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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Her celebrity was born on TV, so it makes
sense that TV appearances are a prime ingredient in one of the biggest weeks in the recording career of 17-year-old Hilary
Duff.
A busy media schedule had Duff appear on as many TV shows as a Chrysler
commercial, a blitz that helps her fend off a career-best sales week for rising country star Brad Paisley to claim the top
of the album chart.
During the week that Duff's hits-compilation set "Most Wanted" came
to market, she visited "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "Today," "TRL" and "Access Hollywood."
Come to think of it, how many kids put out a greatest-hits album before
they turn 18?
The new title's 207,500-unit start is her best since the Christmas
frame of 2003, when "Metamorphosis" rang 224,000. This is Duff's second No. 1 album but her first to ring the bell in its
first week.
TV was not Duff's only friend. A deluxe edition available at multiple
locations included three extra tracks, while value-added versions are also available at Wal-Mart and Target, the latter being
the chain that also carries her Stuff by Duff line of clothing and accessories.
An Internet campaign offered a wristband to fans who pre-ordered the
album at her Web site, which helped pump 9,000 sales. That yields Duff's first No. 1 on Top Internet Albums and more than
doubles her prior-best sales week on that chart.
Synergy works in her favor, too, as new song "Wake Up" was the most
played song by Radio Disney during the tracking week. The radio network, like her label Hollywood Records, is owned by the
Walt Disney Co. With 17 plays, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, that song was ranked 13th among clips played by
MTV, with much of that action owed to previously mentioned "TRL." | 