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On the Charts: “Juno” Turns Oscar Nods Into Week’s Best-Selling Album

1/30/08, 11:55 am EST

The Big News: After four weeks on the chart, the Juno soundtrack finally claimed the top spot, selling 64,381 copies to overtake Alicia KeysAs I Am, which fell to two. The Moldy Peaches-heavy Juno disc received a push after the film and its star (Ellen Page), director and screenwriter were all nominated for Academy Awards, which means the nation’s best-selling record has a total-sales figure that can barely match most chart-toppers’ opening-week figures. Natasha Bedingfield, coming off the mega-hit “Unwritten,” watched her new album Pocketful of Sunshine debut at three. Mary J. Blige’s Growing Pains and Radiohead’s In Rainbows rounded out the top five.

Debuts: After Bedingfield, the big debut was Cat Power’s covers album Jukebox — its number twelve arrival marks her career-best debut. Other notable entries include the Drive-By TruckersBrighter Than Creations Dark at thirty-six, Breaking artist Black Mountain’s second album In The Future at 101 and jam band moe.’s Sticks and Stones at 119.

Last Week’s Heroes: John Legend and Raheem DeVaughn exited the top ten and introduced themselves to the top thirty. Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad surpassed a million copies sold after thirty-four weeks on the chart (current location: number forty-five).


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Kevin | 1/30/2008, 3:06 pm EST

You are aware there is only one Moldy Peaches song on the Juno soundtrack, right (plus a shorter cover of the same song)? I mean, you’re a music magazine, you have to know that. If anything, it is a Kimya Dawson heavy soundtrack.

Patrick | 1/30/2008, 4:49 pm EST

I noticed the same thing. Kimya Dawson has six tracks on the disc. Whereas Moldy Peaches have one track that is actually theirs. The disc being a soundtrack kind of rules out the language “heavy” anything.

Doofus | 1/30/2008, 4:50 pm EST

I prefer my peaches to be ripe and juicy. I don’t know why any one would want to eat moldy peaches or why this movie soundtrack promotes moldy peaches. I don’t get it.

gyuss | 1/30/2008, 5:27 pm EST

am i the only person who thinks Juno wasnt that good. kids really dont talk like that and the part where Jason Bateman tried to seduce Ellen page was creepy. they tried too hard to make it feel indie but just felt unnatural.

lol | 1/31/2008, 7:03 am EST

heavy modly peaches.
lameass rolling stone

aiden | 1/31/2008, 9:57 am EST

the movie wasn’t that bad. I thought the songs were cute and just because it sounds different doesn’t mean its so bad.

Jannah | 1/31/2008, 7:11 pm EST

I loved the movie….and where I come from (Australia) kids totally talk like that, my best friend is just like Juno…it creeped me out a little. The reason why the soundtrack features Kimya Dawson and the Moldy Peaches is because this was a decision made by both Ellen Page and Diablo Cody when deciding what music the character Juno would be into. Besides, who are we to argue with it, its number one guys! Indy movies are different and this soundtrack certainly is too and was a briliant compliment to a great movie.

But I agree about the Jason Bateman thing, creeeeeepy!

Karina | 6/24/2008, 10:15 am EST

The Juno soundtrack is cool I enjoyed listening to it…..=D

Jkmfwywd | 7/14/2009, 3:15 am EST

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