Thursday Billboard Update - 4/8/10

Usher's Raymond v. Raymond takes over the #1 spot with a string 329,000 sold in his first week in stores. Hot on his heals at #2 is last week's #1, Justin Bieber's My World 2.0, which actually sees a increase in sales this week and moves 291,000. The young bitches must've taken offense to my comments of last week lol. Coming in at #4 is Erykah Badu's New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh with 110,400 sold.

I'm not even gonna talk past this sentence on the Hot 100 because #1-8 were standstills.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Usher - Raymond v. Raymond (1)
2. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (1-2)
3. Various Artists - Now! 33 (3-3)
4. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh (4)
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4-5)
6. Monica - Still Standing (2-6)
7. Alan Jackson - Freight Train (7)
8. Justin Bieber - My World (5-8)
9. Lady Gaga - The Fame (8-9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (10-10)

• Checking in at #12 this week is Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon's Wu-Massacre with 38,100 sold. Did much better than what I would've guessed.
  

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

1. Rihanna - Rude Boy (1-1)
2. B.o.B - Nothin' On You (2-2)
3. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (3-3)
4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4-4)
5. Lady Gaga - Telephone (5-5)
6. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (6-6)
7. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be (7-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Baby (8-8)
9. Jason Derulo - In My Head (11-9)
10. Young Money - Bedrock (9-10)

• Usher's will.i.am produced track OMG as a favorable debut at #14 this week. I don't know if anybody else was thinking it, but I'm gonna say it: Usher is a tad old to be recording a song called "OMG," right??
• Dirty Money's (really just Diddy's, he gonna get/take all the credit anyway lol) Hello, Good Morning featuring T.I. debuts at #34. This record could be dangerous.
• Usher's Lil Freak sees a 13 spot bump 56-43.
• Timbaland's If We Ever Meet Again with Katy Perry jumps 22 spots 96-74.
• Oddly enough Erykah Badu has had one of the biggest tracks around for the past couple weeks with Window Seats, but it hasn't showed up on the Hot 100. That ends today as Ms. Badu finally checks in at #95.