WINGS OF DESIRE
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. We look around us and we see it isn't so! In an improbable coincidence, both albums debuting in the top 10 this week feature Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs"--the first, the original version on Macca's career summary, Wingspan; the second, a snippet performed by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Abetted by a TV special, Wingspan flapped to No. 2 on sales of 220,000. Rouge sold 118,000 for a No. 5 bow, boosted by the "Lady Marmalade" single. Vis-a-vis Destiny's Child, 359,000 more customers opened the door and let 'em in.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 1 DESTINY'S CHILD Survivor, Columbia 2 2 -- PAUL MCCARTNEY Wingspan: Hits and History, Capitol 1 3 2 JANET JACKSON All for You, Virgin 3 4 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Music! 6, Epic 6 5 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS Music From...Moulin Rouge, Fox/Interscope 1 6 4 TIM MCGRAW Set This Circus Down, Curb 3 7 7 2PAC Until the End of Time, Amaru/Death Row/Interscope 7 8 8 SHAGGY Hotshot, MCA 40 9 5 STEVIE NICKS Trouble in Shangri-La, Reprise 2 10 9 UNCLE KRACKER Double Wide, Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic 19 11 15 TRAIN Drops of Jupiter, Columbia 7 12 11 NELLY Country Grammar, Fo' Reel/Universal 46 13 12 LIFEHOUSE No Name Face, DreamWorks 28 14 16 DIDO No Angel, Arista 52 15 13 112 Part III, Bad Boy/Arista 8
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