The Island Def Jam Music Group Scores Big With #1 Market Share. Method Man Debuts at #2 on the Billboard Top 200

NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ - The Island Def Jam Music Group and its Chairman Antonio "LA" Reid continue to show winning momentum by obtaining the #1 Market share in the country this week. Propelling this success was the huge opening for Method Man, whose new album, Tical 0: The Prequel debuted at #2 on this week's Billboard Top 200. In addition, Hoobastank's The Reason continues its reign holding steady this week at #7.

Other Island Def Jam releases that helped solidify the #1 Market share include multi-platinum releases from Kanye West (College Dropout), Jay Z (The Black Album) and Nickelback (Long Road) as well as the newly released albums from Lionel Richie (Just For You) and Patti Labelle (Timeless Journey). This is just the beginning for IDJ as it prepares for upcoming releases from LL Cool J, Saliva, Ja Rule and Sum 41.

The Island Def Jam Music Group is home to a multi-cultural and diverse family of artists and has fast become one of the most successful labels in the industry. It is comprised of Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Def Soul, and is in partnerships with American Recordings, Lost Highway Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, The Inc, and Roadrunner Records. The roster boasts an array of talented artists including Jay-Z, Bon Jovi, Patti Labelle, Mariah Carey, Hoobastank, Ludacris, Ashanti, Ryan Adams, Kanye West, Thursday, Nickelback, Musiq, Method Man, Ja Rule, Sum 41, Thrice, Saliva and DMX.