Thursday Billboard Update - 4/30/09

Starting off at #1 for the third time is ya boy Rick Ross as his Deeper Than Rap album pushes 158,000 in its first week. Asher Roth was supposed to be serious competition for DR, but with just 65,000 copies of Asleep In The Bread Aisle sold, he ended up being a distant image in his rear view (side note: I wonder if that Twitter shit that went down really hurt his weekend sales?). And I just wanted to shout out Jadakiss for hanging in the top 10 for one more week!

After debuting at #9 last week, Eminem's We Made You (9-11) is outside looking in on the top 10. Yes, one and done! I'm sure it will be back, but its still pretty shocking to see. Anyway, Beyonce's Halo (12-10) and Flo Rida's Sugar (15-7) jump into the top 10 while KiD CuDi's Day N' Nite (6-3) and Jamie's Foxx's Blame It (7-4) both go north, Flo Rida's Right Round (3-5), Soulja Boy's Kiss Me Thru The Phone (5-6), and Miley Cyrus' The Climb (4-9) all go south, and number 1, 2, and 8 all remain the same.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (1)
2. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie sdtk (1-2)
3. Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe (3)
4. Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable (3-4)
5. Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle (5)
6. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (4-6)
7. Lady GaGa - The Fame (8-7)
8. Day26 - Forever In A Day (2-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 30 (5-9)
10. Jadakiss - The Last Kiss (6-10)

• Chester French (who I didn't even know was releasing an album) and his new album Love The Future debuted at #77 with 6,300 in its first week.

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

1. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Poker Face (2-2)
3. KiD CuDi - Day N Nite (6-3)
4. Jamie Foxx - Blame It (7-4)
5. Flo Rida - Right Round (3-5)
6. Soulja Boy - Kiss Me Thru The Phone (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Sugar (15-7)
8. T.I. - Dead And Gone (8-8)
9. Miley Cyrus - The Climb (4-9)
10. Beyonce - Halo (12-10)

• Don't look now but Mr. 305 himself, Pitbull, looks to be making a top 10 push. His track I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) moves into the top 20 jumping 7 spots 23-16.
• Steadily marching up the charts is Keri Hilson's Knock You Down with Kanye West and Ne-Yo which jumps another 13 spots 39-26.
• In its 3rd week on the charts, Jeremih's Birthday Sex soars 27 spots 67-40. I've been hearing/seeing a lot about this track lately so I'm not that surprised to see it show up.