Buffett’s latest album “Take The Weather With You” has been certified Gold by RIAA with 500,000 copies shipped.

The album debuted at #4 in its first week on the Billboard 200 chart back in October with 120,592 copies (about half of what License to Chill sold its first week). It hit #1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

Jimmy’s new album Take The Weather With You falls to number 29 in its third week on the charts with 30,000 copies sold. That’s down 16 spots from last week’s position at number 13 when it sold just under 52,000. The album debuted the first week at number 4, selling 120,592 copies.

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Buffett’s new album “Take The Weather With You” tumbles its second week on the charts to No. 13 with just under 52,000 in sales. That’s a 57% drop from last week when the album debuted at No. 4 with 120,592 copies sold.

In addition, the album slips to No. 3 on the country charts behind Dierks Bentley’s “Long Trip Alone” and George Strait’s “It Just Comes Natural.”

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Buffett’s new album “Take The Weather With You” debuts at #4 in its first week on the Billboard 200 chart with 120,592 copies (about half of what License to Chill sold its first week). It was enough to put him #1 though on the Top Country Albums chart.

Beating out Buffett on the Billboard 200 was Rod Stewart, Evanescence, and Lloyd Banks (1,2,3 respectively).

Update – Billboard has an article on the week’s top sellers: “Rod Rocks Back With Fourth No. 1 Album”.

It doesn’t look like Jimmy is going to repeat the magic of debuting at No. 1 with his new album Take The Weather With You.

Projections based on first day sales have the album moving about 100,000 copies. License To Chill debuted at No. 1 on sales of about 239,000 copies.

Right now it looks like Buffett will be outpaced by Rod Stewart and Lloyd Banks. Each of those albums are projected to sell about 160,000 to 165,000 copies.

Factor in Evanescence who moved 400,000 copies of their new disc last week. It is highly unlikely that they’ll sell that many again this week and will probably struggle to retain No. 1 next week.

These numbers are based on early reports from retailers. The numbers could change slightly, though it is unlikely the change would be enough to push Buffett into the hunt for No. 1.

FYI – these are actual sales, not shipments. Actual sales (people buying the CD) are used to determine the charts like Billboard’s album chart. Shipments are used to determine RIAA’s certificatoins (Gold and Platinum, for instance). So, Jimmy could sell 245,000 copies and still be certified Gold if 500,000 discs were shipped to retailers, distributors, rack jobbers, etc.

Chart Update – “Bama Breeze” has moved up three spots this week on the Country Radio Charts to number 60.