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Slipknot Scores Number One Chart-Topper |
Contributed By: Maniac Racing
Created On: Wednesday, 03 September 2008
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Slipknot's "All Hope Is Gone" sold 239,516 copies during the week ended August 31, according to Nielsen SoundScan, only 1,134 more than The Game's "LAX" at 238,382.
This marks the first No. 1 for the colorful Iowa rockers, who scored a No. 2 with 2004's "Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses" and a No. 3 with 2001's "Iowa." The Game's last two efforts, 2006's "Doctor's Advocate" and 2005's "The Documentary," both debuted at No. 1.
Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" falls one slot to No. 3 on sales of 89,000, while the Jonas Brothers' "A Little Bit Longer" slips from No. 1 to No. 4 with sales of 80,000. The "Mamma Mia" soundtrack drops one notch to No. 5 on sales of 78,000, according to Billboard.
Rounding out the Top 10 are Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" at No. 6, the hits compilation "Now That's What I Call Country" at No. 7, Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" at No. 8, Solange's "Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams" at No. 9 and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" at No. 10.
Other debuts included Puerto Rico-born singer Luis Fonsi's "Palabras Del Silencio" at No. 15; British metal act Dragonforce's "Ultra Beatdown" at No. 18; reunited English rock band The Verve's first album in 11 years, "Forth," at No. 23; and blues legend B.B. King's "One Kind Favor" at No. 37.
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