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Charts: Alicia Keys holds on to top spot
New albums from Aaliyah, Foxy Brown and Kurupt will all debut in the Top 10 on the forthcoming Billboard 200, but none were able to knock Alicia Keys’ “Songs in A Minor" from its perch atop the album chart, according to industry sources.
During its fourth week in stores, “Songs in A Minor” moved more than 221,000 copies, almost identical to the number that it sold the previous week, and enough to keep it in the No. 1 spot for the second week straight and third week overall. “Fallin’,” the album’s first single, is currently No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and trade publication Radio & Records’ Urban airplay chart.
Keys’ sustained momentum leaves the third album from Aaliyah--whose latest, self-titled release logged sales of about 186,000 copies during its first week out--with a No. 2 debut. The “Aaliyah” track “We Need a Resolution,” which features rapper Timbaland, is at No. 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
Both staying put this week, D12’s “Devil’s Night” (Shady) and Staind’s “Break the Cycle” (Flip), sit in the No. 3 and No. 4 slots, respectively.
Clocking in with a No. 5 debut is “Broken Silence” (Def Jam), the latest from Foxy Brown. The album features the single “Oh Yeah.” Brown’s previous album, “Chyna Doll,” debuted at No. 1 in February 1999.
The activity in the Top 5 this week pushes P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family’s “The Saga Continues” (Bad Boy) down to No. 6 following that album's No. 2 debut last week.
Down two spots each from last week, meanwhile, are Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” (Columbia) at No. 7 and Jagged Edge’s “Jagged Little Thrill” (Columbia) at No. 8.
Linkin Park’s “Hybrid Theory” (Warner Bros.)--which hit No. 10 last week on the strength of its current hit, “Crawling”--climbs another spot to No. 9 this week, leaving room for Kurupt’s No. 10 debut, “Space Boogie: Smoke Odyssey” (Antra/Artemis). The rapper’s third full-length, “Space Boogie” houses the track “It’s Over,” and features guest appearances from Snoop and Nate Dogg, former N.W.A. member MC Ren, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and DJ Lethal, and Everlast.
Dropping in just shy of the Top 10 this week is the U.S. debut from Craig David. Titled “Born to Do It” (Wildstar/Atlantic), the album enters the chart at No. 11.
Further down the chart, Willa Ford’s “Willa Was Here” (Lava/Atlantic) manages to fetch only a No. 56 debut despite the No. 7 placement of its track “I Wanna Be Bad” on Billboard’s latest Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. The album is trailed by the No. 59 debut of Bad Azz’s “Personal Business” (Priority).
