The Album Sales Review For 7/28/10: Eminem Tops The Charts For A 5th Straight Week As Rick Ross Flops Once More

It looks like the Detroit legend will stay number one for another week incredibly, while disappointment and hard times are ahead for another flop CD from the former officer. Too funny:

Eminem makes it five weeks in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as "Recovery" sells another 187,000 (down just 4%), according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Rick Ross' "Teflon Don" arrives in the runner-up spot with 176,000. Ross' last three studio albums all debuted at No. 1, with his last set, 2009's "Deeper Than Rap," arriving with 158,000. The opener for "Teflon" is Ross' best sales week since 2008's "Trilla" arrived with 198,000.

Less than even "Trilla?"

With all of those guest appearances on that virtual compilation album, this has to be devastating to the Rick Ross camp and those that hyped him endlessly, figuring that all of this ridiculous momentum would lead to a bigger fan base buying his poser crap.

Instead, more money has been shelved out for virtually the same result, leading to yet another poor flop in the industry this year.

I guess no one from the Gotti family contributed to the purchase of that album.

And speaking of a disappointing opening week, Sheryl Crow is certainly none to please with how her star has faded:

The Billboard 200's second-highest debut is Sheryl Crow's "100 Miles From Memphis," which starts at No. 3 with 55,000. It's the singer's eighth top 10 album. All of her releases -- save for one live set from 1999 -- have reached the top 10. The singer/songwriter's last effort, "Detours," debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 92,000 in 2008. It was her fourth set to peak at No. 2; she has yet to claim a No. 1 album.

But I can assure you that despite having less than 100,000 of her album sold in comparison to Ross' CD, she may have recouped almost as much of the money for her "100 Miles From Memphis" release as Ross did for his latest flop.