Davey Havok-led rock band AFI pushed Dixie Chicks off the top of the pop charts with a record sale of 182,000 copies of its album
Decemberunderground in the United States during the week ended June 11.
The album spiked Dixie Chicks'
Taking The Long Way, which ruled the Billboard 200 for two weeks. The country band sold 175,000 copies this week, 36 per cent lower than its previous week's figure, in the process slipping to the second position.
The week saw a surge in the popularity of hip hop, with new rapper Yung Joc occupying the third spot with his Block/Bad Boy South album
New Joc City, selling 148,000 copies of the album, which rode on the success of the hit single
It's Goin' Down.
He was followed by Los Angeles hip hopper Ice Cube, whose album
Laugh Now, Cry Later marks his return after six years. Cube comfortably landed at the fourth position with the sale of 144,000 copies. The album is the first from the NWA rapper's own Lench Mob stable.
At the fifth spot was
High School Musical, the soundtrack of Buena Vista Music Group's new flick, which managed to send out 87,000 copies. This was one of the three from the Disney stable that found their place under the pop sun this week.
The week didn't bode well for Red Hot Chili Peppers, who fell three spots to finally rest at number six with their album
Stadium Arcadium, selling 86,000 copies.
The seventh place again belonged to Walt Disney, with the soundtrack of its box office topper
Cars opening at the seventh position. The film, whose soundtrack sports music from the likes of Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, John Mayer and Randy Newman, sold 68,000 copies. The No 8 spot also remained with Disney courtesy
Me and My Gang. The Rascal Flatts album, under Disney's Lyric Street, attracted sales of 66,000.
A new entrant to the ninth position was R&B singer Rihanna's
A Girl Like Me, which climbed two positions with sales of 51,000 units. The last spot belonged to
Now 21, the latest in the
NOW! That's What I Call Music series, which managed to sell 49,000 units.
Among others who fared decently well were DJ Khaled, Jeff Foxworthy and his entourage, SideOneDummy and Kottonmouth Kings. DJ Khaled's
Listennn ... The Album, sold 44,000 copies, opening at the 12th spot, while Jeff Foxworthy's
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road caught the ride at No 19 with sales of 35,000 copies. SideOneDummy's
Vans Warped Tour 2006 Compilation and Kottonmouth Kings'
Koast II Koast also made their presence felt, albeit in over-20 spots.
