Thursday Billboard Update - 4/17/08

Leona Lewis easily grabs up the #1 spot this week with 205,400 sold...yada, yada that doesn't really matter since we all know Mariah is gonna dominate everyone next week. The real story, as far as I'm concerned, is Ray-J down at the #7 spot. Damn Ray-J, 39,000?? You had a top 10 single (went as high as #3) and that's it?? To be fair though, he is on Koch (I didn't know that when I made my prediction last week) so its still all good in Ray-J land. Plus, the album was pretty bad so I shouldn't have expected much lol. And still no sign of what Elephant Man sold but I can tell u with confidence he didn't debut in the top 100 lol.

Leona Lewis is really holding shit down on these charts as she returns to her #1 spot on the Hot 100...but unfortunately will be knocked back off next week by Mariah...again lol. The faux best rapper alive's single Lollipop jumped 2 spots 4-2 and is this week's fastest growing track at radio. Jordin Sparks' No Air track with Chris Brown is the fastest growing digital track and flop flops with Madonna's 4 Minutes 7-3 and 3-7 respectively.


The Billboard 200 1-10

1. Leona Lewis
2. George Strait - Troubadour
3. James Otto - Sunset Man
4. Various Artists - NOW 27
5. R.E.M. - Accelerate
6. Alvin & The Chipmunks sdtk
7. Ray-J - All I Feel
8. Rick Ross - Trilla
9. P.O.D. - When Angels & Serpents Dance
10. Danity Kane - Welcome To The Dollhouse

• Its a great week to be a former American Idol contestant as Daughtry's self-titled debut jumps 36-16, Jordin Sparks' self-titled debut jumps 31-17, and Carrie Underwood's 2nd album jumps 38-33.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (2-1)
2. Lil Wayne - Lollipop (4-2)
3. Jordin Sparks - No Air (7-3)
4. Usher - Love In This Club (5-4)
5. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (1-5)
6. Ray-J - Sexy Can I (6-6)
7. Madonna - 4 Minutes (3-7)
8. Chris Brown - With You (8-8)
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song (9-9)
10. Flo Rida - Low (10-10)

• Plies' Bust It Baby II jumped 11 spots 49-38 this week.
• Cherish's (remember them??) Yung Joc featured track Killa moved up 7 spots 47-40.