DOUBLE PLAY:
R. KELLY IN THE GREEN
The salacious, multi-platinum soul man returns to the top of the charts with his latest, garnering an impressive 395k in first-week sales, easily defeating the previous #1, Maroon 5's A&M/Octone album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, now #2.
Another former chart-topper, Linkin Park's WB effort, Minutes to Midnight, drops a notch to #3, ahead of the week's biggest debut, Broken Bow country star Jason Aldean, whose Relentless album, distributed by RED, lands at #4.
RCA/RMG's resilient Daughtry moves up to round out the Top 5, one notch ahead of hard-charging Universal Republic diva Amy Winehouse, parlaying VH1 Gung Ho rotation, a performance on Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards and a Rolling Stone cover into an #11-6 and a nice 32% gain. Rehab has never been this successful.
Arista/RMG's Avril Lavigne (#7), Def Jam/IDJ's Young Jeezy Presents U.S.D.A.: Cold Summer (#8) and Reprise's Michael Buble (#9) are holdovers, while Star Trak/Interscope's Robin Thicke shows the power of another Oprah appearance with a #29-10 leap and a whopping 146% rise.
The only other newcomer to the Top 50 is prog-rockers Circa Survive's On Letting Go on Albany, N.Y.-based indie Equal Vision.
Other double-digit winners include A&M/Interscope's Fergie (#20-14, +19%) and Capitol's Corinne Bailey Rae (#45-35, +11%)
Today, Def Jam's Rihanna and Jive/ZLG's T-Pain hit the street, and are expected to contend for next week's top spot, with Hear Music's Paul McCartney, WB's Big & Rich and Interscope's Marilyn Manson, Daddy Yankee and Chris Cornell also in stores.
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
