Coldplay 专辑热卖

Week Ending June 22, 2008: Coldplay On A Hot Streak
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Coldplay 专辑热卖
Coldplay 发布的专辑《Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends》第一周就售出了721，000张，这是他们的连续第二张专辑单周销售量占据第一，这一背靠背战绩比他们之前的第一张专辑X&Y在2005年6月的销量737,000稍少。Coldplay的连续背靠背的专辑的单周专辑销量超过了70，000张这一成绩是继Kanye West在2005年的《Late Registration》和2007年的《Graduation》两张专辑之后首次取得这一惊人销量。

仅仅一周时间之内，Viva La Vida已经站上2008年到目前为止总销量榜上的前十榜单，凭借这张专辑，该工作室有望第三次在度销量前十的歌手榜上占据一席之地，他们低第一张专辑《A Rush Of Blood To The Head》 2002年夏发布，2003年排行第10，《X&Y》则在2005年的榜单上排名第六。

Coldplay的吸引人眼球的亮相是在Lil Wayne发布他的《Tha Carter III》取得单周销售量1,006,000的成绩之后的仅仅一周时间内，这是4年一来第一次在背靠背的单周内出现连续两张销量超过700,000这一标志性成绩。（这一现象上次出现是在20004年Eminem的《Encore》和U2的《How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb》）这也是8年来首次出现连续两周内两站新发行的专辑销量超过700,000。（上一次是2000年5月的Britney Spears的《Oops!...I Did It Again》和Eminem的《The Marshall Mathers LP》大事件）。

《Tha Carter III》本周销量下滑到第二位，第二周售出了309，000。在Nielsen/SoundScan时期，单周销量过百万张的15张专辑中，这是第三次只在榜单上的第一位置上只停留了一个礼拜。N Sync的《Celebrity》和Britney Spears的《Oops!...I Did It Again》这两张专辑也在单周百万销量周之后滑落至榜单第二的位置。（这也是单张专辑过百万销量周之后的一个礼拜内的最低销售成绩）。不过《Tha Carter III》还是超过了Jack Johnson的《Sleep Through The Static》，从而在取代后者在20周以后占据到目前为止的年度专辑销售排行榜的第一位置。

Viva La Vida的销量中包括了288,000的电子下载量，这也成为一个新的周记录。这一数据是之前Sleep 的《Through The Static》两月份创造的记录（139，000）的两倍。在仅仅一周时间内《Viva La Vida》也成为2008年付费下载最多的专辑。Sleep的专辑之前的总数是283，000。

《Viva La Vida》的数字下载单周销售成绩也超过了之前任何一张专辑的年度下载销售量。之前年度下载销售最多的专辑是Maroon 5的《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》，其成绩是2007年全年下载销量252，000。《Viva La Vida》也超过了乐队之前的专辑的总销量，之前乐队的最好成绩是《X&Y》，到目前位置该专辑的销量是248，000.
Coldplay的之前的所有三张乐队专辑都受到了极大的关注，三张专辑都占据了目录专辑列表的前五的热点位置。《X&Y》从第11位来到了第一位，售出了13，000张拷贝。它在总排行榜（big chart）中可以排到第47位，如果目录专辑被允许出现在该表单上的话。《A Rush Of Blood To The Head 》和《 Parachutes》分别来到了表单的第四和第五的位置。

Coldplay乐队成员Chris Martin于2003年12月5日与女演员Gwyneth Paltrow结婚。这场婚姻使Martin成为一个公众人物，这一点没有影响专辑的销量。结婚后乐队的两张专辑首次亮相都取得了单周销量第一。他们结婚之前发行的专辑都没有超过第五，包括两张专辑和一张现场版。不过，结婚之前Coldplay明显处在优先的位置，在2003年，乐队的名字也曾出现在了最受关注的娱乐新闻里面。
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.
1. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, 721,000. This is Coldplay's second #1 album in a row, following X&Y. Coldplay is the first English group to reach #1 with back-to-back studio albums since Def Leppard scored with Hysteria in 1988 and Adrenalize in 1992. Seven songs from Viva La Vida are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by the title song, which falls to #3 after logging three weeks at #1.

2. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, 309,000. The rapper slips to #2 in his second week. But look at it this way: Except for last week, this is the biggest sales week of Lil Wayne's career, topping the 238,000 first-week number for Tha Carter II. Also, Tha Carter III has sold 1,316,000 copies in just two weeks-more than any other album has sold so far this year and nearly as many as Tha Carter II has sold in its entire run. Six songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Lollipop" (featuring Static Major), which dips from #7 to #8.

3. Various Artists, Camp Rock soundtrack, 188,000. This TV soundtrack features one track by Jonas Brothers and a solo by middle brother Joe Jonas. The album sold nearly three times as many copies in its first week as the trio's Jonas Brothers sold when it debuted at #5 in August. Of course, the brothers are like a million times hotter now, ohmigod!!!! Camp Rock aired three times over the weekend. Its premiere Friday on the Disney Channel drew 8.86 million viewers. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by Demi Lovato's "This Is Me," which opens at #2.

4. Various Artists, Now 28, 81,000. Two weeks after debuting at #2, this dips from #3 to #4. The first Now volume took 11 weeks to reach the top 10 (in January 1999). Every subsequent regular installment in the series has debuted in the top 10.

5. Plies, Definition Of Real, 68,000. This falls from #2 to #5 in its second week. The rapper's 2007 debut album, Real Testament, took an even bigger dive in its second week. It slipped from #2 to #9. (Will Plies work the word "Real" into the title of his third album? Place your bets.) "Bust It Baby Pt. 2," featuring Ne-Yo, dips from #21 to #25 on Hot Digital Songs.

6. Usher, Here I Stand, 65,000. Usher dips from #5 to #6 in his fourth week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by the former #1 "Love In This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy), which falls from #16 to #30.

7. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad, 63,000. An expanded, Reloaded edition helps this platinum seller vault from #124 to #7 in its 55th week. This puts the album back in the top 10 for the first time since June 2007, when it spent its first two weeks in the winners circle. The album registered a sales increase of 930%--more than any other non-debuting album. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Disturbia," which debuts at #6.

8. Disturbed, Indestructible, 59,000. Two weeks after debuting at #1, the album drops from #4 to #8. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Inside The Fire," which dips from #84 to #90.

9. Katy Perry, One Of The Boys, 47,000. This debut album, a new entry this week, features the smash single "I Kissed A Girl," which jumps to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. The song sold 235,000 downloads this week, bringing its seven-week total to 988,000.

10. The Offspring, Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace, 46,000. This new entry is The Offspring's sixth top 10 album. The band's best-seller was Smash, which reached #4 in October 1994 and became the #9 album of the year. Its highest-charting album was Americana, which hit #2 in 1999. The new album has already climbed higher than the band's last studio album, Splinter, which stalled at #30 in 2003. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid," which debuts at #93.

Five albums fall out of the top 10. Journey's Revelation drops from #6 to #12, Weezer's Weezer dips from #10 to #13, Alanis Morissette's Flavors Of Entanglement falls from #8 to #15, N.E.R.D.'s Seeing Sounds drops from #7 to #20 and My Morning Jacket's Evil Urges dives from #9 to #24. Sales of N.E.R.D.'s album fell by 70%--a steeper decline than any other album in the top 200.

Judas Priest lands the highest-charting album of its 30-year career as Nostradamus opens at #11. The concept album about the 16th Century seer bows two points higher than the group's last album, Angel Of Retribution, which debuted (and peaked) at #13 in 2005. The band was on life support in 2001, when Demolition peaked at #165 and spent just one week in the top 200. But these back-to-back hits have given the band new life. They have also proved the wisdom of the adage, "It's always darkest before the dawn."

Movie Watch: Three of this past weekend's top 10 box-office hits are rip-offs, er, spin-offs of prime-time TV series. Get Smart is #1, The Incredible Hulk is #2 and Sex And The City is #8. While we're on the topic, Sex And The City is the #1 movie soundtrack for the fourth week in a row. On the big chart, it slips from #12 to #22.

Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway this week tops the 6 million mark in sales. It's the second album by an American Idol alum to reach this milestone. Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts hit 6 million in November. (Its current tally is 6,465,000.) Breakaway was Clarkson's sophomore album, while Some Hearts was Underwood's debut. Breakaway won a Grammy as Best Pop Vocal Album-beating Paul McCartney, no less.

Download This: In 20 weeks of release, Jack Johnson's Sleep Through The Static has sold more downloads than any of his previous albums have in their entire runs. With 283,000 paid downloads, Sleep surpasses In Between Dreams, which has sold 282,000 downloads from its release in 2005 until this week. Johnson continues to be the only artist with three albums in the top 30 on Nielsen/SoundScan's running list of the albums with the most paid downloads. Sleep is #9, In Between Dreams is #10 and his 2006 Curious George soundtrack is #29.

R.I.P.: Not many recordings trigger U.S. Supreme Court decisions, but one that did was George Carlin's "Filthy Words," a track from his 1973 album, Occupation: Foole. Carlin, a brilliant wordsmith and cultural critic, died Sunday night. Carlin had five consecutive top 40 albums from 1972 through 1975, topped by FM & AM, which hit #13 in 1972. In 1975, he hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live. Carlin had a good run, stretching from the era of getting loaded to the era of getting downloaded.

Heads Up: None of this week's new releases seems strong enough to dislodge Coldplay from the #1 spot. The albums that will give it their best shot include Three 6 Mafia's Last 2 Walk, Motley Crue's Saints Of Los Angeles, Dwele's Sketches Of A Man, Billy Idol's Idolize Yourself , Shinedown's The Sound Of Madness, Thalia's Lunada and Sigur Ros's Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust.

Useless Information: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends is a very long title (nine words), but that's not a record for a #1 album. In 2002, Diddy put together a #1 album with an 11-word title, P. Diddy & Bad Boy Records Present...We Invented The Remix. For verbosity (and maybe pomposity), it's hard to top Diddy.