NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Teen group
B2K has taken the highest new spot on The Billboard 200 as its
self-titled debut bows in at No. 2.
B2K, whose album sold 108,882 copies in week one, is an R&B/pop group made up of four 16-year-olds. On Monday (March 18), an instore appearance by the group caused the shut-down of the Sun Valley Mall in Concord, Calif., after approximately 1,000 fans got overly excited.
Many albums made it to the top 40 of the chart, including the soundtrack to Resident Evil, which features Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Crystal Method, and others, (No. 24); Destiny's Child's This Is the Remix (No. 29); Indigo Girls' Become You (No. 30); and Remy Shand's The Way I Feel (No. 39).
Other notable debuts include Wu-Tang Productions Presents Killa Beez: The Sting (No. 46), the Corrs' VH1 Presents the Corrs Live in Dublin (No. 52), N.E.R.D.'s In Search Of (No. 61), and Starsailor's Love Is Here (No. 170), among others.
Meanwhile, the top 5 shifted around a bit. O Brother, Where Art Thou? holds onto No. 1; Brandy moves down to No. 5; Alan Jackson jumps two spots up to No. 3; and Alanis Morissette dips one to No. 4.
Continuing its post-Grammy surge in sales, the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? has retained the top position on the Billboard 200 album chart, besting the self-titled debut from R&B boy band B2K. More than 148,000 copies of the country-rooted soundtrack were sold during the week, according to sources, or nearly 50,000 more than B2K's effort.
This is the second week in a row at the top of the charts for O Brother..., which scored five Grammy Awards last month and has now reached 5 million copies sold, despite little airplay whatsoever.
Following B2K, the nation's second-best debut of the week is the soundtrack to Resident Evil, featuring the songs of heavy rock acts Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, and Adema, which checks in at Number 24.
Other debuts in the top 50 are Destiny's Child's This Is The Remix (No 29), the Indigo Girls' Become You (No 39), Remy Shand's The Way I Feel (No 39), and the Wu-Tang Clan's Sting: Wu-Tang Productions Presents Killa Beez (No 46).
