With three Grammy wins of their own, the Chicks will also likely see a boost in next week’s sales figures. 1 for the 13th week on Billboard’s Top Country Albums roundup. The Dixie Chicks’ “Home” (Monument/Columbia) slips 2-4 on The Billboard 200 on a 25% sales slide to 127,000 copies. 26, 2002, release, the set has sold 3.6 million copies. 3 with her debut Blue Note album “Come Away With Me.” Sales of the album fell a minuscule 3% to 144,000 units, but a major boost is expected in next week’s figures, which will reflect retail activity following her five Grammy wins. The singer’s last effort, “The Best of Both Worlds” with Jay-Z, moved 223,000 copies in its ill-timed first week, just after accusations of sexual misconduct against Kelly stormed the media. While Kelly’s 2000 album “” had a larger opening week, with sales of 543,000 copies, its total benefited from a November release, when retail traffic is traditionally higher. First single “Ignition” has already become a top-15 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 and top-3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. 2 on a 37% sales slide to 520,000 copies. Sales of the Jive album narrowly edged out those of rapper 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” (Shady/Interscope), which falls to No. Kelly’s latest album, as “Chocolate Factory” sold an impressive 532,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and put the set on top of The Billboard 200. A string of sexual allegations failed to turn U.S.
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