I Am (986,000 in 2008 sales) and Viva La Vida (971,000).

Official BILLBOARD Results for Week of 06.30.08

1. Lil' Wayne, "Tha Carter III"
2. Coldplay, "Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends"
3. "Camp Rock" original soundtrack album
4. G-Unit, "T.O.S. (Termination on Sight)" (DEBUT)
5. John Mayer, "Where the Light Is" (DEBUT)
6. "NOW That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 28"
7. Kid Rock, "Rock 'n Roll Jesus"
8. Usher, "Here I Stand"
9. Rihanna, "Good Girl Gone Bad"
10. Disturbed, "Indestructible"

Wow!!!!

I am sooooo freakin happy for Lil Wayne!!!!!!!!
Back at #1. He is the biggest rapper this year and he deserves it!

I am also happy for Usher...he is remaining strong.

And I'm tooo excited about Rihanna staying in the top ten!!!!!!

Kid Rock And The Resurrection Of "Jesus"
by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_w....ection-of-jesus

What does a hit song mean to an album these days? Just ask Kid Rock, whose latest album, Rock And Roll Jesus, has rebounded from a low of #82 in March to #7 this week on the strength of the multi-format hit "All Summer Long." This is the album's highest ranking since October, when it was in its third week on the chart.

I'll have more on Kid Rock in a minute, but I'd be remiss if I didn't first let you know that Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III jumps back to #1 after logging two weeks at #2. Tha Carter III is the first album to regain the top spot after losing it since Alicia Keys' As I Am in February. And it's the first rap album to achieve this trick since The Game's The Documentary in February 2005. Tha Carter III is the #1 album so far in 2008 and the best-selling album of Lil Wayne's career.

Late-blooming hits have become something of a tradition with Kid Rock. His 1999 breakthrough album, Devil Without A Cause, rode the chart for more than a year before "Only God Knows Why" took off as a single. His 2001 album, ****y, was a chart fixture for nearly a year before "Picture" took off. Both of those songs became big hits. "Only God Knows Why" made the top 20 on the Hot 100. "Picture" reached the top five.

Billboard has "All Summer Long" in the top 20 on both the CHR/Top 40 and Hot AC/Adult Top 40 charts. It's even up to #44 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Yet neither the song nor the album is available for sale as a digital download. (I think they're trying to get you to buy the CD.)

The spirited track borrows heavily from Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1974 smash "Sweet Home Alabama," which has rung up more paid downloads than any other track from the 1970s. The song first appeared on the Southern rock group's sophomore album Second Helping in April 1974. It became a Top 10 single that September.

Nielsen/SoundScan's running list of the 200 tracks with the most paid downloads includes just three hits from the 1970s. (Time marches on.) "Sweet Home Alabama" is the highest-ranked of the three, with 1,140,000 downloads. Queen has both of the runners-up: "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1,117,000 paid downloads) and "We Will Rock You" (957,000). (All three of these tracks were top 10 hits "back in the day," but none reached #1. Yet these are the hits from that decade that have best stood the test of time in this very real sense: People are still paying to download them to this day.)

The success of "All Summer Long" has greatly boosted the sales tally for Rock N Roll Jesus. In March, when the album was at its low-point on the chart, it had sold 823,000 copies. The album's sales as of this week stand at 1,103,000. The success of "All Summer Long" has enabled the album to surge ahead of Bruce Springsteen's Magic, which has sold 1,012,000 copies. Why am I comparing the two albums? Kid Rock bumped Springsteen out of the #1 spot in October. But the following week, Springsteen reclaimed the top spot and sent Kid Rock packing. With this resurgence, Kid has gotten the last laugh--at least for now. In the chart game, as you're starting to see, it's never really over.

Finally, I hope nobody finds this week's headline sacrilegious, but when an artist has albums titles like Devil Without A Cause and Rock N Roll Jesus, how can you not play off them?

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third week, with 191,000 paid downloads. Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" holds at #2 for the second week. Fellow tween pop phenom Miley Cyrus is coming on strong with her latest, "7 Things," which jumps from #6 to #3.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, 156,000. This is the first rap album to spend its first four weeks in the top two positions since 50 Cent's The Massacre, which spent its first six weeks at #1 in 2005. This will almost certainly become the first album to top 2 million in sales in 2008. Its current total is 1,682,000. Six songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Lollipop" (featuring Static Major), which dips from #8 to #9.

2. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, 149,000. In three weeks, Coldplay's album has sold 1,121,000 copies, which makes it #3 for the year to date. More than one-third of that total has come in the form of paid downloads. The album has sold 394,000 downloads (more than any album in digital history). It sold 40,000 this week alone, making it #1 on Hot Digital Albums for the third week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Viva La Vida," which holds at #4.

3. Various Artists, Camp Rock soundtrack, 116,000. The TV soundtrack has sold 474,000 copies in three weeks. The first High School Musical soundtrack (in March 2006) required eight weeks to sell that many copies. Of course, the success of the two HSM musicals provided the blueprint for Camp Rock's out-of-the-box success. Six songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "This Is Me," by Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas, which slips from #3 to #14.

4. G-Unit, T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight), 102,000. All three members of G-Unit have had solo success since the release of the trio's debut album, Beg For Mercy, in 2003. 50 Cent had the monster #1 album The Massacre and the #2 follow-up Curtis. Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo debuted as solo artists with albums that reached #1 and #2, respectively. So you might have expected this reunion project to debut at #1. Instead, it starts at #4 with first-week-sales that are less than one-third of Beg For Mercy's opening week tally. Go figure. "I Like The Way She Do It" enters Hot Digital Songs at #114.

5. John Mayer, Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles, 75,000. This 2-CD set is Mayer's third live album to make the chart; his first to reach the top 10. Any Given Thursday hit #17 in 2003. Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert reached #34 in 2005. Mayer has also hit the top 10 with his last three studio albums, Room For Squares, Heavier Things and Continuum. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by a remake of Tom Petty's 1989 classic, "Free Fallin'," which debuts at #20.

6. Various Artists, NOW 28, 59,000. The compilation holds at #6 in its fifth week in the top 10. The album has sold 523,000 copies, which puts it at #25 for the year.

7. Kid Rock, Rock N Roll Jesus, 45,000. Kid Rock is the #59 artist of the Nielsen/SoundScan era, with cumulative sales since 1991 of 19,688,000 albums. Of the artists in this week's top 10, only Usher (#55) ranks higher on that list.

8. Usher, Here I Stand, 41,000. Usher slips from #7 to #8 in his sixth week in the top 10. The album has sold 847,000 copies, which puts it #8 for the year. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Love In This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy), which dips from #38 to #39.

9. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad, 40,000. A non-stop run of hits has enabled this album to outlast and outsell the album that kept it out of the top spot when it debuted at #2 in June 2007-T Pain's Epiphany. Sales to date for Epiphany: 828,000. Sales to date for Good Girl Gone Bad: 1,394,000. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Disturbia," which dips from #5 to #6.

10. Disturbed, Indestructible, 37,000. Four weeks after debuting at #1, the hard rock band slips another notch to #10. "Inside The Fire" dips from #90 to #94 on Hot Digital Songs.

Three albums fall out of the top 10 this week. Three 6 Mafia's Last 2 Walk slips from #5 to #11, Motley Crue's Saints Of Los Angeles drops from #4 to #16, and Shinedown's The Sound Of Madness drops from #8 to #24. Sales of the Motley Crue album fell by 69%, a steeper decline than any other album in the top 200.

Tech N9ne's Killer bows at #12, one point ahead of Alkaline Trio's Agony And Irony. These are the acts' highest-charting albums to date. My Chemical Romance's two-CD live album The Black Parade Is Dead starts at #22. The group's studio album The Black Parade debuted (and peaked) at #2 in October 2006.

Vanessa Hudgens' Identified opens at #23, one point ahead of the #24 debut (and peak) of Hudgens' first album, V, from 2006. That was released on the heels of the first High School Musical, but before the 2007 sequel. Hudgens of course plays the female lead in the lucrative franchise. You'd think with all the buzz over HSM in the past two years, Hudgens would be doing a lot better than she did last time out, but the charts are endlessly surprising. "Sneakernight" leaps from #94 to #48 on Hot Digital Songs.

Relient K's The Bird And The Bee Sides opens at #25. The rarities collection is the Christian rock group's third album to reach the top 40. The group made its best showing in 2004 when MMHMM reached #15.

Los Lonely Boys' Forgiven debuts at #26, a big drop-off from the group's last album, Sacred, which opened (and peaked) at #2 in July 2006. Incidentally, Los Lonely Boys is one of two brother trios in this week's top 40. The Garza Brothers of Texas are joined by Jonas Brothers of New Jersey, whose Jonas Brothers slips from #24 to #31.

Ups & Downs: Lifehouse's Who We Are vaults from #194 to #135 in its 54th week, a sales gain of 50% over last week. That's the biggest increase of any non-debuting title. Sales to date for the album: 443,000. The group's "Whatever It Takes" has been riding the Hot Digital Songs chart for six months. Sales to date for the song: 700,000.

Catalog Report: I Can Only Imagine: Ultimate Power Anthems Of The Christian Faith heads the Catalog Album chart for the eighth week. The three-CD collection sold 17,000 copies and would have ranked #32 if older, catalog albums could compete on the big chart.

America: Three America-themed classics returned to Hot Digital Songs over the July 4th holiday. Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA," first released in 1984, sold 17,000 downloads (bringing its total to 294,000). Don McLean's 1971 smash "American Pie" sold 10,000 (upping its total to 638,000). Neil Diamond's "America," first released in 1980, sold 8,000 (bringing its total to 167,000).

Let's All Scream: Two weeks ago, Judas Priest landed the highest charting album its 30-year career as Nostradamus debuted at #11. This week, the band members have the satisfaction of seeing the breadth of their cultural influence. Rapper C-Murder debuts at #130 with Screamin' 4 Vengeance, a title that's very close to Judas Priest's 1982 hit, Screaming For Vengeance, the band's first album to reach the top 20.

Turning 50: Three all-time pop icons are turning 50 this year. Prince reached the milestone on June 7. Madonna hits the Big 5-0 on Aug. 16. Michael Jackson follows suit on Aug. 29. All three of these superstars peaked in the mid-1980s-Jackson with Thriller, Prince with Purple Rain and Madonna with Like A Virgin. So which of these stars has sold the most albums in the Nielsen/SoundScan era? That would be Madonna, who has sold 25,995,000 albums since 1991 (placing her #31 among all artists). Jackson is next, with sales of 21,072,000 (good enough for a #49 ranking). Then comes Prince, with sales of 16,430,000 (he is ranked #90).

Heads Up: Beck's Modern Guilt and the ABBA-filled soundtrack to Mamma Mia! are among the top releases due on next week's chart. Also due: a deluxe edition of Maroon5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long and a 30th anniversary reissue of Billy Joel's 1977 classic The Stranger (a little late, but what the heck). Also: a Country Sings Disney collection.

The re-release strategy Rihanna is using is working for her. She's still in the Top 10. I wouldn't be surprised if the album nears the 2 million mark or surpasses that by the end of the year, especially when "Take A Bow" finishes its marvelous run on the charts and while "Disturbia" is taking off at radio and looks to be another #1 on the Airplay charts. Possibly people feel more confident in purchasing a Rihanna album now with all these string of hits she has one by one???

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