Thursday Billboard Update - 12/25/08

Damn, looks like I was wrong because not only did Jamie Foxx not debut at #1, but he didn't even come in 2nd, he came in 3rd! Remaining #1 is Taylor Swift's Fearless which pushed out 330,000 this past week. Following closely behind at #2 is Keyshia Cole's A Different Me bringing in 322,000 in its first week in stores. I low balled my boo big time last week, but I'm glad she didn't flop. I should've have underestimated the impact of being on tour at the same time your album is dropping. Finally, at #3 is Foxx's third album Intuition which moved 265,000 in its first week. I actually thought he'd sell less, but what threw me off was how much Taylor and Keyshia ended up selling.

Last week's big 4, just became this week's big 3 as Britney's 2nd single Circus falls out of the top 10. Taking her place is Taylor Swift's Love Story jumping 11-7 this week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless (1-1)
2. Keyshia Cole - A Different Me (2)
3. Jamie Foxx - Intuition (3)
4. Britney Spears - Circus (2-4)
5. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (3-5)
6. Nickelback - Dark Horse (4-6)
7. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (5-7)
8. Fall Out Boy - Folie a Duex (8)
9. AC/DC - Black Ice (8-9)
10. Various Artists - Now! 29 (7-10)

• In Damn Fiyah Was Way Off News, more people knew about Anthony Hamilton's album than I had suspected...about 100,000 more lol. The Point Of It All comes in at #12 this week with 133,000 sold.
• Speaking of 100,000, Plies 3rd album Da Realist sold almost exactly 100,000 less than his 2nd album Definition Of Real did early this year. Da Realist comes in at #14 with 114,000 sold. Maybe people are just getting Plies'd out?? Like I said the other day, if you've heard one Plies song, you've heard them all lol.
• If there was any one of the 6 albums I picked last week, you knew I was gonna hit on this one lol. Ya Boy Soulja's new album iSouljaBoy debuted waaaay down at #43 with just 46,000 sold. Should we make funeral arrangements now or way until after the holiday season??
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (1-1)
2. T.I. - Live Your Life (2-2)
3. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (3-3)
4. Kanye West - Heartless (7-4)
5. Britney Spears - Womanizer (6-5)
6. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (8-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Love Story (11-7)
8. Kanye West - Love Lockdown (10-8)
9. T.I. - Whatever You Like (5-9)
10. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy (9-10)

• After debuting at a less than stellar #14 on the Billboard 200, Plies first single Put It On Ya jumps 34 spots 65-31 this week.
• The Pussycat Dolls have a new single out called I Hate This Part and it just jumped an impressive 26 spots 58-32.
• Pink's latest track Sober leaps 15 places 49-34.
• After 15 weeks on the charts, Fall Out Boy's I Don't Care finally makes a move by jumping 23 spots 62-39.
• And last but not least, in just it's 2nd week on the charts, Jamie Foxx's Just Like Me skies 26 spots 75-49 this week. This track looks real active right now so we'll see what's up over the next few weeks.