Disturbed Rules the "Day"

09/28/2005 6:26 PM, E! Online
David Jenison

Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.

While the latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep Disturbed from landing its second straight number one. The Chicago rockers' Ten Thousand Fists finished the week ended Sunday by selling nearly 239,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was a strong week for new albums, with seven debuts among the Top 10.

Fresh off an hourlong appearance on Oprah, the Jersey boys of Bon Jovi rang up 202,000 in sales of Have a Nice Day, easily eclipsing their previous best, the 159,000 first-week of Bounce in 2002.

And while the band had to settle for second in the States and the U.K., Have a Nice Day opened at number one in Australia, Holland, Austria, Germany, Canada, Japan. Bon Jovi's dominance of the Japanese chart, where the album went platinum overnight, also makes the band the third international act ever (following the Beatles and Bay City Rollers) to have three number one albums in that country. The title track is also a Top 10 radio smash in all those countries, plus Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Switzerland.

Bon Jovi wasn't the only one making chart history this week. So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross debuted at four, selling over 103,000 copies--the highest opening week and best ever overall sales week for a tribute disc. (The country music-driven Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles previously set the high mark in '03 selling 64,000 discs at ten.) The disc includes the likes of Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Foxx and Elton John performing tunes by the eight-time Grammy winner, who died July 1 of complications from a stroke at age 54. Vandross sold more than 30 million discs in his lifetime.

Barbra Streisand's Guilty Pleasures followed at five, moving more than 100,000 copies. This marks her second collaboration with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, having previously worked together on the chart-topping album Guilty back in 1980.

The Dirty South's David Banner, who's currently heating up rap radio with "Sweat," sold nearly 90,000 copies of Certified to open at six. Prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria followed at seven, selling 84,000 copies of their epically named major-label debut, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, which continues an elaborate sci-fi storyline started with their debut disc.

The rap group P$C, which stands for Pimp Squad Click, sold 62,000 copies of 25 To Life at 10 for the week's final Top 10 bow.

With all the big debuts, there wasn't much room left for holdovers. The familiar faces in the Top 10 belonged to Kanye West's Late Registration at three, the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business at eight and last week's chart-topper, Paul Wall's The Peoples Champ, at nine. Also, for the first time since debuting six months ago, Mariah Carey's triple-platinum The Emancipation of Mimi fell from the Top 10, dropping two spots to 11.

Rising teen star Ryan Cabrera sold 37,000 copies of You Stand Watching to open at number 24. Earth, Wind & Fire's Illumination lit up 28,000 at 32. Following on the success of Genius Loves Company, the late Ray Charles' Genius & Friends sold 26,000 discs at 36. The latest duets disc features Diana Ross, George Michael and Alicia Keys, among others.

Also making big bows were Brandy's brother Ray J at 48 with Raydiation, Maroon 5's Live: Friday The 13th at 61 and the INXS reality TV-driven Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre (featuring the show's vocal contestants) at 68.

The Desperate Housewives soundtrack opened at 93, God Forbid's IV: Constitution of Treason checked in at 119, and the Corpse Bride soundtrack was unearthed at 162. Meanwhile, showing how far the one-time superstar has fallen, Shaggy's Clothes Drop could only muster at number 144 bow.

Lastly, with the DVD hitting stores, The Longest Yard soundtrack reentered the charts at 97. Nelly, who appears in the movie and performs on the soundtrack, released the disc through his label imprint.

Here's a recap of last week's Top 10 albums, based on sales figures released by Nielsen SoundScan:

1. Ten Thousand Fists, Disturbed
2. Have a Nice Day, Bon Jovi
3. Late Registration, Kanye West
4. So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross, various
5. Guilty Pleasures, Barbra Streisand
6. Certified, David Banner
7. Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, Coheed & Cambria
8. Monkey Business, Black Eyed Peas
9. The Peoples Champ, Paul Wall
10. 25 to Life, P$C