Fiddy Goes Four-For-Four

03/30/2005 2:37 PM, E! Online
David Jenison

Leave it to 50 Cent to turn this past month into the March Massacre.

For the fourth straight week, 50 Cent's The Massacre remained the album that no one could unseat from the top of the charts. According to Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today, The Massacre continued its number one killing spree with another 329,000 copies sold.

Remarkably, even in its fourth week, The Massacre outsold the debut numbers for every other chart-topping title this year, save one: The Documentary by Fiddy protg The Game.

Now That's What I Call Music! 18, which challenged for the top spot last week, stayed put at number two selling another 269,000 copies. Still, it was enough to best this week's highest debut, Frankie J's The One, which sold 130,000 copies for a number three bow.

(Ironically, the Now! hits collection might have hampered Frankie J's sales by releasing his new hit, "Obsession (No Es Amor)" with Baby Bash, before it actually came out on his own album.)

The Queens of the Stone Age landed the week's second best bow as their latest, Lullabies to Paralyze, sold 97,000 copies at number five. This marks the first Queens' album since Nick Oliveri left the group, making Josh Homme the sole remaining founding member.

Lifehouse, who claimed the most played song of 2001 with "Hanging By a Moment," made a solid comeback as their new self-titled disc sold 63,000 copies for a number ten bow. The group's new single, "You and Me," was recently number one most added at Adult Top 40.

Finally, in its 18th week, Gwen Stefani's Love.Angel.Music.Baby jumped eight spots to reenter the Top 10 at nine on 68,000 copies sold. The disc benefited from Stefani's many television appearances last week, including Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America and MTV's TRL.

The rest of the Top 10, all holdovers, included Green Day's American Idiot at four, Jack Johnson's In Between Dreams at six, Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway at seven and The Killers' Hot Fuss at eight.

Outside the Top 10, country singer Trace Adkins sold 63,000 copies of his new disc, Songs About Me, for a number 11 debut, while Tweet's It's Me Again chirped its way up to number 17 with nearly 55,000 copies. Moby's Hotel checked in at 28, Trust Company's True Parallels opened at 32, and Ozzy Osbourne reigned at 36 with his new box set, Prince Of Darkness.

If Tupac can release new albums from the grave, surely C-Murder can drop new music from the pen. The incarcerated rapper's new disc, The Truest S#!@ I Ever Said, broke onto the charts at 41. He's followed by Billy Idol's Devil's Playground at 46, Radio Disney's Jams 7at 57, and Jimmy Buffett's Live In Hawaii at 66.

Jars of Clay, who opened at number one on the Christian music charts, hit the number 71 spot on the Billboard 200 with their new disc, Redemption Songs.

Other noteworthy debuts included Nickelodeon Kids Choice at 96, Bloc Party's Silent Alarm at 114, Copeland's In Motion at 115, Decemberists' Picaresque at 128 and Louis XIV's Best Little Secrets Are Kept at 160.

To recap, the Top 10 albums for the week ended March 27 included: