March 03, 2011

Thursday Billboard Update - 3/3/11

Adele 21
Bursting onto the Billboard 200 this week is the UK's own Adele as her sophomore album 21 claims the #1 spot with 351,600 sold. Obviously that's the best first week so far this year, and as far as I'm concerned, it officially puts the nail in Amy Winehouse's coffin. I mean, I don't know if Amy is even trying to make a comeback, but if she is, she can stop now.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Cee-Lo's Fuck You remain at numbers 1 and 2 respectively this week. Katy Perry's E.T. featuring Kanye West flies into the top 10 at # 8 after debuting at #28 last week. Jennifer Lopez's On The Floor featuring Pitbull debuts at #9.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1)
2. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (1-2)
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (2-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 37 (3-4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (8-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (5-6)
7. Eminem - Recovery (6-7)
8. Rihanna - Loud (10-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (9-9)
10. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4-10)
  • Joell Ortiz's Free Agent mixtape debuts at #173 with 4,000 copies sold.
The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-1)
2. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Grenade (3-3)
4. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (6-4)
5. Rihanna - S&M (7-5)
6. Katy Perry - Firework (5-6)
7. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (9-7)
8. Katy Perry - E.T. (28-8)
9. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (9)
10. Dr. Dre - I Need A Doctor (4-10)
  • Ke$ha's Blow skies 21 spots 32-11.
  • Adele's Rolling In The Deep continues to ascend, going up 13 more spots 26-13.
  • Kanye West's All Of The Lights flies 23 spots 54-31.
  • Wiz Khalifa's On My Level featuring Too $hort debuts at #52.
  • Adele's Someone Like You debuts at #65.
  • The Black Eyed Peas' Just Can't Get Enough rises 26 spaces 92-66 in its 2nd week.
  • Adele's Set Fire To The Rain debuts at #88.
  • DJ Khaled's Welcome To My Hood featuring Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, and T-Pain debuts at #90. Hopefully this will be Khaled's last "hood" song.
  • Kirk Franklin's I Smile debuts at #97.