Billboard.com has released their post Grammy sales figures and it seems that Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Herbie Hancock’s Grammy wins have proven to be money in the bank. Check out their sales figures I snatched from Billboard.com:
Amy Winehouse’s Universal Republic CD “Back to Black” has bounced back into the top 10 in a big way, zooming up 24-2 for a new charting high and sales week with 115,000. Winehouse led the Grammy field with five wins.
Album of the year winner Herbie Hancock’s “River: The Joni Letters” (Verve) exploded 159-5, with a 967% bump to 54,000, while Foo Fighters’ “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace” (Roswell/RCA) climbs 65-22 with 33,000 (+160%). Kanye West’s “Graduation” (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) ascends 64-40 with a 74% gain, selling 23,000.
“As I Am” (J) by Alicia Keys, who performed twice at the ceremony, stays put at No. 3 for a second week with 109,000 (+36%). The “2008 Grammy Nominees” compilation climbs a notch 5-4 with 72,000, a 40% increase.
Mary J. Blige’s Matriarch/Geffen album “Growing Pains” slips 6-7 with 49,000 (+9%) as Atlantic’s soundtrack to the film “Step Up 2″ steps up 13-10, moving 45,000 units with a 44% increase.
Considering its status as a catalog release, the new 25th anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (Epic/Legacy) was ineligible to chart on The Billboard 200 this week. But it does bow at No. 1 on the Top Pop Catalog Albums tally after selling 166,000. The project includes reworked “Thriller” tracks by Akon, Kanye West, Fergie and will.i.am.
Overall, this is a good look for all parties involved. But was anyone as shocked me when the producers didn’t do any sort of tribute to Michael Jackson. The re release of Thriller hit stores this Tuesday after an incredible 25 years. But there was no mention of it on the live telecast. I’m told that one of the main reasons why his achievement was over looked was due to his excessive diva demands. But I can’t confirm that so lets just say “allegedly”.


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