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Phish Charts Five Albums
September 26, 2001 - CDNOW
by Johnson Longwhales III

Rapper Jay-Z easily held onto the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200 for the second week in a row as Tori Amos' latest effort, Strange Little Girls, debuts at No. 4 to mark this week's highest debut.

Elsewhere in the top 10, Martina McBride's Greatest Hits landed at No. 5, Gerald Levert's Gerald's World hit No. 6, and Diana Krall's Look of Love just made it in at No. 9.

Taking a page from Pearl Jam, Phish unleashed a crop of live albums on the charts this week and has become the second artist in history to chart more than one live album in the top 200 at the same time. Pearl Jam holds the record for debuting the most albums on the chart at the same time with seven (allstar, March 7, 2001).

Live Phish -- Vol. 2 -- 7/16/94 -- North Fayston, Vermont landed at No. 93
Live Phish -- Vol. 1 -- 12/14/95 -- Binghamton, New York sailed in four spots later at No. 97
Live Phish -- Vol. 5 -- 7/8/00 -- East Troy, Wisconsin hit No. 115
Live Phish -- Vol. 3 -- 9/14/00 Darien Center, New York grabbed the No. 118 spot
Live Phish -- Vol. 4 -- 6/14/00 -- Fukuoka, Japan came in at No. 127.