A Solid Start for Destiny’s Child
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Limp Bizkit, the Backstreet Boys and Ricky Martin held strong atop the tally of the region’s best-selling albums this week, while the R&B; diva squad of Destiny’s Child debuted at No. 4 with “Writing’s on the Wall,” an album powered by the hit single “Bills Bills Bills.” The other Top 10 debut: “Now That’s What I Call Music--Vol. 2,” a collection of recent hits from artists such as Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Fatboy Slim, U2 and Sheryl Crow.
TOP 10 ALBUMS
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Significant Other, Limp Bizkit (1) 1 2 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (2) 2 3 Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin (4) 3 4 Writing’s on the Wall, Destiny’s Child (6) -- 5 Now That’s What I Call Music--Vol. 2, various artists (3) -- 6 Enema of the State, Blink-182 (17) 4 7 Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (7) 6 8 Supernatural, Santana (16) 5 9 Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers (10) 7 10 Astro Lounge, Smash Mouth (8) 9
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera (1) 1 2 Tell Me It’s Real, K-Ci and JoJo (2) 4 3 Bills Bills Bills, Destiny’s Child (3) 2 4 Day the World Went Away, Nine Inch Nails (7) 3 5 Jamboree, Naughty by Nature (5) 6 6 Wild Wild West, Will Smith (6) 5 7 Summer Girls, LFO (4) 10 8 Last Kiss, Pearl Jam (10) 7 9 Fortunate, Maxwell (15) 8 10 I’ll Be Your Everything, Youngstown (19) --
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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Aug. 1
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