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U.S. TOP 5 ALBUMS™ Issue Date: August 11, 2001 THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS. ON CHART (1) NEW * 2 1 5 3 3 6 4 4 10 5 2 [...]

TOP INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS™ AUSTRALIA This Week Last Week Artist Album 1 1 SOUNDTRACK Moulin Rouge 2 2 CREED Human Clay 3 3 SHAGGY Hotshot CANADA 1 NEW 'N SYNC Celebrity [...]

LONDON -- The United Kingdom record industry had its best-ever second quarter this year as releases from acts including Dido, Stereophonics, Travis and Destiny's Child drove album revenue up year-on-year [...]

For the third week in a row, an album opens with a first-week number that would normally be enough sales to capture the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200. [...]

Lack of Huge Hit Albums Impacts 1st-Qtr. SoundScan Numbers; Sony Still Tops Sector Bereft of the kind of blockbuster hit product that provided a vigorous sales push last year, the [...]

This issue's Hot Shot Debut at No. 65 is a blast from the past, with the Temptations and 'I'm Here' (Motown). The single is produced by the aforementioned Joe and [...]

NEW YORK--Avid fans and enthusiastic radio programmers are giving a thumbs-up to the new Jimmy Page & the Black Crowes album, 'Live At The Greek: Excess All Areas.' But retailer [...]

Eric Clapton, Toni Braxton, and Bonnie Raitt are three artists who rode Grammy exposure to the top of The Billboard 200 during the '90s. But what if one of the [...]

His quick cover of Brian McKnight's 'Back At One' propels Mark Wills' new 'Permanently' set into double Hot Shot Debut waters, shattering his own career sales thresholds and opening at [...]

First-day numbers can be deceiving, as sales reported by retailers the day after the Nov. 16 flurry suggested that Korn could top 700,000 pieces while Celine Dion could flirt with […]

NEW YORK--Amid all the noisy talk this year about companies selling music on the Internet, one quiet fact may have gotten lost: Brick-and-mortar music merchants are performing better than ever. [...]

Of all the rock bands that emerged in the '80s, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the few to remain relevant to fans and the music industry. In […]

In six short weeks, Donell Jones' 'U Know What's Up' (Untouchables/LaFace/Arista) took him from mediocre chart performance to being the man. The song started gaining momentum at the tail end […]

ROCK RECORDS act Mayday has become one of the first college bands in Taiwan to crack the music charts. The five-member group's debut, 'Mayday 1st Album,' released on July 7 […]

Imagine a variation on a long-running TV advertising campaign. 'Hey, Backstreet Boys,' an off-screen announcer intones. 'Your new album set a SoundScan-era record for sales in a single week at […]

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the strength of a Disney animated film. The box-office success of 'Tarzan and the release of a commercial single has sent Phil Collins' 'You're In My Heart' (Walt […]

With Jay-Z and Rakim each selling more than 130,000 pieces in their opening weeks, rap accounts for three of the top five albums on The Billboard 200 and seven of […]

Record Store Day, which began as a grassroots stunt to drive traffic for indie music retailers has blossomed into an annual marketing platform for major labels to reach key music-buying [...]

Spain's CD Sales Save The Year With 80% Rise MADRID - Compact disc sales in Spain rocketed by 80% in 1991 to save the Spanish market from disaster for the […]

Jackson's |Dangerous' Is Quadruple Threat In Certs LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' is the second album in less than three months to be certified for out-of-the-box sales of 4 […]

What's old is new again as albums of remixes, greatest hits and live recordings debuted in the top 10. Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez made the biggest splash with her 'J to [...]

SHUFFLE BEAT: After breaking the record for the most consecutive weeks by a motion picture soundtrack at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, 'Hope Floats' (Capitol) is tapped out of […]

In the 172nd Year Of Mexican Independence, The Music Industry Faces Free Trade, Unlimited Potential And A Host Of Thorny Issues Everybody wants to be a star in Mexico. 'The […]