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 - 11/3/11

Five albums debuted in the top 10 this week, but I'm sure none of us care about any of them, so let's just move on.

Rihanna's We Found Love officially takes over the #1 spot this week, which makes Rihanna the 7th artist in Hot 100 history to have at least 11 #1 records. Also, cracking the top 10 and squeezing Drake and Nicki Minaj out is Kelly Clarkson's Mr. Know It All (19-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2)
3. Michael Buble - Christmas (3)
4. Adele - 21 (1-4)
5. Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (5)
6. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (6)
7. Scott McCreery - Clear As Day (3-7)
8. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (7-8)
9. Tony Bennett - Duets II (5-9)
10. Casting Crowns - Come To The Well (2-10)

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

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-1)
2. Adele - Someone Like You (1-2)
3. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (4-3)
4. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (3-4)
5. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (5-5)
6. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (6-6)
7. David Guetta - Without You (7-7)
8. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (10-8)
9. Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel... (8-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (19-10)

• Flo Rida's Good Feeling scoots 19 more spots north 31-12.
• Bruno Mars' It Will Rain finds a new peak by jumping 12 spots 33-21.
• Big Sean's Dance (A$$) soars 33 spots 63-30 in its 4th week.
• Bow Wow's Sweat featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #48. I'm sure radio thinks this is Weezy by himself since Bow is trying his hardest to sound like him on it.
• Beyonce's Party featuring Andre 3000 hops 18 spots 75-57.
• Justin Bieber's Christmas Song with Usher debuts at #58.
• Wale's Lotus Flower Bomb with Miguel debuts at #87.

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Grammy Performances

What. The. FUCK!?!? Why they got M.I.A. up there looking 12 months pregnant with that ladybug costume on?? Fucked up shit lol. Anyway, it was an otherwise good performance of an average (at best) song. Only critique I have about it besides M.I.A., Kanye's hair, and the song not being that great is that they all came out at once. It would've looked better if they came out one by one because there was just too many people on stage. Oh, and didn't Hov kinda look like he didn't wanna be there a few times?? lol. Moving on...



This was pretty good. Not incredible or moving like Kanye's last year, but it was still straight for what it was. Maybe its just because I don't like Justin lol.



I'm sorry, but that Hov verse still just doesn't fit. I know its because he spit it much more uptempo on the radio back in like 2005 too. Still a good performance nevertheless.

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