Billboard 200

Week of May 15, 1999

Billboard 200

The week’s most popular albums as compiled by Luminate, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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Ruff Ryders: Ryde Or Die, Vol. 1

Various Artists

New this week!

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruff Ryders/Interscope

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

Billboard 200

Week of May 15, 1999

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1 NEW
NEW
- Ruff Ryders: Ryde Or Die, Vol. 1
  Various Artists
- -
- 1
- 1
- - -
  - 1
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruff Ryders/Interscope

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

2
- Fanmail
  TLC
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

3
- I Am...
  Nas
- 2
- 1
- 4
- - 2
  - 1
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

4
- Come On Over
  Shania Twain
- 3
- 2
- 78
- - 3
  - 2
  - 78

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury Nashville/UMGN

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond x2

5
- ...Baby One More Time
  Britney Spears
- 5
- 1
- 16
- - 5
  - 1
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jive/RCA/Sony Commercial Music Group/Legacy

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

6
- Believe
  Cher
- 4
- 4
- 25
- - 4
  - 4
  - 25

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

7 NEW
NEW
- Songs From Dawson's Creek
  Soundtrack
- -
- 7
- 1
- - -
  - 7
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

8
- Americana
  The Offspring
- 7
- 2
- 24
- - 7
  - 2
  - 24

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

9
- Sogno
  Andrea Bocelli
- 10
- 4
- 5
- - 10
  - 4
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/Universal Music Classics

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

10
- The Slim Shady LP
  Eminem
- 6
- 2
- 10
- - 6
  - 2
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Web/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

11
- Wide Open Spaces
  Dixie Chicks
- 12
- 4
- 66
- - 12
  - 4
  - 66

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Monument/Sony Music

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

12
- The Matrix
  Soundtrack
- 8
- 7
- 5
- - 8
  - 7
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maverick/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum

13 NEW
NEW
- Bury The Hatchet
  The Cranberries
- -
- 13
- 1
- - -
  - 13
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

14
- 'N Sync
  'N Sync
- 16
- 2
- 58
- - 16
  - 2
  - 58

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

15
- Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
  Everlast
- 14
- 9
- 31
- - 14
  - 9
  - 31

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tommy Boy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

16
- B*Witched
  B*Witched
- 13
- 12
- 7
- - 13
  - 12
  - 7

RIAA Certification: Platinum

17
- Life
  Soundtrack
- 11
- 10
- 7
- - 11
  - 10
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rock Land/Interscope

RIAA Certification: Platinum

18
- The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
  Lauryn Hill
- 15
- 1
- 36
- - 15
  - 1
  - 36

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruffhouse/Columbia/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Diamond

19
- 98 Degrees And Rising
  98 Degrees
- 18
- 14
- 27
- - 18
  - 14
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Universal

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

20
- Devil Without A Cause
  Kid Rock
- 26
- 20
- 18
- - 26
  - 20
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic/AG

Greatest gainer this week

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

21
- 400 Degreez
  Juvenile
- 23
- 16
- 26
- - 23
  - 16
  - 26

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cash Money/Universal

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

22 NEW
NEW
- Nineteen Naughty Nine Nature's Fury
  Naughty By Nature
- -
- 22
- 1
- - -
  - 22
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

23
- Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
  JAY-Z
- 21
- 1
- 31
- - 21
  - 1
  - 31

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

24
- Chopper City In The Ghetto
  B.G.
- 9
- 9
- 2
- - 9
  - 9
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cash Money/Universal

RIAA Certification: Gold

25 NEW
NEW
- A Day In The Life
  Eric Benet
- -
- 25
- 1
- - -
  - 25
  - 1

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

26
- Follow The Leader
  Korn
- 19
- 1
- 37
- - 19
  - 1
  - 37

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Immortal/Epic/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

27
- Family Values Tour '98
  Various Artists
- 17
- 7
- 5
- - 17
  - 7
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Immortal/Epic

RIAA Certification: Gold

28
- Room 112
  112
- 25
- 20
- 25
- - 25
  - 20
  - 25

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

29
- 14:59
  Sugar Ray
- 28
- 17
- 16
- - 28
  - 17
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lava/Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

30 NEW
NEW
- Mule Variations
  Tom Waits
- -
- 30
- 1
- - -
  - 30
  - 1

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

31
- Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood
  DMX
- 24
- 1
- 19
- - 24
  - 1
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

32
- Godsmack
  Godsmack
- 29
- 28
- 17
- - 29
  - 28
  - 17

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Republic/Universal

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

33
- Thug Mentality 1999
  Krayzie Bone
- 22
- 4
- 4
- - 22
  - 4
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mo Thugs/Ruthless/Loud

RIAA Certification: Platinum

34
- Personal Conversation
  Case
- 33
- 33
- 2
- - 33
  - 33
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Def Soul/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

35 NEW
NEW
- The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
  Ben Folds Five
- -
- 35
- 1
- - -
  - 35
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

550 Music/Epic

Gains In Performance

36
- www.thug.com
  Trick Daddy
- 35
- 35

Billboard 200

Week of May 15, 1999

Billboard 200

Ruff Ryders: Ryde Or Die, Vol. 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Ruff Ryders: Ryde Or Die, Vol. 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fanmail

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Am...

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Come On Over

Imprint/Promotion Label:

...Baby One More Time

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Believe

Songs From Dawson's Creek

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Americana

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sogno

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Slim Shady LP

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wide Open Spaces

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Matrix

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bury The Hatchet

Imprint/Promotion Label:

'N Sync

Whitey Ford Sings The Blues

Imprint/Promotion Label:

B*Witched

Life

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Imprint/Promotion Label:

98 Degrees And Rising

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Devil Without A Cause

Imprint/Promotion Label:

400 Degreez

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Nineteen Naughty Nine Nature's Fury

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chopper City In The Ghetto

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A Day In The Life

Follow The Leader

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Family Values Tour '98

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Room 112

Imprint/Promotion Label:

14:59

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mule Variations

Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Godsmack

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Thug Mentality 1999

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Personal Conversation

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

www.thug.com