"That's it!" As for whether Russia can't, or simply won't, control its border to stop heavy weapons flowing to separatists in Ukraine: "These people got weapons with which to defend themselves. "We won in a free fight and we are going to host the World Cup," he declared, slapping away suggestions that Russia cheated with scandal-plagued FIFA to snare the 2018 competition. His retinue seemed wearily accustomed to the late-night regimen, but Putin himself - after back-to-back meetings, a speech and an on-stage interview at his annual business conference here in his home town of St Petersburg - was fresh, fulsome and feisty. 6 to the 10th slot with 51,000 (a slide of 24 percent).By Paul Ingrassia ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - It was two minutes before midnight when Russian President Vladimir Putin finally entered the meeting room in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, more than three hours late, to be interviewed by a dozen exhausted journalists. 9 with 53,000 copies (a 56 percent drop), while Daughtry’s self-titled RCA debut falls from No. 16 in 2001.Įlsewhere, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Strength & Loyalty” (Full Surface/Interscope) slides from No. This week also marks the best sales week for the band since “The World Needs a Hero” began with 61,000 at No. The group’s 1994 set “Youthanasia” debuted and peaked at No. Veteran metal troupe Megadeth scores its first top 10 album in 13 years, as “United Abominations” (Roadrunner) debuts at No. 6 after a 21 percent decrease to 56,000, while Ne-Yo’s Def Jam album “Because of You” descends from fourth position to No. The Columbia set moved 73,000 copies, short of the 227,000 that greeted 2004’s “Here for the Party” and the 264,0’s “All Jacked Up.”Īvril Lavigne’s “The Best Damn Thing” (RCA) falls from No. ![]() Nearly a quarter of its sales this week were snapped up via digital retailers.Ĭountry singer Gretchen Wilson is three for three in the top five on the chart as her third effort, “One of the Boys,” jumps on at No. 8 entry that greeted 2004’s “A Ghost Is Born,” which sold 81,000. It’s the Chicago-based rock group’s second top 10 album and surpasses the No. Wilco earns its biggest charting and sales week yet, as “Sky Blue Sky” (Nonesuch) bows at No. His current single, “Please Don’t Go,” is a top-three hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and is still rising on the Hot 100.Īfter topping the chart last week, Michael Buble’s 143/Reprise set “Call Me Irresponsible” slips to No. 20 in 2002 with 58,000, while his 2001 debut, “Force of Nature,” opened at No. His last album, “One Man,” debuted and peaked at No. 2 with his third Good Game/Blackground album, “Sex, Love & Pain,” selling 103,000 units, a sales and charting best for the artist. Linkin Park’s last album, 2003’s “Meteora,” began at No. release scores the biggest debut-week number since Jay-Z’s “Kingdom Come” moved 680,000 in December over the past two years, only five other titles have moved more than 600,000 in a week. ![]() Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" crashed in at No. ![]() File photo shows members of music group Linkin Park posing as they arrive at the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2006.
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