"Now 19" Outguns Young

08/03/2005 1:04 PM, E! Online
David Jenison

Now! might be leaving its teens, but it can still mix it up with a young hood.

After giving the series its seventh number one bow last week, Now That's What I Call Music! 19 pushed its chart reign to a second week despite four new entries in the Top 10. Leading the pack, Boyz N da Hood rapper Young Jeezy took the number two spot raising his game from the Atlanta streets to the rest of the planet.

Now! 19 took the top spot selling 236,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today, while Young Jeezy's Let's Get It slid into number two with 172,000 copies.

Remarkably, Jeezy's solo effort topped Boyz N da Hood's much-hyped self-titled debut, which opened at five last June. The rapper previously made his mark on the underground with the red-hot mixtape Gangsta Grillz: The Streetz Is Watching.

The week's next best bow, surprisingly, came from a comedy album. Dane Cook's Retaliation, released through Comedy Central Records, sold nearly 86,000 copies at number four. The comedian, who also appears in the forthcoming films Waiting and London, is also approaching a quarter million copies with his 2003 disc Harmful If Swallowed. Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and even the Blue Collar Comedy boys aren't selling these types of numbers.

Spelling it like it is, Jason Mraz followed at five as Mr. A-Z sold nearly 81,000 copies, while Babyface's Grown & Sexy sold 56,000 discs to squeak into the Top 10 at ten.

Meanwhile, two former number ones dropped a few notches. Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi fell one spot to number three, and Coldplay's X&Y fell two to number six. R. Kelly, however, tumbled six spots to number nine with TP.3 Reloaded.

Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business and the Gorillaz' Demon Days wrapped up the Top 10 at number seven and eight, respectively.

Young R&B singer Trey Songz scored a solid first week with his debut, I Gotta Make It, selling over 41,000 copies. Lil Rob's Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1 sold 33,000 discs to follow at 31, while country music's Jason Aldean wrangled up 29,000 copies at 37 for his self-titled release.

Other noteworthy debuts included the Ruff Ryders' Redemption Vol. 4 at 40, Hip-Hop Hits Vol. 10 at 60, The Game's Untold Story Part II at 61, Bratz' Rock Angelz at 79, Twiztid's Mutant Vol. 2 at 80 and Dope's American Apathy at 128.

Finally, over on the singles charts, the Pussy Cat Dolls finally captured the number one spot with "Don't Cha" selling 20,000 copies. For nearly four months, the single hovered in the two and three spots as R. Kelly, Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice and others took turns at top. The Dolls finally nabbed their number one as Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" dropped to number two with 16,000 copies.

To recap, the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday were as follows:

1. Now That's What I Call Music! 19, various
2. Let's Get It, Young Jeezy
3. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
4. Retaliation, Dane Cook
5. Mr. A-Z, Jason Mraz
6. X&Y, Coldplay
7. Monkey Business, Black Eyed Peas
8. Demon Days, Gorillaz
9. TP.3 Reloaded, R. Kelly
10. Grown & Sexy, Babyface