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Nelly Furtado's Loose Claims #1; Busta Rhymes' Bang Takes A Big Hit

28 Jun 2006 10:41:00 EDT

Underoath, Field Mob score big Billboard debuts; Gnarls Barkley crack top 10.
By Gil Kaufman

Nelly Furtado
Photo: Geffen

Sometimes you have to tank a bit to get your mojo back. After failing to grab fans with her second album, 2003's Folklore, Nelly Furtado is back on top with her third effort, Loose, which will debut at #1 on Billboard's albums chart, according to the latest SoundScan totals. Thanks to the ubiquitous Timbaland-produced hit "Promiscuous," Loose's week-one sales of 219,000 were more than enough to earn the singer her first #1 debut.

Florida metalcore band Underoath score a surprisingly high debut with the #2 ranking Define the Great Line, but fall well behind Furtado. The band sold 98,000 copies of its latest album to land Underoath their highest-ever chart position, nudging the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way down a notch to #3. British piano-rocking trio Keane also slip in with a top-five debut, cruising into the #4 position with their second album, Under the Iron Sea, selling 75,000 to reach their highest spot on the U.S. charts.

Last week's #1, Busta Rhymes' The Big Bang, takes a big hit, dropping down to #5 on sales of 69,000 — a 67 percent slip from the rapper's first-ever chart topping debut. The "High School Musical" soundtrack proves more resilient, slipping two spots to #6 after moving 66,000 copies for a week-to-week decline of just 17 percent.

Albany, Georgia, rap duo Field Mob debut in the top 10 for the first time with their third album, Light Poles and Pine Trees, which ranks at #7 with 63,000 units scanned. After seven weeks on the charts, Gnarls Barkley finally crack the top 10, climbing three spots to #8 with their debut, St. Elsewhere (58,000), while AFI's Decemberunderground drops six places to #9 (57,000). Rounding out the top 10 was the soundtrack to the animated movie Cars (56,000).

The Red Hot Chili Peppers drop out of the top 10 for the first time since their double album, Stadium Arcadium, was released seven weeks ago, landing at #13 with 54,000 in sales. Three Days Grace took a 55 percent hit, selling 35,000 copies of One-X, which plummets from #5 to #21.

There are plenty of chart debuts just outside the top 10, including R&B singer Donell Jones at #15 with Journey of a Gemini (49,000), critically acclaimed crooner Corinne Bailey Rae at #17 with her self-titled debut (40,000) and quirky rockers Guster at #25 with Ganging Up on the Sun (30,000).

Other releases cracking into the top 200 include the CD/DVD of Madonna's 2004 tour, I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, which makes a modest debut at #33 (25,000); the soundtrack to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, which hits #40 (21,000); the Counting Crows live disc New Amsterdam - Live At Heineken, in at #52 (17,000); and You Hear It First subjects Cute Is What We Aim For, who make a solid bow at #75 with 14,000 sales of their debut, Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch.

British power metalers Dragonforce land at #103 after moving nearly 10,000 copies of their third album, Inhuman Rampage. And old-school R&B stars are also represented on the top 200, with Smokey Robinson in at #109 with Timeless Love (9,000 copies sold) and Diana Ross taking #146 with Blue (6,000).

The week's biggest-gainer award goes to Oscar-winning rap crew Three 6 Mafia and their Most Known Unknown, which scored a nearly 250-percent bump. The album, which fell out of the top 200 on the last chart, jumps to #54 with 17,000 copies sold.

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David Banner, Lil Jon Co-Headline Dirty South Mix Tape Tour

25 Jul 2003 02:26:00 EDT

Chingy and Field Mob also part of outing, set to run through August 30.
By Smita Shukla

David Banner
Photo: Universal

The dirty South just got a little dirtier.

David Banner is set to get down and co-headline this summer's Dirty South Mix Tape Tour, which kicks off July 27 in Montgomery, Alabama. Banner will be sharing the stage with fellow Southerners Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz, Killer Mike, Field Mob and Disturbing Tha Peace artist Chingy.

Mississippi: The Album, Banner's debut LP, bowed in the top 10 in May, and his hit single and video "Like a Pimp" is still enjoying heavy airplay (see "David Banner Out To Save Hip-Hop For The Kids").

The Dirty South Mix Tape Tour is currently set to hit 11 cities and stay on the road through an August 30 stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Additional dates will be added, and tickets for all shows will be priced at $25.

Banner's next single and video, "Cadillac on 22's," is expected to drop in August.

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