Diddy must be cheesin’ hard right now!
I really don’t like these guys, but somehow Day 26 was able to replace Danity Kane at the top of the Billboard 200 this week. I can’t even think of the name of the first single – ALL of these guys and their songs are simply forgettable. I do commend Diddy on his marketing skills with being able to create frenzy when it comes to his “Making the Band” bands.
In any event, the new Bad Boy album moved 190,000 copies this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a marked decline from Danity Kane’s 236,000-copy start last week. Day26 is the first new male group to open at No. 1 since 2001, when D12 bowed on top with “Devil’s Night.” It’s also the highest bow for a debut album by a group since Danity Kane’s eponymous first set started at No. 1 in 2006.
Meanwhile, “Dollhouse” falls 1-4 with 89,000, a 62% sales decrease. Panic At The Disco’s sophomore set, “Pretty. Odd.” (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic), enters at No. 2 with 139,000. That easily trumps the group’s previous best sales week, when “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” moved 45,000 during Christmas week in 2006.
Counting Crows returns to the big chart at No. 3 with “Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings,” their first studio album in six years. The Geffen album sold 106,000 and is the veteran rock band’s highest charting record since “Recovering the Satellites” bowed at No. 1 in 1996. The band’s last studio set, “Hard Candy,” opened at No. 5 with 138,000 in 2002.
The multi-label “NOW 27″ compilation continues its decline 2-5 with 67,000 (-61%), and Rick Ross’ “Trilla” (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) follows suit, slipping 3-6 with 51,000 (-43%).
The surprise album from the Raconteurs, “Consolers of the Lonely,” starts at No. 7 with 42,000. As previously reported, the existence of Third Man/Warner Bros. set wasn’t announced until March 18, a week before street date. The band’s 2006 debut, “Broken Boy Soldiers,” started No. 7 with 61,000.
Jack Johnson’s Brushfire album “Sleep Through the Static” descends 5-8 with a 45% decrease to 37,000, and Flo Rida’s debut album, “Mail on Sunday” (Poe Boy/Atlantic), falls 4-9 with 34,000 (-61%). Sara Bareilles’ “Little Voice” (Epic) has a 43% sales loss with 31,000 and drops 9-10.
The B-52’s return to The Billboard 200 with their first studio album in nearly 16 years this week, as “Funplex” (Astralwerks) bows at No. 11 with 30,000. The band’s last studio effort, “Good Stuff,” peaked at No. 16 in July 1992.
Other debuts this week include the Enrique Iglesias compilation “95/08 Exitos” (Universal Latino) at No. 18 with 22,000, Sony’s “WWE: The Music Volume 8″ at No. 24 with 17,000 and Simon & Garfunkel’s Starbucks exclusive concert set “Live 1969″ (Columbia/Legacy) at No. 33 with 16,000.
Album sales this week are down 12.7% compared to last week at 7.71 million and down 15.6% against the same week in 2007.
April 3, 2008 at 12:12 am
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Hi ASF,
On behalf of XL Recordings and Warner Bros Records, many thanks for plugging “Consolers Of The Lonely” … .. thanks also, on behalf of the labels and The Raconteurs, for not posting any pirate links although, if you / your readers would like a good quality, non-pirated, preview clip, a widget of the promo video for “Salute Your Solution” is available for fans and bloggers to embed at http://www.theraconteurs.com/widget.html
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April 25, 2008 at 8:59 pm
There’s only ONE group between the two that has the vocal chops to last longer than the “six pack, thin thigh and Size 6″ stage and they don’t wear lip gloss. If we’re keeping it real–they wouldn’t DARE put those girls head to head with those guys in terms of singing. It would be a publicity NIGHTMARE. When I hear Aubrey and Shannon sing live–I cringe because their vocals are weak and are at best, suited for “recording sessions”. They WILL leave the singing to Dawn and Aundrea…with large sprinkles of D.Woods. They will ALLOW Aubrey and Shannon to harmonize–and dance. PERIOD.
But…every ONE of those guys in Day26 could handle DK in their sleep–and we all know it. You see, the R&B world, is a harder arena than the “pop” world. If you can’t “blow” –you will get shut down. These guys could EASILY perform at a serious function, i.e., the Grammys because they really do have the goods. In R&B, you can’t hide by techno-machines and heavy, heavy hooks like DK and be taken seriously. It won’t fly. So for that ALONE, the real AWARD goes to Day26 because they have five brothers that can sing, do riffs, vocalize and resonate without all that breathy, nonsense you will get in Danity Kane.
Don’t get me wrong…I really LIKE DK…and am rooting for them but that don’t mean I don’t know how the biz is. So you shouldn’t either. I bought both DK albums and the D26 album the FIRST DAY…and anyone with a CLEAR and UNBIASED mind knows that in terms of vocal quality, resonance and substance…D26 is KILLING Danity Kane.
Sorry. It is what it is. DK=crossover appeal. D26=true, vocal talent.