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High School, Kidz top charts

March 1, 2006 at 10:44:00 AM

Soundtrack to Disney Channel's hit show leads the way, with another kid-friendly album, Kidz Bop 9, right behind.

After seven weeks on the chart, the soundtrack to Disney Channel's High School Musical jumped five places to No. 1 on the US albums chart Wednesday, becoming the first set from a TV show to lead the list since Miami Vice spent 11 weeks there in late 1985/early 1986.

The Walt Disney Records set sold 101,000 copies in the week ended Feb. 26, according to Nielsen SoundScan data issued Wednesday. With a sales increase of 4 percent, it was the only title in the top 20 that saw a gain.

Tracks from the collection have been making news recently as well. In early February, there were no fewer than nine cuts from the soundtrack on the Hot 100 singles chart, five of which ranked in the top 40.

Another kid-friendly title, Kidz Bop 9, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 98,000 copies. Featuring sing-along covers of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Weezer's "Beverly Hills," and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends," the Razor & Tie set managed the best-selling week for the series and its highest chart post. The previous best was set by Kidz Bop 8, which last year peaked at No. 6.

Last week's champion, Jaheim's Ghetto Classics (Warner Bros.) tumbled to No. 10 with 59,000 copies in its second round.

The top debut belonged to British buzz band Arctic Monkeys' first album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino), which arrived at No. 24. The album recently made waves across the Atlantic by becoming the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history with 360,000 copies, but it managed to sell only 34,000 copies in the United States.

Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack (Universal) fell one place to No. 3 with 89,000 copies, two weeks after debuting at No. 1. Another former chart-topper, Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough (Geffen) held at No. 4, with 76,000 units.

With his single "You're Beautiful" currently at No. 2 on the Hot 100, UK balladeer James Blunt's Back to Bedlam climbed three places to a new high of No. 5 with 72,000 copies. Barry Manilow's former chart-topper The Greatest Songs of the Fifties (Arista) fell three to No. 6 with 66,000 units.

Andrea Bocelli's Amore (Universal) dipped two places to No. 7 with 65,000 copies. The Eminem retrospective Curtain Call: The Hits (Interscope) rose two places to No. 8 with 73,000 copies, while Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts (Arista) fell two to No. 9 with 61,000.

The Motown soundtrack to current box-office champ Madea's Family Reunion bowed at No. 26 with 33,000 copies.

At 11 million units, overall CD sales were down by 10 percent from the previous week and down 1 percent compared to the same week a year ago. Sales for 2006 were down 2 percent compared to 2005 at 86.8 million units.

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I really enjoy this film. It is one of Disney's best DCOM films. I'm glad that there is a soundtrack out for this film as the Music is really good.
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