THIS WEEK IN SOUNDSCAN: IT’S 2001 ALL OVER AGAIN
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 6:14pm by Vince NeilsteinIt was 2001 all over again this past week as the two highest charting metal / hard rock acts (and I use those terms loosely) were Kid Rock and Linkin Park. Sigh. And the highest charting metal debut was Whitesnake. Yes, Whitesnake, who sold a whopping 8,000 copies of their new album, good enough for a #70 chart position.
After the jump, the chart positions and sales numbers of hard rock / metal releases in the Top 200. This week I didn’t include everything because, well, I didn’t feel like it (i.e. Nickelback for the 10 millionth time… hint: it’s about to break 7 million records)… but everything that’s important is there.
#42 KID ROCK – ROCK N ROLL JESUS
This Week: 11,164
Cume: 864,735
Bouyed by a new single. White trash rock still sells.
#48 LINKIN PARK – MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
This Week: 10,369
Cume: 2,371,888
#51 BUCKCHERRY – 15
This Week: 9,948
Cume: 1,172,58
#70 WHITESNAKE – GOOD TO BE BAD
This Week: 8,089 (debut)
#74 P.O.D. – WHEN ANGELS AND SERPENTS DANCE
This Week: 7,768
Cume: 49,337
I’m surprised too.
#77 NINE INCH NAILS – GHOSTS I-IV
This Week: 7,695
Cume: 57,71
#87 CHILDREN OF BODOM – BLOODDRUNK
This Week: 7,014
Cume: 26,883
A 64% drop from the debut week, but still a great number for them.
#88 SEETHER – FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPACE
This Week: 6,938
Cume: 398,984
#90 APOCALYPTICA – WORLDS COLLIDE
This Week: 6,734
Cume: 17,412
This band has Corey Taylor to thank for selling anything at all.
#91 TANTRIC – END BEGINS
This Week: 6,706
Cume: 6,895
The end began a long time ago for this band.
#100 PUDDLE OF MUDD – FAMOUS
This Week: 6,294
Cume: 225,066
#111 THRICE – VOL. 3-4-ALCHEMY INDEX
This Week: 5,563
Cume: 27,318
Vagrant is surely thrilled with this number. I wish they could do better, though, for this amazing band.
115 ATREYU LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR
This Week: 5,384
Cume: 223,497
Sagging sales propped up by the ubiquitous “deluxe” re-release. Still… this record actually ended up selling better than I thought it would.
#163 IN FLAMES – A SENSE OF PURPOSE
This Week: 3,863
Cume: 37,749
Will it top the sales of Come Clarity? Hard to say.
#164 SEVENDUST – CHAPTER 7: HOPE & SORROW
This Week: 3,860
Cume: 42,263
#178 ASHES DIVIDE – KEEP TELLING MYSELF IT’S ALRIGHT
This Week: 3,665
Cume: 25,491
This has got to be a collosal disappointment from both Billy Howerdel’s and the record label’s perspective.
-VN
I don’t remember Kid Rock being very big in 01, but okay.
Actually, Tantric lost all of its members then the singer started over. So the Days of the New members are all gone. Not that anyone gives a shit. But ya know, I thought I’d just – oh, never mind.
As for Nickelback, haven’t all the people who already like them already bought the album? Who in the hell is buying this album, especially now? I guess the record industry hasn’t died, it’s just shifted to all sales to Mariah Carey and Nickelback.
Say goodbye to you fat expense account and plush office Mr A&R man. Time to learn this phrase. “Thank You please drive through”
Nickelback couldn’t hold Thrice’s jock.
They don’t have to. Chad can suck his own!
what the fuck is happening to this retarded world. why the fuck is bodom at #87. and why is in flames at #163. why the fuck is apokalyptica at #90. how the hell could a piece of shit band like linkin park be ahead of thease real bands