Some new mediamax albums on the billboard charts this week and the foos still selling strong!!!
The No. 5 spot yields the only other top 10 debut this week, making way for Cassidy's "I'm a Hustla" (Full Surface/J). The rapper, who recently turned himself in to Philadelphia police in connection with an April shooting, sold 93,000 copies of his sophomore set in its first week.While the Foo Fighters' "In Your Honor" (Roswell/RCA) falls 3-7 on a 23% slip to 88,000.
Other notable Billboard 200 debuts include CKY's "An Answer Can Be Found" (Island, No. 35); Razor & Tie's "Slow Motion" compilation of R&B hits (No. 37); Raheem DeVaughn's "The Love Experience" (Jive, No. 46); and Bizarre's "Hannicap Circus" (Sanctuary, No. 48).
Overall U.S. album sales were up 6.6% over the previous week at 10.9 million units, but trail the same week last year by 2.7%. Sales for 2005 are behind 2004 by 7.5% at 283 million units.