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Next Week Should Be All About The Stones...Almost

September 7, 2005

Much like the Elvis of yore, The Rolling Stones have been everywhere these past several weeks—and it looks like it’s paying off, since next week’s sales should be all about the Stones... almost. And we say almost only because the mighty Kanye West promises to continue his mightiness next week, with a shoo-in for the #1 spot again. West's album is on track to sell another 350-400k this week.

It looks like Mick, Keef and the other dudes should hit around 150k as of next week with their new Virgin release, A Bigger Bang. That should probably be good enough to put the “boys” in the #2 slot, right behind Professor West’s Late Registration, which, again, should have no problem whatsoever hitting the top spot. And since Kanye recently expressed his support of our current Commander-in-Chief—and since the Stones have done something similar, with their track, “Sweet Neo Con” on the new album—we’re thinking this might prove to be a development that the White House can get strongly behind. (Is a rebirth of the P.R.M.C. waiting in the wings?)

Next week’s only real competition will be a new 50 Cent CD reissue. The new G-Unit/Interscope release will repackage the rapper’s best-selling debut album with several new tracks and a DVD. We’re predicting sales of around 125k—which might be enough for 50 Cent to nab the #2 spot... but it seems unlikely.


SUMMARY - Tuesday sales:
1. Kanye West (58,000)
2. Rolling Stones (29,000)
3. 50 Cent (20,000)

Once again, REAL music has to take a backseat to (C)RAP !

This country needs help.

Thanks georgelicks. Always nice to hear the latest sales figures.

Thanks - # 2 is good, if not the hoped-for top spot. Hell, 41 years after 12 x 5 reached # 3, the every-studio-album-reaches-top 5 record is unbroken - something unprecedented. Only other artists to get close (Elvis, Beatles) did it posthumously, not w/ new recordings. Licks also debuted # 2, 10/19/2002; Bridges, btw, debuted at # 3 on 10/18/1997; Voodoo # 2 on 7/30/1994.



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out of my head Wrote:
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> Once again, REAL music has to take a backseat to
> (C)RAP !
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> This country needs help.

You took the words right out of my mouth dude.




JumpingKentFlash

come on mates, the Stones play in a higher class !
it's non sense to compare them with beginners.

Agreed JP. But I can't understand why someone, who still haven't proven himself at all (read: James Blunt, Kanye West), should get that much marketing. It's as Jagger says in the Matt Lauer interview: "There's always been that in showbiz. They look at you and say: You look good, you'll do". So true.

JumpingKentFlash

Kanye West is a decent artist. Since the mid nineties rap/hiphop began a downfall. Every new rap artist sounded the same. Mos Def & Talib Kweli were exceptions. Kanye West also (although not as good as Mosdefs debut).