Albums: Now That's What I Call Music! 31 is #1
With a heavy dose of hip hop and R&B, Now That's What I Call Music! 31 debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Now That's What I Call Music! 31
2. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
3. Rob Thomas - Cradlesong
4. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
5. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
6. Jeremih - Jeremih
7. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage
8. Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines and Trying Times
9. Eminem - Relapse
10. Lady GaGa - The Fame
Available on iTunes:
Now That's What I Call Music! 31
Over at Hip Hop Press:
Newest Installment of World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series,
Now That's What I Call Music!, Debuts in Top Spot
This is the least amount of Hip-Hop in a weekly top ten in quite a while. A fellow writer and I were just discussing how there simply haven't been a lot of "urban" releases in the past few months. Here's hoping the fall produces something good.
Posted by: Adam B | July 10, 2009 at 08:32 AM
It ebbs and flows. I'm wondering how much has to do with mixtapes and related free products, that aren't included in the charts, replacing albums.
Since I don't follow any other genre nearly as closely as I follow hip hop, I wonder how things like pushbacks and cancellations differ across genres as well as the issue of how majors decide to promote or not promote albums once they've released them.
I also wonder about the criminal element, e.g. drug money, as a source of financing and that effect on the release of albums.
Posted by: Clyde Smith | July 12, 2009 at 01:52 AM