Post by Emerald City on Sept 28, 2004 13:52:27 GMT -5
No 'Sweat' as Top Spot 'Suits' Nelly
By Fred Bronson
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - One thing is certain when an artist releases two albums in the same week: They both can't be No. 1.
Nelly gets the best possible result under the situation, with debuts at No. 1 and No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
He's not the first artist to do this, but he is the first to have albums debut in the top two spots on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. No other
artist has ever had the top two debuts on the R&B album chart.
It's the first time an artist has had albums debut at No. 1 and No. 2 in exactly 13 years. On the chart for the week ending Oct. 5, 1991, Guns N' Roses debuted at No. 1 with "Use Your Illusion II" and No. 2 with "Use Your Illusion I." The other notable instance of an artist releasing two albums in the same week happened in the April 18, 1992, issue when Bruce Springsteen's
"Human Touch" bowed at No. 2 and "Lucky Town" started at No. 3.
But the first act to issue two albums in the same week was The Supremes, with "Funny Girl" and "Live at London's Talk of the Town." They both debuted on the album chart 36 years ago.
"Suit" is Nelly's third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. "Country Grammar" spent five weeks on top in summer 2000, and "Nellyville" was in pole position for four weeks in summer 2002.
By Fred Bronson
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - One thing is certain when an artist releases two albums in the same week: They both can't be No. 1.
Nelly gets the best possible result under the situation, with debuts at No. 1 and No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
He's not the first artist to do this, but he is the first to have albums debut in the top two spots on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. No other
artist has ever had the top two debuts on the R&B album chart.
It's the first time an artist has had albums debut at No. 1 and No. 2 in exactly 13 years. On the chart for the week ending Oct. 5, 1991, Guns N' Roses debuted at No. 1 with "Use Your Illusion II" and No. 2 with "Use Your Illusion I." The other notable instance of an artist releasing two albums in the same week happened in the April 18, 1992, issue when Bruce Springsteen's
"Human Touch" bowed at No. 2 and "Lucky Town" started at No. 3.
But the first act to issue two albums in the same week was The Supremes, with "Funny Girl" and "Live at London's Talk of the Town." They both debuted on the album chart 36 years ago.
"Suit" is Nelly's third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. "Country Grammar" spent five weeks on top in summer 2000, and "Nellyville" was in pole position for four weeks in summer 2002.
