December 24, 2009

Thursday Billboard Update - 12/24/09

Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream has a strangle hold on the charts right now moving 661,200 and denying Alicia Keys the #1 spot for the first time in her career. That's right, Element Of Freedom comes in #2 despite selling 419,700 in its first week. Also making the top 10 is Robin Thicke's Sex Therapy at #9 with 123,200 sold.

Still the same top 10, but there is a new #1. This has been in the making for a few weeks, but after 5 weeks on top Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind gets bumped by Ke$ha's TiK Tok. Its a really terrible song, but whatever, people like what they like.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (1-1)
2. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (2)
3. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (2-3)
4. Taylor Swift - Fearless (4-4)
5. Carrie Underwood - Play On (5-5)
6. Lady GaGa - The Fame (6-6)
7. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (9-7)
8. Justin Bieber - My World (8-8)
9. Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy (9)
10. GleeCast - Glee sdtk (3-10)

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

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (2-1)
2. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (1-2)
3. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (3-3)
4. Iyaz - Replay (4-4)
5. Owl City - Fireflies (5-5)
6. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-6)
7. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (7-7)
8. Jay Sean - Down (10-8)
9. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway (8-9)
10. Britney Spears - 3 (9-10)
  • Rihanna's Hard featuring Young Jeezy is on the verge of cracking the top 10 next week with a 21-11 rise this week.
  • Young Money's BedRock is also threatening the top 10 as it slides 20-12 (kinda like the movie lol...sorry, lame joke).
  • Alicia Keys' Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart skies 29 spots 56-27.
  • Eminem's Hell Breaks Loose is this week's top debut at #29. The track can be found on the Relapse: Refill.
  • Alicia Keys' acoustic version of Empire State Of Mind debuts at #55 this week.
  • Another track from Eminem's Refill, Elevator, also breaks through at #67.
  • Pitbull's Shut It Down with Akon goes up 14 spaces in its 3rd week 83-69.
  • Robin Thicke's title track Sex Therapy finally debuts on the Hot 100 at #79.
  • The Black Eyed Peas debut another track this week with Imma Be at #93. We'll see if this becomes a megahit like the others.
  • Usher's Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) with Plies comes in at #94.