Thursday Billboard Update - 9/27/12

P!nk's The Truth About Love is the new #1 album in the country with a hefty 280,000 albums sold. Shockingly enough, this is her first #1 album, though it's not the first time she's sold over 200,000 records in the first week. Coming in at #2 is Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music album Cruel Summer, with 205,000 copies sold. Normally I wouldn't mention this, but Carly Rae Jepsen's album Kiss finally came out and it starts at #6 with 46,000 copies sold. While that would be a lot for some (see Kreayshawn below), it doesn't seem like much for the woman with the biggest single of 2012, Call Me Maybe. The scent of one-hit wonder is getting stronger.

Only one major change in the top 10 this week, and that Psy's megahit Gangnam Style flying 9 more spots (11-2) and being on the verge of being the #1 song in America next week. Whoa, crazy, crazy! (Shout out to the 06010 and Fantasy Focus Football Podcast.)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1)
2. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2)
3. The Killers - Battle Born (3)
4. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (1-4)
5. Little Big Town - Tornado (2-5)
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (6)
7. Grizzly Bear - Shields (7)
8. Bob Dylan - Tempest (3-8)
9. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (4-9)
10. Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (10)

• Tech N9ne's E.B.A.H. debuts at #30 with 14,000 sold.
• Brother Ali's Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color debuts at #43 with 10,100 sold.
• Kreayshawn's Somethin' Bout Kreay debuts at #112 with a measly 3,900 copies sold. It's safe to say 2 things now: 1) This is the last we'll hear about Kreayshawn and 2) somebody (or some staff) at Sony is now unemployed for giving her a $1 million record deal last year.

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

• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You hops 9 spots 37-28.
• Christina Aguilera's Your Body debuts at #34.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team jumps 9 spots 61-52.
• P!nk's Try debuts at #56.
• Kanye West and R. Kelly's To The World debuts at #70.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) slides 11 spots 92-81.
• The Game's Celebration featuring Chris Brown, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil Wayne debuts at #82.
• Carly Rae Jepsen debuts at #87 with her new single Beautiful with Justin Bieber.
• Usher's Numb debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/20/12

Seven albums debuted in the top 10 this week and not one of them were Hip-Hop albums, so let's move along.

Oh wait, nothing going on in the Hot 100 either. Let's move forward.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (1)
2. Little Big Town - Tornado (2)
3. Bob Dylan - Tempest (3)
4. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (4)
5. The xx - Coexist (5)
6. ZZ Top - La Futura (6)
7. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2-7)
8. Matchbox Twenty - North (1-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 43 (4-9)
10. Amanda Palmer - Theatre Is Evil (10)

• DMX's Undisputed debuts at #19 with 17,400 sold. I knew it was over, but now it's really over.

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

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

• Holy shit, don't look now, but Psy's Gangnam Style is the #11 song in AMERICA after jumping 53 spots from last week's debut at #64.
• G.O.O.D. Music's Clique with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Big Sean also makes a huge leap, jumping 43 spots 55-12.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You hops 13 spots 50-37.
• Garbage Ass Future's Turn On The Lights jumps 10 spots 66-56.
• Lil Wayne's No Worries skies 38 spots 96-58.
• Karmin's Hello jumps 13 spots 77-64.
• Juicy J's Bandz A Make Her Dance featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz debuts at #71.
• Beyonce's Dance For You hops 10 spots 100-90.

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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 - 8/2/12

Slow week on the Billboard 200 this week. Nas' Life Is Good slips to #2, but only falls 38% with 45,000 sold in its 2nd week.

Nothing of interest is going on in the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2-1)
2. Nas - Life Is Good (1-2)
3. Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (3)
4. Passion Pit - Gossamer (4)
5. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 22 (3-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Believe (5-6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (7-7)
8. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (4-8)
9. Adele - 21 (9-9)
10. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-10)

• 8Ball's Life's Quest debuts at #116 with 3,800 sold.

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (3-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (2-3)
4. Flo Rida - Whistle (6-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (4-5)
6. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (5-6)
7. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (7-7)
8. David Guetta - Titanium (8-8)
9. Usher - Scream (9-9)
10. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean flies 25 spots 53-28.
• Maroon 5's One More Night soars 28 spots 82-54.
• Trey Songz's 2 Reasons featuring T.I. jumps 12 spots 76-64.
• Kanye West and Pusha T's New God Flow debuts at #89.
• 2 Chainz's Birthday Song featuring Kanye West debuts at #91.

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G.O.O.D. Music - Mercy Video

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Pusha T - Exodus 23:1 (feat. The-Dream)

Here's a new joint from Pusha T that is most likely from the G.O.O.D. Music album Cruel Summer dropping...well we don't know that part yet, but feel free to check out the music anyway.

Pusha T - Exodus 23:1 (feat. The-Dream)

The internets say this could possibly be a diss subliminal diss to Drake and/or The Weeknd, but all I know is this shit goes hard! If anything, I'd say Pusha dissed himself by saying, "Contract all fucked up, I guess that means you're all fucked up. You signed to one nigga, that signed to another nigga, that signed to three niggas, now that's bad luck." You know, since Pusha T is signed to one nigga (Kanye), that's signed to another nigga (Jay-Z), that's signed to three niggas (Sony Music Entertainment), much like Drake, and the vast majority of other rappers.

Oh, and if you were too lazy to Google Exodus 23:1, the scripture reads, "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness."

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Kanye West Announces G.O.O.D. Album Title, Film

Cruel Summer, that's the name of the album and movie (yes, and also the name of that Bananarama song that was in "The Karate Kid"). Unfortunately, there's no release date as of yet, but the word "Summer" is in the title, so it has to come out at some point in the next 3 months, right? Can't have a cruel summer in October, that'd just be weird.

If you're looking for more Cruel Summer possibilities, Marc Hogan of Spin wrote 5 safe assumptions about it. Not a bad read.

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