Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 29, 2003 completly ganked from 411mania.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Staind is back atop the Billboard Charts. Their latest album, 14 Shades of Grey, entered at #1 with 220,000 copies sold. The Deftones debuted at #2 with their self titled fourth album selling 167,000 copies. The exposure of the American Idol 2 finale seems to have boosted Kelly Clarkson's Thankful. The album moved up to #3 with 105,000 copies sold. Evanescence's Fallen continues to be one of the year's true surprises, moving up to #4 with 103,000 copies, increasing its total sales to over 1.1 million. 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' slipped to #5 with 101,000 copies sold. The soundtrack to The Matrix Reloaded took the #6 spot with 94,000 copies sold. Norah Jones' Come Away With Me sold another 83,000 copies to land at #7. The album has now topped 6 million in total sales. The soundtrack to The Lizzie McGuire Movie came in at #8 with 77,000 copies sold. David Banner's major label debut, Mississippi: The Album, entered at #9 with 75,000 copies sold. Rounding out the top ten is The Very Best of Cher which sold 73,000 copies. Marilyn Manson's The Golden Age of Grotesque, last week's #1 album, slipped 20 spots in its second week to #21 with just 37,000 copies sold. ------------------------------------------------- I'm suprised Evanescence has continued to do that well based on the one single. Anyone know if anything else on the cd is any good? I'm not a Manson fan...so I get a laugh at his fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 The Evanescence CD is pretty good all around. Out of curiosity, where did Weird Al Yankovic's "Poodle Hat" place, because that got little hype or press other than the Eminem thin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mindless_Aggression Report post Posted May 29, 2003 God bless ye old Deftones. Gives me faith in humanity when something with intelligence debuts that high. Of course Staind debuted at no.1 but I don't hate them as much as your average joe, so even that doesn't offend me much. Hooray for the Manson tumble. I loved the last 3 CDs full of thought provoking lyrics, but to hell with that! Lets just say "fuck" a lot, release a CD full of attempts to regain his "edge" and try to be artsy at the same time. Odd that when he wasn't trying to be some big art experiment gone wrong, he actually was quite original and thoughtful. The Golden Age is a whole new level of shit though. The Evanescence CD will probably continue to do well. Not my thing but she has a huge voice and the thing is full of radio friendly yet angry enough to appeal to your average 15 year old goth girl songs to keep it strong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted May 29, 2003 Nah, Manson's new disc is good, he's not trying to be edgy. He's trying to be funny, and poking fun at himself for being quaint and out of touch with what pisses people off these days. If you think he failed at that too, I have no argument. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mindless_Aggression Report post Posted May 29, 2003 Nah, Manson's new disc is good, he's not trying to be edgy. He's trying to be funny, and poking fun at himself for being quaint and out of touch with what pisses people off these days. If you think he failed at that too, I have no argument. I've heard that theory on it all before and if thats honestly what he was going for, then I shall let him off the hook lyrically. Sonically, the thing is still quite awful and I beg for some semblance of the old Manson back. But whatever, he has another hot girlfriend, I doubt he cares one way or another. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tank_abbott Report post Posted May 29, 2003 The Evanescence CD is pretty good all around. Out of curiosity, where did Weird Al Yankovic's "Poodle Hat" place, because that got little hype or press other than the Eminem thin. I 2nd this, Please reveal the Wierd Al sales info if possible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted May 29, 2003 New Staind album???? How have I not heard of this??? I loved Break The Cycle, it's a winner. I wonder if that's been released in Australia yet. Someone let me know if it's any good. I've been considering getting a hold of the Evanesence CD too, good to hear they've got more than one good song Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HollywoodSpikeJenkins Report post Posted May 29, 2003 I'm suprised Evanescence has continued to do that well based on the one single. Anyone know if anything else on the cd is any good? I haven't heard the whole thing, but from what I have, it is. "My Immortal" which I would think is the next single, even makes me tear up sometimes. sniff sniff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 29, 2003 It has been realtivily low key release considering the hype job BTC got..but Price to Play is tearing up the charts... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 The Evanescence CD is pretty good all around. Out of curiosity, where did Weird Al Yankovic's "Poodle Hat" place, because that got little hype or press other than the Eminem thin. I 2nd this, Please reveal the Wierd Al sales info if possible! I figured what spot it is. Poodle Hat's #17 on the Billboard 200... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 29, 2003 So Cher at #10 sold 73,000, and Mason at #21 (ha!) sold 37,000...Al's somewhere in between all that, closer the Manson's sales then Cher's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 So I'm guessing he's somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 Staind is atop the album charts again, and I weep for humanity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 Deftones are so intelligent! I mean, who else can have a chorus of "SHOVE IT, SHOVE IT, SHOVE IT"?! Haha, I love busting the balls of Deftones fans. Until I see a band that isn't completely creamed over by some form of uber-mainstream press in the Top 10, I still don't care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zack Malibu Report post Posted May 29, 2003 The Evanescence CD is excellent stuff. One of the few CD's I can listen to without having to skip over a song. The second single is "Going Under", btw. It's just started getting airplay around here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mindless_Aggression Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Deftones are so intelligent! I mean, who else can have a chorus of "SHOVE IT, SHOVE IT, SHOVE IT"?! Haha, I love busting the balls of Deftones fans. Heh, you hardly "busted my balls" there, I mean my God, thats not even the lyric ... Cloud...come Shove it Shove...the sun Shove it The sun Shove it Aside Shove it aside Admittedly hardly poetry, although a lot of their stuff is closer to that than anything else, but hardly j ust the screaming of "shove it" repeatedly. And my God, you're a Shadows Fall fan, MY FEAR WILL DRAG YOU DOWN sounds like something that would come out of Fred Durst's mouth. Although oddly enough, I like Stepping Outside The Circle, doesn't really change the fact that the lyrics are about as nu metal whiney as it gets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Touché, mon ami. Touché. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted May 30, 2003 ^That's another thing about Shadows Fall that annoys me, but I'll reserve full judgment until I see them live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Glad I'm not the only one who shakes his head in disbelief when people rank deftones above all the other crap. Oh well, they're better than Staind. You're right Corey, it's genuinely fucking scary that people bought their new album. I don't even think this one was well received by critics. ARGH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gangsteruwa Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Will Agorophobic Nosebleed ever get a break? Their latest album Altered States of America is pure genius. Who else would think of putting 100 songs on a mini CD that only last about 20 minutes? PURE GENIUS!! They should be in the top 5 easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mindless_Aggression Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Shadows Fall is excellent live, saw them open for Mushroomhead (BWAHAHA) a while back in Tulsa. Needless to say they stole the show. Then again, a one armed chimp could steal the show from Mushroomhead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted May 31, 2003 I see no problem with mushroomhead, they were fine when I saw 'em. The worst part was the short length of the set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
