Sadly, it's back to a lot of nothing on the Hot 100 this week.
Now give me a moment to highlight the random hypocrisy of Billboard. This week Frank Ocean's Channel Orange fell to #4 with 54,000 sold in its 2nd week, but those numbers don't include sales from Amazon because they sold it for $2.99 this past week. Billboard is alleging that it's their policy to disallow sales to count toward chart placement if the album is sold below its $3.49 minimum in the first 4 weeks of release. Wait, what? Just last June Lady Gaga's Born This Way set a then record for largest percentage sales drop in Billboard history. Born This Way fell 84.27% in its 2nd week largely because its first week sales were artificially enhanced by Amazon offering it for just 99¢ at times during the first week. So when Amazon sold Lady Gaga's album for 99¢ in its first week it was okay, but when they sold Frank Ocean's for $2.99 in its second week, all of a sudden there's a Billboard policy that says its not allowed? I call bullshit, unless they changed the policy immediately after the Lady Gaga debacle.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Nas - Life Is Good (1)
2. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (1-2)
3. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 22 (3)
4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2-4)
5. Justin Bieber - Believe (3-5)
6. Phil Collins - Hits (--6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (7-7)
8. Various Artists - The Dark Knight Rises sdtk (8)
9. Adele - 21 (8-9)
10. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (5-10)
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 (2-2)
3. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (3-3)
4. Ellie Goulding - Lights (5-4)
5. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (4-5)
6. Flo Rida - Whistle (7-6)
7. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (6-7)
8. David Guetta - Titanium (8-8)
9. Usher - Scream (10-9)
10. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-10)
- Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean hops 13 spots 66-53.
- Meek Mill's Amen featuring Drake jumps 13 spots 77-64.
- Frank Ocean's Thinkin Bout You also moves 13 spots north 85-72.
- T.I.'s Go Get It debuts at #77.
