Thursday Billboard Update - 3/28/13

To the surprise of no one, Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience debuts at #1 with an insane (especially for 2013) 968,000 copies sold. That's roughly 925,000 more than the album at #2. Cray.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop returns to #1 and Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera hops 3 spots (11-8).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (1)
2. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2)
3. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (5-3)
4. Luke Bryan - Spring Break...Here To Party (3-4)
5. P!nk - The Truth About Love (11-5)
6. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (12-6)
7. Bon Jovi - What About Now (1-7)
8. Various Artists - Les Misérables (59-8)
9. Mumford & Sons - Babel (9-9)
10. Rihanna - Unapologetic (13-10)

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

1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (2-1)
2. Baauer - Harlem Shakes (1-2)
3. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (4-3)
4. Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man (3-4)
5. Rihanna - Stay (5-5)
6. P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason (9-6)
7. Drake - Started From The Bottom (6-7)
8. Pitbull - Feel This Moment (11-8)
9. Lil Wayne - Love Me (10-9)
10. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (7-10)

• Justin Timberlake's Mirrors jumps 12 spots 25-13.
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Can't Hold Us hops 13 spots 40-27.
• Ace Hood's Bugatti featuring Garbage Ass Future and Rick Ross slides 9 spots 48-39.
• Justin Timbelake's Pusher Love Girl debuts at #64.
• Tyga's Molly with Wiz Khalifa and some other niggas debuts at #66.
• Lil Wayne's Rich As Fuck debuts at #78.

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History Of Rap 4

Check out this and all awesome video from Justin Timber-Week on Jimmy Fallon (especially this one and this one) on Jimmy's YouTube channel.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/14/13

 Not much going on on the Billboard 200 this week pertaining to things we're concerned with, so moving right along.

Over on the Hot 100, Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie featuring Jay-Z slides 3 spots 8-5, and Lil Wayne's Love Me returns to the top 10 after rising 2 spots (11-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Luke Bryan - Spring Break...Here To Party (1)
2. Jimi Hendrix - People, Hell, and Angels (2)
3. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (1-3)
4. Mumford & Sons - Babel (3-4)
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (4-5)
6. Rihanna - Unapologetic (9-6)
7. Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times (18-7)
8. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (15-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 45 (6-9)
10. Lumineers - Lumineers (7-10)

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

1. Baauer - Harlem Shakes (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man (3-3)
4. Rihanna - Stay (5-4)
5. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (8-5)
6. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (4-6)
7. Drake - Started From The Bottom (6-7)
8. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (7-8)
9. Lil Wayne - Love Me (11-9)
10. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (9-10)

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Can't Hold Us makes another huge gain of 25 spots 65-40.
• Wale's Bad jumps 16 spots 61-45.
• J. Cole's Power Trip hops 10 spots 80-70.
• Kelly Rowland's Kisses Down Low debuts at #96.
• Juicy J's Show Out featuring Big Sean & Young Jeezy, debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/21/13

The sales impact of the Grammys finally shows up and the Billboard 200's top 10 reflects that with several old albums returning (2013 Grammy Nomineees, Taylor Swift, fun., and Maroon 5), a couple rising (Lumineers and Bruno Mars), and one making its way back to #1 (Mumford & Sons).

Some bullshit is popping over on the Hot 100 as Billboard and Nielsen has retardedly (new word alert!) decided to revamp its system to incorporate YouTube streaming, which allowed Baauer's much parodied Harlem Shake to debut at #1. This is stupid on many levels, but none more than the fact that only a small fraction of those streams came from people listening to the song past the first 30 seconds. PSY must be pissed (though it should be noted that Gangnam Style is up 22 spots 48-26 because of this).

In other, more logical, Hot 100 news, Rihanna grabs her 24th top 10 song (and passes Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones who both have 23) as Stay soars 54 spots 57-3 in its 2nd week. (I'm sure the 29.5 million YouTube views had a lot to do with it.) And lastly, Drake's Started From The Bottom skies 53 spots 63-10 also in its 2nd week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (4-1)
2. Various Artists - 2013 Grammy Nominees (11-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (8-3)
4. Taylor Swift - Red (12-4)
5. Josh Groban - All That Echoes (1-5)
6. Lumineers - Lumineers (10-6)
7. fun. - Some Nights (14-7)
8. Various Artists - Now 45 (3-8)
9. Andrea Bocelli - Passione (5-9)
10. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (20-10)

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

1. Baauer - Harlem Shakes (1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (1-2)
3. Rihanna - Stay (57-3)
4. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (5-5)
6. Lumineers - Ho Hey (4-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (2-7)
8. Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man (9-8)
9. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (8-9)
10. Drake - Started From The Bottom (63-10)

• Rihanna's Pour It Up jumps 12 spots 34-22.
• Justin Timberlake's Mirrors debuts at #24.
• Rihanna's Loveeeeeee Song featuring Garbage Ass Future jumps 25 spots 88-63.
• Ace Hood's Bugatti featuring Garbage Ass Future and Rick Ross debuts at #77.
• J. Cole's Power Trip debuts at #91.
• Joe Budden's She Don't Put It Down featuring Lil Wayne's bitch ass and Tank debuts at #96.

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Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z) Video

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/14/13

Five new albums debuted in the top 10 this week, but none of them are of any real importance to this particular website.

Spots 1-6 remain unchanged, but we do have 3 new songs occupying spots 7-9. Jumping 7 spots to #7 is Maroon 5's Daylight. Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie featuring Jay-Z returns to the top 10 after skipping 5 spots 13-8. Lastly, Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man skies 13 spots 22-9.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Josh Groban - All That Echoes (1)
2. Tim McGraw - Two Lames Of Freedom (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 45 (3)
4. Mumford & Sons - Babel (7-4)
5. Andrea Bocelli - Passione (2-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic (1-6)
7. Red - Release The Panic (7)
8. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (6-8)
9. Coheed & Cambria - The Afterman: Descension (9)
10. Lumineers - Lumineers (9-10)

• Joe Budden's No Love Lost debuts at #15 with 30,000 copies sold.

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 (3-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (4-4)
5. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (5-5)
6. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (6-6)
7. Maroon 5 - Daylight (14-7)
8. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (13-8)
9. Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man (22-9)
10. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (7-10)

• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera flies another 21 spots 76-55 in its 3rd week.
• Rihanna's Stay debuts at #57.
• Drake's Started From The Bottom finally debuts at #63.
• Young Jeezy's R.I.P. featuring 2 Chainz debuts at #69.
• Rihanna's Loveeeeeee Song featuring Garbage Ass Future jumps 12 spots 100-88.
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Same Love hops 10 spots 99-89.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/24/13

Despite his album leaking online a month in advance, A$AP Rocky's Long.Live.A$AP debuts at #1 with 139,000 sold. I'm not sure why most rappers don't utilize the open terrain that is January, but this is a good look for Rocky.

After 6 weeks atop the Hot 100, Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven (1-2) is dethroned by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop (2-1). Also, skyrocketing 80 spots in its 2nd week is Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie featuring Jay-Z (84-4).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (1)
2. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 23 (2)
3. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (5-3)
4. Taylor Swift - Red (4-4)
5. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (6-5)
6. Various Artists - Les Miserables sdtk (3-6)
7. Lumineers - Lumineers (8-7)
8. Phillip Phillips - The World From The Other Side Of The Moon (14-8)
9. Mumford & Sons - Babel (11-9)
10. One Direction - Take Me Home (10-10)

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

1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (2-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (1-2)
3. Lumineers - Ho Hey (3-3)
4. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (84-4)
5. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (4-5)
6. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (6-6)
7. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (7-7)
8. Rihanna - Diamonds (5-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (8-9)
10. Phillip Phillips - Home (9-10)

• Trinidad James' All Gold Everything surges 10 spots 52-42.
• Lil Wayne's Love Me featuring Drake & Future debuts at #53.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up hops 18 spots 76-58.
• A$AP Rocky's Wild For The Night featuring Skrillex debuts at #82 and Love Live A$AP debuts at #86.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/17/13

Nothing of importance is going on on the Billboard 200.

Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven is #1 for a 6th straight week, but the big story is Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop, which glides to a new high at #2 (5-2).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Chris Tomlin - Burning Lights (1)
2. Hollywood Undead - Notes From. The Underground (2)
3. Various Artists - Les Miserables sdtk (1-3)
4. Taylor Swift - Red (3-4)
5. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (7-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (6-6)
7. Black Veil Brides - Wretched & Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones (7)
8. Lumineers - Lumineers (8-8)
9. Dropkick Murphys - Signed & Sealed In Blood (9)
10. One Direction - Take Me Home (5-10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (5-2)
3. Lumineers - Ho Hey (4-3)
4. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (3-4)
5. Rihanna - Diamonds (2-5)
6. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (8-6)
7. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (11-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (7-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - Home (6-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (10-10)

• Maroon 5's Daylight cruises 9 spots 34-25.
• Trinidad James' All Gold Everything also slides 9 spots 61-52.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up debuts at #90 hops 14 spots 90-76 in its 2nd week.
• Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie featuring Jay-Z debuts at #84.
• B.o.B's We Still In This Bitch featuring T.I. & Juicy J debuts at #95.
• Kendrick Lamar's Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe debuts at #100.

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Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z)

Finally, finally, finally the much ballyhooed new Justin Timberlake track with Jay-Z is out! Check it out:

Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z) (Alt. Link)

Pretty cool song. I was worried at the beginning, I thought that intro was how the entire song was going to sound. Whew! I mean, it was dope for an intro (well, besides Timbaland's weird beluga whale yelp at the start), but it wouldn't have been for an entire song.

Anyway, I don't know if J.T. was purposely going for the Robin Thicke sound, but if he was, he nailed it. He sounded great, just a lot like Thicke both lyrically and vocally. Who knows, maybe that's who wrote the song for him?

Sadly, as much as I love Jay-Z, he added absolutely nothing to the song besides his name. Now that's not to say the verse was trash and someone else should've been on here, but to say it was kinda unnecessary. This song didn't need a rap verse. It didn't hurt, it just didn't help either.

And of course Timbaland killed the beat, that goes without saying... though I just said it. I have a lot of regrets.

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Justin Timberlake Is 'Ready' For A Return To Music

Late last night rumors started to swirl that Justin Timberlake was planning on dropping a new single today featuring Jay-Z and produced by Timbaland. Then around midnight this tweet happened.

Thursday, January 10th, 2013 at 9:01 am PST...
— Justin Timberlake(@jtimberlake) January 10, 2013

...And now we have this video, all but confirming that new music was indeed on the horizon.

Welp, I guess we'll just have to wait until tonight to see if any songs come back, but it is funny that this happened because I heard My Love the other day and thought, "Man, Justin Timberlake needs to make a damn comeback!" We shall see.

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Jay-Z & Beyonce's Baby

Shit, SNL was on fire last night! This skit is classic on so many levels (well except for Jay Pharoah overdoing the Jay-Z impression). Maya Rudolph's Beyonce, Fred Armisen's Prince, Nasim Pedrad Nicki Minaj's, and of course Justin Timberlake's Bon Iver. This was just greatness.

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Y.O.W.P.R.: History Of Rap 3

Enjoy... well, until NBC takes their own video down like they did part 2.

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The Year Of White People Rapping Continues

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MySpace Sold To Timberlake's Group For $35 Million

When I say Justin Timberlake's group, no, I don't mean *NSYNC. I'm talking about a business group that JT is a part of that just bought MySpace from News Corp. for $35 million. [Insert mediocre "Timberlake being in 'The Social Network'" joke here], so move over Sexy, it's now time for Justin to bring MySpace back (yeah!).

If you think $35 million sounds like a lot to pay for the abandoned crackhouse that is MySpace, remember News Corp. initially purchased it for $580 million in 2005.

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Kevin Hart On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

You gotta love Kevin Hart! I'm glad he was able to recovery after that failed opening Wayne Brady/NSYNC joke. That shit was awful. Anyway, part 2 is after the jump.



And as a little bonus, here's K. Hart on Jermaine Dupri's Living The Life YouTube show, just fast forward to 1:24.

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The Lonely Island - 3-Way (The Golden Rule) (feat. Justin Timberlake & Lady Gaga)

Here's the unedited version of Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake's hilarious skit from last week's SNL. Lady Gaga actually looked kinda hot in here. Weird. Oh well, helicopter dick!

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Bad Teacher Trailer

Damn, this shit looks funny as FUCK! I'm impressed. I can honestly say I cannot wait to see this movie. Cameron Diaz seemed to channel her inner Billy Bob Thornton and made this role her bitch. Oh, and yes her saying she loved watching porn on Jimmy Kimmel Live a few minutes ago totally influenced my opinion. You know, just in case you're wondering.

Hey, was that Gibby from "iCarly" that said holy shit at the car wash about 1:43 into this trailer? Also, was he wearing a Michael Vick Falcons jersey? I'm almost positive I saw that. Nice and nice!

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Diddy - Shades (feat. Lil Wayne & Justin Timberlake)

Not sure what this is gonna be on, if it's gonna be on anything, but it's worth a post.

Diddy - Shades (feat. Lil Wayne & Justin Timberlake)

So Lil Wayne is Andre 3000 now??

Anyway, call me crazy, but I do NOT hate this record. I could've gone without all those failed attempts at clever punchlines by Timberlake, but other than that, I like the feel of the record. Makes me want to pull out my Press Play CD.

Speaking of Diddy albums, where the hell is the Last Train To Paris?? I almost positive we've passed the last release date by now. Maybe Diddy should take a break from retweeting everything Rick Ross tweets and get back in the lab, though that album should be done by now.

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Random News Shit: Music Edition

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/28/10

Sincerest apologies about this being so late, I don't know why but I totally forget yesterday was Thursday lol.

Last week the Billboard charts were minding their business and everything was status quo. Then the Hope For Haiti Now telethon happened. Subsequently a compilation CD by the same name was released and sold 171,000 in the 2 days before SoundScan closes the week of sales. Imagine if it was afforded the other 4 days most albums get by being released on a Tuesday, it may have went gold. Well definitely look out for big numbers out of this compilation album again next week.

Hope For Haiti Now's effects were not just felt on the Billboard 200, but on the Hot 100 as well as Taylor Swift's Today Was A Fairytale debuts at #2. The 325,000 digital downloads also makes its good for the biggest first week of digital sales by a female artist all-time. Also debuting inside the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's Baby featuring Ludacris at #5. And yes, Ludacris should be ashamed of himself.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Various Artists - Hope For Haiti Now (1)
2. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (2-2)
3. Lady Gaga - The Fame (4-3)
4. Spoon - Transference (4)
5. Various Artists - 2010 Grammy Nominees (5)
6. Vampire Weekend - Contra (1-6)
7. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (5-7)
8. Ke$ha - Animal (3-8)
9. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (10-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Fearless (8-10)

• Way down at #72 is 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct which hit a milestone this week as it certifies gold. Emphasis on "certifies" because BISD has only sold 372,100 to date.
  

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

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Taylor Swift - Today Was A Fairytale (2)
3. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-3)
4. Young Money - Bedrock (4-4)
5. Justin Bieber - Baby (5)
6. Iyaz - Replay (5-6)
7. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-7)
8. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-8)
9. Rihanna - Hard (8-9)
10. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (7-10)

• The Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be only jumps 4 spots this week, but its up to #11 and will most likely cross into the top 10 next week.
• Timbaland's Carry Out with Justin Timberlake climbs 18 spaces 32-14.
• Jay-Z, Bono, and Rihanna's collabo Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) off the Hope For Haiti Now compilation album debuts at #16.
• One last Hope For Haiti Now track debuted this week and its Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris' Hallelujah at #48.
• Timbaland's Say Something featuring Drake is up 21 spaces 82-61 this week.
• Jay-Z's On To The Next One is already on the move, jumping 14 spots 78-64.
• Rihanna terrible rendition of Bob Marley's Redemption Song debuts at #81.

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