NIN's 'Teeth' Sparkle At No. 1

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After nearly six years away, the return of Nine Inch Nails is heralded with a No. 1 debut on The Billboard 200. The Trent Reznor-led act's "With Teeth" (Nothing/Interscope) racked up first week sales of 272,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.



This is NIN's second chart-topping album, as 1999's "The Fragile" also bowed at No. 1. That set started with 229,000 copies and has sold 898,000 to date.

With the group in the midst of a North American tour, the first "With Teeth" airplay single, "The Hand That Feeds," is in its fourth non-consecutive week at No. 2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Songs chart

Composed by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Sony Classical's "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" enters The Billboard 200 at No. 6 with 95,000 copies. "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" is the space saga's top charting soundtrack, reaching No. 3 in 1999. Combined with 2002's "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones," the franchise's two "prequel" soundtracks have sold 1.4 million to date.

At No. 9, Fall Out Boy's Island full-length debut, "From Under the Cork Tree," marks the group's career best opening on The Billboard 200, selling 68,000 copies. The band's 2003's Fueled By Ramen effort "Take This to Your Grave" peaked at No. 17 on Top Independent Albums and has a to-date total of 219,000 units.

Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" (Island/Def Jam) keeps its place at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 for a third week after seeing a slight (0.4%) dip to sales of 197,000 copies. Rob Thomas rebounds 4-3 with former No. 1 "...Something to Be" (Melisma/Atlantic), which advances despite a 14% sales drop to 125,000 units.

Also rising on the chart in spite of a 9% drop is 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), which moves 6-4 this week on 104,000 copies. Last week's No. 1, Bruce Springsteen's "Devils & Dust" (Columbia), slides to No. 5 on a 54% decline to 102,000.

Gwen Stefani's "Love, Angel, Music, Baby" (Interscope) climbs 10-7 with an 11% boost to 79,000 copies. Il Divo's self-titled Sony effort gains one spot at No. 8 on a 0.4% increase to 75,000, while Mike Jones' "Who Is Mike Jones?" (Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros.) falls 8-10 on a 20% slide to 65,000.

Other notable debuts on this week's chart include Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group's "Elvis, By the Presleys" (No. 15), Limp Bizkit's "The Unquestionable Truth, Pt. 1" (Geffen, No. 24), Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' two-disc "Cold Roses" (Lost Highway, No. 26), Nivea's "Complicated" (Jive, No. 37) and Amy Grant's "Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith" (Word, No. 42).

Titles by country acts including Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Tim McGraw see chart jumps this week thanks to the genre's traditional strong showing during the week leading up to Mother's Day. But it is Sony's "The Phantom of the Opera" soundtrack that is The Billboard 200 greatest gainer with a 272% increase to sales of 29,000 copies. The album rockets 129-32 in the wake of the movie's DVD release last week.

At 11 million units, overall U.S. album sales were up 5% over the previous week, less than one percent ahead of the same week last year. Sales for the year are lower than those of 2004 by about 9% at 197 million units.


-- Margo Whitmire, L.A.



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By JOHN WILLIAMS
Senior Editor, JAM! Showbiz


Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails made a loud debut on the Canadian album charts, but it didn't scare off pop-opera crooners Il Divo.



Il Divo's self-titled disc occupied the No. 1 for a third consecutive week with on sales of 30,400, beating out NIN's latest album "With Teeth" (24,900), which debuted at No. 2.

The first week sales of "With Teeth," the first set of new music since 1999's double-album "The Fragile," marks the best ever debut for the industrial rockers, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan Canada.

NIN did, however, hit the top spot south of the border. "With Teeth" debuted at No. 1 with sales of 272,000, according to Billboard.com.

Back in Canada, Michael Buble's "It's Time" held steady at No. 3, 50 Cent's "The Massacre" moved up one notch to No. 4, and Green Day's "American Idiot" claimed the No. 5 position.

Bruce Springsteen's latest album "Devils & Dust" (8,900), which debuted at No. 2 last week, dropped four spots to No. 6, and Rob Thomas's "Something To Be" fell from No. 6 to No. 7.


Gwen Stefani's "Love.Angel.Music.Baby" and Jack Johnson's "In Between Dreams" both remained at No. 8 and No. 9, respectively, and Jann Arden re-entered the top 10 at No. 10.

Other notable debuts included the soundtrack to "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" at No. 13, Shawn Desman's "Back For More" at No. 14, Sloan's "A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005" at No. 15, Lara Fabian's "9" at No. 20, Limp Bizkit's "The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)" at No. 23, and Ryan Adams' "Cold Roses" at No. 40.

In the U.S., Mariah Carey remained in second place, followed by Rob Thomas in third, 50 Cent in fourth, and Bruce Springsteen in fifth.


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by David Jenison
May 11, 2005, 1:30 PM PT



Nine Inch Nails have taken a bite out of the competition.

The industrial alt-rock mavens' first official studio release in six years, With Teeth, debuted atop the pop charts for the week ending Sunday, moving a career-best 272,000 copies, per Nielsen SoundScan.




Powered by the single "The Hand That Feeds," the new disc aims to return Nine Inch Nails and creative mastermind Trent Reznor to their mid-'90s heyday, when The Downward Spiral delivered such twisted hits as "Closer" and "Hurt." Though 1999's double-disc The Fragile became NIN's first number one disc, the album vanished from the charts as quickly as the band dropped off the radar. With a new hit single and album, Reznor looks to put those Fragile days behind him.

With Teeth is the fourth album in four weeks to open at number one in the wake of 50 Cent's impressive six-week run on top. Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi kicked off the revolving door four weeks ago, followed by new released from Rob Thomas, Bruce Springsteen and now Nine Inch Nails. (Carey has remained in the number two position for the past three charts--it sold 197,000 copies last week.)

With Jedimania heating up, John Williams' Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith film score sold nearly 96,000 copies to open at number six. This is the fifth Star Wars soundtrack to open in the Top 10 and third in a row to accomplish this feat, a new record for sountracks. The Star Wars series was previously in a three-way tie for the most consecutive Top 10 bows with the Spider-Man and American Idol franchises. The film itself, which will be the last in the series, opens May 19.

Chicago emo-rockers Fall Out Boy landed the final Top 10 bow, charting at number nine with From Under the Cork. The band, backed by the hit single "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," sold 68,000 first-week copies.

The rest of the Top 10 were holdovers: Rob Thomas' Something To Be at three, 50 Cent's The Massacre at four, Bruce Springsteen's Devils & Dust at five, Gwen Stefani's Love, Angel, Music, Baby at seven, Il Divo's self-titled at eight and Houston rapper Mike Jones' Who Is Mike Jones? at 10.

Elvis by the Presleys, the double-disc companion set to CBS' May sweeps Elvis miniseries, sold north of 49,000 copies to bow at 15. Along with several of the King's hits, the 32-track set includes a collection of rarities and early demo recordings.

Limp Bizkit, one of the few artists ever to achieve a million-copy sales week, was an afterthought on the Billboard 200 with its new seven-song EP, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1). The seven-song disc, which admittedly got little or no label promotion, sold 37,000 copies at number 24 bow. Just two years ago, the group sold 325,000 first-week copies of Results May Vary, which was considered a relative disappointment at the time.

Other noteworthy new releases included Ryan Adams' Cold Roses at 26, Nivea's Complicated at 37, Amy Grant's Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith at 42, Aimee Mann's The Forgotten Arm at 60, the soundtrack to Broadway's Spamalot at 69, Joe Perry's self-titled at 110 and the Raveonettes' Pretty in Black at 152.

Here's a recap of last week's Top 10 albums:

1. With Teeth, Nine Inch Nails
2. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
3. Something To Be, Rob Thomas
4. The Massacre, 50 Cent
5. Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen
6. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, John Williams
7. Love, Angel, Music, Baby, Gwen Stefani
8. Il Divo, Il Divo
9. From Under the Cork, Fall Out Boy
10. Who Is Mike Jones?, Mike Jones



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Nine Inch Nails' fourth album, With Teeth, took the top spot this week, selling 272,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is the industrial rock vets' first album in six years and second Number One. And pop diva Mariah Carey's comeback, The Emancipation of Mimi, is still holding strong in its fourth week, selling 197,000 copies to take Number Two.



Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas' solo debut, ...Something to Be, continued to sell, moving up one place to Number Three (125,000); and blockbuster rapper 50 Cent's The Massacre climbed two spots to Number Four (104,000) in its tenth week. Rounding out the Top Five is last week's winner, Bruce Springsteen's acoustic Devils and Dust, which fell four spots in its second week (102,000).

There are two surprise Top Ten debuts this week: Composer John Williams' soundtrack to the latest installment in the Star Wars saga, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, moved 96,000 units on the strength of the mega-movie's pending release to land at Number Six. And at Number Nine are Chicago rockers Fall Out Boy, whose fourth album, From Under the Cork Tree, sold a solid 68,000 copies.

Refusing to quit is No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani's solo debut, Love, Angel, Music, Baby, which climbed three spots to take Number Seven (79,000) after more than five months in stores. And Who Is Mike Jones?, the debut from the Houston rapper of the same name, held onto the Top Ten, dropping two places to Number Ten (65,000) in its third week.

Limp Bizkit's seven-song EP, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), managed to sell 37,000 copies to land at Number Twenty-Four with absolutely no promotion (the band is presumably still holed up in Prague recording the proper follow-up to 2003's Results May Vary). While indie darling Ryan Adams' Cold Roses, the first of three albums he'll release this year, opened at a tepid Twenty-Six (34,000).

Fallen from grace this week are Ludacris protege Bobby Valentino's self-titled debut, which dropped eight spots to Number Eleven (63,000); and country-pop gal Jo Dee Messina's latest, Delicious Surprise, which fell nine places to Sixteen (48,000). A much bigger disappointment was dance/R&B songstress Amerie's Touch, which plummeted from Number Five to Number Nineteen in its second week (46,000). And singer-songwriter Ben Folds' latest, Songs for Silverman, dropped like a rock, from Thirteen to Forty-Six (22,000).

Next week expect a strong showing from Dave Matthews Band's first studio album in three years, Stand Up. And Weezer will have a chance to show their pop chops, with their much-delayed fifth album, Make Believe.

This week's Top Ten: Nine Inch Nails' With Teeth; Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi; Rob Thomas' ...Something to Be; 50 Cent's The Massacre; Bruce Springsteen's Devils and Dust; John Williams' Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Gwen Stefani's Love, Angel, Music, Baby; Il Divo's Il Divo; Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree; Mike Jones' Who Is Mike Jones?.



ALEX MAR
(Posted May 11, 2005)



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