Record Numbers
Some people still buy albums, and HEAVE breaks down the numbers.
You know the feeling: Red eyes, a pounding headache and the inevitable feeling that you may throw up. Yes, we're definitely feeling the Thanksgiving hangover, albeit two weeks late. Sales on the album charts were down 16.9% this week from the same time last year, in what is usually a slow sales period after the Thanksgiving / Black Friday rush and before the Christmas blitz.
Propelled by the commands of Oprah, more people went out this week and bought Josh Groban's Noel, pushing the crooner's sales up 33% to 539,000 units. The album has been out for almost two months, but captured the top spot for the first time in the last two weeks after being featured on Oprah's show. The Eagles, whom everyone hates, also received a television boost this week as Long Road Out of Eden jumped up 70% to 313,000 in sales after an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes."
Alicia Keys held strong at number three, moving 257,000 copies of As I Am, while ?ow 26?took the fourth spot dropping 46% from last week with 127,000 in sales. Much like last week, Garth Brooks' greatest hits collection and the soundtrack to "High School Musical 2" latched on to the heart of the charts, snagging the fifth and sixth spots with 112,000 and 98,000 in sales, respectively. The "Hannah Montana 2" album sold 96,000 copies to land at number seven, while Celine Dion's Taking Chances dropped only 28% from last week to 93,000. The top ten was rounded out by Carrie Underwood? ever-present Carnival Ride and the latest holiday bait from Mannheim Steamroller.Posted by Ryan Peters on Dec 07, 2007 @ 12:00 am
