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Charts: The Beatles' '1' takes its name to heart
Thirty years after breaking up, the Beatles score a No. 1 debut on the album chart this week with “1” (Columbia), a compilation of 27 of the group’s No. 1 hits. The album leads a pack of five top-10 debuts that also includes new releases from the Offspring , Sade , Ricky Martin and the latest “Now That’s What I Call Music” (Columbia) compilation, according to industry sources.
The Liverpool quartet’s first chart-topper since 1996's "Anthology 3" compilation features such tracks as “Love Me Do,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Help,” “Ticket to Ride” and a slew of other equally well-known tunes. The album had just as strong a showing in the U.K., topping that country’s album chart as well this week. The album’s debut-week success was likely spurred by ABC’s airing of “Revolution,” a comprehensive, two-hour documentary about the band that aired last Friday night (11/17).
Following closely behind the Beatles with a No. 2 debut this week is “Now That’s What I Call Music Vol. 5,” a compilation of previously released songs from hitmakers such as ‘NSync, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Everclear, Bon Jovi and 3 Doors Down. The previous disc in the “Now” series was released in July and spent three consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot on the album chart.
The string of chart-topping debuts continues with Sade’s “Lovers Rock” (Epic) at No. 3 and Ricky Martin’s “Sound Loaded” (Columbia) at No. 4. “Lovers Rock” is Sade’s first release of new material in eight years, while “Sound Loaded” is the follow-up to Martin’s multi-platinum, self-titled 1999 debut.
The newcomers in the top four slots on this week’s chart shove R. Kelly’s “TP-2.com” (Jive)--which debuted at No. 1 last week--down to No. 5. Outkast’s “Stankonia” (LaFace/Arista), Limp Bizkit’s “Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water” and Jay-Z’s “Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000” (Roc-a-Fella) also suffer a similar fate, pushed from their respective Nos. 2, 3 and 4 positions last week to Nos. 6, 7 and 8 this week.
The Offspring’s “Conspiracy of One” (Columbia) is the fifth and final newcomer to the top-10 this week, clocking in at No. 9 in its first week of release. The album is followed by Nelly’s “Country Grammar” (Universal) at No. 10, down from No. 5 last week.
“Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)" (Nothing/Interscope), the latest from Marilyn Manson, falls just outside the top-10 this week to debut at No. 13. That keeps the shock-rocker just ahead of Keith Sweat’s “Didn’t See Me Coming” (Elektra), which debuts at No. 16, and Prodigy of Mobb Deep’s “H.N.I.C.” (Loud), which enters the chart at No. 18.
