Adema's attempt at a comeback hit a brick wall as well when their new effort "Kill the Headlights" only managed to attract 2,000 fans. The one good news for rock this week is that As I Lay Dying made a record debut on the charts with sales of almost 40,000 copies of their new effort "An Ocean Between Us" landing them at No 8 on the Billboard 200 (more on that later in today's report).
Unlike Adema and Nikki Sixx, Nickelback, Linkin Park, Maroon 5 and Korn still have a healthy fanbase out there purchasing their albums well after their release. Nickelback sold an additional 39,000 copies of "All the Right Reasons" this past week and Linkin Park sold 34,000 of their latest. Maroon 5's 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' entered the CD collection of 26,000 additional fans and Korn's untitled new effort sold 21,000 more units last week.
Meanwhile tweens continue to destroy the music business with their parent's credit cards. High School Musical 2 remained at the top of the charts despite a 40% drop in sales, 367,000 additional kiddies bought the CD last week.
Talib Kweli is moving up in the world. His new album "Ear Drum" scored him his very first Top 10 album as he entered the charts at No. 2 after selling 60,000 copies of the disc last week.
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