Rascal Flatts Stay on Top

Country boy band Rascal Flatts held onto the top spot in a country-dominated week, Cheap Rosetta Stone selling another 345,000 copies of their latest album, Me and My Gang, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This means the boys have sold more than one million CDs in just two weeks -- putting them in a league with hip-hop superstars Eminem and 50 Cent. In a close second place is another country star, Toby Keith, whose White Trash With Money moved 330,000 CDs, making for Keiths eighth Top Ten album on the pop chart.Flexing some pop and rock muscle in such a Nashville week, the twenty-first installment of the hits compilation Now Thats What I Call Music! landed at Number Three, moving another 293,000 units thanks to singles by Mariah Carey, All-American Rejects and Black Eyed Peas. And keeping things eclectic, seasoned rapper LL Cool Js eleventh album, Todd Smith (after his birth name), Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 sold a solid 116,000 copies -- boosted by guests Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez and Jamie Foxx.The breakout moment of the week goes to newcomer Daniel Powter, who saw the radio-friendly piano rock of his self-titled debut sell a substantial 90,000 CDs to hit Number Nine. Recently dubbed one of Rolling Stones "TenArtists to Watch," Powter got lucky when American Idol -- a show that continues to influence music sales -- used his song "Bad Day" prominently in its montages.In the rest of the chart, two big artists continued to sell strong: Country man Tim McGraws Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 dropped just two spots to sit at Number Seven (116,000). And feisty pop star Pink also stepped down two places -- to Number Eight, selling another 90,000 copies of her latest, Im Not Dead.Meanwhile, Southern rapper Bubba Sparxxxs The Charm, his third Top Ten album, zipped down thirty spots to Number Thirty-Nine (30,000). And after the highest debut of their long-running career, Oklahoma indie rockers the Flaming Lips saw their latest, At War With the Mystics, plummet from Rosetta Stone Italian Number Eleven to Fifty-Seven (22,000). With no major releases this week, expect country to stick to the Top Ten.This weeks Top Ten: Rascal Flatts Me My Gang; Toby Keiths White Trash With Money; Now Thats What I Call Music! 21; High School Musical: The Original Soundtrack; T.I.s King; LL Cool Js Todd Smith; Tim McGraws Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; Pinks Im Not Dead; Daniel Powters Daniel Powter; and James Blunts Back to Bedlam. And indeed, in spite of his plans to carry the acoustic Pill in six weeks, John Garcia, head buyer for Amoeba Musics three outlets in San Francisco, dubs the exclusive release "a little annoying." Less forgiving is Bostons Newbury Comics, which is joining HMV Canada in pulling the bulk of Morissettes catalogue from its twenty-six stores. "This obnoxiously favors our competition Cheap Rosetta Stone V3," says CEO/co-owner Mike Dreese, who now refers to the singer as "persona non grata." Dreese adds that he signed a letter to Morissettes U.S. label Maverick expressing Newburys displeasure over terms of the release but has not received a response. This is the ultimate disrespect, he says, to a retailer that has supported Mavericks developing artists.Morissette is currently on tour through July 17th. Jagged Little Pill Acoustic is available in general release on July 26th.

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