Thursday Billboard Update - 10/4/12

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuts at #5 with 89,000 copies sold.

Not too much going on in the Hot 100 this week, we'll see if Gangnam Style can takeover the #1 spot next week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1)
2. Green Day - ¡Uno! (2)
3. No Doubt - Push & Shove (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1-4)
5. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (5)
6. deadmau5 - album title goes here (6)
7. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2-7)
8. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (4-8)
9. Little Big Town - Tornado (5-9)
10. The Killers - Battle Born (3-10)

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

• Rihanna's Diamonds debuts at #16.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) hops 9 spots 81-72.
• Trey Songz's uber corny Dive In also hops 9 spots 86-77.
• Flo Rida's I Cry debuts at #81.
• Usher's Numb jumps 15 spots 97-82 in its 2nd week.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party debuts at #89.

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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 - 6/28/12

Debuting at #1 with the biggest sales week of 2012 is Justin Bieber's Believe after moving 374,600 unit in its first week.

As Justin Bieber's album knocks Usher's from the top spot on the Billboard 200, Usher's 2nd single Scream (11-10) replaces Bieber's Boyfriend (10-18) in the top 10 on the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Believe (1)
2. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (2)
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser... (3)
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (4)
5. Various Artists - Rock Of Ages (9-5)
6. Usher - Looking 4 Myself (1-6)
7. Adele - 21 (3-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (6-8)
9. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (13-9)
10. Rush - Clockwork Angels (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. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-2)
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (2-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (8-5)
6. Ellie Goulding - Lights (12-6)
7. fun. - We Are Young (5-7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Starships (7-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (6-9)
10. Usher - Scream (11-10)

• 2 Chainz's No Lie featuring Drake jumps 18 spots 58-40.
• Maroon 5's One More Night debuts at #42.
• Flo Rida's Whistle flies 28 spots 86-58.
• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #72.
• Meek Mill's Amen with Drake debuts at #86.
• Justin Bieber's Right Here featuring Drake debuts at #95. Drake is clearly the new T-Pain with all these damn features.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/21/12

Usher's Looking 4 Myself debuts at #1 with 128,300 sold in its first week. Ed Sheeran's + makes it's U.S. debut at #5 with 42,000 sold. Finally, down at #10 is Waka Flocka Flame's Triple F Life, which starts with 33,200 copies sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe remains at #1 and blah blah blah.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Usher - Looking 4 Myself (1)
2. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2)
3. Adele - 21 (1-3)
4. Josh Turner - Punching Bag (4)
5. Ed Sheeran - + (5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (6-6)
7. Neil Young - Americana (4-7)
8. Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (2-8)
9. Various Artists - Rock Of Ages (15-9)
10. Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life (10)

• Debuting at #20 is Kid Ink's Up & Away with 19,800 sold.

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (9-4)
5. fun. - We Are Young (4-5)
6. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (5-6)
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-7)
8. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (8-8)
9. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean debuts at #21.
• Usher's Lemme See featuring Rick Ross shoots 19 spots up the charts 80-61.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/14/12

Guess who's back at #1? It's Adele's 21 here to claim her 24th non-consecutive week with 75,000 copies sold. Coming it at #5 is Big K.R.I.T.'s debut album Live From The Underground, which shifts 41,300 copies in its first week. Curren$y has his biggest career sales week as his new LP The Stoned Immaculate starts at #8 with 36,200 units sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe (2-1) dethrones Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know (1-2) after an 8-week reign at the top. Also, Katy Perry's Wide Awake soars 10 spots 19-9 to enter the top 10 (again).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (2)
3. Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (3)
4. Neil Young - Americana (4)
5. Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground (5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (4-6)
7. John Mayer - Born & Raised (1-7)
8. Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate (8)
9. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (6-9)
10. Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (10)

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (4-4)
5. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (6-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (9-8)
9. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (19-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (8-10)

• Justin Bieber's All Around The World featuring Ludacris debuts at #22.
• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard hops 17 spots 46-29.
• Lil Wayne's My Homies Still with Big Sean debuts at #38.
• Waka Flocka Flame's Get Low featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida debuts at #72.
• Usher's Lemme See with Rick Ross jumps 14 spots 94-80.

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This Week In Flops 6/12/12

I'm guessing Usher's Looking 4 Myself will debut at the top next week because that's just what Usher does. I doubt it will do Raymond v. Raymond numbers (329,000), but I can't see it falling in the 140-170k range.

This album originally came out last November in the UK and now it's being released in the United States. When it first came out it sold 102,000 in its first week, so I'm thinking it'll do about half of that here in the States. I'm guessing 35-65k.

I'll be honest, I don't know what to expect from this album sales-wise, so I'm guessing it falls somewhere between 20-50k.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/24/12

With a meager 77,100 albums sold, Adam Lambert's Trespassing is the new #1 album in the country. Coming in a #5 is Tenacious D's Rize Of The Fenix with 44,400 sold.

For the most part, nothing changed from last week's Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adam Lambert - Trespassing (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (1-3)
4. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (5-4)
5. Tenacious D - Rize Of The Fenix (5)
6. Various Artists - Now 42 (4-6)
7. Beach House - Bloom (7)
8. Glee Cast - Glee, The Music: Season Three - The Graduation Album (8)
9. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (3-9)
10. One Direction - Up All Night (7-10)

• Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music debuts at #83 with just 5,300 sold. What a travesty.

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (4-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (2-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (3-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-5)
6. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (5-6)
7. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (7-7)
8. The Wanted - Glad You Came (8-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (9-9)
10. Train - Drive By (10-10)

• Usher's Scream hops another 10 spots 25-15.
• Nicki Minaj's Right By My Side featuring Chris Brown jumps 18 spots 78-60.
• J. Cole's Nobody's Perfect with Missy Elliot debuts at #90.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/17/12

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away keeps the #1 spot for a 2nd week by moving an additional 119,500 copies. Coming in at #9 is Tank's new album This Is How I Feel with 33,100 sold.

For the most part, nothing changed from last week's Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (4-2)
3. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (6-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 42 (3-4)
5. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2-5)
6. Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods (6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (8-7)
8. Jack White - Blunderbuss (7-8)
9. Tank - This Is How I Feel (9)
10. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (13-10)

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (2-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (4-4)
5. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (7-6)
7. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (9-7)
8. The Wanted - Glad You Came (7-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (8-9)
10. Train - Drive By (11-10)

• Rihanna's Where Have You Been jumps 11 more spots 29-18.
• Pitbull's Back In Time skips 9 more spots 30-21.
• Usher's Scream surges 21 more spots 46-25.
• 2 Chainz's first single No Lie featuring Drake debuts at #45.
• Justin Bieber's Turn To You debuts at #60.
• Usher's Lemme See featuring Rick Ross debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/10/12

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is the new #1 album this week with 267,300 sold. Down at #5 is B.o.B's Strange Clouds which debuts with 76,500 copies sold.

For the most part, nothing changed from last week's Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (1)
2. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 42 (3)
4. Adele - 21 (2-4)
5. B.o.B - Strange Clouds (5)
6. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (3-6)
7. Jack White - Blunderbuss (1-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (4-8)
9. Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman - Smash sdtk (9)
10. Marilyn Manson - Born Villain (10)

• Following the death of MCA last week, the Beastie Boys' License To Ill leaps back onto the Billboard 200 at #18 with 19,100.

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. fun. - We Are Young (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (5-4)
5. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-5)
6. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-6)
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships (8-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (7-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (9-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (10-10)

• B.o.B's Both Of Us featuring Taylor Swift (Word?) debuts at #18.
• Rihanna's Where Have You Been soars 49 spots 78-29.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack flies 18 more spots 48-30.
• Usher's Scream jumps 24 spots 70-46 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/3/12

Jack White's Blunderbuss takes over the #1 spot this week, and that's about it.

Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know also remains at #1 for yet another week, and that's about it.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Jack White - Blunderbuss (1)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (1-3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (5-4)
5. Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love (5)
6. Kip Moore - Up All Night (6)
7. The Wanted - The Wanted (7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (6-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (7-9)
10. Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word (2-10)

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. fun. - We Are Young (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (5-4)
5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (7-5)
6. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (4-7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (8-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (10-10)

• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard debuts at #17.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack jumps 17 more spots 65-48.
• Flo Rida's Whistle debuts at #64.
• Usher's Scream debuts at #70.
• John Legend's Tonight (Best You Ever Had) featuring Ludacris flies 18 spots 97-79 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/3/12

Madonna's new album MDNA debuts at #1 by selling 359,400 copies in its first week. Coming at #2 is Lionel Richie's Tuskegee with 199,000 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae remains at #1 for a 5th week, but Justin Bieber's Boyfriend applies the pressure by debuting at #2.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Madonna - MDNA (1)
2. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (2)
3. Adele - 21 (2-3)
4. Shinedown - Amaryllis (4)
5. Various Artists - The Hunger Games (1-5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (4-6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (31-7)
8. The Used - Vulnerable (8)
9. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (6-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 41 (8-10)

• E-40's Block Brochure debuts at #44 with 9,600 sold.

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (2)
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (4-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (3-4)
5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (8-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (11-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (18-10)

• Usher's Climax jumps 11 spots 40-29.
• Karmin's Brokenhearted flies 19 spots 52-33.
• Waka Flocka Flame's I Don't Really Care featuring Trey Songz debuts at #64.
• Trey Songz's Heart Attack debuts at #65.
• Young Jeezy's Leave You Alone featuring Ne-Yo hops 12 spots 88-76.
• Sean Paul's She Doesn't Mind debuts at #78.
• Pitbull's lead single for the "Men In Black III" soundtrack Back In Time debuts at #79.
• Trey Songz's Sex Ain't Better Than Love jumps 11 spots 91-80.
• Drake's Crew Love featuring The Weeknd jumps 12 spots 100-88 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/22/12

One Direction's Up All Night debuts atop the Billboard 200 and denies Adele's 21's 25th week at #1.

Fun.'s We Are Young remains at #1 for another week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Up All Night (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Guns N Roses - Greatest Hits (31-3)
4. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (1-4)
5. Passion - Passion: White Flag (5)
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (7-7)
8. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (16-9)
10. fun. - Some Nights (13-10)

• Tech N9ne's Klusterfuk EP debuts at #15 with 17,000 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 (4-3)
4. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (3-4)
5. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-6)
7. David Guetta - Turn Me On (6-7)
8. Drake - Take Care (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (12-9)
10. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (10-10)

• Rihanna's Birthday Cake slides 10 spots 49-39.
• Usher's Climax jumps 13 spots 58-45.
• Karmin's Brokenhearted soars 24 spots 84-60 in its 2nd week.
• Future's new bullshit song Magic with T.I. hops 12 spots 91-79.
• Young Jeezy's Leave You Alone featuring Ne-Yo debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/1/12

With a 22nd non-consecutive week at #1, Adele's 21 is now the longest-running #1 album since Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack spent 24 weeks at the top in 1984-85. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits remains at #2 with another 174,000 sold. Tyga's Careless World: Rise Of The Last King debuts at #4 with 61,500 sold. Sadly, those numbers probably could've been much higher had some idiot at YMCMB never thought it'd be necessary to clear a Martin Luther King speech they sampled for the intro. Whitney's The Bodyguard soundtrack flies 38-6 while selling 47,000 (up 176%), and her self-titled album Whitney Houston soars 37-9 while selling 30,000 (up 72%). Chiddy Bang's Breakfast debuts at #8 with 30,6000 copies sold.

After being dethroned last week, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) returns to #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3)
4. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-5)
6. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard sdtk (38-6)
7. Adele - 19 (4-7)
8. Chiddy Bang - Breakfast (8)
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (37-9)
10. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (5-10)

• Click here for all the Whitney Houston sales news.

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (4-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (1-4)
5. The Wanted - Glad You Came (23-5)
6. Rihanna - We Found Love (8-6)
7. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (11-8)
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (14-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-10)

• B.o.B's So Good debuts at #11.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones jumps 10 spots 45-35.
• Adele's Rumour Has It flies 16 spots 67-51.
• Dumbass Rihanna's Birthday Cake with dumbass Chris Brown debuts at #63.
• Tyga's Muthafucka Up featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #74.
• Usher's Climax debuts at #81.
• Tyga's Make It Nasty debuts at #91.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 12/23/10

Taylor Swift's Speak Now overtakes Susan Boyle's The Gift for #1, but blah blah blah. "Michael Jackson's" Michael debuts at #3 with 228,200 sold. R. Kelly's Love Letter debuts at #6 with 154,300. What can you say, the man has a real fan base. Dirty Money's Last Train To Paris exceeded expectations of 65,000 and sold 100,900. (Let the records show I was WAY closer with my prediction for the album. I guess that's why I'm the Industry Prognosticator and they aren't.)

Katy Perry's Firework is still #1, but it's becoming increasingly obvious that Bruno Mars' Grenade will finish the year out at #1, as it inches into the #2 spot this week. The biggest news on the Hot 100 this week is Lil Wayne bursting into the top 10 at #9 with his first post-prison single 6 Foot 7 Foot with Cory Gunz. It'll be interesting to see where it goes from here.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (2-1)
2. Susan Boyle - The Gift (1-2)
3. "Michael Jackson" - Michael (3)
4. Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night (5-4)
5. Glee Cast - Christmas Album (3-5)
6. R. Kelly - Love Letter (6)
7. Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris (7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (6-8)
9. Kid Rock - Born Free (15-9)
10. Glee Cast - Glee, The Music Vol. 4 (8-10)

• Tank's Now Or Never starts off at #35 with 43,700 sold.
• Ciara's Basic Instinct debuts at #44 with 36,700 sold.
  

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

1. Katy Perry - Firework (1-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Grenade (3-2)
3. Rihanna - What's My Name (2-3)
4. Pink - Raise Your Glass (4-4)
5. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (5-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (7-6)
7. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (6-7)
8. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) (8-8)
9. Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot (9)
10. Nelly - Just A Dream (9-10)

• "Michael Jackson's" Hold My Hand with Akon jumps 16 spots 65-39.
• Jeremih's Down On Me featuring 50 Cent hops 9 spots 62-53.
• Twista's Make A Movie rises 9 spots 80-71.
• In its 2nd week, Jamie Foxx's Fall For Your Type with Drake flies 20 spots 95-75.
• Nicki Minaj's Moment 4 Life featuring Drake debuts at #82.
• Usher's More debuts at #88.
• R. Kelly's When A Woman Loves debuts at #93.
• Fabolous' You Be Killin' Em finally debuts at #94. Who knows what took so long, this song is dope.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/2/10

Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (which would've been a great name for R. Kelly's new album, especially with the semen-ish drippings on the title) takes over at #1 from Eminem's Recovery with 192,100 sold first week. Coming in at #2 is Fantasia's Back To Me with 117,100 sold. Hopefully this will stop her from being dropped by her label so she doesn't have to have another "suicide attempt." And finally, Usher's Versus EP debuts at #4 with 45,900 sold.

After cracking the top 10 last week, Lil Wayne's Right Above It featuring Drake and B.o.B's Magic fall and are replaced by Taylor Swift's Mine (14-9) and Ke$ha's Take It Off (16-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1)
2. Fantasia - Back To Me (2)
3. Eminem - Recovery (1-3)
4. Usher - Versus (4)
5. Little Big Town - The Reason Why (5)
6. Kem - Intimacy (2-6)
7. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (8-7)
8. Randy Rogers Band - Burning the Day (8)
9. Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (3-9)
10. Devil Wears Prada - Zombie (10)

• Drake's Thank Me Later finally crosses the 1 million sold mark after 11 weeks in stores.
  

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (3-2)
3. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (2-3)
4. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (4-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (9-6)
7. Katy Perry - California Gurls (8-7)
8. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-8)
9. Taylor Swift - Mine (14-9)
10. Ke$ha - Take It Off (16-10)

• KiD CuDi debuts at #22 this week with Erase Me featuring Kanye West.
• In its 3rd week on the charts, Usher's Hot Tottie featuring Jay-Z soars 63 spots 88-25.
• Drake's Fancy featuring Swizz Beatz and T.I. jumps 11 spots 74-63.
• After falling off the charts last week, Antoine Dodson is back with the Bed Intruder Song at #92.
• I'm very excited to say Cee-Lo Green's Fuck You found its way onto the Hot 100, debuting at #96.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/19/10

After spending the last 2 weeks at #2, Eminem's Recovery finally rebounds to reclaim the top spot with 132,623 record sold this past week. That bring his total tally to 2,112,996, which is good for double platinum status. Believe it or not, Recovery is the first album to sell 2 million copies in 2010. How sad is that?? Good luck to everyone who wants to be a musician.

Same ol' same ol' over on the Hot 100 this week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Eminem - Recovery (2-1)
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (1-2)
3. Various Artists - Camp Rock 2: the Final Jam sdtk (3)
4. Black Label Society - Order Of The Black (4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (7-5)
6. Blake Shelton - All About Tonight (6)
7. Rick Ross - Teflon Don (5-7)
8. Mike Posner - 31 Minutes to Takeoff (8)
9. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 18 (7-9)
10. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (3-10)

• Usher's Raymond v. Raymond crosses the 1 million sold mark (1,005,043 to be exact) and earns himself another platinum plaque this week. And to think, it only took 20 weeks. Oh well, better late than never.
  

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (1-1)
2. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (2-2)
3. Katy Perry - California Gurls (4-3)
4. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (5-4)
5. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (9-5)
6. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-6)
7. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (8-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Mine (3-8)
9. B.o.B - Airplanes (6-9)
10. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo (10-10)

• B.o.B's Magic is knocking on the door of the top 10 at #11 this week, and I think he'll be let in next week.
• Trey Songz's new single Bottoms Up with Nicki Minaj debuts at #22.
• Chris Brown's Deuces is up 17 spots 56-39.
• With the recent increase in radio spins, Drake's Fancy featuring Swizz Beatz and T.I. jumps 12 spots 97-85.
• Bed Intruder Song by Antoine Dodson & The Gregory Brothers featuring Kelly Dodson debuts at #89 this week! Now you can run and tell that!
• Usher's Hot Tottie featuring Jay-Z debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/5/10

After fending off Rick Ross's Teflone Don last week, I thought Eminem's Recovery would be a lock for a 6th week at #1. But no. Recovery still moves an impressive 158,658, but Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare moved 162,505 to takeover at #1. Em could very well return to #1 next week if it keeps up its steady pace, so this is just a bump in the road for Marshall.

Not much has changed from last week, Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna remains #1. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (20-7) and Usher's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (12-9) cross into the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (1)
2. Eminem - Recovery (1-2)
3. Rick Ross - Teflon Don (2-3)
4. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (6-4)
5. Drake - Thank Me Later (4-5)
6. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 18 (5-6)
7. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (9-7)
8. Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles From Memphis (3-8)
9. Lady Gaga - The Fame (10-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 34 (8-10)

• Tech N9ne's Gates Mixed Plate checks in at #13 with 17,230 sold.
• 50 Cent said Fat Joe's new album The Darkside Vol. 1 sold 5,000 copies the other day. Well it actually sold 12,000 (12,186 to be exact). Nothing to write home about, but about at least he can say 50 was wrong if that helps lol.
• Dru Hil's Indrupendence Day debuts at #30 and sells 11,500. Much better than I thought.

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - California Gurls (2-2)
3. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (3-3)
4. B.o.B - Airplanes (4-4)
5. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (6-5)
6. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (20-7)
8. Travis McCoy - Billionaire (7-5)
9. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (12-9)
10. Usher - OMG (8-10)

• Flo Rida's Club Can't Handle Me jumps 19 more spots 52-33.
• Chris Brown's Deuces hops 17 spots 84-67.
• Asher Roth's G.R.I.N.D. debuts at #79.
• Rihanna's Rockstar 101 debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/22/10

Eminem's Recovery makes it a 4th week atop the charts with another 195,500 sold. Recovery doesn't seem to be losing much momentum, but it looks like it will be knocked from its birch next week by Rick Ross' Teflon Don. I can hear folks now who aren't "in the know" bragging about this victory for Ross, when the truth of the matter will be that he outsold Eminem's album in its 5th week in stores. It's not like these 2 albums are going head-to-head, Recovery will be 5 weeks in at that point and still will only be slightly outsold. Now I'm not saying any of this to put down Ricky or his album, but the truth is that Recovery sold more in its 4th week than Teflon Don will sell in its 1st, so be careful with all the potential "Rick Ross beat Eminem" accolades next week.

Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna finally overtakes Katy Perry's California Gurls for the #1 spot. It's crazy Eminem only had 1 #1 single in the first 10 years of his career and has had 3 in the last past 2.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Eminem - Recovery (1-1)
2. Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2)
3. Drake - Thank Me Later (2-3)
4. Newsboys - Born Again (4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (5-5)
6. Sting - Symphonicities (6)
7. Jerrod Niemann - Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (7)
8. Hellyeah - Stampede (8)
9. M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\ (9)
10. Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (4-10)

• Curren$y's Pilot Talk debuts at #39 with 10,800 sold first week.
• Paul Wall's Heart Of A Champion debuts at #58 with 7,600 sold.
• Capone-N-Noreaga's War Report 2 fails to cracks the top 100 debuting at #104 with 4,700 sold.
• All signs point to Stat Quo's Statlanta not charting on the Billboard 200.
  

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (2-1)
2. Katy Perry - California Gurls (1-2)
3. B.o.B - Airplanes (3-3)
4. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (6-4)
5. Usher - OMG (4-5)
6. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-6)
7. Travis McCoy - Billionaire (5-7)
8. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (8-8)
9. Drake - Find Your Love (9-9)
10. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo (10-10)

• Usher and Pitbull's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love is this week's top debut, checking in at #19.
• Maroon 5's Misery jumps another 16 spots 44-28 this week. Good momentum building for this record.
• B.o.B's Magic soars 19 spots 68-49.
• After Rick Ross' B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast) featuring Styles P debuted at #98 last week, it flies 16 spots 98-82 this week.
• Monica's Love All Over Me debuts at #94.

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Who Should Win, Who Will Win: BET Awards 2010

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna

Who Should Win: Alicia Keys

Who Will Win: Alicia Keys

My Take: Rihanna is still considered a R&B artist??

Anyway, Beyonce is always great, but over the past year all she's done with make 2 videos with Lady Gaga. Mary J. Blige had a decent year sales wise, but no real hit singles. Melanie Fiona is great, but lets be serious. Rihanna does mainly pop and alternative music, and Rude Boy alone isn't enough to win her this award. That leaves Alicia Keys. She had several hits over past year, stayed relevant the entire time, and her album went platinum fairly quickly. She's GOT to win this award.

(Side note: How in the hell did Melanie Fiona beat out Monica for a spot here?? Not only has Monica outsold her, BUT SHE HAS A TV SHOW ON BET!)

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher

Who Should Win: Usher

Who Will Win: Trey Songz

My Take: Let the records show now that if Trey Songz does indeed win, he deserved it. This was his breakout year, and you'd be hard pressed to find a female who doesn't want to help their neighbors know his name as well. I would give it to Usher though because I can't go anywhere without hearing OMG, Lil Freak, or There Goes My Baby! Whether I'm watching TV, driving in the car, or getting my haircut, you just can't escape them. And that's not to mention he's already outsold Trey, even though his album dropped 7 months later. Yeah he's Usher, but Trey is on fiyah right now with the ladies, he should have sold MUCH more than he has at the moment.

Also, Don't sleep on Maxwell. Ladies love him just as much, if not more, than Trey Songz and Usher. That's evidence by him coming from out of nowhere last year and selling 316,000 of his BLACKsummers'night in its first week. Here's the dark horse that could actually steal this one from the front-runners.

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil’ Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina

Who Should Win: Nicki Minaj

Who Will Win: Nicki Minaj

My Take: Even though Nicki hasn't really done much over the past year outside of a few cameos here and there, she's got to win this one because her competition is basically non-existent. The nominees were essentially thrown together just to say they gave out this award. Seriously, Ester Dean, Lil Kim, Rasheeda, and Trina?? Ester Dean had a minor hit, then disappeared, Lil Kim is only in the news because of a feud with Nicki and Drake, Rasheeda is still an underground artist, and Trina's Amazin' album dropped with so little fanfare than I'm not even sure Slip-N-Slide knows it's out yet. They might as well had thrown Foxy Brown and Missy Elliott in there too. If anything, Nicki wins by default.

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Who Should Win: Jay-Z

Who Will Win: Drake

My Take: Jay-Z dominated the competition again over the past year notching another #1 album, a platinum plaque, and 3 top 10 singles. Even so, this award will be given to Drake to reward him on his big first week numbers. Oh well, I doubt Jay will be trippin' off of this loss.

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money

Who Should Win: Nicki Minaj

Who Will Win: Nicki Minaj

My Take: Justin Bieber?? Really?? Has BET even aired any of his videos?? Like the last award Nicki won, this one was seemingly thrown. I mean, Young Money is literally nominated for "Best New ARTIST," even though they're a group.

Oh well, it's not her fault there haven't been many hot new artists over the past year.

(Side note: Why isn't B.o.B nominated here?? I mean, yeah, he's been out for awhile, but so has Nicki, Wale, Melanie Fiona, and pretty much everybody in Young Money. B.o.B having two #1 singles to his credit cancels out the fact that he just dropped his debut album this past March?? If Melanie Fiona can be nominated for "Best Female R&B Artist" and "Best New Artist," why can't B.o.B be nominated here and "Best Male Hip-Hop Artist" too?? If he were nominated, he'd surely win.)

Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans

Who Should Win: Marvin Sapp

Who Will Win: Marvin Sapp

My Take: I won't claim to know all there is about Gospel music, but I do know Marvin Sapp has been the most commercially successful over the past year. It's his award.

Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money

Who Should Win: Young Money

Who Will Win: Black Eyed Peas

My Take: The Black Eyed Peas sold more records than all these acts combined over the past year so they will win, but if you ask me, they shouldn't even be nominated. 1) They aren't a Hip-Hop or R&B act (anymore), and 2) I'm not even sure they get any play on BET. I don't watch 106 & Park or The Deal, but I'm almost positive Boom Boom Pow or I Got A Feeling were getting much play.

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Drake & Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”

Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Who Will Win: Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”

My Take: Drake is the hottest artist out right now, so they have to get him more camera time than just one award and one performance. Plus, the strength of the featured artists makes it easier to explain why it will beat out 2 #1 records in Nothin' On You and Empire State Of Mind.

(Side note: Why isn't Run This Town nominated?? It charted higher than 4 of the 6 songs that were.)

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Who Should Win: I don't know.

Who Will Win: I don't know.

My Take: I'm not gonna lie, I hardly ever pay attention to who directed the videos I watch, so I don't know who did what. BET is banking on you not knowing either so they'll give it to either Benny Boom or Chris Robinson because we know who they are. We know Hype Williams too, but I doubt he actually directed many videos over the past year.

Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Who Will Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

My Take: Since Empire State Of Mind will get snubbed in Best Collaboration, BET will make it up by giving this one to Hov and A. Keys.

Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything to Me”
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”

Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Who Will Win: Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”

My Take: This award will be interesting seeing the viewers select the winner, and not BET. I know it's out of BedRock and Say Ahh, but I'm leaning towards BedRock because of Drake, Nicki, and Lil Wayne.

Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)

Who Should Win: Sade

Who Will Win: Sade

My Take: This award is stupid, but I'm be totally shocked if Sade didn't win.

Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade

Who Should Win: Maxwell

Who Will Win: Maxwell

My Take: This award is really a slap in the face to Chrisette Michele, Monica, and Sade. BET is basically saying, "you weren't good enough to get nominated in any of the real R&B categories, so we'll give you this one."

Nevertheless, if Maxwell doesn't steal the "Best Male R&B Artist" award, they'll throw him a bone and give him this.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/3/10

Nothing big debuting this week and the #1 album only sold 63,000 records last week. Just a sad situation on the Billboard 200.

Everything is practically the same as it was last week, so there really aren't any highlights, but look for Travis McCoy's Billionaire to break the top 10 next week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Glee Cast - The Music Volume 3: Showstoppers (1-1)
2. Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots (2)
3. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (4-3)
4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (6-4)
5. Usher - Raymond vs. Raymond (8-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Fame (12-6)
7. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (2-7)
8. Black Keys - Brother (3-8)
9. Carole King & James Taylor - Live at the Troubadour (11-9)
10. Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives (5-10)

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

1. Usher - OMG (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - California Gurls (3-2)
3. B.o.B - Airplanes (2-3)
4. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug (7-4)
5. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (4-5)
6. Lady Gaga - Alejandro (6-6)
7. B.o.B - Nothin' On You (5-7)
8. La Roux - Bulletproof (14-8)
9. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (11-9)
10. Eminem - Not Afraid (9-10)

• Jumping 13 spaces 41-28 is new-ish comer Shontelle's Impossible.
• J. Cole's first single Who Dat debuts at #93 this week.
• Ludacris' Sex Room with Trey Songz debuts at #98.
• Rick Ross' Super High featuring Ne-Yo debuts at #100.

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