Eminem, above, has been absent from the pop scene for almost five years, but the strong sales last week for his comeback album, “Relapse” (Interscope), prove that he is still a star. “Relapse” is Eminem’s fifth consecutive release to open at No.
1 on the Billboard chart, with 608,000 copies sold. That is also the best opening-week sales of any album this year, beating the 484,000 that U2 racked up for “No Line on the Horizon” in March. Last week’s top seller, Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown” (Reprise), dropped to No. 2 in its second week out, with 166,000 in sales.
New releases take up the next three spots on the Top 10: Kenny Chesney’s “Greatest Hits II” (BNA) reached No. 3 with 89,000 in sales; Dane Cook’s comedy album “Isolated Incident” (Comedy Central) was No. 4 with 61,000; and Busta Rhymes’s new “Back on My B.S.” (Universal Motown) was No. 5 with 59,000.
1 on the Billboard chart, with 608,000 copies sold. That is also the best opening-week sales of any album this year, beating the 484,000 that U2 racked up for “No Line on the Horizon” in March. Last week’s top seller, Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown” (Reprise), dropped to No. 2 in its second week out, with 166,000 in sales.
New releases take up the next three spots on the Top 10: Kenny Chesney’s “Greatest Hits II” (BNA) reached No. 3 with 89,000 in sales; Dane Cook’s comedy album “Isolated Incident” (Comedy Central) was No. 4 with 61,000; and Busta Rhymes’s new “Back on My B.S.” (Universal Motown) was No. 5 with 59,000.
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