THE ISLEYS HAVE IT
Every so often, some young unknowns score a huge debut, resulting in much headscratching among older music fans. This week, the teens are struggling to ID the band behind a left-field smash. After all, the Isley Brothers' first big hit, "Shout," made its mark in 1959. Boosted by a single featuring R. Kelly, the soul group's latest, Eternal, lands at No. 3 in its first week, selling 225,000 copies and leaving new albums from Usher (212,000 units), Jadakiss (204,000), and Aaron Carter (132,000) to twist and shout at Nos. 4, 5, and 7, respectively. Meanwhile, NOW 7 holds on to the top spot with 394,000 more copies sold, proving that people still like collections of too-familiar hits. Fight the power!
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEKS ON WEEK CHART
1 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Music! 7, Virgin 2 2 2 'N SYNC Celebrity, Jive 3 3 -- ISLEY BROTHERS... Eternal, DreamWorks 1 4 -- USHER 8701, Arista 1 5 -- JADAKISS Kiss tha Game Goodbye, Ruff Ryders/Interscope 1 6 3 ALICIA KEYS Songs in A Minor, J 7 7 -- AARON CARTER Oh Aaron, Jive 1 8 5 STAIND Break the Cycle, Flip/Elektra 12 9 7 LINKIN PARK Hybrid Theory, Warner Bros. 42 10 6 D12 Devil's Night, Shady/Interscope 8 11 12 JENNIFER LOPEZ J. Lo, Epic 29 12 18 ALIEN ANT FARM ANThology, DreamWorks 23 13 4 SNOOP DOGG PRESENTS THA EASTSIDAZ Duces 'N Trayz..., TVT 2 14 20 DROWNING POOL Sinner, Wind-Up 10 15 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS O Brother... soundtrack, Mercury Nashville 33
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