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'WEATHERED' REPORT
They may not be bigger than Jesus, but Creed are officially bigger than Britney. Weathered, the third album from the righteous rockers, weathered considerable competition in the new-release racks to sell 887,000 copies. That's the second-best bow of the year--behind 'N Sync's 1.9-million opening, but safely ahead of Spears' recent 746,000 debut. Kid Rock had less reason to be cocky, though his 223,000-unit figure would've gotten him far higher than No. 7 any other week. Pink popped in at No. 8, with 220,000. Red and green, meanwhile, were the colors of the NOW series, represented by volume 8's No. 2 debut, on sales of 549,000, and a Christmas compilation, bounding on reindeer hooves to No. 5.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEKS WEEK ON CHART
1 -- CREED Weathered, Wind-Up 1 2 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Music! 8, Virgin 1 3 2 BRITNEY SPEARS Britney, Jive 3 4 1 GARTH BROOKS Scarecrow, Capitol Nashville 2 5 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, UTV 4 6 5 ENYA A Day Without Rain, Reprise 53 7 -- KID ROCK Cocky, Lava/Atlantic 1 8 -- PINK M!ssundaztood, Arista 1 9 6 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Escape, Interscope 4 10 11 LINKIN PARK Hybrid Theory, Warner Bros. 57 11 4 MICHAEL JACKSON Invincible, Epic 4 12 10 NICKELBACK Silver Side Up, Roadrunner 11 13 7 MADONNA GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2, Maverick 2 14 14 USHER 8701, Arista 16 15 7 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Christmas..., American Gramaphone 4
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