Thursday Billboard Update - 2/7/13

Justin Bieber grabs another #1 as Believe Acoustic debuts atop the Billboard 200 with 211,000 copies sold. Coming in at #4 is Charlie Wilson's Love, Charlie with 44,000 copies sold.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop remains at #1 for a 3rd straight week. Also, P!nk's Try hops 2 spots (11-9) into the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic (1)
2. Andrea Bocelli - Passione (2)
3. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (3)
4. Charlie Wilson - Love, Charlie (4)
5. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (3-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (8-6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (6-7)
8. Gary Allan - Set You Free (1-8)
9. Lumineers - Lumineers (2-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Red (4-10)

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

1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (1-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (2-2)
3. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (5-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (4-5)
6. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (6-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (7-7)
8. A$AP Rocky - Fuckin Problems (10-8)
9. P!nk - Try (11-9)
10. Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (14-10)

• Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man jumps 27 spots 49-22.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up slides 9 spots 46-37.
• Justin Bieber's Nothing Like Us debuts at #59.
• The Lonely Island's YOLO featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar debuts at #60.
• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera jumps 23 spots 99-76 in its 2nd week.
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Can't Hold Us and Same Love debuts at #97 and #99 respectively.
• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me (Acoustic) debuts at #98.
• Rihanna's Loveeeeeee Song featuring Garbage Ass Future debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 12/13/12

Taylor Swift's Red returns to #1 and denies Wiz Khalifa his first chart topper. Wiz's O.N.I.F.C. claims #2 with 141,400 copies sold.

Over on the Hot 100, Bruno Mars scores his 4th #1 record as Locked Out Of Heaven ascends 2-1. This chart topper makes Bruno the fastest male artist to 4 #1 records in 48 years. The only song entering the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's Beauty & A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj (14-9), which pushes Psy's Gangnam Style (10-11) out of the door.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (2-1)
2. Wiz Khalifa's O.N.I.F.C. (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-3)
4. One Direction - Take Me Home (4-4)
5. Michael Buble - Christmas (7-5)
6. Ke$ha - Warrior (6)
7. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (1-7)
8. Blake Shelton - Cheers, It's Christmas (9-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - The World From The Side Of The Moon (5-9)
10. Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times (10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (2-1)
2. Rihanna - Diamonds (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (5-4)
5. Maroon 5 - One More Night (4-5)
6. Flo Rida - I Cry (8-6)
7. Phillip Phillips - Home (7-7)
8. fun. - Some Nights (6-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (14-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-10)

• A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems featuring 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar flies 17 spots 59-42.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different jumps 11 spots 63-54.
• Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man debuts at #69.
• Maroon 5's Daylight debuts at #77.
• Wiz Khalifa's Let It Go featuring Akon debuts at #87.

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Gangnam Style Passes Bieber's Baby As Most Watched YouTube Video

My brother and I had been monitoring this for the past few weeks and it finally happened, Psy's Gangnam Style is now the most watched video in YouTube history. Gangnam Style passed Justin Bieber's Baby some time Saturday, and is well on it's way to becoming the first billion-view video in YouTube history. In fact, Psy's smash hit it moving at such an outrage pace that it's possible it could hit that billion-view mark before the year is up.

Remarkable, especially considering that it's only existed for the past 4 months. To put that into prospective, the NBA's YouTube channel has been around since November 2005 and currently has just under 980,000,000 views total. YouTube's most subscribed to user, Ray William Johnson, has been on YouTube since May 2008 and has 6.2 million subscriber, he "just" reached his 2 billionth view last month. Pys is the new king of YouTube.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/22/12

One Direction's Take Me Home dethrones Taylor Swift's Red after 3 weeks atop the Billboard 200 with 540,000 albums sold. The Weeknd's Trilogy debuts at #4 with 86,300 copies sold. Christina Aguilera's Lotus debuts at #7 with 73,000 sold. Green Day's ¡Dos! starts at #9 with 69,000 sold, and Lana Del Rey's Paradise begins at #10 with 67,000 sold.

One week after tying Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for the longest run at #1 in 2012, Maroon 5's One More Night (1-2) gets dethroned by Rihanna's Diamonds (2-1).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Take Me Home (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Red (1-2)
3. Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 sdtk (3)
4. The Weeknd - Trilogy (4)
5. Soundgarden - King Animal (5)
6. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-6)
7. Christina Aguilera - Lotus (7)
8. Various Artists - Now 44 (2-8)
9. Green Day - ¡Dos! (9)
10. Lana Del Rey - Paradise (10)

• Travis Barker and Yelawolf's Pycho White EP debuts at #50 with 11,100 sold.

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

1. Rihanna - Diamonds (2-1)
2. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-3)
4. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (6-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (4-5)
6. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (8-6)
7. Psy - Gangnam Style (5-7)
8. Lumineers - Ho Hey (13-8)
9. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (7-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj soars 18 spots 38-20.
• Adele's Skyfall hops 12 spots 33-21.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom flies 20 spots 46-26.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop jumps 13 spots 55-42.
• P!nk's Try flies 19 spots 69-50.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party jumps 20 spaces 81-61.
• The Weeknd's Wicked Games skips 10 spots 91-81.
• Christina Aguilera's Just A Fool debuts at #92.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different debuts at #98.

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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 - 11/8/12

With another 344,200 copies sold, Taylor Swift's Red remains atop the Billboard 200 for a 2nd week. Starting off at #2 is Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares, which sold 164,800 copies in its first week. Kendrick Lamar's Album of the Year contender, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, slides 3 spots to #5 with 62,800 copies sold.

Same ol' same ol' over on the Hot 100, nothing to see over there.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1-1)
2. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3)
4. Jason Aldean - Night Train (3-4)
5. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2-5)
6. Toby Keith - Hope On The Rock (6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (4-7)
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (8)
9. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Dreams Of Fireflies (On Christmas Night) EP (9)
10. Little Big Town - Tornado (10)

• Tech N9ne's Boiling Point (K.O.D. Collection) debuts at #30 with 13,000 sold.
• Sean Price's Mic Tyson debuts at #59 with 7,000 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. Rihanna - Diamonds (5-4)
5. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (11-5)
6. Ke$ha - Die Young (4-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (8-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-10)

• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 16 spots 70-54.
• Macklemore's Thrift Shop hopped 11 spots 77-66.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom soars 29 spots 98-69.
• A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems with Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar debuts at #73. Still not sure how or why 2 Chainz was brought into the mix, but whatever.
• Chris Brown's Don't Judge Me debuts at #95.
• The Weeknd's Wicked Games debuts at #96.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/23/12

Def Jam continues to win as wack rapper du jour 2 Chainz's debut solo album Based On A T.R.U. Story starts off at #1 with 146,900 sold. Former Eminem victims Insane Clown Posse's Mighty Death Pop debuts at #4 with 40,800 sold.

After one whole week atop the Hot 100, Flo Rida's likely shitty Whistle is dethroned by Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, which soars to #1 after debuting at #72 just last week. Also cracking the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean (12-8) and Maroon 5's One More Night (15-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10

first week debuts in bold

1. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (1)
2. Various Artists - Now 43 (1-2)
3. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (2-3)
4. Insane Clown Posse - Mighty Death Pop (4)
5. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Believe (7-6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (8-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (6-9)
10. Yellowcard - Southern Air (10)

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

1. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (72-1)
2. Flo Rida - Whistle (1-2)
3. Ellie Goulding - Lights (2-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (3-4)
5. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-5)
6. fun. - Some Nights (8-6)
7. Maroon 5 - Payphone (5-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (12-8)
9. Maroon 5 - One More Night (15-9)
10. David Guetta - Titanium (7-10)

• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 12 spots 53-41.
• French Montana's Pop That featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne slides 9 spaces 70-61.
• Miguel's Adorn also moves 9 spots north 77-68.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team hops 10 spots 85-75.
• 2 Chainz's Yuck! featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #80.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 9 spots 97-88.
• Lupe Fiasco's Lamborghini Angels debuts at #92.
• Brandy's Put It Down featuring Chris Brown debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/9/12

To the surprise of no one, Rick Ross' God Forgives, I Don't takes over the #1 spot this week with 219,100 albums sold. Joss Stone's The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 debuts at #10 with 24,000 sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe gets its 9th week atop the Hot 100, the longest run at #1 in 2012. Though I could care less about Carly Rae Jepsen, this begs the question "Why doesn't she have an album out?" Again, I don't care about her music, it just seems odd that someone with such a strong stench of one-hit wonder has no album out, even after 9 weeks at #1. (Side note: Don't front like you can't see yourself in 2022 watching "I Love The '10s: 2012 Edition" on VH3 and saying, "Hey, remember her?" when Call Me Maybe is discussed.)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (1)
2. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (1-2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (6-3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (7-4)
5. Bee Gees - Number Ones (-5)
6. Nas - Life Is Good (2-6)
7. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 22 (5-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-9)
10. Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions, Vol. 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. Ellie Goulding - Lights (5-2)
3. Flo Rida - Whistle (4-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (2-4)
5. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-5)
6. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (6-6)
7. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (7-7)
8. David Guetta - Titanium (8-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - Home (84-9)
10. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean hops 13 spots 28-15.
• Maroon 5's One More Night flies 24 spots 54-30.
• Nicki Minaj's Pound The Alarm soars 42 spots 92-50.
• 50 Cent's New Day featuring Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys debuts at #79.
• Miguel's Adorn debuts at #82.
• Rick Ross' Diced Pineapples featuring Wale and Drake debuts at #89.
• Keyshia Cole's Enough Of No Love with Lil Wayne debuts at #94.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You debuts at #99.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) 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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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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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 - 6/21/12

Usher's Looking 4 Myself debuts at #1 with 128,300 sold in its first week. Ed Sheeran's + makes it's U.S. debut at #5 with 42,000 sold. Finally, down at #10 is Waka Flocka Flame's Triple F Life, which starts with 33,200 copies sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe remains at #1 and blah blah blah.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Usher - Looking 4 Myself (1)
2. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2)
3. Adele - 21 (1-3)
4. Josh Turner - Punching Bag (4)
5. Ed Sheeran - + (5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (6-6)
7. Neil Young - Americana (4-7)
8. Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (2-8)
9. Various Artists - Rock Of Ages (15-9)
10. Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life (10)

• Debuting at #20 is Kid Ink's Up & Away with 19,800 sold.

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (9-4)
5. fun. - We Are Young (4-5)
6. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (5-6)
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships (6-7)
8. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (8-8)
9. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean debuts at #21.
• Usher's Lemme See featuring Rick Ross shoots 19 spots up the charts 80-61.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/14/12

Guess who's back at #1? It's Adele's 21 here to claim her 24th non-consecutive week with 75,000 copies sold. Coming it at #5 is Big K.R.I.T.'s debut album Live From The Underground, which shifts 41,300 copies in its first week. Curren$y has his biggest career sales week as his new LP The Stoned Immaculate starts at #8 with 36,200 units sold.

Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe (2-1) dethrones Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know (1-2) after an 8-week reign at the top. Also, Katy Perry's Wide Awake soars 10 spots 19-9 to enter the top 10 (again).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (2)
3. Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (3)
4. Neil Young - Americana (4)
5. Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground (5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (4-6)
7. John Mayer - Born & Raised (1-7)
8. Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate (8)
9. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (6-9)
10. Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (10)

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2-1)
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (4-4)
5. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (6-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (9-8)
9. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (19-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (8-10)

• Justin Bieber's All Around The World featuring Ludacris debuts at #22.
• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard hops 17 spots 46-29.
• Lil Wayne's My Homies Still with Big Sean debuts at #38.
• Waka Flocka Flame's Get Low featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida debuts at #72.
• Usher's Lemme See with Rick Ross jumps 14 spots 94-80.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/7/12

John Mayer's Born & Raised spends a 2nd week at #1, and that's about it for the Billboard 200.

Rihanna scores her 22nd Hot 100 top 10 record as Where Have You Been ascends 11-9.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. John Mayer - Born & Raised (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats (3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (5-4)
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here (5)
6. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (3-6)
7. Sigur Ros - Valtari (7)
8. Various Artists - Now 42 (9-8)
9. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (15-9)
10. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (6-10)

• Travis Porter's From Day 1 debuts at #16 with 14,300 copies sold.

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (4-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-5)
6. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (7-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (9-8)
9. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (11-9)
10. The Wanted - Glad You Came (8-10)

• Die In Your Arms by Justin Bieber debuts at #17.
• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard scoots 8 spots 54-46.
• Trey Songz's Heart Attack jumps 11 spots 71-60.
• Jay Sean's I'm All Yours featuring Pitbull debuts at #85.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/17/12

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away keeps the #1 spot for a 2nd week by moving an additional 119,500 copies. Coming in at #9 is Tank's new album This Is How I Feel with 33,100 sold.

For the most part, nothing changed from last week's Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (4-2)
3. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (6-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 42 (3-4)
5. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2-5)
6. Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods (6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (8-7)
8. Jack White - Blunderbuss (7-8)
9. Tank - This Is How I Feel (9)
10. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (13-10)

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (2-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (4-4)
5. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (7-6)
7. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (9-7)
8. The Wanted - Glad You Came (7-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (8-9)
10. Train - Drive By (11-10)

• Rihanna's Where Have You Been jumps 11 more spots 29-18.
• Pitbull's Back In Time skips 9 more spots 30-21.
• Usher's Scream surges 21 more spots 46-25.
• 2 Chainz's first single No Lie featuring Drake debuts at #45.
• Justin Bieber's Turn To You debuts at #60.
• Usher's Lemme See featuring Rick Ross debuts at #98.

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Justin Bieber - Boyfriend Parody "ExtenZe"

If you've been on Twitter today, you know Justin Bieber's Boyfriend video came out today. Well in addition to that, my new parody of Boyfriend is out as well. Enjoy!

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/3/12

Madonna's new album MDNA debuts at #1 by selling 359,400 copies in its first week. Coming at #2 is Lionel Richie's Tuskegee with 199,000 sold.

Fun.'s We Are Young featuring Janelle Monae remains at #1 for a 5th week, but Justin Bieber's Boyfriend applies the pressure by debuting at #2.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Madonna - MDNA (1)
2. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (2)
3. Adele - 21 (2-3)
4. Shinedown - Amaryllis (4)
5. Various Artists - The Hunger Games (1-5)
6. One Direction - Up All Night (4-6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (31-7)
8. The Used - Vulnerable (8)
9. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (6-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 41 (8-10)

• E-40's Block Brochure debuts at #44 with 9,600 sold.

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (2)
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (4-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (3-4)
5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-6)
7. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (7-7)
8. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (8-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (11-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (18-10)

• Usher's Climax jumps 11 spots 40-29.
• Karmin's Brokenhearted flies 19 spots 52-33.
• Waka Flocka Flame's I Don't Really Care featuring Trey Songz debuts at #64.
• Trey Songz's Heart Attack debuts at #65.
• Young Jeezy's Leave You Alone featuring Ne-Yo hops 12 spots 88-76.
• Sean Paul's She Doesn't Mind debuts at #78.
• Pitbull's lead single for the "Men In Black III" soundtrack Back In Time debuts at #79.
• Trey Songz's Sex Ain't Better Than Love jumps 11 spots 91-80.
• Drake's Crew Love featuring The Weeknd jumps 12 spots 100-88 in its 2nd week.

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Justin Bieber Hot 97 Freestyle

He tailed off there at the end, but either way I was super impressed by the Biebs' rapping skills once again.

I wonder where Justin is taking his radio freestyle world tour next?

Related:

Justin Bieber Rips It

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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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