Damn, I had the shit all fucked up on last week's This Week In Flops! Well actually I did guess Flo Rida's numbers right because R.O.O.T.S. sold 55,400 while coming in at #8 (I had it doing anywhere between 50k-70k). I also had Bow Wow's New Jack City Pt. II pretty close (he sold 30,900, I had him doing 35k-65k), but I underestimated UGK big time! I had UGK 4 Life doing 25k-50k and coming in last, but they managed to crank out 76,600 and come in at #6. Craziness! Anyway, I didn't even make a guess on Prince's new Target exclusive LotusFlow3r, but it came in at #2 with 168,500.The Black Eyed Peas were the big winners this week as Boom Boom Pow jumped 38 spots to #1 this week. This was probably inevitable even though they actually have never had a #1 record as a group prior to this. And easily winning the race to the top 10 over Asher Roth is KiD CuDi's Day N Nite which jumps 11-7 this week off the strength of a 57% increase in digital downloads. Asher's I Love College actually went backwards this week falling 12-15.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Keith Urban - Defying Gravity (1)
2. Prince - LotusFlow3r (2)
3. Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (3)
4. Various Artists - Now 30 (1-4)
5. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie sdtk (2-5)
6. UGK - UGK 4 Life (6)
7. Various Artists - Twilight sdtk (3-7)
8. Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S. (8)
9. Lady GaGa - The Fame (5-7)
10. Taylor Swift - Fearless (12-10)
- As evident by what I said above, Bow Wow's latest album New Jack City Pt. II got off to a slow start coming in at #16 and selling just 30,900 records.
- So, you think Bow Wow bricked?? Well take a look at JR Writer's Cinecrack sales figures: 705 copies sold! That's just sad.
- Congrats goes out to Ne-Yo who's Year of the Gentleman finally crossed the 1 million sold mark. That's 3 straight, right??
first time top 10's in bold
1. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (39-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Poker Face (1-2)
3. Flo Rida - Right Round (2-3)
4. Soulja Boy - Kiss Me Thru The Phone (3-4)
5. Jamie Foxx - Blame It (5-5)
6. T.I. - Dead And Gone (4-6)
7. KiD CuDi - Day N Nite (11-7)
8. The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (6-8)
9. The Fray - You Found Me (14-9)
10. Miley Cyrus - The Climb (8-10)
- Soulja Boy's Turn My Swag On looks to finally be gaining some traction as it jumps 10 spaces 52-42.
- The "T-Pain Hit Plan" worked out for Maino as All Of The Above also enters the top 50 moving 54-45.