Prince has still got it. A little bit, at least. As rumors of extreme ridiculousness on his part float through the blogosphere — he demands an all black hotel room with a black M&M dispenser — he rolled into the Billboard 200 at No. 3. That whole "world-renowned music legend" thing was no match for movie soundtracks and cheesy pop music compilations. He pulled in at No. 1 on the Hip Hop/R&B charts, knocking T.I. off of the top spot and Kelly Rowland out of the top 10 completely. More after the jump.
Artist, Record, Peak Position, Number of Weeks on the Charts
Billboard 200
1. Various Artists, NOW 25, 1, 2
2. Soundtrack, Hairspray, 2, 3
3. Prince, Planet Earth, 3, 1
4. Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
5. T.I., T.I. vs. T.I.P., 1, 5
6. Fergie, The Dutchess, 3, 45
7. Sum 41 Underclass Hero, 7, 1
8. Linkin Park, Minutes To Midnight, 1, 11
9. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 6, 20
10. Plain White T's, Every Second Counts, 10, 22
Billboard Hip Hop/R&B
1. Prince, Planet Earth, 1, 1
2. T.I. T.I. vs. T.I.P., 1, 5
3. Various Artists, NOW 25, 2, 2
4. T-Pain, Epiphany, 1, 8
5. Young Berg, Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP, 5, 1
6. Ne-Yo, Because of You, 1, 13
7. Fabolous, From Nothin' to Somethin', 1, 6
8. R. Kelly, Double Up, 1, 9
9. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad, 3, 7
10. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, 5, 19
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Hmm..interesting. I don't know anyone who has copped a Prince CD…since…1999, but seriously it's been a really long time. Who is buying his sutff? The Grown & Sexy folks, yea, yea I know, but can the grown & sexies make it a number 1? Since when has that happened? It must be the YTs!! And, I don't think he's ridic for wanting all black in his room. If I were famous I'd want crazy stuff too, and so would you. Why not? I don't like M&Ms, but I do like midgets, and dolphins and unicorns.
…and empty day-glo Pez dispensers and zebras that can say my name backwards in Hebrew and a barbershop quartet and gilt framed picture of Tupac and a waffle iron and raisin bread without the raisins and…
popeye's chicken wings with all the retarded legs cut off, only the purple, yellow, and green skittles in a 24 oz bowl (i just wanna taste half the rainbow), 4 groupies with size 8 feet, soft gummi bears, and the special edition NaS cd that came out in 2004 playing on a old school radio raheem boombox with belly playing in the background and…
He hasn't released a solid album in over a decade, and he's been coasting on his distant past even longer.
was hoping we could keep the crazy lists going. that was cool
Hahaha, you guys crack me up.