And in other dramatic sales movement this week, pop star (and professional gyrator) Shakira's re-release of Oral Fixation Vol. 2 boosted the album an incredible ninety-two spots to Number Six (81,000). It didn't hurt that the singer recently performed her sexy new single, "Hips Don't Lie," with Wyclef Jean on American Idol.
Two younger bands hit career landmarks this week. California alt-metal outfit Atreyu's A Deathgrip on Yesterday bowed at Nine (69,000), way ahead of 2004's The Curse, which peaked at Thirty-Two; while the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' second effort, Show Your Bones, climbed to Eleven (56,000), bounds ahead of their debut, Fever to Tell, which peaked at Fifty-Five.
Next week, top-selling pop rocker Pink will score high with her feisty I'm Not Dead. And expect solid results from exuberant indie rockers the Flaming Lips, who return with the long-awaited At War With the Mystics.
This week's Top Ten: T.I.'s King; Tim McGraw's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; High School Musical: The Original Soundtrack; Ghostface Killah's Fishscale; Rob Zombie's Educated Horses; Shakira's Oral Fixation Vol. 2; James Blunt's Back to Bedlam; Prince's 3121; Atreyu's A Deathgrip on Yesterday; and Alan Jackson's Precious Memories.
