Thursday Billboard Update - 2/19/09

Wow, there were actually new releases this week! I'm shocked! It really caught me off guard lol.

Anyway, India.Arie's new album Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics arrives at #3 with 75,600 sold in her first week. British singer Lily Allen's album It's Not Me, It's You comes in at #5 with 70,000 sold. Bobby Valentino's The Rebirth starts at #7 after selling 64,200. Four other albums re-entered the top 10 this week thanks to big nights at the Grammy's. Album of the Year winners Robert Plant & Alison Krauss experience a 715% sales increase as Raising Sand jumps 69-2. Coldplay's Viva La Vida jumps 31-8, the Grammy's Nominees album jumps 12-9, and Adele's 19 jumps 27-10.

And as far as the Hot 100 goes, like I told you yesterday, Flo Rida's Right Round soars 57 spots to #1 this week. At #2 this week is T.I.'s Justin Timberlake featured single Dead And Gone which jumps a huge 9-2! Also, finally making it into the top 10 is Lady GaGa's Poker Face (12-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless (3-1)
2. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (69-2)
3. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2 (3)
4. The Fray - The Fray (1-4)
5. Lily Allen - Its Not Me, Its You (5)
6. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream (2-6)
7. Bobby Valentino - The Rebirth (7)
8. Coldplay - Viva La Vida (31-8)
9. Various Artists - Grammy Nominees 2009 (12-9)
10. Adele - 19 (27-10)

• Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sells 27,000 this week and crossed the 3 million mark at 3,012,100 in its 36th week on the charts.
  

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

1. Flo Rida - Right Round (58-1)
2. T.I. - Dead And Gone (9-2)
3. Eminem, 50 Cent, & Dr. Dre - Crack A Bottle (1-3)
4. Kanye West - Heartless (2-4)
5. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (3-5)
6. The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (6-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Love Story (7-7)
8. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You (4-8)
9. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (5-9)
10. Lady GaGa - Poker Face (12-10)

• The 2009 Grammy Award winner for best new artist, Adele, gets to see her single Chasing Pavement soar 64-21 on the U.S. charts. Excellent!
• Coldplay's Lost featuring Jay-Z re-enter the Hot 100 at #40 after being performed at the Grammy's the other week.
• I don't usually write about people going backwards, but I thought this was important news for all my Lil Wayne fans out there. After debuting at #21 just 3 weeks ago and peaking at #15 last week, Prom Queen has fallen all the way to #44 this week. So much for that rock album.