Chart Watch: R. Kelly, Blink-182
November 15, 2000 -- Top 10: Two years after his last release, R., R. Kelly storms back onto the charts with TP-2.com, selling more than 543,000 copies and easily capturing the top spot. Outkast's Stankonia, which debuted at No. 2 a week ago, keeps selling strong, moving another 288,000 units out the door, followed by Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, which inches up a notch to No. 3, selling another 256,000 copies and crossing the two million sales mark.
At No. 4 is last week's No. 1, Jay-Z's Dynasty: Roc la Familia 2000, selling almost 250,000 copies, while U2's latest, All That You Can't Leave Behind, sells 173,000 at No. 5. Nelly's Country Grammar holds fast at No. 6, selling 139,000, as the Charlie's Angels soundtrack pushes into the Top 10 at No. 7, selling almost 137,000.
The Mark, Tom, & Travis Show, Blink-182's new live album, sells almost 129,000 copies to bow at No. 8, while Godsmack's Awake falls from No. 5 to No. 9, still selling an impressive 125,000 copies. Creed's Human Clay rounds things out, selling almost 120,000 copies, getting closer and closer to the 7 million sales mark.
Bland?: Have the Spice Girls lost it? Since their last album, Spice World, the solo albums to come from the group have been met with tepid sales on this side of the pond. Now, their latest album, Forever, bows at No. 39, selling exactly 33,803 copies.
Notable Debuts: Outside the Top 10, Alan Jackson's When Somebody Loves You debuts the highest, selling almost 87,000 copies at No. 15. Fatboy Slim's Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars sells 26,000 at No. 51, while Strait Up, the tribute to late Snot frontman Lynn Strait, sells 24,000 at No. 56. The soundtrack to The Grinch sells almost 20,000 at No. 69, but that number will undoubtedly rise once the film hits theaters. The MTV compilation The Return of the Rock comes in at No. 75, selling almost 19,000, while the Rugrats in Paris soundtrack, featuring the Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out," bows at No. 93, selling more than 16,000 copies.
Hotshot to the Top?: Shaggy's Hotshot continues on its Top 10 track, moving up five spaces to No. 23, selling more than 60,000 copies. Will this be the holiday season's hottest album?
Youngsters Movin' on Up: Lil' Bow Wow's Beware of Dog moves up just one notch to No. 24, but sells almost 55,000 copies, a bump of almost 13,000. Aaron Carter moves from No. 29 to No. 26 with Aaron's Party (Come Get It), selling more than 49,000 copies, while Charlotte Church's Dream a Dream jumps from No. 77 to No. 47, with sales of almost 28,000. And young Billy Gilman's Classic Christmas jumps from No. 124 to No. 77, selling almost 19,000 copies.
Still Bizarre: Last week, the Insane Clown Posse's two new albums, Bizaar and Bizzar, debuted at No. 20 and No. 21, respectively. This week, Bizaar drops to No. 79, while Bizzar falls to No. 86. What makes the Juggalos prefer one more than the other?
Aguileraland: Christina Aguilera currently has two albums, Christina Aguilera and My Kind of Christmas, right next to each other, at No. 33 and No. 34 respectively.
Can't Hardly Wait: With a new album, Black and Blue, due Nov. 21, it appears that some Backstreet Boys fans can't wait. Millennium makes a jump from No. 103 to No. 84 this week, selling almost 18,000 copies — not bad for an album that's sold more than 11.5 million.
Bottom Feeding: This week's No. 200: Willie D's Loved by Few, Hated by Many sells 7,303 copies to earn the honor.