Barry Manilow's 'The Greatest Songs of the Fifties' put the artist at the top of the charts for the first time in 29 years.
Barry Manilow hit No. 1 on the album chart for the time in 29 years, selling 156,000 copies of "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Manilow's only other No. 1 disc was "Barry Manilow Live" in 1977. The 29 years between chart-toppers is second only to Elvis Presley and Ray Charles.
Album led a hit parade for Sony BMG, which secured six of the top 10 slots. Clive Davis' RCA Music Group, owned by Sony BMG, had four of those six, including Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" at No. 4.
Andrea Bocelli's "Amore" (Sugar/Decca/Universal), which features perfs with pop stars, sold 113,000 to open at No. 3. Tony Award winner Heather Headley saw her "In My Mind" (RCA) open at No. 5, selling 95,000. Both were sales records for the singers.
An "Oprah" appearance pushed Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough" up two slots to No. 2 on sales of 123,000, a 24% spike from the week before.
Train's "For Me, It's You" (Columbia) whistled its way to No. 10, selling 62,000 copies in its first station stop.
Other debuts included Razor & Tie's compilation "Monster Ballads: Platinum Edition," which sold 44,000 to hit No. 18, and "WOW Gospel 2006" (Verity), which moved 43,000, good enough for No. 20.
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