Thursday Billboard Update - 9/13/12

Big news for the Christian Hip-Hop scene as Lecrae's Gravity debuts at #3 with 72,000 sold. If he would've dropped it on August 28th instead of September 4th, he could've had a #1 album on his hands.

Another ho-hum week for the Hot 100's top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Matchbox Twenty - North (1)
2. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2)
3. Lecrae - Gravity (3)
4. Various Artists - Now 43 (4-4)
5. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (8-5)
6. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (6-6)
7. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (7-7)
8. TobyMac - Eye On It (1-8)
9. Trey Songz - Chapter V (3-9)
10. Cat Power - Sun (10)

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

1. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2-1)
2. Maroon 5 - One More Night (3-2)
3. Flo Rida - Whistle (1-3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (5-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (4-5)
6. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (11-6)
7. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (9-7)
8. Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (6-8)
9. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (8-9)
10. Alex Clare - Too Close (15-10)

• Taylor Swift's Ronan debuts at #16.
• Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire debuts at #37.
• Frank Ocean's Think Bout You skies 39 spots 78-39 after his (dare I say) awful performance at the VMAs last week.
• Miguel's Adorn jumps 12 spots 53-41.
• G.O.O.D. Music's Clique with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Big Sean debuts at #55.
• After 160 million views on YouTube, Psy's Gangnam Style breaks through and debuts at #64.
• 2 Chainz's Birthday Song featuring Kanye West hops 9 spots 79-70.
• Karmin's Hello jumps 12 spots 89-77 in it's 2nd week.
• Lil Wayne's No Worries debuts at #96.
• Beyonce's Dance For You debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/26/12

As it turns out, life actually is good for Nas as his new album Life Is Good debuts at #1 with 149,000. Good to see Hip-Hop back on top.

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.

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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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Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Yesterday we found out Frank's album title and release date, today we get a new record. To make up for all the snippets and things, this joint is 10 minutes long. Enjoy!

Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Channel Orange hits stores July 17th.

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Frank Ocean Announces Album Title, Release Date

This album "trailer" is retarded, but it's good to know the new album is dropping soon (July 17th to be exact). It's gonna be called Channel Orange, which is about as dumb as this trailer, but fuck it as long as the music is good.

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Odd Future - Oldie

As crazy and out there as these niggas are, you've gotta respect what they bring to the table lyrically.

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Frank Ocean - Swim Good Video

Interesting. Not sure what this had to do with the song, but interesting.

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The Game - Uncle Otis (Everyone Diss)

I guess The Game got his confidence up now that he finally got a release date for The R.E.D. Album because he's dissing half the rap game. Jay-Z, Diddy, Rick Ross, Big Sean, Kreayshawn, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, Wiz Khalifa, Mark Anthony, and a few others all catch disses, but go ahead and take a listen for yourself.

The Game - Uncle Otis (Everyone Diss)

Do you smell that? What is that? Oh, wait, I think I know... no, I know I know that smell! That's... that's... DESPERATION!

Yo, Game GOTTA get all the way the fizzuck out of here with this bullshit, and that's coming a true fan of his. I understand his records aren't getting much spin these days and he wants to get hot again, but this ain't the way to do it. Especially when he JUST told Chris Brown to focus on himself and that "BEEF aint gettin n!ggas nowhere these days" after Chris Twitter beefed with Odd Future (and that's not to mention that came right after he told "the homie" Tyler and Frank Ocean "don't fuck it up by beefin'" and to "FOCUS niggas FOCUS"). I know the nigga is bi-polar, but damn!

I mean, I don't like Kreayshawn either, and I definitely don't agree with her (oops, I mean "her sister") using the N-word, but if I was a multi-platinum selling artist (that fell off) I'm not gonna diss her. And I'm definitely not gonna diss Odd Future, specifically Tyler The Creator. It's not that he's some super lyrical genius who could murder Game with one verse, but rather because he has the white kids on lock right now. Now I'm not about to hit you with the "only white kids buy albums" myth, but I will say that that's not exactly a group you want to alienate as your album approaches.

Basically, all Game just did was paint a huge ass red target on himself to be the laughing stock of the industry when The R.E.D. Album inevitably flops (and yes, it's gonna flop hard). Welp, see you then.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/14/11

Beyonce's 4 remains at #1 for a 2nd week with 115,200 sold. Lloyd's King Of Hearts debuts at #10 with 26,400 sold. I told you showing homegirl naked in his video would help with his sales.

Nothing poppin' over on the Hot 100, LMFAO is still #1 and there are no new entries in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Beyonce - 4 (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down (4-3)
4. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (6-4)
5. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (9-5)
6. Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me (8-6)
7. Jill Scott - The Light Of The Sun (5-7)
8. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (12-8)
9. Big Sean - Finally Famous (3-9)
10. Lloyd - King Of Hearts (10)

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

1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2)
3. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (4-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (5-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (6-6)
7. Lil Wayne - How To Love (8-7)
8. OneRepublic - Good Life (9-8)
9. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (10-9)
10. Katy Perry - E.T. (7-10)

• Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz's increasingly annoying record Out Of My Head jumps 12 spots 69-57.
• Trey Songz's Unusual slide up 9 spaces 77-68.
• Frank Ocean's Novacane debuts at #82.
• J. Cole's Work Out debuts at #85.

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