Zomba Group of Labels - 3 Albums in the Top 5

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Jul 27, 2099 Source: Zomba Company Press Release Submitted By: Thanks to Maria for sending this in. Company Press Release Backstreet Boys' Millennium #1 NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 22, 1999-- Britney Spears'...Baby One More Time #4 Too $Hort's Can't Stay Away #5 Zomba Music Group, the world's largest independent music company and parent of Jive, Volcano, Verity, Provident Group of Labels and Silvertone record labels, has 3 albums in the top 5 and a total of 6 albums in the top 50 according to SoundScan. Jive Records is currently the #1 label in the country with a market share of 7.9% and in addition to the #1, #4 and #5 albums on Billboards Album 200 chart, the label has #1 and #2 R&B albums with Too $hort's Can't Stay Away and The Wood soundtrack, respectively. The Zomba Group of Labels is the #2 overall group with an 8.75% market share. SoundScan's year-to-date album sales includes 4 Zomba titles among the industry's top 30 albums, which include the top 2 selling albums - Britney Spears' debut album ...Baby One More Time with a total of 4.15 million and Backstreet Boys' Millennium having sold over 3.9 million in only 9 weeks. The year-to-date sales of the Backstreet Boys' debut album, Backstreet Boys place them at the #20 position with 1.29 million and the #29 selling album is R. Kelly's R. with 1.02 million. Among the other Zomba Group of Labels highlights: Backstreet Boys jump back into the #1 position on the Billboard Album 200 chart with their sophomore album, certified 6X platinum Millennium with 271,749 albums. In addition to album sales, the group has 3 out of the top 10 home videos selling this week, which include the 2X platinum Backstreet Boys - Homecoming Live In Orlando at #1, All Access at #4 which is certified 5X platinum and A Night Out With The Backstreet Boys at #6 which is certified 3X platinum. ``I Want It That Way'' is currently the #1 most played Pop song in America according to BDS. The group is currently in Europe on their sold-out tour and will begin their North American tour mid-September. Britney Spears holds steady for the 2nd week in a row at the #4 position with her debut 5X platinum album ...Baby One More Time which sold 145,094 albums this week. ``Sometimes,'' the second single off the album is currently #5 on the Radio & Records CHR chart. Britney is currently on her sold out North American tour and will be performing on the FOX Teen Awards on August 12. Too $hort's 11th album, Can't Stay Away, debuted at #5 with a bullet on this week's SoundScan chart and is the #1 selling Rap and R&B album in the country. Can't Stay Away has received critical acclaim; ``Can't Stay Away will have Too $hort fans hitting the rewind button more than the fast-forward one,'' according to The Source Magazine. Rolling Stone has stated, ``Can't Stay Away keeps things straightforward and funky, just the way his fans like it.'' Vibe Magazine adds, ``Todd `Too $hort' Shaw'' will be here forever because he has a formula ... a musical aesthetic that's pure genius in its simplicity.`` The Wood soundtrack debuts this week at #16 with a bullet with 66,517 units. The soundtrack features such artists as DMX, R. Kelly, Marc Dorsey, Blackstreet and Joe. The video for ``Neck Uv Da Woods,'' a collaboration between Mystikal and Outkast, is in heavy rotation on MTV, The Box and BET. In a very competitive summer release schedule the MTV Films/Paramount Pictures, The Wood debuted at #6 with the second highest per screen average at over $7200 per screen in 1200 theaters nationwide. ``Weird Al'' Yankovic's Running with Scissors is currently the #29 album in the country. ``Weird Al'' kicked off his North America tour on July 19 in Greenbay, WI. ``It's All About The Pentiums,'' the next single and video from the certified gold album will ship in August. Verity Records, the #1 Gospel label, currently has a 20% market share which includes 4 albums in the top 10. The albums making the list are Fred Hammond's certified platinum album, Pages Of Life, the certified gold compilation of WOW Gospel 1999, Richard Smallwood's Healing - Live In Detroit and Virtue's Get Ready. In addition, the label had the top debut on the Music Videos Chart with Richard Smallwood's Healing - Live In Detroit. The Provident Group of Labels has a 10% market share with 4 albums on the current Contemporary Christian chart which include Caedmon's Call's 40 Acres, FFH's I Want To Be Like You, Clay Crosse's I Surrender All and the platinum album from Michael W. Smith, Live The Life. For further information on the Zomba Group of Labels please call Sonia Muckle at 212.824.1370. Comment on this item. Next Item: BSB #1 Prev Item: Sears Presents Backstreet Boys Into The Millennium Tour