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Hitting retail this week and expected to debut on the album chart next week are Capitol’s Interpol, WB’s Smashing Pumpkins, Merge’s Spoon, Hollywood’s Aly & AJ and Victory’s Darkest Hour.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

T.I. IS TOO TOUGH

Velvet Revolver, Kelly Rowland Debut in Top 10, But Grand Hustle Rap Superstar Sells Close to Half Million
For Atlanta Dirty South rapper T.I., his new Grand Hustle/Atlantic album is just the T.I.P. of the iceberg.

The Grammy-winning hip-hop superstar’s T.I. vs. T.I.P. bows at #1 on the HITS Album Sales chart with an impressive summer total of 466k, more than enough to beat back last week’s champion, Disney’s Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley soundtrack, which boasts an impressive second-week figure of 187k.

RCA/RMG supergroup Velvet Revolver’s Libertad, the band’s sophomore album, is one of three newcomers to the Top 10, at #4, with 98k, while the second album from Columbia Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland debuts at #6, with 84k.

RCA/RMG’s Kelly Clarkson drops a notch to #3, with 116k, followed by Island’s Bon Jovi (#5), RCA/RMG’s Brad Paisley (#7), Universal Republic’s Amy Winehouse (#8), WB’s Linkin Park (#9) and WB’s White Stripes (#10).

That gives Clive Davis’ RCA Music Group three in the Top 10.

Other chart newcomers include WB’s Transformers soundtrack (#21), Victory’s Silverstein (#27) and Epic’s Sara Bareilles (#47), the L.A.-based singer/songwriter who has the #1-selling album at iTunes.

A&M/Interscope’s Fergie is the week’s big gainer, up 15% at #11, with Jive/ZLG’s R. Kelly (#15, +4%), Roadrunner’s Nickelback (#24, +1%), A&M’s The Police (#26, +2%), Disney’s Hannah Montana soundtrack (#31, +2%), Jive/ZLG’s Justin Timberlake (#33, +7%), Interscope’s Gwen Stefani (#36, +5%), Interscope’s Timbaland (#39, +3%), Curb’s Tim McGraw (#41, +1%) and Island/IDJ’s Fall Out Boy (#43, +2%).

Hitting retail this week and expected to debut on the album chart next week are Capitol’s Interpol, WB’s Smashing Pumpkins, Merge’s Spoon, Hollywood’s Aly & AJ and Victory’s Darkest Hour.

 
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