‘60s are still good to Manilow
MAKE jokes if you will about Barry Manilow being stuck in the past, but history certainly serves him well. His new CD, “The Greatest Songs of the Sixties,” makes the highest debut on the pop charts this week after selling 202,000 copies to claim the No. 2 spot on the tally.
The CD features Manilow’s interpretations of hits including “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “Strangers in the Night” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.” The 202,000 mark is the best single-week sales total in the singer’s 33-year recording career.
He had hoped for just the third No. 1 of his career with the new album, but the 63-year-old star was edged out for the title by a 13-year-old named Miley Cyrus. Cyrus is better known for playing the title character of “Hannah Montana,” the Disney Channel series.
The show’s soundtrack sold 203,000 copies in its second week to hold on to the top spot of the chart compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Family hip-hoppers Birdman and Lil Wayne take the No. 3 spot with “Like Father, Like Son,” which sold 176,000 copies its first week in stores.
The Who debut at No. 7 with “Endless Wire” (81,000 copies sold), while at No. 8 Meat Loaf serves up a familiar recipe with “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose” (81,000 copies).
The rap album from the soon-to-be-divorced husband of Britney Spears (yes, then you can call him K-Fed-Ex) sold fewer than 6,500 copies to debut at No. 151.
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