September 20, 2006

America, here are your two leading pop/rock men. Justin Timberlake's Futuresex/Love Sounds (Jive) had a monster (well, for this era) debut. It sold 684,000 units in its first week, 10% of them in the digital format. (How high was demand for this album? It sold 1,187 the week before its official release.) Timberlake more than doubled the debut week of John Mayer's Continuum (Columbia). It sold a hair shy of 300,000 and an incredible 21% in the digital format.

Bob Segar's Face the Promise (Capitol) debuted at #4 with 150,000 sold -- but only 4% in the digital format. Lionel Richie's Coming Home (Island) sold 75,000 and debuted at #6. The Mars Volta's Amputechture (Universal) debuted at #9 with 59,000 sales.

Other debuts: Papa Roach at #16, Barenaked Ladies at #17, Black Label Society at #21, Mastodo at #32, Madeleine Peyroux at #33, Daz at #35, Norma Jean at #38, TV on the Radio at #41, Sugarcult at #64, Yo La Tengo at #66 and Citizen Cope at #69.

Second-week fades: Beyonce sagged 70%, Audioslave dipped 65%, Iron Maiden dropped 64%.

Album sales for the week were up 6% over last week. Digital tracks were up about 20% over last week.

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Posted by Glenn at 11:24 AM | | | Album Chart