Thursday Billboard Update - 2/26/09

After the post-Grammy Award winner push, things are looking like they're back to normal as Taylor Swift's Fearless stays at #1 and Nickelback's Dark Horse (11-4), Beyonce's Sasha Fierce (12-5), Jamie Foxx's Intuition (14-6), and Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak all return to the top 10. All we need is Keyshia Cole's A Different Me and Britney Spears' Circus back in the top 10 and it'll be like late-December/January all over again lol. There also was one new debut in the 10 and that was Charlie Wilson's Uncle Charlie coming in at #2 with 58,000 sold.

The top tier looks pretty stable this week as Flo Rida's Right Round and T.I.'s Dead And Gone remain #1 and #2 respectively. And just in case you thought people had all of a sudden gotten smarten since Barack Obama was elected, Mr. One-Hit Wonder himself is back in the top 10! That's right, ya Boy, Soulja's Kiss Me Thru The Phone jumps 17-9 this week. Hey, maybe this will push his album to Wood status as it sits at #71 this week lol.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless (1-1)
2. Charlie Wilson - Uncle Charlie (2)
3. The Fray - The Fray (4-3)
4. Nickelback - Dark Horse (11-4)
5. Beyonce - Sasha Fierce (12-5)
6. Jamie Foxx - Intuition (14-6)
7. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2 (3-7)
8. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (16-8)
9. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2-9)
10. Lady GaGa - The Fame (26-10)

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

1. Flo Rida - Right Round (1-1)
2. T.I. - Dead And Gone (2-2)
3. Kanye West - Heartless (4-3)
4. The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (6-4)
5. Eminem, 50 Cent, & Dr. Dre - Crack A Bottle (3-5)
6. Lady GaGa - Poker Face (10-6)
7. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (5-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Love Story (7-8)
9. Soulja Boy - Kiss Me Thru The Phone (17-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You (8-10)

• Jamie Foxx's Blame It continues its steady pace and jumps another 9 spot 26-17. This record is top 10 bound in the next few weeks.
• With a huge 27 spot leap, Asher Roth's I Love College soared 55-28 in its 2nd week on the chart. I'm not gonna lie, I did not see this coming at all.
• Jesse McCartney's How Do You Sleep? featuring Ludacris jumps 18 spots 57-39.
• Its a good week for that XXL cover because as Asher Roth is doing what he is, KiD CuDi is throwing his hat in the ring as Day N' Nite jumps 54-40 this week.
• Ciara's new single Never Ever debuts at #96.