Thursday Billboard Update - 2/3/11

Hey Cake, you're off the hook. Amos Lee's Mission Bell has bested your album Showroom Of Compassion and is the new lowest selling #1 album in SoundScan history with 40,500 sold first week. Also debuting in the top 10 is Wisin Y Yandel's Los Vaqueros: El Regreso at #8 with 30,700 sold.

Some new blood is injected into the top 10 this week by P!nk and the Far*East Movement. P!nk's Fuckin' Perfect shoots to #2, up 9 spots from last week, and Far*East Movement's Rocketeer lands at #9 after previously sitting at #16.

On another Hot 100 note, it'll be interesting to see what Wiz Khalifa's Black & Yellow does next week if the Steelers win the Super Bowl Sunday.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Amos Lee - Mission Bell (1)
2. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (2)
3. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (9-3)
4. Various Artists - 2011 Grammy Nominees (4)
5. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (6-5)
6. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (10-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (8-7)
8. Wisin & Yandel - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso (8)
9. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 19 (2-9)
10. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (1-10)

• Rough opening week for Talib Kweli as his Gutter Rainbows debuts at #29 with just 13,800 sold. I guess this is why no one drops albums in January.
  

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

1. Bruno Mars - Grenade (1-1)
2. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (11-2)
3. Katy Perry - Firework (2-3)
4. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (3-4)
5. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (4-5)
6. Rihanna - What's My Name (5-6)
7. Pitbull - Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) (10-7)
8. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (6-8)
9. Far*East Movement - Rocketeer (16-9)
10. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (7-10)

• Nicki Minaj's Moment 4 Life with Drake is up 10 spots 37-27.
• On the week his new single dropped, Lupe Fiasco's old single The Show Goes On rises 14 spots 71-57.
• UK's own Adele's Rolling In The Deep flies 15 spots 84-69.
• Coming in dead last is Trey Songz's Love Faces debuting at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/18/10

Susan Boyle returns to charts this week with her new album The Gift checking in at #1 with 317,900 sold. Coming in at #3 is KiD CuDi's Man On The Moon II with 169,800 sold. And most importantly, Cee-Lo Green's The Lady Killer debuts at #9 with 41,600 sold.

Again there's a new #1, and it's Far*East Movement's Like A G6 returning to the top. Last week's #1, Rihanna's What's My Name with Drake, slips 6 spots to #7, and her other single Only Girl (In the World) slides up 2 to #2.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Susan Boyle - The Gift (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1-2)
3. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II (3)
4. Various Artists - Now 36 (4)
5. Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits (5)
6. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (2-6)
7. Reba McEntire - All the Women I Am (7)
8. Sugarland - The Incredible Machine (3-8)
9. Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer (9)
10. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (5-10)

• Twista's Perfect Storm debuts at #42 with 14,200 sold.
• Trill Fam's All Or Nothing debuts at #49 with 13,100 records sold.
• Quincy Jones' Q Soul Bossa Nostra debuted at #86 with 6,700 copies sold. Oh well, he's filthy rich and has a hot daughter, he'll be alright.
  

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

1. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (2-1)
2. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (4-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (3-3)
4. Pink - Raise Your Glass (7-4)
5. Nelly - Just A Dream (6-5)
6. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (5-6)
7. Rihanna - What's My Name (1-7)
8. Glee Cast - Teenage Dream (8)
9. Katy Perry - Firework (10-9)
10. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (8-10)

• The Black Eyed Peas debuts The Time (Dirty Bit) at #12.
• KiD CuDi's Marijuana debuts at #54.
• Lupe Fiasco's The Show Goes On opens up at #57.
• Jeremih's Down On Me featuring 50 Cent checks in at #67.
• KiD CuDi's Scott Mescudi Vs. The World with Cee-Lo Green starts at #92.
• Twista's Make A Movie featuring Chris Brown debuts at #94.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/21/10

A bunch of crap we don't care about debuted this week, but the big story is Lil Wayne's I'm Not A Human Being jumping 16-1 with another 125,300 sold. Oh well, Fuck Lil Wayne 2.5 is out and that's what's really important.

We have a new #1 on the Hot 100 this week and it's Far*East Movement's Like A G6. Now I've never heard this song, but I did hear this group was from L.A., so I'm sure it's wack. Anyway, debuting at #6 is Taylor Swift's Back To December. Finally, Trey Songz's Bottoms Up featuring Nicki Minaj moves up 3 spots 13-10 this week. This marks the first top 10 single Nicki Minaj has been apart of.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (16-1)
2. Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (2)
3. Big Time Rush - B.T.R. (3)
4. The Band Perry - The Band Perry (4)
5. Eminem - Recovery (4-5)
6. Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey (2-6)
7. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz (7)
8. Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give (5-8)
9. Toby Keith - Bullets In The Gun (1-9)
10. All That Remains - For We Are Many (10)

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

1. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (2-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (1-2)
3. Nelly - Just A Dream (3-3)
4. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (6-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-5)
6. Taylor Swift - Back To December (6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (4-7)
8. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (9-9)
10. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (13-10)

• Pink's Raise Your Glass makes a huge splash this week by skying 40 spots 51-11.
• Nelly's Move That Body featuring T-Pain and Akon debuts at #54.
• Newcomer Miguel's All I Want Is You featuring J. Cole moves up another 11 spots 72-61.
• Wiz Khalifa's Black And Yellow re-enters the Hot 100 at #64.
• Rick Ross' Aston Martin Music shots up the charts 30 spots 96-66 in its 3rd week.
• Also in its 3rd week, Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me jumps 12 spots 80-68.
• Akon's Angel debuts at #95.

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