October 18, 2012

Thursday Billboard Update - 10/18/12

Shockingly debuting at #2 is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist with 78,500 copies sold. Amazing, especially considering they are independent. Good job by them. Coming in at #4 is Machine Gun Kelly's debut album Lace Up with 50,700 copies sold. That's about what I expected, but a tad embarrassing considering an independent artist sold more. Then again, he didn't get much push from Bad Boy outside of a few tweets from Diddy.

Maroon 5 denies Psy again! I guess people really don't want to see Psy performed Gangnam Style topless like he said he would if the song went #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2)
3. KISS - Monster (3)
4. Machine Gun Kelly - Lace Up (4)
5. Coheed & Cambria - Afterman: Ascension (5)
6. All Time Low - Don't Panic (6)
7. Barbra Streisand - Release Me (7)

8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-8)
9. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (9)
10. Muse - The 2nd Law (2-10)
  • Xzibit's Napalm debuts at #149 with 3,200 copies sold.

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

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-2)
3. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (4-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Alex Clare - Too Close (10-7)
8. Ke$ha - Die Young (14-8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (11-10)
  • Rihanna's Diamonds moves 7 spots to the outskirts of the top 10, 18-11.
  • Flo Rida's I Cry hops 18 more spots 69-51 in its 3rd week.
  • As Kendrick Lamar's album leaks online, his Swimming Pools (Drank) jumps 10 spot 71-61.
  • DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih slides 10 spots 99-89 in its 2nd week.