March 29, 2012

Thursday Billboard Update - 3/29/12

The Hunger Games soundtrack debuts at #1 (and is the first soundtrack to do so since Michael Jackson's This Is It soundtrack) this week with 175,200 sold. Odd Future's The OF Tapes Vol. 2 debuts at #5 with 40,200 and proves I probably should've remained not predicting album sales. Melanie Fiona's The MF Life debuts at #7 with 34,200 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae remains at #1 for a 4th week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Various Artists - The Hunger Games sdtk (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. The Shins - Port Of Morrow (3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (1-4)
5. Odd Future - The OF Tapes Vol. 2 (5)
6. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (4-6)
7. Melanie Fiona - The MF Life (7)
8. Various Artists - Now 41 (8-8)
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6-9)
10. Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (10)
  • Diggy Simmons' Unexpected Arrival underwhelms by debuting at #13 with just 21,400 sold. JoJo Simmons' heart just smiled.
  • Machine Gun Kelly's Half Naked & Almost Famous EP/soundtrack debuts at #46 with 8,500 sold.

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-2)
3. The Wanted - Glad You Came (3-3)
4. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (5-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-5)
6. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (4-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (9-7)
8. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (10-8)
9. Drake - Take Care (8-9)
10. David Guetta - Turn Me On (7-10)
  • Maroon 5's Come Away To The Water debuts at #83.
  • Drake's Crew Love featuring The Weeknd debuts at #100.