September 23, 2010

Thursday Billboard Update - 9/23/10

Linkin Park
We had a slug fest for the #1 spot between Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns and Trey Songz's Passion, Pain & Pleasure this past week, with Linkin Park (241,214) narrowly edging Trey (240,209) by 1,005 albums. Awesome sales battle.

Over on the Hot 100 we also have a new #1, Bruno Mars' Just The Way You Are. It could be a 1 week run though because Rihanna's Only Girl (In The World) soars 72 spots 75-3 in its 2nd week on the charts, and is definitely a major threat to takeover.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (1)
2. Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2)
3. Eminem - Recovery (2-3)
4. Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song (4)
5. Robert Plant - Band Of Joy (5)
6. Weezer - Hurley (6)
7. Various Artists - Now 35 (3-7)
8. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo (8)
9. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (4-9)
10. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (8-10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (3-1)
2. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (2-2)
3. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (75-3)
4. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (6-5)
6. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (4-6)
7. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (5-7)
8. Nelly - Just A Dream (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (9-9)
10. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (16-10)
  • Drake's Fancy is up 24 spots 49-25 this week.
  • Linkin Park's The Catalyst flies 46 spots 73-27.
  • Check It Out by will.i.am and Nicki Minaj jumps 21 spots 78-57 despite its suckiness.
  • Trey Songz's Can't Be Friends debuts at #74.
  • Linkin Park's Waiting For The End debuts at #96.
  • Wiz Khalifa's wackness Black and Yellow debuts at #100.