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.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/27/12

P!nk's The Truth About Love is the new #1 album in the country with a hefty 280,000 albums sold. Shockingly enough, this is her first #1 album, though it's not the first time she's sold over 200,000 records in the first week. Coming in at #2 is Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music album Cruel Summer, with 205,000 copies sold. Normally I wouldn't mention this, but Carly Rae Jepsen's album Kiss finally came out and it starts at #6 with 46,000 copies sold. While that would be a lot for some (see Kreayshawn below), it doesn't seem like much for the woman with the biggest single of 2012, Call Me Maybe. The scent of one-hit wonder is getting stronger.

Only one major change in the top 10 this week, and that Psy's megahit Gangnam Style flying 9 more spots (11-2) and being on the verge of being the #1 song in America next week. Whoa, crazy, crazy! (Shout out to the 06010 and Fantasy Focus Football Podcast.)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1)
2. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2)
3. The Killers - Battle Born (3)
4. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (1-4)
5. Little Big Town - Tornado (2-5)
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (6)
7. Grizzly Bear - Shields (7)
8. Bob Dylan - Tempest (3-8)
9. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (4-9)
10. Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (10)

• Tech N9ne's E.B.A.H. debuts at #30 with 14,000 sold.
• Brother Ali's Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color debuts at #43 with 10,100 sold.
• Kreayshawn's Somethin' Bout Kreay debuts at #112 with a measly 3,900 copies sold. It's safe to say 2 things now: 1) This is the last we'll hear about Kreayshawn and 2) somebody (or some staff) at Sony is now unemployed for giving her a $1 million record deal last year.

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 (11-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3-3)
4. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2-4)
5. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-5)
6. Flo Rida - Whistle (4-6)
7. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-7)
8. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (9-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (8-9)
10. Ellie Goulding - Lights (7-10)

• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You hops 9 spots 37-28.
• Christina Aguilera's Your Body debuts at #34.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team jumps 9 spots 61-52.
• P!nk's Try debuts at #56.
• Kanye West and R. Kelly's To The World debuts at #70.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) slides 11 spots 92-81.
• The Game's Celebration featuring Chris Brown, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil Wayne debuts at #82.
• Carly Rae Jepsen debuts at #87 with her new single Beautiful with Justin Bieber.
• Usher's Numb debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/9/12

To the surprise of no one, Rick Ross' God Forgives, I Don't takes over the #1 spot this week with 219,100 albums sold. Joss Stone's The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 debuts at #10 with 24,000 sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe gets its 9th week atop the Hot 100, the longest run at #1 in 2012. Though I could care less about Carly Rae Jepsen, this begs the question "Why doesn't she have an album out?" Again, I don't care about her music, it just seems odd that someone with such a strong stench of one-hit wonder has no album out, even after 9 weeks at #1. (Side note: Don't front like you can't see yourself in 2022 watching "I Love The '10s: 2012 Edition" on VH3 and saying, "Hey, remember her?" when Call Me Maybe is discussed.)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (1)
2. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (1-2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (6-3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (7-4)
5. Bee Gees - Number Ones (-5)
6. Nas - Life Is Good (2-6)
7. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 22 (5-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-9)
10. Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 (10)

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-1)
2. Ellie Goulding - Lights (5-2)
3. Flo Rida - Whistle (4-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (2-4)
5. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-5)
6. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (6-6)
7. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (7-7)
8. David Guetta - Titanium (8-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - Home (84-9)
10. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean hops 13 spots 28-15.
• Maroon 5's One More Night flies 24 spots 54-30.
• Nicki Minaj's Pound The Alarm soars 42 spots 92-50.
• 50 Cent's New Day featuring Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys debuts at #79.
• Miguel's Adorn debuts at #82.
• Rick Ross' Diced Pineapples featuring Wale and Drake debuts at #89.
• Keyshia Cole's Enough Of No Love with Lil Wayne debuts at #94.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You debuts at #99.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) debuts at #100.

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