Eminem stays atop weekly sales chart, Bo Bice album debuts in fourth
UPI News Service, 12/21/2005
Eminem's "Curtain Call" held onto its top spot on The Billboard 200 albums chart while newcomer Bo Bice debuted at No. 4.
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Eminem's album sold 323,700 U.S. copies during the week for a total of more than 765,000 albums in a two-week period, Nielsen SoundScan reported.
"American Idol" runnerup Bice sold 227,000 copies of "The Real Thing" and joins two "Idol" champs in the Top 10 -- Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" at No. 2 and Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" at No. 8.
"Now That's What I Call Music" holds No. 3 while Kenny Chesney's "The Road and the Radio" clocks in at No. 5 followed by Nickelback's "All the Right Reasons" at No. 6.
The Billboard 200 is rounded out by Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" at No. 7, the Black Eyed Peas' "Monkey Business" at No. 9 and Johnny Cash's "The Legend of Johnny Cash" rounding out the Top 10.
Sales jumped 28.8 percent over the week before with 19.2 million albums sold but still lagged 11 percent behind the same period in 2004.
