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 - 11/1/12

Easily debuting at #1 with a whooping 1.208 million albums sold is Taylor Swift's Red. Not only is that enough to already be the 3rd highest selling album of 2012 behind only Adele's 21 (4.114 million) and One Direction's Up All Night (1.316 million), but it's also the most albums sold in a first week since Eminem's The Eminem Show (1.322 million) in 2002. Oh, and that's without the sneaky low pricing trick on Amazon like Lady Gaga (the lowest Red was sold for was $9.99). Dominance.

In other Billboard 200 news, Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city checks in at #2 with 241,000. I'm mad they didn't give Kendrick his own week because Taylor Swift's crazy numbers completely overshadowed what would normally be an incredible #1 debut.

For the 6th straight week Maroon 5's One More Night and Psy's Gangnam Style are #1 and #2 on the Hot 100. Leaping into the top 10 this week are Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven (15-7) and Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up (11-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1)
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2)
3. Jason Aldean - Night Train (1-3)
4. Mumford & Sons - Babel (2-4)
5. Tony Bennett - Viva Duets (5)
6. Gary Clark Jr. - Blak & Blu (6)
7. Stone Sour - House Of Gold & Bone - Part 1 (7)
8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (6-8)
9. Lady Antebellum - On This Winter's Night (9)
10. Brandy - Two Eleven (3-10)

• The RZA's "Man With The Iron Fists" soundtrack debuts at #31 with 11,700 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 (3-3)
4. Ke$ha - Die Young (5-4)
5. Rihanna - Diamonds (8-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (15-7)
8. Alex Clare - Too Close (7-8)
9. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-9)
10. Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up (11-10)

• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 9 more spots 24-15. Can it make the leap into the top 10 next week?
• Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 19 spots 47-28.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) soars 23 spots 55-32. I wonder how high his lead single would be if he went with a more radio-friendly song like Backseat Freestyle or Poetic Justice? Speaking of Poetic Justice, the Drake featured song debuts at #76.
• Taylor Swift's 22, I Almost Do, Everything Has Changed, All Too Well, Stay Stay Stay debut at #44, #65, #67, #80, and #91 respectively.
• Kendrick Lamar's m.A.A.d. city featuring MC Eiht debuts at #94.
• Meek Mill's Young & Gettin' It with Kirko Bangz debuts at #95.

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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 - 10/18/12

Shockingly debuting at #2 is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist with 78,500 copies sold. Amazing, especially considering they are independent. Good job by them. Coming in at #4 is Machine Gun Kelly's debut album Lace Up with 50,700 copies sold. That's about what I expected, but a tad embarrassing considering an independent artist sold more. Then again, he didn't get much push from Bad Boy outside of a few tweets from Diddy.

Maroon 5 denies Psy again! I guess people really don't want to see Psy performed Gangnam Style topless like he said he would if the song went #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2)
3. KISS - Monster (3)
4. Machine Gun Kelly - Lace Up (4)
5. Coheed & Cambria - Afterman: Ascension (5)
6. All Time Low - Don't Panic (6)
7. Barbra Streisand - Release Me (7)
8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-8)
9. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (9)
10. Muse - The 2nd Law (2-10)

• Xzibit's Napalm debuts at #149 with 3,200 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. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (4-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Alex Clare - Too Close (10-7)
8. Ke$ha - Die Young (14-8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (11-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds moves 7 spots to the outskirts of the top 10, 18-11.
• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 18 more spots 69-51 in its 3rd week.
• As Kendrick Lamar's album leaks online, his Swimming Pools (Drank) jumps 10 spot 71-61.
• DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih slides 10 spots 99-89 in its 2nd week.

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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 - 10/4/12

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuts at #5 with 89,000 copies sold.

Not too much going on in the Hot 100 this week, we'll see if Gangnam Style can takeover the #1 spot next week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1)
2. Green Day - ¡Uno! (2)
3. No Doubt - Push & Shove (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1-4)
5. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (5)
6. deadmau5 - album title goes here (6)
7. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2-7)
8. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (4-8)
9. Little Big Town - Tornado (5-9)
10. The Killers - Battle Born (3-10)

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 (3-3)
4. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (4-4)
5. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Begin Again (7)
8. Flo Rida - Whistle (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-9)
10. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (8-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds debuts at #16.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) hops 9 spots 81-72.
• Trey Songz's uber corny Dive In also hops 9 spots 86-77.
• Flo Rida's I Cry debuts at #81.
• Usher's Numb jumps 15 spots 97-82 in its 2nd week.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party debuts at #89.

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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 - 8/16/12

Taking over the #1 spot this week is Now 43 with 111,000 sold, and no, I can't believe people are still buying these either. Also, Elle Varner's Perfectly Imperfect debuts at #4 with 33,000 sold.

Finally, after 9 weeks of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe, we have a new #1 single in the country! ...And it's another shitty song, Flo Rida's Whistle (3-1).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Various Artists - Now 43 (1)
2. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (1-2)
3. Frank Sinatra - Nothing But The Best (-3)
4. Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect (4)
5. Colt Ford - Declaration Of Independence (5)
6. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Believe (3-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (4-8)
9. Adele - 21 (8-9)
10. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (9-10)

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

1. Flo Rida - Whistle (3-1)
2. Ellie Goulding - Lights (2-2)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Maroon 5 - Payphone (5-5)
6. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (6-6)
7. David Guetta - Titanium (8-7)
8. fun. - Some Nights (11-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - Home (9-9)
10. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (7-10)

• Maroon 5's One More Night hops another 15 spots 30-15.
• Nicki Minaj's Pound The Alarm soars 21 spots 50-29.
• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 15 spots 68-53.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/19/12

Frank Ocean's Channel Orange debuts at #2 with 131,000 sold, just behind the Zac Brown Band's Uncaged with 153,000 sold. Frank Ocean's sells mostly came from iTunes, as his physical CD only sold about 3,000 copies. If his newfound fans were looking for a place to direct their anger, Amazon would be that place because they offered the Zac Brown Band's album for only $3.99 all week, which helped them surpass Frank for the #1 spot. Just putting it out there.

The big news on the Hot 100 is P!nk's Blow Me (One Last Kiss) soaring 58-9 in it's 2nd week on the charts. Also entering the top 10 is Flo Rida's Whistle, which rises 5 spots 12-7.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (1)
2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (3-3)
4. Chris Brown - Fortune (1-4)
5. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (4-5)
6. Linkin Park - Living Things (5-6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (11-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2-9)
10. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (8-10)

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 (4-3)
4. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (3-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (5-5)
6. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (6-6)
7. Flo Rida - Whistle (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Titanium (7-8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (58-9)
10. Usher - Scream (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean hops 16 spots 82-66.
• Meek Mill's Amen with Drake flies 17 spots 94-77.
• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 10 spots 88-78.
• Trey Songz's 2 Reasons featuring T.I. skips 16 spots north 97-81.
• Frank Ocean's Thinkin Bout You debuts at #85. Shocking considering how popular this song was online last year.
• French Montana's Pop That featuring Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne debuts at #90.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/12/12

Chris Brown's (I'm assuming mostly techno) album Fortune debuts at #1 with 134,000 sold. Also, Amazon put 20 albums on sale for 99 cents for one day, and as a result, 4 old albums (Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, Gotye's Making Mirrors, fun.'s Some Nights, Black Keys' El Camino) return to the top 10.

And as usual, a lot of nothing happened in the top 10 of the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Chris Brown - Fortune (1)
2. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (21-2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (3-3)
4. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2-4)
5. Linkin Park - Living Things (1-5)
6. Gotye - Making Mirrors (31-6)
7. fun. - Some Nights (23-7)
8. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (6-8)
9. Adele - 21 (7-9)
10. Black Keys - El Camino (55-10)

• Flo Rida's surely shitty new album Wild Ones debuts at #14 with 30,700 copies sold. I guess he's not as popular with white folks as we thought.

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. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (6-5)
6. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (5-6)
7. David Guetta - Titanium (9-7)
8. fun. - We Are Young (7-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Starships (8-9)
10. Usher - Scream (10-10)

• P!nk's Blow Me (One Last Kiss) debuts at #58.
• DJ Khaled's I Wish You Would featuring Kanye West and Rick Ross debuts at #78m.
• MMG's Bag Of Money with Wale, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and T-Pain jumps 12 spots 93-81.
• Trey Songz's 2 Reasons featuring T.I. debuts at #97.
• Pitbull's Get It Started with Shakira debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/5/12

Linkin Park's Living Things (223,000) is the new #1 album in the country after squeaking by Maroon 5's Overexposed (222,000) by a little over a 1,000 copies sold. Maybach Music Group's Self Made 2 debuts at #4 with 98,000 copies sold. R. Kelly's Write Me Back checks in at #5 with 68,000 copies sold. This is the first R. Kelly album to debut to less than 100,000 since his solo debut 12 Play in 1993, which sold 44,000.

A lot of nothing happened on the Hot 100 this week as tracks 1-8 and 10 don't move from last week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Linkin Park - Living Things (1)
2. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (1-3)
4. Maybach Music Group - Self Made 2 (4)
5. R. Kelly - Write Me Back (5)
6. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (2-6)
7. Adele - 21 (7-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (8-8)
9. Usher - Looking 4 Myself (6-9)
10. Various Artists - Rock Of Ages (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. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (5-5)
6. Ellie Goulding - Lights (6-6)
7. fun. - We Are Young (7-7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Starships (8-8)
9. David Guetta - Titanium (12-9)
10. Usher - Scream (10-10)

• Flo Rida's Whistle soars 38 spots 58-20.
• Maroon 5's Wipe Your Eyes debuts at #80.
• MMG's Bag Of Money with Wale, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and T-Pain debuts at #93.
• Linkin Park's Lost In The Echo debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/28/12

Debuting at #1 with the biggest sales week of 2012 is Justin Bieber's Believe after moving 374,600 unit in its first week.

As Justin Bieber's album knocks Usher's from the top spot on the Billboard 200, Usher's 2nd single Scream (11-10) replaces Bieber's Boyfriend (10-18) in the top 10 on the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Believe (1)
2. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (2)
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser... (3)
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (4)
5. Various Artists - Rock Of Ages (9-5)
6. Usher - Looking 4 Myself (1-6)
7. Adele - 21 (3-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (6-8)
9. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (13-9)
10. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2-10)

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 (3-2)
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (2-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (8-5)
6. Ellie Goulding - Lights (12-6)
7. fun. - We Are Young (5-7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Starships (7-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (6-9)
10. Usher - Scream (11-10)

• 2 Chainz's No Lie featuring Drake jumps 18 spots 58-40.
• Maroon 5's One More Night debuts at #42.
• Flo Rida's Whistle flies 28 spots 86-58.
• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #72.
• Meek Mill's Amen with Drake debuts at #86.
• Justin Bieber's Right Here featuring Drake debuts at #95. Drake is clearly the new T-Pain with all these damn features.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/3/12

Jack White's Blunderbuss takes over the #1 spot this week, and that's about it.

Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know also remains at #1 for yet another week, and that's about it.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Jack White - Blunderbuss (1)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (1-3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (5-4)
5. Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love (5)
6. Kip Moore - Up All Night (6)
7. The Wanted - The Wanted (7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (6-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (7-9)
10. Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word (2-10)

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

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

• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard debuts at #17.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack jumps 17 more spots 65-48.
• Flo Rida's Whistle debuts at #64.
• Usher's Scream debuts at #70.
• John Legend's Tonight (Best You Ever Had) featuring Ludacris flies 18 spots 97-79 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/22/12

One Direction's Up All Night debuts atop the Billboard 200 and denies Adele's 21's 25th week at #1.

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

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Up All Night (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Guns N Roses - Greatest Hits (31-3)
4. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (1-4)
5. Passion - Passion: White Flag (5)
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (7-7)
8. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (16-9)
10. fun. - Some Nights (13-10)

• Tech N9ne's Klusterfuk EP debuts at #15 with 17,000 sold.

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. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-3)
4. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (3-4)
5. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-6)
7. David Guetta - Turn Me On (6-7)
8. Drake - Take Care (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (12-9)
10. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (10-10)

• Rihanna's Birthday Cake slides 10 spots 49-39.
• Usher's Climax jumps 13 spots 58-45.
• Karmin's Brokenhearted soars 24 spots 84-60 in its 2nd week.
• Future's new bullshit song Magic with T.I. hops 12 spots 91-79.
• Young Jeezy's Leave You Alone featuring Ne-Yo debuts at #95.

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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 - 2/16/12

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 - 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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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/10/11

Debuting at #1 is Justin Bieber's holiday album Under The Mistletoe with 210,400 copies sold. Checking in at #2 is Wale's Ambition with an impressive 164,000 sold. Much like J. Cole, Wale proves you don't need a huge single to move units. Starting at #9 is Tyrese's Open Invitation with 76,100 sold.

Rihanna's We Found Love remains at #1 for a 2nd week. Flo Rida's Good Feeling (12-8) cracks the top 10 and Flo remains the most successful rapper that nobody cares about.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe (1)
2. Wale - Ambition (2)
3. Miranda Lambert - Four The Record (3)
4. Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me (4)
5. Adele - 21 (4-5)
6. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (6)
7. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (1-7)
8. Michael Buble - Christmas (3-8)
9. Tyrese - Open Invitation (9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2-10)

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

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (1-1)
2. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (3-2)
3. Adele - Someone Like You (2-3)
4. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (4-4)
5. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (6-5)
6. David Guetta - Without You (7-6)
7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (5-7)
8. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (12-8)
9. Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel... (9-9)
10. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (8-10)

• Bruno Mars' It Will Rain is poised to jump into the top 10 next week as it hops another 9 spots 21-12.
• Big Sean's Dance (A$$) jumps 10 spots 30-20.
• Believe it or not, but J. Cole's Work Out has reached another new high, jumping 10 spots 35-25.
• Wale's That Way featuring Rick Ross and Jeremih hops 11 spots 60-49.
• Wale's Lotus Flower Bomb with Miguel soars 87-60 in its 2nd week.
• Mac Miller's Party On Fifth Ave debuts at #64.
• Beyonce's Countdown is up 12 spots 83-71.
• Wale's Ambition debuts at #81.
• Justin Bieber's All I Want For Christmas Is... featuring Mariah Carey debuts at #86, and Drummer Boy featuring Busta Rhymes debuts at #99.

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