Kid Rock Tops Charts: 'Welcome to Haterville, Population You'

Access Hollywood - October 17, 2007 10:01 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 17, 2007) - As it turns out "Rock n' Roll Jesus," is indeed Kid Rock's savior as the rip roaring record brought the Detroit rocker to the top of the album charts this week.

"I want to thank [my manager] Punch Andrews for his guidance, friendship, and hard work throughout my career. This couldn't have happened without him," Kid Rock said in a statement. " And to my fans, for once again giving me a great excuse to throw a big party. I look forward to celebrating with them soon. And to everyone else, welcome to Haterville, population YOU."

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Last week's charter topper, Bruce Springsteen's "Magic" fell into second place, while Rascal Flatt's "Still Feels Good," slipped to number three.

LeAnne Rimes found herself with a hearty number four on the charts with her album "Family." The other new entry into the top ten this week was Sara Evans' "Greatest Hits" which landed at number eight.

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Over on the digital side, Soulja Boy remained strong, with "Tell 'Em" riding to the top of the digital singles chart for the second week in a row. Super-producer Timbaland made some headway, moving from a fourth place finish last week into the number two slot with "Apologize."

Apparently fans wanted a little less of Britney Spears' "Gimme More" as the pop single dropped one place to number three. Kanye West also lost his footing with "Stronger" which fell to number four.

The top digitally downloaded songs of the last week were:

1. Soulja Boy "Tell 'Em"
2. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic "Apologize"
3. Britney Spears "Gimme More"
4. Kanye West "Stronger"
5. Colbie Caillat "Bubbly"
6. Alicia Keys "No One"
7. Baby Bash feat. T-Pain "Cyclone"
8. Nickelback "Rockstar"
9. 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake "Ayo Technology"
10. Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come"

The top albums of the past week were:

1. Kid Rock "Rock n' Roll Jesus"
2,. Bruce Springsteen "Magic"
3. Rascal Flatts "Still Feels Good"
4. LeAnne Rimes "Family"
5. Matchbox Twenty "Exile On Mainstream"
6. Kanye West "Graduation"
7. Reba McEntire "Reba Duets"
8. Sara Evans "Greatest Hits"
9. Soundtrack "High School Musical 2"
10. Josh Groban "Noel"

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  • Charlie Parker Lives!!!!!!
    John Coltrane, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, and Carlie Parker were all internationally famous composers and performers, who forever changed all musicians that heard them with some of the most innovative, beautiful and difficult songs ever. True they all did lots of heroin and cocaine nearly until they died but they still made music for eight hours a day(literally) and understood every note
    report abuseposted October 18, 2007 9:43 PM PDT
  • Charlie Parker Lives!!!!!!
    People like Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius and Miles Davis were internationally famous musicians and composers who did a lot more drugs than bands do today(like in Mile's case at one point he did nothing at all but shoot up, for 5 years)and these guys still managed to practice for around eight hours a day or more and preform and compose music far beyond today's crap in beauty and complexity.WeSuck
    report abuseposted October 18, 2007 9:32 PM PDT
  • Charlie Parker Lives!!!!!!
    I would never tell someone to stop making music no matter what I thought. But, the fact of the matter is that musical talent and commitment to making music is seriously lacking from today's music. In the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's there were popular musicians like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Parliament and others that were the best in the world
    report abuseposted October 18, 2007 9:22 PM PDT
  • Charlie Parker Lives!!!!!!
    Out of the top ten downloaded songs and purchased albums there are about five artists who actually even attempt to play any kind of instrument, and of these only two could ever play any music considered difficult by serious professional musicians. In addition, those who are just singers are all using filtering and voice modification software. Everyone has the right to do whatever they want.
    report abuseposted October 18, 2007 9:13 PM PDT

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