Source: E! Online News http://www.eonline.com
Thanks to Backstreet.net reader Krista for sending this in.
by Jeffrey Jolson-Colburn
August 18, 1999, 5:55 p.m. PT
Talk about a good week--first, the Backstreet Boys sell out their entire
tour, some $30 million worth of
concert tickets, in one day; now comes word they retained the No. 1
position at the nation's record
stores.
The teen-dream, Florida-bred act sold 250,000 units of their record
Millennium, which is now certified
at five-times platinum (5 million units shipped) and climbing. The
pop quintet can credit a heavy TV
presence, with promotions running on MTV and the Disney Channel, for
its super week.
Fellow Floridians, rock-hop act Limp Bizkit, came in at No. 2 as Significant
Other found another 192,000
lovers in the week ended August 15.
Meanwhile, further emphasizing this summer's dance pop trend, two more
teen sensations danced into
the No. 3 and 4 slots--Britney Spears with … Baby One More Time, followed
by Ricky Martin's self-titled
album, both near the 139,000 mark.
With what figures to be a record-breaker for a non-soundtrack, non-benefit
compilation, Now That's
What I Call Music, Vol. 2 stayed in the Top 5 for a third week with
sales of 135,000. The Runaway Bride
soundtrack crossed the finish line at No. 6 and Kid Rock sprinted to
No. 7 with Devil Without a Cause.
Violator: The Album, from the rap music company of that name, was the
highest debut of the week at No.
8, selling 115,000 units. The disc features the likes of LL Cool J,
Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep and Q-Tip
who has a hit hip-hop single.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Smash Mouth's Astro Lounge and a comeback
album from Santana, a group
now in its fourth decade and still able to open in the Top 10. The
latest album, Supernatural had heavenly
help from name guests like Dave Matthews, Everlast and members of the
Fugees and Matchbox 10. It had
first-week sales of 99,000 copies.
Other debuts included the No. 51 solo premiere from Rahzel, Make The
Music 2000, Coko at No. 68 and
Machine Head at No. 88.