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On the Charts: Jonas Bros. Hold Off Kid Rock, Staind To Keep Top Spot

8/27/08, 11:48 am EST

The Big News: The Jonas Brothers held onto first place for the second straight week despite a 72% sales decline, selling an additional 146,000 copies of A Little Bit Longer. But the biggest news was the continued renaissance of Kid Rock’s Rock N Roll Jesus, with the year-old album moving from three last week to two thanks to another 100K copies sold. A pair of debuts and a film soundtrack rounded out the top five, with Staind’s Illusion of Progress and Ice Cube’s Raw Footage at three and five sandwiching the Mamma Mia soundtrack at four.

Debuts: Other than Staind and Cube, the chart was rife with low impact debuts, with Shwayze’s self-titled first album leading the charge at 10. The Cheetah GirlsOne World soundtrack came in 13, giving Disney acts five albums in the top 20 (two Jonas’, a Miley, the Cheetahs and Camp Rock). Other notables include the new album from the Academy Is… at 17, GZA’s Pro Tools at 52, Toadies’ No Deliverance at 59 and the Walkmen’s You & Me at 71.

Last Week’s Heroes: The Jonas were both the big winners and losers, as while Little Bit held onto one, their self-titled sophomore album dropped from 10 to 20. The only other two albums to abscond from last week’s top ten were Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad reissue, which moved from 9 to 12, and Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, which dropped out of the top ten for the first time, falling from 7 to 11. And congrats to Leona Lewis, whose Spirit joined the platinum plaque club with a million copies sold.

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your not gettin it!! | 8/28/2008, 7:56 pm EST

was is everybody stayin all this stuff bout the jonas brothers i think…..no i KNOW they are A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! you guys dont know what your talkin bout!! >:(

your not gettin it!! | 8/28/2008, 7:56 pm EST

was is everybody stayin all this stuff bout the jonas brothers i think…..no i KNOW they are A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! you guys dont know what your talkin bout!! >:(

Obamabloes | 8/28/2008, 10:25 am EST

Kid Rock is awesome!!!

JBRULES | 8/27/2008, 7:11 pm EST

The Jonas Brothers rock!

Anonymous | 8/27/2008, 7:11 pm EST

The Jonas Brothers rock!

Aa | 8/27/2008, 6:24 pm EST

when will the world learn that the jonas brothers are just awful?? They have no talent what so ever. What a world we live in.

Anonymous | 8/27/2008, 3:38 pm EST

This is why the Jonas Brothers are on your cover. Disney has taken over the music industry. 5 Disney albums on the top 20 - wow. You writters at Rolling stone better sharpen your teen writting skills.

Anonymous | 8/27/2008, 3:19 pm EST

What is the difference between a dirty pair of balls and Kid Rock? Nothing, they both stink.

Marty P. | 8/27/2008, 3:06 pm EST

Yeah !!!! Kid Rock is smelly !!!

NIN | 8/27/2008, 2:31 pm EST

Exactly! Kid Rock is straight up horrible!

sumr2008 | 8/27/2008, 2:25 pm EST

stop buying these records- THEY ARE BOTH GARBAGE. The only difference between the Jonas Brothers and the Hansons is that the Jonas brothers don’t even have a chatchy melody. Wake up and go buy some good music, Hendrix and the Beatles are still on the shelves!

Aug1978 | 8/27/2008, 12:47 pm EST

….why are people still listening to Kid Rock?
That song of his might be the most blasphemous thing since Puffy butchered Zeppelin’s Kashmir….

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