ENTERTAINMENT
February 26, 1998
The blockbuster "Titanic" soundtrack was the nation's top-selling album for the seventh consecutive week, scanning nearly 563,000 copies during the seven-day period that ended Sunday to push its total U.S. sales to 4.2 million. But the most surprising number of the week was turned in by New Orleans rapper Silkk the Shocker, whose album "Charge It 2 Da Game" debuted at No. 3 after selling about 248,000 copies.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001
Andrew Shack has been promoted to the newly created post of executive vice president at EMI Group's Priority Records, home to such acts as Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Silkk the Shocker. Shack previously was senior vice president of artist and repertoire and earlier launched EMI's soundtrack division.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 28, 1998 | BRETT JOHNSON
If gangsta rap is dead, as so many pop commentators suggest, no one has informed No Limit Records. The New Orleans-based label produces thug life parables with such single-mindedness that one wonders whether the numerous reworkings of reformed street hustler accounts are actually reflections of the infinite sadness of urban reality or merely shrewd commercialism. There are traces of both motivations at work in C-Murder's solo debut, which entered the national album charts at No. 3 this week.
BUSINESS
February 11, 1999
STACKING UP SALES Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Feb. 7, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units: Latest Week: Albums: 12. Singles: 1.7 Week Ago Albums: 11.7 Singles: 1.6 Year Ago Albums: 11.6 Singles: 2.1 Atop the Charts Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Feb. 7, based on current albums sold. This is an indicator of music company performance. Figures do not include catalog sales.