Thursday Billboard Update - 1/15/09

Another very uneventful week as there were still no new major releases last week. The Notorious soundtrack gives us a little something to look forward to next week, but then that's it for the month.

Nothing special here either.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless (1-1)
2. Nickelback - Dark Horse (5-2)
3. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (3-3)
4. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2-4)
5. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (4-5)
6. Britney Spears - Circus (6-6)
7. Keyshia Cole - A Different Me (7-7)
8. Jamie Foxx - Intuition (8-8)
9. Various Artists - Now! 29 (9-9)
10. Akon - Freedom (11-10)


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

1. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (1-1)
2. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (2-2)
3. Kanye West - Heartless (5-3)
4. T.I. - Live Your Life (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift - Love Story (4-5)
6. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (6-6)
7. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (7-7)
8. Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock (9-8)
9. Britney Spears - Womanizer (8-9)
10. The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (18-10)

• T.I.'s Justin Timberlake featured Dead And Gone makes a 30 spot push 60-30.
• Ne-Yo's Mad makes another strong showing as it jumps 16 spots 49-33.
• Akon's Beautiful featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall moved 18 spots up this week 61-43.