Thursday Billboard Update - 4/12/12

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (which I finally found out was a new album and not a re-release) debuts at #1 with 253,000 sold. I thought she would sell more, but oh well. Madonna's MDNA, which sold 359,400 copies last week, falls to #8 with 48,000 sold, down 86.7%. That's the greatest 2nd-week sales decline for a #1 album since SoundScan began tracking sells in 1991. Debuting at #9 is Marvin Sapp's I Win with 37,000 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae remains at #1 for a 6th week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Rascal Flatts - Changed (3)
4. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (2-4)
5. One Direction - Up All Night (6-5)
6. Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal (6)
7. Various Artists - The Hunger Games (5-7)
8. Madonna - MDNA (1-8)
9. Marvin Sapp - I Win (9)
10. Shinedown - Amaryllis (4-10)

• Obie Trice's Bottoms Up debuts at #130 with 4,400 sold. That sucks dick, I'm gonna go buy a copy this weekend.

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

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

• Adele's Rumour Has It jumps 12 spots 35-23.
• Jennifer Lopez's Dance Again featuring Pitbull debuts at #27.
• G.O.O.D. Music's Mercy debuts at #38.
• Nicki Minaj's Right By My Side featuring Chris Brown debuts at #51.
• DJ Khaled's Take It To The Head with Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne debuts at #63.
• Nicki Minaj's Beez In The Trap featuring 2 Chainz debuts at #78, while Va Va Voom debuts at #79.
• T.I.'s Love This Life debuts at #81.
• Fat Joe's Another Round debuts at #83.
• K'Naan's Is Anybody Out There? with Nelly Furtado (whoa, where has she been??) debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/12/11

Adele's 21 remains #1 with another 155,200 sold. I guess I can't blame her ex for trying to get some of that money. The Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 debuts at #2 with 128,200 sold. Jennifer Lopez's Love? begins at #5 with 83,100 sold. Sade's The Ultimate Collection starts off at #7 with 37,600 sold. Musiq Soulchild's MusiqTheMagiq debuts at #8 with 34,800 sold.

Adele's 21 has spent 7 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, now it's time for her to try her hand at #1 on the Hot 100, as her hit single Rolling In The Deep rises 2-1 this week. Lady Antebellum's Just A Kiss debuts at #7, and Pitbull finds himself with another top 10 as Give Me Everything jumps 13-8.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 38 (3)
4. Fleet Foxes - Helpessness Blues (4)
5. Jennifer Lopez - Love? (5)
6. Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams (6)
7. Sade - The Ultimate Collection (7)
8. Musiq Soulchild - MusiqTheMagiq (8)
9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (3-9)
10. Sixx: A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt (10)

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

1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (2-1)
2. Katy Perry - E.T. (1-2)
3. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (7-3)
4. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (4-4)
5. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (5-5)
6. Britney Spears - Till The End (3-6)
7. Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (7)
8. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (13-8)
9. Rihanna - S&M (6-9)
10. Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (10-10)

• Kelly Rowland's Motivation featuring Lil Wayne rises 12 spots 43-31.
• Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" (or as Billboard recognizes them as, "Bad Meets Evil") watches their new track Fast Lane debut at #32. Ohh, so that's what happened when Bad met Evil.
• Miguel's Sure Thing flies 14 spots 56-42 this week.
• Nicki Minaj's Super Bass soars a whooping 50 spots, 98-48.
• Big Sean's My Last featuring Chris Brown finds a new peak jumping 9 spots 63-54.
• Chris Brown's She Ain't You hops 19 spaces 74-55.
• The New Boyz Better With The Lights Off with Chris Brown debuts at #61.
• Jennifer Lopez's I'm Into You featuring Lil Wayne enters the Hot 100 at #72.
• After debuts at #100 last week, Maroon 5's Never Gonna Leave This Bed jumps 17 spots to #83.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/28/11

Guess who's back at #1? That's right, Adele's 21! With a sales increase of 65%, 21 again returns to #1 by pushing out another 153,000 copies.

We might need to run the Katy Perry/Rihanna .gif in reverse because Katy Perry's E.T. returns to #1, knocking Rihanna's S&M down to #4. With the domination of her album, its only right that Adele's single Rolling In The Deep would end up at #2. Will she cover take Katy Perry next week? Maybe. Recording his 5th top 10 (Damn, already??) is Bruno Mars with The Lazy Song (11-6). And oddly enough, after debuting last week, Lady Gaga's Judas actually falls out of the top 10. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be back soon enough.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Glee Cast - Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers (2)
3. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (1-3)
4. Various Artists - Lemonade Mouth sdtk (18-4)
5. Britney Speaks - Femme Fatale (6-5)
6. Alison Krauss & Union Station - Paper Airplanes (3-6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (10-7)
8. Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What (4-8)
9. Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. (9-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (22-10)

• DJ Quik's Book Of David debuts at #55 this week with 9,800 copies sold.
• Down at #78, Cam'ron and Vado's Gunz N' Butta debuts to 7,600 albums sold.
  

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

1. Katy Perry - E.T. (1-2)
2. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (6-2)
3. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (3-3)
4. Rihanna - S&M (1-4)
5. Jeremih - Down On Me (4-5)
6. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (11-6)
7. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (8-7)
8. Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (7-8)
9. Ke$ha - Blow (12-9)
10. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (5-10)

• Beyonce's new single Run the World (Girls) is this week's top debut at #33.
• Adele's Turning Tables debuts at #63.
• Jennifer Lopez's Papi debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/3/11

Bursting onto the Billboard 200 this week is the UK's own Adele as her sophomore album 21 claims the #1 spot with 351,600 sold. Obviously that's the best first week so far this year, and as far as I'm concerned, it officially puts the nail in Amy Winehouse's coffin. I mean, I don't know if Amy is even trying to make a comeback, but if she is, she can stop now.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Cee-Lo's Fuck You remain at numbers 1 and 2 respectively this week. Katy Perry's E.T. featuring Kanye West flies into the top 10 at # 8 after debuting at #28 last week. Jennifer Lopez's On The Floor featuring Pitbull debuts at #9.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1)
2. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (1-2)
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (2-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 37 (3-4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (8-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (5-6)
7. Eminem - Recovery (6-7)
8. Rihanna - Loud (10-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (9-9)
10. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4-10)

• Joell Ortiz's Free Agent mixtape debuts at #173 with 4,000 copies sold.
  

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

1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-1)
2. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Grenade (3-3)
4. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (6-4)
5. Rihanna - S&M (7-5)
6. Katy Perry - Firework (5-6)
7. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (9-7)
8. Katy Perry - E.T. (28-8)
9. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (9)
10. Dr. Dre - I Need A Doctor (4-10)

• Ke$ha's Blow skies 21 spots 32-11.
• Adele's Rolling In The Deep continues to ascend, going up 13 more spots 26-13.
• Kanye West's All Of The Lights flies 23 spots 54-31.
• Wiz Khalifa's On My Level featuring Too $hort debuts at #52.
• Adele's Someone Like You debuts at #65.
• The Black Eyed Peas' Just Can't Get Enough rises 26 spaces 92-66 in its 2nd week.
• Adele's Set Fire To The Rain debuts at #88.
• DJ Khaled's Welcome To My Hood featuring Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, and T-Pain debuts at #90. Hopefully this will be Khaled's last "hood" song.
• Kirk Franklin's I Smile debuts at #97.

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