Billboard Charts - "In The Spears Zone"

Posted by Kenny Hammond on 11.26.2003

The blonde bombshell is queen once more...

This weeks Billboard charts are ‘In the Zone’ as Britney Spears and her fourth cd debuts at #1, selling a massive 609,000.

This release falls short of her 2001 release entitled “Britney” selling 746,000.

Following Spears is G-Unit’s “Beg for Mercy” selling 327,000.

Blink-182 self titled Geffen pops in at #3, selling 313,000. This release falls short of their 2001 release "Take off Your Pants and Jacket" which sold 350,000 copies.

The rest of the chart:

4. Jay-Z - "The Black Album" (288,000 sold, 37% decrease)
5. The Beatles - "Let It Be ... Naked" (280,000 sold, debut week)
6. Josh Groban - "Closer" (196,000 sold, 48% decrease)
7. OST – “Resurrection” [Tupac Shakur] (180,000 sold, 58% decrease)
8. NOW – “That’d What I Call Music” (174,000 sold, 11% decrease)
9. Toby Keith - "Shock'n Y'all" (164,000 sold, 28% decrease)
10. OutKast – “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” (145,000, 5.5% increase)

Other debuts:

Michael Jackson’s “Number Ones” debuts at #13 and Dave Matthews Band debuts at #14.

Korn’s Friday release “Take a Look in the Mirror,” released to ward off piracy debuts at #19. A sharp fall from the bands last CD, which debuted in the top 3 last year.

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Greatest Hits" #21 (92,000 copies)
112's "Hot & Wet" #22 (92,000 copies)
Linkin Park's "Live in Texas" #23 (89,800 copies)
LeAnn Rimes "Greatest Hits" #24 (82,000 copies)
Reba McEntire's "Room To Breathe" #25 (73,000 copies)