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Charts: Jennifer Lopez remixes take over top spot
After 11 consecutive weeks that saw either Creed's "Weathered" or Alan Jackson's "Drive" at No. 1, Jennifer Lopez 's "J to that L-O!" (Epic), a collection of remixes, makes its debut atop the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart. Also debuting in the Top 10 is the Barry Manilow hits collection "Ultimate Manilow" and Sade's "Lovers Live."
Riding the momentum of the hit single "I'm Real (Murder remix)," a retooled tune from last year's "J-Lo" that now features rapper Ja Rule, Lopez's "J to tha L-O!" sold more than 150,000 copies during its debut week.
The chart-topping debut pushes Alan Jackson's "Drive" (Arista), which has occupied the album chart's No. 1 spot for the past three weeks, down to No. 2. "Drive" has now sold a total of almost 1 million copies, according to industry sources.
Debuting at No. 3, meanwhile, is "Ultimate Manilow." Arista's release of the 20-track collection--which features hits such as "Mandy," "Looks Like We Made It" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)"--follows Manilow's 2000 departure from the label.
Slipping to its lowest chart position thus far is Creed's "Weathered" (Wind-Up), which gets pushed to No. 4 after spending its first eight weeks at No. 1 and subsequent three weeks at No. 2.
Linkin Park's 2000 debut, "Hybrid Theory" (Warner Bros.)--which was the top-selling album of last year--continues to sell steadily, and moved another 95,000 copies during its most recent week out to land at No. 5. The album, which was at No. 3 last week, has sold a total of about 6.1 million copies.
All slipping two spots this week, Ludacris' "Word of Mouf" (Def Jam) is at No. 6, Nickelback's "Silver Side Up" (Roadrunner) is at No. 7 and Ja Rule's "Pain Is Love" is at No. 8. Pink's "Missundaztood" (Arista), meanwhile, stays put at No. 9.
Closing out the Top 10 is Sade's first live release, "Lovers Live" (Epic), which was recorded during last year's tour in support of her 2000 release, "Lovers Rock." The live set moved about 65,000 copies in its debut week.
Debuting just outside of the Top 10 is "Totally Country" (BNA), a collection of previously released hits by various country artists.
Elsewhere on the chart, Mary J. Blige's 2001 release, "No More Drama" (MCA), has now been split into two separate entries, one listed as "No More Drama" and the other listed as "No More Drama 2002." The latter release, which includes four tracks not featured on the original album, first surfaced on last week's chart, but its sales were combined with those of the album's original version, causing the title to make an 18-spot jump to No. 10 on last week's chart. Now split off on its own, "No More Drama 2002" clocks in at No. 20, while the album's original version drops to No. 134.
The Super Bowl turned out to be a win not only for the Patriots, but also for U2, which performed live during the game's halftime show and now sees its "All That You Can't Leave Behind" leap from No. 66 to No. 25.