Thursday Billboard Update - 11/22/12

One Direction's Take Me Home dethrones Taylor Swift's Red after 3 weeks atop the Billboard 200 with 540,000 albums sold. The Weeknd's Trilogy debuts at #4 with 86,300 copies sold. Christina Aguilera's Lotus debuts at #7 with 73,000 sold. Green Day's ¡Dos! starts at #9 with 69,000 sold, and Lana Del Rey's Paradise begins at #10 with 67,000 sold.

One week after tying Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for the longest run at #1 in 2012, Maroon 5's One More Night (1-2) gets dethroned by Rihanna's Diamonds (2-1).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Take Me Home (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Red (1-2)
3. Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 sdtk (3)
4. The Weeknd - Trilogy (4)
5. Soundgarden - King Animal (5)
6. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-6)
7. Christina Aguilera - Lotus (7)
8. Various Artists - Now 44 (2-8)
9. Green Day - ¡Dos! (9)
10. Lana Del Rey - Paradise (10)

• Travis Barker and Yelawolf's Pycho White EP debuts at #50 with 11,100 sold.

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

1. Rihanna - Diamonds (2-1)
2. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-3)
4. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (6-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (4-5)
6. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (8-6)
7. Psy - Gangnam Style (5-7)
8. Lumineers - Ho Hey (13-8)
9. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (7-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj soars 18 spots 38-20.
• Adele's Skyfall hops 12 spots 33-21.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom flies 20 spots 46-26.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop jumps 13 spots 55-42.
• P!nk's Try flies 19 spots 69-50.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party jumps 20 spaces 81-61.
• The Weeknd's Wicked Games skips 10 spots 91-81.
• Christina Aguilera's Just A Fool debuts at #92.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/15/12

Taylor Swift's Red remains at #1 for a 3rd straight week with another 196,200 copies sold. Ne-Yo's R.E.D. debuts at #4 with just 66,100 copies sold. I guess this is what happens when R&B artists stop making R&B music. Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares falls to #8 in its 2nd week with 41,100 sold. Lastly, Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city slides to #9 with 40,100 copies sold.

Maroon 5's One More Night ties Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for longest streak atop the Hot 100 in 2012 9 weeks. Putting the pressure on Maroon 5 is Rihanna's Diamonds, which rises to #2 and replaces Psy's Gangnam Style (2-5). Entering the top 10 is Flo Rida's I Cry (12-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1-1)
2. Various Artists - Now 44 (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-3)
4. Ne-Yo - R.E.D. (4)
5. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension (5)
6. Jason Aldean - Night Train (4-6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (7-7)
8. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares (2-8)
9. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (5-9)
10. Third Day - Miracle (10)

• E-40 and Too $hort have 2 collaborative albums debuting this week, the first is History: Function Music at #62 with 6,500 copies sold, and the second is History: Mob Music at #71 with 5,800 sold. Not sure who told E-40 we need multiple albums from him at a time, but he needs to chill.
• Debuting at #189 is Saigon's Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2 with a measly 2,800 sold.

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

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Rihanna - Diamonds (4-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (6-3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (3-4)
5. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-7)
8. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (10-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (12-10)

• Ed Sheeran's The A Team hops 9 spots 35-26.
• Adele's Skyfall from the new 007 movie soundtrack flies 23 spots 56-33.
• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 16 more spots 54-38.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom shoots 23 spots 69-46.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop jumps 11 spots 66-55.
• P!nk's Try flies 24 spots 93-69.
• Ludacris' Rest Of My Life featuring Usher and David Guetta debuts at #72.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party slides 10 spaces 91-81.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/25/12

Brandy's new album Two Eleven debuts at #3 with 64,700. Also, Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream (11-7) and Adele's 21 (15-9) return to the top 10.

Same ol', same ol' on top of the Hot 100, Maroon 5's One More Night is still #1 and Psy's Gangnam Style is still #2. Entering the top 10 is Rihanna's Diamonds (11-8) and Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You (12-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Jason Aldean - Night Train (1)
2. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-2)
3. Brandy - Two Eleven (3)
4. Scotty McCreery - Christmas With Scotty McCreery (4)
5. Jamey Johnson - Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran (5)
6. P!nk - The Truth About Love (8-6)
7. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (11-7)
8. Little Big Town - Tornado (14-8)
9. Adele - 21 (15-9)
10. Dethklok - Metalocalypse (10)

• Bobby V's self-titled album debuts at #91 with 5,000 copies sold.

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

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (4-3)
4. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-4)
5. Ke$ha - Die Young (8-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-6)
7. Alex Clare - Too Close (7-7)
8. Rihanna - Diamonds (11-8)
9. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (12-9)
10. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-10)

• Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven jumps 18 spots 33-15.
• Flo Rida's I Cry leaps 27 more spots 51-24.
• T.I.'s Ball featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #50.
• Macklemore's Thrift Shop hops 14 spots 96-82.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/11/12

Debuting at #3 this week is Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream with 71,000 albums sold.

Over in the Hot 100, One Direction (3), Taylor Swift (6), and Adele (8) all had new singles debut in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Muse - The 2nd Law (2)
3. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-4)
5. Three Days Grace - Transit Of Venus (5)
6. Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll (6)
7. Jackie Evancho - Songs From The Silver Screen (7)
8. Little Big Town - Tornado (9-8)
9. Cher Lloyd - Sticks & Stones (9)
10. Van Morrison - Born To Sing: No Plan B (10)

• DJ Drama's Quality Street Music debuts at #15 with 23,800 copies sold.
• Z-Ro's Angel Dust debuts at #120 with 3,700 albums sold.
• Skyzoo's Dream Deferred debuts at #191 with 2,600 copies sold.

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

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-2)
3. One Direction - Live While We're Young (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (4-5)
6. Taylor Swift - Red (6)
7. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-7)
8. Adele - Skyfall (8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-9)
10. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-10)

• Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven debuts at #34.
• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 12 spots 81-69 in its 2nd week.
• DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/6/12

Slaughterhouse sold 51,800 copies of their new album Welcome To: Our House, which is good for a debut at #2 on the Billboard 200. And after a one week vacation, Adele's 21 unsurprisingly returned to the top 10 (12-10).

Flo Rida's Whistle (2-1) bumps Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1-2) from the #1 spot, and that's about it.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. TobyMac - Eye On It (1)
2. Slaughterhouse - Welcome To: Our House (2)
3. Trey Songz - Chapter V (1-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 43 (3-4)
5. Alanis Morissette - Havoc & Bright Lights (5)
6. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (6-6)
7. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (2-7)
8. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (21-8)
9. fun. - Some Nights (11-9)
10. Adele - 21 (12-10)

• Dwele's Greater Than One debuts at #30 with 10,800 copies sold.

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

1. Flo Rida - Whistle (2-1)
2. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1-2)
3. Maroon 5 - One More Night (4-3)
4. Ellie Goulding - Lights (3-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (5-5)
6. Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (11-6)
7. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (7-7)
8. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (9-8)
9. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (10-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (6-10)

• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 16 spots 74-58.
• Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian's Battle Scars debuts at #73.
• 2 Chainz's Birthday Song featuring Kanye West hops 12 spots 91-79.
• Karmin's Hello debuts at #89.
• Kelly Rowland's Ice with Lil Wayne debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/30/12

Trey Songz grabs his first #1 album as Chapter V debuts atop the Billboard 200 with 135,000 sold. DJ Khaled's new album Kiss The Ring debuts at #4 with 41,000 sold. For the first time in 79 weeks, Adele's 21 is not in the top 10, falling 8-12. She'll likely return next week, but it's worth noting.

Pretty boring week in the top 10 of the Hot 100 this week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Trey Songz - Chapter V (1)
2. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (1-2)
3. Various Artists - Now 43 (2-3)
4. DJ Khaled - Kiss The Ring (4)
5. Justin Bieber - Believe (6-5)
6. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (5-6)
7. Owl City - The Midsummer Station (7)
8. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (3-8)
9. Tenth Avenue North - The Struggle (9)
10. One Direction - Up All Night (7-10)

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

1. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1-1)
2. Flo Rida - Whistle (2-2)
3. Ellie Goulding - Lights (3-3)
4. Maroon 5 - One More Night (9-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (6-5)
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (4-6)
7. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (5-7)
8. Maroon 5 - Payphone (7-8)
9. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (13-9)
10. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (8-10)

• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 12 more spots 41-29.
• Trey Songz's 2 Reasons with T.I. hops 9 spots 54-45.
• French Montana's Pop That featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne slides 13 spaces 61-48.
• Miguel's Adorn also moves 10 spots north 68-58.
• Future's shitty Turn The Lights jumps 10 spots 78-68.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 14 spots 88-74.
• Trey Songz's Dive In debuts at #93.
• Slaughterhouse's Throw That featuring Eminem debuts at #98.
• Chief Keef's awful I Don't Like debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/14/12

Guess who's back at #1? It's Adele's 21 here to claim her 24th non-consecutive week with 75,000 copies sold. Coming it at #5 is Big K.R.I.T.'s debut album Live From The Underground, which shifts 41,300 copies in its first week. Curren$y has his biggest career sales week as his new LP The Stoned Immaculate starts at #8 with 36,200 units sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe (2-1) dethrones Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know (1-2) after an 8-week reign at the top. Also, Katy Perry's Wide Awake soars 10 spots 19-9 to enter the top 10 (again).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (2)
3. Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (3)
4. Neil Young - Americana (4)
5. Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground (5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (4-6)
7. John Mayer - Born & Raised (1-7)
8. Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate (8)
9. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (6-9)
10. Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (10)

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (4-4)
5. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (6-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (9-8)
9. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (19-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (8-10)

• Justin Bieber's All Around The World featuring Ludacris debuts at #22.
• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard hops 17 spots 46-29.
• Lil Wayne's My Homies Still with Big Sean debuts at #38.
• Waka Flocka Flame's Get Low featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida debuts at #72.
• Usher's Lemme See with Rick Ross jumps 14 spots 94-80.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/12/12

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (which I finally found out was a new album and not a re-release) debuts at #1 with 253,000 sold. I thought she would sell more, but oh well. Madonna's MDNA, which sold 359,400 copies last week, falls to #8 with 48,000 sold, down 86.7%. That's the greatest 2nd-week sales decline for a #1 album since SoundScan began tracking sells in 1991. Debuting at #9 is Marvin Sapp's I Win with 37,000 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae remains at #1 for a 6th week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Rascal Flatts - Changed (3)
4. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (2-4)
5. One Direction - Up All Night (6-5)
6. Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal (6)
7. Various Artists - The Hunger Games (5-7)
8. Madonna - MDNA (1-8)
9. Marvin Sapp - I Win (9)
10. Shinedown - Amaryllis (4-10)

• Obie Trice's Bottoms Up debuts at #130 with 4,400 sold. That sucks dick, I'm gonna go buy a copy this weekend.

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (3-2)
3. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-3)
4. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (9-4)
5. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (2-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (5-8)
9. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (8-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (10-10)

• Adele's Rumour Has It jumps 12 spots 35-23.
• Jennifer Lopez's Dance Again featuring Pitbull debuts at #27.
• G.O.O.D. Music's Mercy debuts at #38.
• Nicki Minaj's Right By My Side featuring Chris Brown debuts at #51.
• DJ Khaled's Take It To The Head with Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne debuts at #63.
• Nicki Minaj's Beez In The Trap featuring 2 Chainz debuts at #78, while Va Va Voom debuts at #79.
• T.I.'s Love This Life debuts at #81.
• Fat Joe's Another Round debuts at #83.
• K'Naan's Is Anybody Out There? with Nelly Furtado (whoa, where has she been??) debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/15/12

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball takes a wrecking ball to Adele's 21's 24th non-consecutive week at #1 by edging her with sells of 197,600 to 21's 194,600. I'm sure she'll be back at #1 soon enough.

Fun.'s We Are Young remains at #1 for another week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (1)
2. Adele - 21 (1-2)
3. Various Artists - Now 41 (4-3)
4. Lady Antebellum - Own the Night (16-4)
5. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (29-5)
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (8-7)
8. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (37-8)
9. Luke Bryan - Spring Break 4: Suntan City (9)
10. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (10)

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-2)
3. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (3-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-4)
5. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (9-5)
6. David Guetta - Turn Me On (8-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (11-7)
8. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (7-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-9)
10. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (5-10)

• Flo Rida's Wild Ones continues its charge for the top 10 by sliding 7 spots 19-12.
• After debuting at #88 last week, Travis Porter's Ayy Ladies featuring Tyga 32 spots to #56.
• Karmin (yes, that Karmin) debuts at #84 with Brokenhearted.
• Trey Songz's Sex Ain't Better Than Love debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/8/12

Adele's 21 easily grabs a 23rd non-consecutive week at #1 with another 247,000 copies sold. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits still remains at #2 with another 112,000 sold. Debuting at #3 is KiD CuDi likely shitty collaborative album WZRD with 66,000 sold. Whitney's The Bodyguard soundtrack climbs 1 spot 6-5 43,000 sold, and her self-titled album Whitney Houston slides 1 spots 9-10 with 25,000 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young climbs 2 spots and becomes the first Rock #1 since Coldplay's Viva La Vida in June of 2008.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-2)
3. WZRD - WZRD (3)
4. Various Artists - Now 41 (5-4)
5. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard sdtk (6-5)
6. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (4-6)
7. Adele - 19 (7-7)
8. Drake - Take Care (13-8)
9. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (14-9)
10. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (9-10)

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (3-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (1-2)
3. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (5-4)
5. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (4-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (10-6)
7. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (9-7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (8-8)
9. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (16-9)
10. Rihanna - We Found Love (6-10)

• Flo Rida's Wild Ones jumps 16 more spots 35-19.
• Adele's Rumour Has It flies 12 spots 51-39.
• Kirko Bangz's Drank In My Cup soars 28 spots 96-68.
• Nicki Minaj's Roman Reloaded featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #70.
• Travis Porter's Ayy Ladies featuring Tyga debuts at #88.
• Garbage ass Future's bullshit song Magic with T.I. debuts at #94.
• Estelle's Thank You debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/1/12

With a 22nd non-consecutive week at #1, Adele's 21 is now the longest-running #1 album since Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack spent 24 weeks at the top in 1984-85. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits remains at #2 with another 174,000 sold. Tyga's Careless World: Rise Of The Last King debuts at #4 with 61,500 sold. Sadly, those numbers probably could've been much higher had some idiot at YMCMB never thought it'd be necessary to clear a Martin Luther King speech they sampled for the intro. Whitney's The Bodyguard soundtrack flies 38-6 while selling 47,000 (up 176%), and her self-titled album Whitney Houston soars 37-9 while selling 30,000 (up 72%). Chiddy Bang's Breakfast debuts at #8 with 30,6000 copies sold.

After being dethroned last week, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) returns to #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3)
4. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-5)
6. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard sdtk (38-6)
7. Adele - 19 (4-7)
8. Chiddy Bang - Breakfast (8)
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (37-9)
10. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (5-10)

• Click here for all the Whitney Houston sales news.

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (4-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (1-4)
5. The Wanted - Glad You Came (23-5)
6. Rihanna - We Found Love (8-6)
7. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (11-8)
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (14-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-10)

• B.o.B's So Good debuts at #11.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones jumps 10 spots 45-35.
• Adele's Rumour Has It flies 16 spots 67-51.
• Dumbass Rihanna's Birthday Cake with dumbass Chris Brown debuts at #63.
• Tyga's Muthafucka Up featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #74.
• Usher's Climax debuts at #81.
• Tyga's Make It Nasty debuts at #91.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/23/12

Adele's 21 spends its 21st non-consective week at #1 by earning the biggest sales gain in SoundScan history. In it's 52nd week on the Billboard 200, 21 is up 207% and sold 729,900 copies in the past week. And this is all while debut album 19 slides to #4 with 87,000 sold. Talk about domination. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits climbs 6-2 with 175,100 copies sold in its 2nd week after re-enter the charts. Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans sold another 37,900 copies and re-enters the top 10 (30-8) after his inspired performance at the Grammy's.

Katy Perry's Part Of Me wastes no time and debuts at #1 on the Hot 100. This is Perry's 7th #1 record in her relatively short career. Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You bumps up 7-3 in its 2nd week after re-entering the charts. Adele's Someone Like You hops 11-7 and re-joins the top 10. Nicki Minaj's awful new song Starships debuts at #9, and Chris Brown's equally awful new song Turn Up The Music debuts at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6-2)
3. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-3)
4. Adele - 19 (9-4)
5. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (8-5)
6. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (2-6)
7. Paul McCartney - Kisses On The Bottom (5-7)
8. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (30-8)
9. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (17-9)
10. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (41-10)

• Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album sees a 113% increase and soars 35 spots 72-37 with 17,000 sold.
• The Bodyguard soundtrack also sells 17,000 while flying 42 spots 80-38, up 123%.
• Whitney's last album I Look To You is up 81% with 9,000 more copies sold while jumping 53 spots 118-65.
• 1987's album Whitney sold 7,000 copies and flies 35 spots 122-87, up 46%.
• The Preacher's Wife soundtrack sells 7,000 copies while entering the top 100 by skying 93 spots 183-90, 46%.
• Lastly, Whitney's My Love Is Your Love re-enters the Billboard 200 at #193 with 4,000 copies sold.

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

1. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (7-3)
4. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (1-4)
5. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (17-5)
6. fun. - We Are Young (3-6)
7. Adele - Someone Like You (11-7)
8. Rihanna - We Found Love (6-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9)
10. Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music (10)

• Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) jumps 10 spots 35-25 a week after re-entering the Hot 100.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones hops 12 spots 57-45.
• Whitney Houston's How Will I Know re-enters the Hot 100 at #49.
• Bruno Mars' Runaway Baby debuts at #50.
• Coldplay's Princess Of China featuring Rihanna flies 21 spots 75-54 after they performed it at the Grammy's.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/16/12

And for a 20th non-consective week, 6-time Grammy award winning singer Adele's 21 is at #1. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits sells 64,000 copies and re-enters the Billboard 200 at #6 due to a 10,419% sales gain since she passed Saturday. I guess it was only Michael Jackson that Billboard wanted to shit on with their bum ass "catalog albums" rule. (If you remember back in 2009 when MJ died he dominated sales, but Billboard said his albums were considered "catalog albums" and weren't eligible for the Billboard 200 because they were over 18-months old and below #100. Fortunately, this rule somehow didn't apply to Whitney, whose greatest hits album dropped May 16th, 2000.)

Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) remains #1 for a 2nd week, and then things start getting crazy. Soaring 41-3 after their Chevrolet Super Bowl ad is fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae. Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You (which was #1 for 14 weeks back in 1992) re-enters the Hot 100 at #7 thanks largely to a 6,723% sales increase since Saturday. Madonna extends her lead for the most top 10s in Hot 100 history (she now has 38, the Beatles are the next closest with 34, followed by Michael Jackson with 28) as Give Me All Your Luvin featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. moves up 3 spots 13-10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 41 (3)
4. The Fray - Scars & Stories (4)
5. Paul McCartney - Kisses On The Bottom (5)
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6)
7. Dierks Bentley - Home (7)
8. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (4-8)
9. Adele - 19 (19-9)
10. Drake - Take Care (6-10)

• Whitney Houston's 1986 self-titled debut album re-enters the charts at #72 with 8,000 copies sold. The album saw a 3,901% sales increase.
• The Bodyguard soundtrack re-enters with 8,000 albums sold on the strength of a 5,213% sales increase.
• Whitney's last album I Look To You sold 5,000 copies and is now at #118, up 3,901%.
• 1987's album Whitney sold 5,000 copies and ends up at #122, up 2,274%.
• The Preacher's Wife soundtrack last at #183 with 4,000 albums sound, up 3,913%.

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (1-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (41-3)
4. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (9-4)
5. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (3-5)
6. Rihanna - We Found Love (4-6)
7. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (5-8)
9. Tyga - Rack City (7-9)
10. Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin (13-10)

• Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) from 1987 re-enter the Hot 100 at #35.
• Whitney's Greatest Love Of All from 1986 re-enters at #41.
• Meek Mill's I'ma Boss Remix featuring T.I., Birdman, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross & Swizz Beatz debuts at #51.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones flies 20 spots 77-57.
• Jay-Z & Kanye's No Church In The Wild soars 24 spots 96-72.
• Kirko Bangz's Drank In My Cup debuts at #96.
• YG's Snitches Ain't Shit with Tyga, Snoop Dogg & Nipsey Hu$$le debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/9/12

Adele's 21 is at #1 for an 19th non-consecutive week. This shit is crazy.

We have a new #1 on the Hot 100 and it's Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What  Doesn't Kill You). Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's Young, Wild &  Free with Bruno Mars returns to the top 10 by jumping 12-8.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2)
3. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (3)
4. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (4-4)
5. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (6-5)
6. Drake - Take Care (9-6)
7. Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic (2-7)
8. Fred Hammond - God, Love & Romance (8)
9. LMFAO - Sorry For Partying Rocking (18-9)
10. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (16-10)

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (1-2)
3. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (4-3)
4. Rihanna - We Found Love (3-4)
5. David Guetta - Turn Me On (5-5)
6. Jessie J - Domino (8-6)
7. Tyga - Rack City (10-7)
8. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (12-8)
9. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (7-9)
10. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (6-10)

• Following her Super Bowl performance, Madonna's Give Me All Your Luvin featuring Nicki Minaj & that idiot M.I.A. debuts at #13.
• Melanie Fiona's 4 AM debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/2/12

Adele's 21 gets an 18th non-consecutive week #1 and 7 news albums I don't care about debuted in the top 10. Moving on.

Adele's Set Fire To The Rain remains on top of the Hot 100 for a 2nd week. Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) slides 6 spots up to #2 in its 2nd week in the top 10. Lastly, the top 10 says goodbye to Jay-Z & Kanye's Niggas In Paris as Tyga's super annoying Rack City (11-10) inches back in.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic (2)
3. Lamb Of God - Resolution (3)
4. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (4)
5. Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again (5)
6. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (2-6)
7. Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof (7)
8. Seal - Soul 2 (8)
9. Drake - Take Care (4-9)
10. Kari Jobe - Where I Find You (10)

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

1. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (1-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (8-2)
3. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-3)
4. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (3-4)
5. David Guetta - Turn Me On (4-5)
6. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (6-6)
7. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (7-7)
8. Jessie J - Domino (10-8)
9. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (5-9)
10. Tyga - Rack City (11-10)

• Jay-Z and Kanye's No Church In The Wild jumps 14 spots 100-86 in its 2nd week.
• Diggy Simmons' Do It Like You featuring Jeremih debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/26/12

With a 17th week at #1, Adele's 21 has now been at the top for longer than any album since "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, which had a 20-week run in 1993.

Adele also tops the Hot 100 this week as her song Set Fire To The Rain dethrones Rihanna's We Found Love. Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) flies 21-8 to invade the top 10, and Jessie J gets her first top 10 as Domino jumps 15-10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (2)
3. Black Keys - El Camino (3-3)
4. Drake - Take Care (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (7-5)
6. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (6-6)
7. James Fortune & FIYA - Identity (7)
8. Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (22-8)
9. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (8-9)
10. Nickelback - Here & Now (9-10)

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

1. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-1)
2. Rihanna - We Found Love (1-2)
3. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (3-3)
4. David Guetta - Turn Me On (10-4)
5. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (6-5)
6. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (4-6)
7. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (5-7)
8. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (21-8)
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (7-9)
10. Jessie J - Domino (15-10)

• Tyga's Faded featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #52.
• Mary J. Blige's Mr. Wrong with Drake debuts at #98.
• Jay-Z and Kanye's No Church In The Wild debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/19/12

Adele's 21 spends a 16th non-consecutive week at #1, which is the longest steak since the "Titanic" soundtrack in 1998.

Rihanna's We Found Love is #1 for a 10th non-consecutive week. Tyga's Rack City (23-8) inevitably bursts through the top 10, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's Young, Wild & Free (11-9) returns, and David Guetta's Turn Me On featuring Nicki Minaj (25-10) soars in as well.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. David Crowder Band - Give Us Rest (2)
3. Black Keys - El Camino (3-3)
4. Drake - Take Care (2-4)
5. Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (5)
6. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (4-6)
7. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (6-7)
8. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (5-8)
9. Nickelback - Here & Now (11-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 40 (9-10)

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

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (1-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (4-2)
3. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (5-3)
4. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (3-4)
5. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (2-5)
6. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (6-6)
7. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (7-7)
8. Tyga - Rack City (23-8)
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (11-9)
10. David Guetta - Turn Me On (25-10)

• Jay-Z and Kanye's Gotta Have It jumps 14 spots 98-84 in its 2nd week.
• Machine Gun Kelly's Wild Boy featuring Waka Flocka Flame debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/12/12

Adele's 21 grabs a 15th non-consecutive week at #1, and everything else kinda just falls in place on the Billboard 200.

Rihanna's We Found Love returns to #1, Adele's Set Fire To The Rain slides 4 spaces 8-4 and cracks the top 5 for the first time.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Drake - Take Care (2-2)
3. Black Keys - El Camino (7-3)
4. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (3-4)
5. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (8-5)
6. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (8-6)
7. SafetySuit - These Times (7)
8. LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking (5-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 40 (10-9)
10. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (6-10)

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

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-1)
2. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (1-2)
3. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (4-3)
4. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (8-4)
5. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (5-5)
6. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (3-6)
7. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (7-7)
8. Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (8)
9. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (6-9)
10. Adele - Someone Like You (9-10)

Tyga has another strong week as Rack City soars 17 spots 40-23.
Chris Brown's Strip featuring Kevin McCall flies 21 spots 85-64 in its 4th week.
Randomly, Jay-Z and Kanye's Gotta Have It debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/5/12

Back down to Earth the Billboard 200 goes after an extremely fruitful Christmas week. Adele's 21 floats back to the top, Drake's Take Care slides back up to #2, and so on and so on.

Not much is going on on the Hot 100, LMFAO's Sexy And I Know It remains at #1 and Gym Class Heroes' Stereo Hearts re-enters the top 10 (11-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Drake - Take Care (5-2)
3. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (3-3)
4. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (6-4)
5. LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking (16-5)
6. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (20-6)
7. Black Keys - El Camino (9-7)
8. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (12-8)
9. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (7-8)
10. Various Artists - Now 40 (10-10)

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

1. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (1-1)
2. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-2)
3. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (3-3)
4. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (4-4)
5. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (6-5)
6. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (9-6)
7. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (5-7)
8. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (7-8)
9. Adele - Someone Like You (8-9)
10. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (11-10)

• Nelly's The Champ debuts at #64.
• B.o.B's Play The Guitar featuring Andre 3000 debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 12/29/11

Being that Christmas is over, this is most likely Michael Buble's Christmas last week on top. If it is, he goes out with a bang with 467,000 sold. Likely to takeover for Buble next week is Adele's 21, which remains on fire at #2 with another 399,000 sold. Either way, she's locked up the best selling album of 2011 as 21 has sold 5.68 million since its release in North America on February 22nd. Debuting at #3 is Young Jeezy's TM103: Hustlerz Ambition with 232,938 sold.

After 8 straight weeks, Rihanna's We Found Love gets dethroned by LMFAO's Sexy And I Know It. Entering the top 10 this week is Adele's Set Fire To The Rain (13-7) and Big Sean's Dance (A$$) remix with Nicki Minaj (12-10). This is Big Sean's first top 10 record, and Nicki's 4th.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Michael Buble - Christmas (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (3)
4. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe (3-4)
5. Drake - Take Care (7-5)
6. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (5-6)
7. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (14-7)
8. Nickelback - Here & Now (6-8)
9. Black Keys - El Camino (4-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 40 (11-10)

• Common's The Dreamer, The Believer debuts at #18 with 69,000 sold.
• Roscoe Dash's J.U.I.C.E. debuts at #132 with 9,500 sold.

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

1. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (2-1)
2. Rihanna - We Found Love (1-2)
3. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (5-3)
4. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (3-4)
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (6-5)
6. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (4-6)
7. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (13-7)
8. Adele - Someone Like You (7-8)
9. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (15-9)
10. Big Sean - Dance (A$$) (12-10)

• Tyga's Rack City jumps 12 spots 56-44.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones featuring Sia debuts at #57.
• Young Jeezy's I Do featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000 debuts at #61.
• Nicki Minaj's terrible new song Stupid Hoe debuts at #81.
• Mac Miller's Knock Knock debuts at #88.

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