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"瑪丹娜" 擠下 "瑪麗亞"...第七度於發片首週勇奪全美專輯榜冠軍!!!

這星期的美國專輯榜出現了兩大天后相爭的局面，瑪麗亞凱莉（Mariah Carey）
蟬連兩週冠軍的「蝴蝶效應（E=MC2）」雖然氣勢如虹，但另一位資深天后瑪丹娜
Madonna）的新專輯「娜‧式‧糖（Hard Candy）」也不惶多讓，這星期以將近
28萬張的銷售數字將「蝴蝶效應」從全美專輯榜冠軍寶座上給擠到亞軍席次，奪下
本週的全美專輯冠軍頭銜。「娜‧式‧糖」是瑪丹娜的第11張個人專輯，這張專輯
也為她創下出道26年以來第七次在專輯發行首週即空降全美專輯榜冠軍的紀錄。
瑪丹娜在2000年以後發行的四張專輯─2000年的「音樂聖堂（Music）」、2003年的
「夢醒美國（American Life）」、2005年的「娜‧語‧錄（Confessions on a Dance
Floor）」以及這張「娜‧式‧糖」─全部都在發行首週奪得全美冠軍，顯見這位
流行女皇從1980年代到現在對流行歌壇的影響力不但沒有減少，反而與日俱增。

這星期獲得第三名的是英國選秀節目「X Factor」冠軍得主里歐娜（Leona Lewis）
的「心靈深處（Spirit）」，而第四到第八名的專輯全部都是新進榜的作品：第四
名是R&B歌手萊佛詹寧斯（Lyfe Jennings）的「Lyfe Change」；資深英國重搖滾團
體威豹合唱團睽違六年的新作「搖滾歌劇院（Songs from the Sparkle Lounge）」
獲得第五名；第六名是經常談論社會議題的嘻哈團體紮根合唱團（The Roots）的新
專輯「Rising Down」；許久不見的英國Trip-Hop代表團波提斯黑（Portishead）琢
磨了將近十年的專輯「Third」獲得第七名；美國搖滾大老湯姆佩蒂（Tom Petty）
在組成傷心人樂團（Heartbreakers）前所組的泥巴柺杖樂團（Mudcrutch）是這星
期全美專輯榜前十名得主中資歷最深、離開歌壇最久的團體－他們在30年前就宣佈解
散，而在經過了30年後，湯姆佩蒂又把這群當年的小夥子、現在的阿公級團員們找了
回來錄了一張同名專輯，這張專輯這星期在榜上獲得第八名。本週全美專輯榜第九
和第十名分別由熱門單曲合輯「Now That's What I Call Music! 27」以及鄉村歌
手提姆麥克羅（Tim McGraw）的精選輯「Greatest Hits 1 & 2」獲得。
From>>>MTV.com╱MTVChinese.com

The Billboard 200 - TOP 20
TW/LW/ "Artist" "Title" "Sales"
1 NEW Madonna - Hard Candy 280,000
2 1 Mariah Carey - E=MC2 95,000 -48%
3 2 Leona Lewis - Spirit 84,000 (-12%)
4 NEW Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change 80,000
5 NEW Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge 55,000
6 NEW The Roots - Rising Down 54,000
7 NEW Portishead - Third 53,000
8 NEW Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch 38,000
9 6 Various Artists - NOW 27 31,000
10 NEW Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits: Limited Edition 29,000


Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 With 7th No. 1

It's a busy week at the top of the The Billboard 200, with Madonna's
"Hard Candy" leading the action at No. 1. It is the artist's seventh
chart-topper, the second-most among all female artists -- only Barbra
Streisand, with eight, has more. The Warner Bros. set moved 280,000
copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. After racing 68-3 last month,
the diva's single "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake gave Madonna
her 37th top 10 hit -- the most of any artist in the rock era. Until
now, she and Elvis Presley were tied with 36 apiece.

As a consequence, Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (Island Def Jam) is dethroned
to No. 2 after two weeks on top; the album moved 95,000 units, a 48%
sales drop-off. Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J) slips 2-3 with 84,000
(-12%).

Lyfe Jennings' Columbia album "Lyfe Change" starts with 80,000 at No. 4.
His last set trumps this start though, as "The Phoenix" began at No. 2
with 136,000 in 2006.

Def Leppard scores its 11th consecutive top 20 album with the bow of
"Songs from the Sparkle Lounge" (Island/UMe) at No. 5 with 55,000 units.
The band started its top 20 streak on The Billboard 200 back with 1983's
"Pyromania" when it peaked at No. 2. Since "Pyromania," every Def Leppard
album has reached the top 20.

The Roots' ninth album, Def Jam set "Rising Down," enters at No. 6 off
of a 54,000 start. The hip-hop act's last release, 2006's "Game Theory,"
started at No. 9 with 61,000.


Portishead returns with its first studio album in more than 10 years as
"Third" bows with 53,000 at No. 7, a new charting high-water mark for
the U.K. act. Its last studio effort, 1997's "Portishead," debuted and
peaked at No. 21.

Tom Petty side project Mudcrutch -- which was actually the precursor to
Petty's career as a solo artist -- has a No. 8 start with its self-titled
Reprise set with 38,000. Petty's last release, 2006's "Highway Companion,"
started at No. 4 with 112,000.

The multi-label "Now 27" continues its decline 6-9 with 31,000 and a 4%
decrease.

The Wal-Mart exclusive set "Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2" from Tim McGraw
bows at No. 10 with 29,000. The 2-CD set combines the singer's 2000
"Greatest Hits" with his 2006 "Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Reflected."

Aside from those seven releases, 24 other albums debut inside The Billboard
200, including Steve Winwood's "Nine Lives" (Columbia, No. 12, 26,000),
Carly Simon's "This Kind of Love" (Hear Music, No. 15, 23,000), Augustana's
"Can't Love, Can't Hurt" (Epic, No. 21, 21,000), Lil Mama's "VYP: Voice of
the Young People (Jive, No. 25, 19,000), Mindless Self Indulgence's "If"
(The End Records, No. 27, 18,000) and Mana's "Arde El Cielo" (Warner Music
Latina, No. 30, 17,000).

Album sales this week are up 10% from last week's sum with 7.55 million
units and down 10.4% from the same week last year.
From>>>Billboard