Blige Back on Foxx's Tail
Another week, another game of musical chairs between Mary J. Blige and Jamie Foxx.
Ever since their albums opened in the top two spots on the Billboard 200 late last month, Blige's The Breakthrough and Foxx's Unpredictable repeatedly switched back and forth as the chart champ. Blige kicked off the tug-o-war at number one, Foxx took over the top spot for the next two weeks and then Blige recaptured the chart perch in week four. Week five was a photo finish.
Foxx's Unpredictable returned to number one on 97,000 copies, according to the latest Nielsen SoundScan numbers, a mere 2,000 copies above The Breakthrough, which fell back to number two.
But The Breakthrough still holds a slight edge in total sales, accounting for 1.25 million copies to Unpredictable's 1.13 million.
Eminem and Carrie Underwood also were in a nail-biter. The Shady One's Curtain Call moved up to number three with 74,000, while the American Idol champ's Some Hearts fell to four with 73,000. It was the exact opposite of what happened the week previous, when Underwood took three and Eminem took four with just 1,000 separating them.
Rounding out the Top 5 was the greatest-hits disc The Legend of Johnny Cash, climbing five spots in the wake of Walk the Line's huge Golden Globe night, with sales of 55,000, up nearly 40 percent. This is Cash's best Billboard showing since 1969's Johnny Cash at San Quentin topped the chart.
While no debuts cracked the Top 10, James Blunt's Back to Bedlam climbed four spots to number nine in its 16th week. The disc sold 41,000 copies, bringing its total sales up to 425,000 discs.
In a week that didn't see a single album hit the 100,000 sales mark, it comes as no surprise that the top bow, Juanita Bynum's Piece of My Passion, appeared way down at number 55 with 16,000 copies. Too Short's Pimpin' Inc. was the only other chart newcomer, checking in at number 80.
Elsewhere, music legend Neil Diamond enjoyed the week's biggest gain. The Jazz Singer's 12 Songs leapt nearly a 100 spots, from number 119 to 22, selling another 27,000 copies. The Rick Rubin-produced disc benefited from Diamond's Martin Luther King Day visit to the The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Here's a rundown of last week's Top 10 albums:
1. Unpredictable, Jamie Foxx
2. The Breakthrough, Mary J. Blige
3. Curtain Call, Eminem
4. Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood
5. The Legend of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
6. All the Right Reasons, Nickelback
7. Chris Brown, Chris Brown
8. Duets: The Final Chapter, Notorious B.I.G.
9. Back to Bedlam, James Blunt
10. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
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