The ninth volume in the “NOW! That’s What I Call Music” (Universal/Sony/EMI/Zomba/Sony) series slips 2-4 after a 58% sales hit to a still mighty 194,000 units.Įlsewhere on The Billboard 200, Nappy Roots’ “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz” (Atlantic) blasts 41-28 on a 15% sales burst as the group’s “AWNNAW” bolts 33-31 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
8 on the Hot 100.īetween Ashanti and Tweet on The Billboard 200 lies Dion’s “A New Day Has Come.” The album suffered a 50% hit in its second week to 263,000 units, even as the album’s self-titled radio single jumps 33-27 on the Hot 100. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and is at its peak a No. The album features her single “Oops (Oh My),” a former No. After selling 195,000 units, the set also flies in at No.2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. 16 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.Īshanti isn’t the only R&B newcomer making noise on the charts this week, as Tweet sees her The Gold Mind/Elektra debut “Southern Hummingbird” flutter its way to a No. 2 on the Hot 100, and Big Pun’s “How We Roll,” which peaked at No. She also offered her vocals on Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?,” currently at its peak of No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally in January. Ashanti also sets a record for first-week sales of a debut album by a solo female artist, taking the title from Lauryn Hill, whose “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” (Columbia) opened with sales of 423,000 copies in 1998.Īshanti owes her big debut to the exposure she received from appearing on three hit singles, beginning with a guest shot on Ja Rule’s “Always on Time,” which hit No.
Additionally, Ashanti posts the highest first-week sales numbers for a new artist in nearly five years, the length of time it has been since Puff Daddy’s “No Way Out” (Bad Boy) sold 561,000 copies in its first week. 1 on a total of four Billboard charts.Īshanti’s sales numbers mark the second-strongest entry of the year, as only Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come” (Epic) had a higher first week total with 558,000 units last week.
Meanwhile, the album’s title track comfortably begins its fourth-week on top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks roundup, and jumps 3-1 on the Hot 100 (where it is the chart’s fastest growing track at radio), giving Ashanti a No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums count.
Based on those numbers, the Murder Inc./Def Jam set soars straight to No. The debut effort from Ashanti storms a pair of Billboard charts this week after her self-titled debut racked up sales of a whopping 502,500 copies, according to SoundScan.
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