The '00s are looking pretty crummy as far as mainstream music is concerned. With its fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Rascal Flatts has the most chart-toppers of any group this decade. Yipes. Tied for second place with three #1s are Dave Matthews Band, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Staind, and System of a Down. Bunch of real winners there, yo. History will look fondly on this statistic... Oy.
The rest of the top ten of the Billboard 200:
1. Rascal Flatts - "Unstoppable" - 351,000 (debut)
2. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack - 196,000 (up 126%)
3. Jadakiss - "Last Kiss" - 135,000 (debut)
4. Jason Aldean - "Wide Open" - 109,000 (debut)
5. "Now 30" - 99,000 (up 12%)
6. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" - 82,000 units (up 98%)
7. Keith Urban - "Defying Gravity" - 72,000 (down 58%)
8. "Twilight" soundtrack - 68,000 (down 7%)
9. Prince - "Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound/Elix3r" - 66,000 (down 60%)
10. Lady GaGa - "The Fame" - 56,000 (up 9%)
Further down:
19. Neil Young - Fork in the Road - 28,000 (debut)
88. Doves - Kingdom of Rust - 8,000 (debut)
112. Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler - 6,000 (debut)
139. Hold Steady - A Positive Rage - 5,000 (debut)
140. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns - 5,000 (debut)
168. Grateful Dead - To Terrapin: Hartford '77 - 4,000 (debut)
Additional sales data via Rolling Stone and MTV.
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lol...I love that Jake felt compelled to include Pickler among the rest of those bands.
You need to count Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus together, which would add another artist with three number one albums.