Thursday Billboard Update - 12/18/08

Wow, 5 new albums rolled out that week and not one made the top 10! Interesting. Looks like Taylor Swift's Fearless is back on top of thangs on the Billboard 200 after posting +29% this week and selling 248,800. Britney's Circus falls 1-2 with 200,100 sold and Beyonce's I Am... Sasha Fierce stays put at #3 with a 4% increase and 159,200 sold. Ya' boy, Kanye West, and his 808s & Heartbreak falls 4-6 with 126,800 sold. Only one top 10 causality this week and that's Akon's Freedom which called 7-18.

The top 10 is all about 4 people this week: Beyonce, T.I., Britney Spears, and Kanye West. That's basically it lol. All 4 of them have 2 songs in the top 10 which only leaves room for 2 other artists (Lady GaGa and Katy Perry). I can't guarantee anything, but I'm pretty sure this is the 1st time 4 different artists have had at least 2 single in the top 10 each, all at once.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless (2-1)
2. Britney Spears - Circus (1-2)
3. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (3-3)
4. Nickelback - Dark Horse (5-4)
5. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (6-5)
6. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (4-6)
7. Various Artists - Now! 29 (9-7)
8. AC/DC - Black Ice (11-8)
9. Various Artist - High School Musical 3 sdtk (8-9)
10. David Cook - David Cook (10-10)

• Beating out both Common and Brandy is Musiq Soulchild's onmyradio at #11 with 91,500 sold. Who would've thunk it?? lol.
• Right after that is Common's Universal Mind Control at #12 with 81,700 (got that one right) copies sold in its first week.
• A few more spots down from that is Brandy's new album Human which debuted at #15 with 72,800 sold.
• Avant's self-titled 5th album came in at #26 with 52,000 sold.
  

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

1. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (2-1)
2. T.I. - Live Your Life (1-2)
3. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (4-3)
4. Britney Spears - Circus (3-4)
5. T.I. - Whatever You Like (5-5)
6. Britney Spears - Womanizer (10-6)
7. Kanye West - Heartless (16-7)
8. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (7-8)
9. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy (6-9)
10. Kanye West - Love Lockdown (8-10)

• Maybe there's hope for this new Brandy project after all. Her single Right Here (Departed) finally starts to show signs of life by jumping 19 spots 53-34 after 14 weeks on the charts.
• Jamie Foxx's T.I. featured single, Just Like Me, finally debuts at #75 this week.