Thursday Billboard Update - 12/4/08

This is it. I think this is the beginning of the end for Kanye West. I saw this coming when I first heard details about this new album, but now its coming to life. Just a year after moving 957,000 copies of Graduation, 808s & Heartbreak only manages 450,100...with an extra sales day (remember, it came out Monday, not Tuesday). Tough break nigga. Anyway, coming in #5 is Ludacris' Theater Of The Mind which moved a sub par 214,100. I'm not worried about this project though because as long as One More Drink keeps climbing the Hot 100, this album will be floating around.

Finally! Finally, finally, FINALLY!! We have a new #1!! Beyonce's Single Ladies finally takes out T.I. and gives us an actual good song at #1. I'm so happy now! Everything else is blah and kinda just fell in place lol.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Fearless (4-2)
3. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy (3)
4. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (1-4)
5. Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind (5)
6. The Killers - Day & Age (6)
7. Nickelback - Dark Horse (2-7)
8. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (6-8)
9. Various Artists - Now! 29 (7-9)
10. David Cook - David Cook (3-10)

• E-40's Ball Street Journal debuted at #42 selling 30,700 copies. Sounds bad, but its a lot more than what I had it pegged for last week lol.
  

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. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy (3-3)
4. T.I. - Whatever You Like (4-4)
5. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (7-5)
6. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (5-6)
7. Ne-Yo - Miss Independent (9-7)
8. Pink - So What (8-8)
9. Britney Spears - Womanizer (12-9)
10. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (13-10)

• Kanye's latest god awful song with Lil Wayne, See You In My Nightmares, debuts at #21 this week. I don't really see this track going anywhere from here, but who knows??
• Ludacris and T-Pain's One More Drink got a 13 spot bounce 38-25. Watch out for this track.