Papa Roach Comes In At Number Two Behind Eminem

Yahoo! Music, Jun 26, 2002 6:00 pm PDT
(6/26/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Papa Roach's second major-label effort, Lovehatetragedy, has debuted at Number Two on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, with more than 135,000 copies sold, according to sources. The showing was just good enough to nudge Korn's Untouchables down to Number Three, but not nearly enough to challenge Eminem's juggernaut The Eminem Show from the top spot. More than 380,000 copies of Eminem's latest were sold during the week.

While the first-week success of Lovehatetragedy bodes well for Papa Roach, only time will tell if they will be able to duplicate the triple-platinum sales of its predecessor, Infest, which was propelled by the hit single, "Last Resort."

Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix tells LAUNCH, "We'd love to just say, 'Oh yeah, it's gonna happen,' but, I mean, it's only up to the people out there, you know? It's like, we did our job as far as writing the songs, you know, and our label's doing their job as far as promoting it, but then it's like it's a matter of if the people like it. We'd love to be able to sell as many records, if not more this time, you know, that'd be great, but like I said, only time will tell."

Shaddix adds, "Catch me next time and we can...you know, it will be like, 'Damn, that sh-t flopped,' or 'Damn, that sh-t was off the hook!' You know, so, we'll see. I hope for the best."

Several other rock releases saw solid debuts this week. Coming in at Number Nine is Our Lady Peace's Gravity, while Degradation Trip, the latest from former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, entered at Number 33. Meanwhile, the Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation, featuring Sum 41, NoFX, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, debuted at Number 55 and Paul Oakenfold's Bunkka came in at Number 65.

-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles

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