Thursday Billboard Update - 7/22/10

Eminem's Recovery makes it a 4th week atop the charts with another 195,500 sold. Recovery doesn't seem to be losing much momentum, but it looks like it will be knocked from its birch next week by Rick Ross' Teflon Don. I can hear folks now who aren't "in the know" bragging about this victory for Ross, when the truth of the matter will be that he outsold Eminem's album in its 5th week in stores. It's not like these 2 albums are going head-to-head, Recovery will be 5 weeks in at that point and still will only be slightly outsold. Now I'm not saying any of this to put down Ricky or his album, but the truth is that Recovery sold more in its 4th week than Teflon Don will sell in its 1st, so be careful with all the potential "Rick Ross beat Eminem" accolades next week.

Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna finally overtakes Katy Perry's California Gurls for the #1 spot. It's crazy Eminem only had 1 #1 single in the first 10 years of his career and has had 3 in the last past 2.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Eminem - Recovery (1-1)
2. Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2)
3. Drake - Thank Me Later (2-3)
4. Newsboys - Born Again (4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (5-5)
6. Sting - Symphonicities (6)
7. Jerrod Niemann - Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (7)
8. Hellyeah - Stampede (8)
9. M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\ (9)
10. Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (4-10)

• Curren$y's Pilot Talk debuts at #39 with 10,800 sold first week.
• Paul Wall's Heart Of A Champion debuts at #58 with 7,600 sold.
• Capone-N-Noreaga's War Report 2 fails to cracks the top 100 debuting at #104 with 4,700 sold.
• All signs point to Stat Quo's Statlanta not charting on the Billboard 200.
  

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (2-1)
2. Katy Perry - California Gurls (1-2)
3. B.o.B - Airplanes (3-3)
4. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (6-4)
5. Usher - OMG (4-5)
6. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-6)
7. Travis McCoy - Billionaire (5-7)
8. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (8-8)
9. Drake - Find Your Love (9-9)
10. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo (10-10)

• Usher and Pitbull's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love is this week's top debut, checking in at #19.
• Maroon 5's Misery jumps another 16 spots 44-28 this week. Good momentum building for this record.
• B.o.B's Magic soars 19 spots 68-49.
• After Rick Ross' B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast) featuring Styles P debuted at #98 last week, it flies 16 spots 98-82 this week.
• Monica's Love All Over Me debuts at #94.