Thursday Billboard Update - 11/5/09

Michael Jackson returns to his rightful spot atop the Billboard 200 as the soundtrack to This Is It sells 373,800. No surprises there, its Mike. Some other shit debuted this week as well, but you won't care about them. Wanna know how I know that?? Because I don't care about them. You're welcome.

The top of the Hot 100 remains influx as we get yet another new #1. Jason Rulo grabs his first #1 with Whatcha Say (2-1), knocking last week's #1, Owl City's Fireflies down to #2. Returning to the top 10 is Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind at #3. The track saw a major boost in sales after Hov and Alicia Keys' performance at the new Yankees Stadium before game 2 of the World Series last week. Hot also saw this week's top 2 debuts land at numbers 9 and 10. Lady GaGa's Bad Romance takes over at #9 and Taylor Swift's Jump Then Fall is at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (1)
2. Creed - Full Circle (2)
3. Taylor Swift - Fearless (7-3)
4. Rod Stewart - Soulbook (4)
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle (5)
6. Sting - If On A Winter's Night (6)
7. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (3-7)
8. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (1-8)
9. Tim McGraw - Southern Voice (2-9)
10. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 (4-10)

• Tech N9ne's K.O.D. is Hip-Hop's top debut at #14 with 29,900 sold.
• I didn't even know Brian McKnight was dropping an album, but his Evolution Of A Man debuts at #20 with 24,400 sold.
• Triple C's album Custom, Cars, & Cycles flops hard at #44 with just 12,100 sold. They probably should've just released it as a mixtape.
  

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

1. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (2-1)
2. Owl City - Fireflies (1-2)
3. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (13-3)
4. Jay Sean - Down (3-4)
5. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (4-5)
6. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (6-6)
7. Jay-Z - Run This Town (5-7)
8. Britney Spears - 3 (8-8)
9. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (9)
10. Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall (10)

• Debuting at #33 this week is 50 Cent's Baby By Me with Ne-Yo. That comes just in time because the 16th is right around the corner.
• After jumping 30 spots last week, Birdman's Money To Blow featuring Drake and Lil Wayne jumps 12 spots 64-52.
• R. Kelly's Number One with Keri Hilson jumps 10 spots 69-59.
• Rihanna's Russian Roulette soars a quarter of the chart moving up 100-75 this week.
• LeToya Luckett's Regret featuring Ludacris jumps 13 spaces 91-78.
• After all the buzz surrounding the video yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a major leap next week, but as far as this week goes, Trey Songz I Invented Sex moves 11 spots 90-79.
• Gucci Mane's awful first single Spotlight with Usher debuts at #93. Don't be surprised if it goes nowhere from here.
• Omarion's Get It In with Gucci Mane debuts at #100, and probably won't be around next week.