We probably should take all the credit (or blame), because there is no clear evidence that it directly had any effect whatsoever, but can it really be a coincidence that GLONO kicked off our new "Pay to Slum" column by Johnny Loftus with a look at the hit single by Black Eyed Peas, and then less than two weeks later their album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200? Yes. Yes, it really can be. Here is this week's top ten:
1. Black Eyed Peas - "The E.N.D." - 304,000 (debut)
2. Dave Matthews Band - "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" - 128,000 (down 70%)
3. Eminem - "Relapse" falls one position to No. 3 with 87,000 (down 38%)
4. Chickenfoot - "Chickenfoot" - 79,000 (up 53%)
5. Aventura - "Last" - 47,000 (debut)
6. Lady GaGa - "The Fame" - 47,000 (up less than 1%)
7. "Hannah Montana" movie soundtrack - 46,000 (down 8%)
8. Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown" - 41,000 (down 21%)
9. Mos Def - "Ecstatic" - 39,000 (debut)
10. Pleasure P - "The Introduction of Marcus Cooper" - 39,000 (debut)
Further down:
18. Sonic Youth - Eternal (19,000)
20. Teena Marie - Congo Square (18,000)
65. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (8,000)
120. Anti-Flag - People or the Gun (4,000)
Additional sales data via MTV.
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