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Shania Bounds 'Up' To No. 1

Shania Twain's latest Mercury release "Up!" soars straight to the top of The Billboard 200 this week on sales of 874,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The total is the second-largest opening of the year, behind rapper Eminem's "The Eminem Show" (Shady/Interscope), which moved 1.3 million copies in its first week in May. Along with her Billboard 200 No. 1, Twain achieves the same position on Billboard's Top Country Albums tally, where her 1997 album "Come on Over" logged 50 weeks at the top.

Although "Come on Over" never rose above No. 2 on The Billboard 200, the set has sold 14.4 million copies to date, more than any album tracked since SoundScan began tallying sales in 1991. The new set was led by Twain's latest single, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!," which became a top-10 hit on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in less than seven weeks.

2. "NOW That's What I Call Music! 11" 316,000 copies sold
3. "8 Mile Soundtrack" 281,000 copies sold
4. Ja Rule "The Last Temptation" 238,000 copies sold.
5. Jay-Z "The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse" 187,000 copies sold
6. matchbox twenty "More Than You Think You Are" 178,000 copies sold
7. Audioslave "Audioslave" 162,000 copies sold
8. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott "Under Construction" 129,000 copies sold
9. Avril Lavigne "Let Go" 113,000 copies sold
10. Justin Timberlake "Justified" 111,000 copies sold

The rest of this weeks debuts:
Toni Braxton "More Than a Woman" No. 13
Mudvayne "The End of All Things to Come" No. 17
George Harrison "Brainwashed" No. 18
Talib Kweli "Quality" No. 21
Craig David "Slicker Than Your Average" No. 32


Eminem Can't 'Lose' No. 1 Single

Eminem's "Lose Yourself" stretches its reign on Billboard's Hot 100 to a fifth-straight week and also reaches a new peak position on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally with a 7-5 jump.

2. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott "Work It"
3. Jennifer Lopez "Jenny From the Block" featuring Jadakiss & Styles

New to the top-10 of the Hot 100 is Jay-Z's "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" featuring Beyonce Knowles, which is up 11-9. The song is No. 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally. The Hot 100's fastest-growing track at radio is Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful," which soars 39-22. The jump makes "Beautiful" the singer's fastest-climbing solo cut since her 1999 single "Genie in a Bottle."

Tupac Shakur continues to score from beyond the grave as his "Thugz Mansion" is the Hot 100's top debut at No. 50. The song scoots 32-21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, making it the rapper's 13th posthumous appearance on the urban tally. The song is from his latest Interscope collection "Better Dayz," released earlier this week.

Further down the Hot 100, Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" enters at No. 29 to give the young singer her third-straight charting single. Her "Sk8er Boi" is at No 20, while "Complicated" remains at No. 27.

Other notable entries on the Hot 100 include O-Town's "These Are the Days" at No. 64, Amerie's "Talkin' to Me" at No. 70, Dru Hill's "I Should Be..." at No. 72, Brooks & Dunn's "Every River" at No. 75, and Blake Shelton's "The Baby" at No. 76.

The Hot 100's fastest-growing track at retail is Kid Rock's "Picture" featuring Sheryl Crow and Allison Moorer, flying this week 91-71. The single is at No. 50 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks roundup, where Rascal Flatts' "These Days" tops the chart for a second-straight week.

No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock 3 Doors Down "When I'm Gone"
No. 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks Foo Fighters "All My Life"

the aftermath

It's good to see Ja Rule's career starting to fade.

tsohg

874,000 copies!!! but I thought everyone was stealing and downloading music. Somebody better tell those 874,000 jokers about a computer and a cable modem noobs

SnoopDogg

gerrythedon

2PAC "BETTER DAYZ" BETTER BE #1!!!, NEXT WEEK...

SnoopDogg

Lot of Competition, next week. Snoop, Sum 41, and so on and so on.

gerrythedon

ALL CRAP I SAY...well except ure album SNOOPDOGG... of course.... HEH HEH

gerrythedon

PAC will be #1!!!

gerrythedon

Arriving at No. 5 on sales of 366,000 copies is Tupac Shakur's latest posthumous release "Better Dayz" (Interscope).

not BAD