Rap/rock group
Limp Bizkit became the fourth act this year to post first-week sales of
more than a million copies, as their Flip/Interscope set "Chocolate Starfish
And The Hot Dog Flavored Water" moved 1.05 million units, according to
SoundScan, to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200. 'N Sync (2.4 million),
Eminem (1.7 million), and Britney Spears (1.3 million) each achieved the
feat earlier this year.
Sales of the
album were fueled in part by a value-added version of the title and big
discounts at Best Buy, which sold the product at $9.99 (the album carries
an $18.98 suggested list price). Interscope also offered retailers a premium,
allowing them to order a bonus Limp Bizkit CD single with the previously
unreleased track "It's Like That Y'all," featuring Run-D.M.C., in exchange
for the guarantee that they would spend 50 cents a unit out of their own
dollars in advertising. Best Buy's advertising, however, claimed to have
two extra tracks. |