Thursday Billboard Update - 10/18/12

Shockingly debuting at #2 is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist with 78,500 copies sold. Amazing, especially considering they are independent. Good job by them. Coming in at #4 is Machine Gun Kelly's debut album Lace Up with 50,700 copies sold. That's about what I expected, but a tad embarrassing considering an independent artist sold more. Then again, he didn't get much push from Bad Boy outside of a few tweets from Diddy.

Maroon 5 denies Psy again! I guess people really don't want to see Psy performed Gangnam Style topless like he said he would if the song went #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2)
3. KISS - Monster (3)
4. Machine Gun Kelly - Lace Up (4)
5. Coheed & Cambria - Afterman: Ascension (5)
6. All Time Low - Don't Panic (6)
7. Barbra Streisand - Release Me (7)
8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-8)
9. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (9)
10. Muse - The 2nd Law (2-10)

• Xzibit's Napalm debuts at #149 with 3,200 copies 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. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (4-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Alex Clare - Too Close (10-7)
8. Ke$ha - Die Young (14-8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (11-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds moves 7 spots to the outskirts of the top 10, 18-11.
• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 18 more spots 69-51 in its 3rd week.
• As Kendrick Lamar's album leaks online, his Swimming Pools (Drank) jumps 10 spot 71-61.
• DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih slides 10 spots 99-89 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 12/22/11

On the last charts of 2011, Michael Buble's Christmas dominates all the competition again, blah, blah, blah. Expect that to end shortly.

Rihanna's We Found Love gets a 8th straight week at #1 and nothing else really happened in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Michael Buble - Christmas (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe (4-3)
4. Black Keys - El Camino (2-4)
5. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (15-5)
6. Nickelback - Here & Now (8-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (7-7)
8. Andrea Bocelli - Concerto (6-8)
9. Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day (13-9)
10. Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures (5-10)

• Again, proving how important it is to have an actual fan, Anthony Hamilton's Back To Love quietly drops and debuts #12 with 63,000 copies sold.
• Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Mac & Devin Go To High School" soundtrack debuts at #26 with 39,000 albums sold.

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 (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (3-3)
4. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (5-4)
5. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (4-5)
6. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (6-6)
7. Adele - Someone Like You (6-7)
8. David Guetta - Without You (9-8)
9. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (8-9)
10. T-Pain - 5 O'Clock (10-10)

• Adele's Set Fire To The Rain inches 8 spots closer to the top 10, 21-13.
• Pitbull's International Love featuring Chris Brown gains 16 spaces 46-30 in it's 7th week.
• Ke$ha returns to the Hot 100, as Sleazy Remix 2.0 featuring Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., & Andre 3000 starts at #37.
• Waka Flocka Flame's Round Of Applause featuring Drake jumps 11 spots 97-86 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/31/11

Chris Brown's F.A.M.E. didn't reach the 1 million sold plateau he was hoping for, but it does reach #1, selling 271,000 copies first week. While Chrisqo has had an album that's sold more first week, this is his first career #1. Coming in at #2 is Jennifer Hudson's I Remember Me with 165,100 sold. Kirk Franklin's Hello Fear debuts at #5 with a robust 78,800 sold. Last, but not least, Bobby V's (I'm assuming he's officially dropped the Valentino?) Fly On The Wall at #9 with 37,600 sold.

Over on the Hot 100, we have a new #1 and its Katy Perry's E.T. featuring Kanye West. The top debut this week is Wiz Khalifa's No Sleep blasting off at #6. And sadly Bruno Mars' Grenade finally exits the top 10 this week. But look on the bright side, maybe this will finally put an end to people making the fucked out jokes about not being willing to catch a grenade for anyone.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. (1)
2. Jennifer Hudson - I Remember Me (2)
3. Adele - 21 (1-3)
4. The Strokes - Angles (4)
5. Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (5)
6. Various Artists - Songs For Japan (6)
7. Panic at the Disco - Vices & Virtues (7)
8. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (5-8)
9. Bobby V - Fly On the Wall (9)
10. Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (3-10)

• Gucci Mane's Return Of Mr. Zone 6 debuted at #18 with 24,600 sold.
  

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

1. Katy Perry - E.T. (2-1)
2. Rihanna - S&M (3-2)
3. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (2-4)
4. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-4)
5. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (5-5)
6. Wiz Khalifa - No Sleep (6)
7. Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (8-7)
8. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (7-8)
9. Jeremih - Down On Me (10-9)
10. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (13-10)

• Chris Brown's Next To You featuring Justin Bieber debuts at #26.
• Wiz Khalifa's Roll Up jumps another 16 spots 45-29.
• T-Pain's Best Love Song with Chris Brown debuts at #33.
• Bruno Mars' The Lazy Song flies 18 more spots 55-37.
• Lil Wayne's John featuring Rick Ross debuts at #57.
• Rebecca Black's viral hit Friday hops 14 spots 72-58.
• Jennifer Hudson's Where You At soars 25 spots 89-64.
• Miguel's Sure Thing jumps 11 spots 87-76.
• Travis Porter's Bring It Back jumps 10 spots 88-78 in its 2nd week.
• Waka Flocka's Grove St. Party hops 11 spots 93-82 in its 2nd week.
• Ke$ha's Fuck Him He's A DJ debuts at #97. Sadly I don't think any DJs wanna fuck this.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/10/11

Adele's 21 fends off Marsha Ambrosius' Late Nights & Early Mornings to remain at #1 for a 2nd week with 168,000 sold. The aforementioned Marsha Ambrosius checks in at #2 with 96,000 copies of her solo debut sold. Pretty decent numbers.

Not too much is going on this week in the top 10 of the Hot 100 besides Ke$ha's Blow hopping in at #7 after a 4 spot rise.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights & Early Mornings (2)
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (3-3)
4. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (2-4)
5. Various Artists - Now 37 (4-5)
6. Dropkick Murphys - Going Out Of Style (6)
7. Aaron Lewis - Town Line (8)
8. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (5-8)
9. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (6-9)
10. P!nk - Greatest Hits... So Far!!! (12-10)

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. Rihanna - S&M (5-3)
4. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (4-4)
5. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (9-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Grenade (3-6)
7. Ke$ha - Blow (11-7)
8. Katy Perry - E.T. (8-8)
9. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (7-9)
10. Katy Perry - Firework (6-10)

• Jeremih's Down On Me featuring 50 Cent inches closer to breaking the top 10 by jumping 8 spots 20-12.
• Britney Spears' Till The World Ends debuts at #20.
• The Black Eyed Peas' Just Can't Get Enough flies 28 spots 66-38.
• Mike Posner's Bow Chicka Wow Wow featuring Lil Wayne skies 33 spots 82-49.
• Gorilla Zoe's Twisted with Lil Jon debuts at #77.
• DJ Khaled's Welcome To My Hood featuring Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, and T-Pain hops 8 spots 90-82 in its 2nd week.
• Big Sean's My Last featuring Chris Brown debuts at #89. I do believe this is Big Sean's first Hot 100 debut. Congrats.
• Nicki Minaj's Did It On'em debuts at #92.
• Mary Mary's Walking debuts at #97.
• Willow Smith's 21st Century Girl 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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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/10/11

After 11 weeks in stores, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday finally crosses the 1 million sold mark and also hits #1 for the first time. Pink Friday only sold 45,300, so it's #1 by default, but you can't fault Nicki for that. What is amazing though is that Nicki reached the 1 million sold mark before Kanye West did, despite Yeezy's 100,000-plus head start in first week sales. Kanye will have to wait until next week to sell the 1,000,000th copy of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Remember last week when I said it would be interesting to see what Wiz Khalifa's Black & Yellow did if the Steelers won the Super Bowl? Well as it turns out, it didn't matter because the Packers won and Black & Yellow still rose to #1. And obviously this is Wiz's first #1 record. In other top 10 news, Dr. Dre's I Need A Doctor featuring Eminem and Skylar Green explodes onto the Hot 100, debuting at #5. Should we really start looking out for Detox? I'll believe it when it's in stores.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (3-1)
2. Red - Until We Have Faces (2)
3. Ricky Martin - Musica + Alma + Sexo (3)
4. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (5-4)
5. Rihanna - Loud (13-5)
6. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 19 (9-6)
7. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (12-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (7-8)
9. P!nk - Greatest Hits...So Far!!! (11-9)
10. Eminem - Recovery (16-10)

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

1. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (4-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Grenade (1-2)
3. Katy Perry - Firework (3-3)
4. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (2-4)
5. Dr. Dre - I Need A Doctor (5)
6. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (5-6)
7. Far*East Movement - Rocketeer (9-7)
8. Rihanna - What's My Name (6-8)
9. Pitbull - Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) (7-9)
10. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (8-10)

• Chris Brown's Look At Me Now featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes debuts at #11.
• Rihanna's S&M flies 35 spots 66-31 due to the controversy surrounding its over-the-top video.
• Ke$ha's Blow soars 30 spots 96-66 in its 3rd week.
• The Lonely Island's The Creep with Nicki Minaj debuts at #82 a couple weeks after debuting on SNL
• Trey Songz's Love Faces rises 10 spots 100-90.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/4/10

Well, obviously the big news on the Billboard charts is that we have a 1 million albums in 1 week seller. That big seller: Taylor Swift's Speak Now. Taylor's sophomore set sold an astounding 1,047,000 copies over the past week. That's over 950,000 more than #2, Sugarland's The Incredible Machine. That's the largest sales gap between numbers 1 and 2 since Eminem The Eminem Show sold 1.2 million more than Diddy's compilation We Invented The Remix in 2002. Kanye West, the spotlight is on.

Ke$ha's We R Who We R makes a big slash this week becoming just the 17th song to ever debuts at #1 in the history of the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1)
2. Sugarland - The Incredible Machine (1-2)
3. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (2-3)
4. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (5-4)
5. Eminem - Recovery (8-5)
6. Elton John & Leon Russell - The Union (3-6)
7. Gleecast - The Rocky Horror Glee Show (6-7)
8. Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon (4-8)
9. Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (10-9)
10. Michael Bublé - Hollywood EP (10)

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

1. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (1)
2. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (1-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (2-3)
4. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (3-4)
5. Nelly - Just A Dream (4-5)
6. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-6)
7. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (6-7)
8. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (7-8)
9. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (8-9)
10. Pink - Raise Your Glass (10-10)

• Willow Smith's Whip My Hair skyrockets 67 spots 78-11.
• Kanye West's Monster sees similar gains as it flies 61 spots 79-18.
• Chris Brown's Yeah 3X debuts at #33.
• Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me continues to move north, this time jumping 13 spots 59-4.
• Rihanna's What's My Name featuring Drake is up 20 spots to #60 in its 2nd week.
• Bruno Mars' Grenade jumps 11 spots 75-64.
• Ne-Yo's One In A Million debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/22/10

Justin Bieber is still #1, blah, blah, blah, lets move on.

It was inevitable, and now its happened, B.o.B's Nothin' On You overtakes Rihanna's Rude Boy for the #1 spot. What better time too because his album drops this Tuesday. I've been a fan of B.o.B for awhile now and even I didn't see him blowing up this big. I mean he was even performed on Ellen the other day. Ellen! If he gets a spot on Oprah its a wrap, he's going platinum. Don't say I didn't warn you.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (1-1)
2. MGMT - Congratulations (2)
3. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4-3)
4. Usher - Raymond vs. Raymond (2-4)
5. Coheed & Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow (5)
6. Various Artists - Now! 33 (5-6)
7. Lady Gaga - The Fame (7-7)
8. Ke$ha - Animal (16-8)
9. Monica - Still Standing (6-9)
10. Justin Bieber - My World (8-10)

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

1. B.o.B - Nothin' On You (2-1)
2. Rihanna - Rude Boy (1-2)
3. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (3-3)
4. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (4-4)
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (6-5)
6. Jason Derulo - In My Head (5-6)
7. Lady Gaga - Telephone (7-7)
8. Usher - OMG (10-8)
9. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug (19-9)
10. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me (23-10)

• This week's top debut is B.o.B's Airplanes with Hayley Williams of Paramore at #12. This track is only going to go north now that the version with Eminem is out there.
• Christina Aguilera is back and her track Not Myself Tonight debuts at #23.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/21/10

Vampire Weekend's Contra pushes 124,000 first week and takes over for Ke$ha's Animal atop the Billboard 200. That's pretty much the extent of the major movement here.

There's some activity in the top 10 this week! First off, Young Money's Bedrock moves up four spots 8-4 for a new high. Some group that goes by Train has their song Hey, Soul Sister soar 16 spots 23-7 and firmly into the top 10. And then bringing up the rear is Ludacris' How Low which finally breaks through at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Vampire Weekend - Contra (1)
2. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Animal (1-3)
4. Lady Gaga - The Fame (3-4)
5. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (4-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster EP (10-6)
7. Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (5-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Fearless (7-8)
9. Various Artists - Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel sdtk (6-9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (8-10)

• Omarion's new album Ollusion goes nowhere as it debuts at #19 with 19,000 sold.

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

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-2)
3. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-3)
4. Young Money - Bedrock (8-4)
5. Iyaz - Replay (4-5)
6. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-6)
7. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (23-7)
8. Rihanna - Hard (9-8)
9. Owl City - Fireflies (5-9)
10. Ludacris - How Low (14-10)

• The Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be going jumps another 19 spots 34-15.
• Trey Songz's Say Aah breaks the top 20 by jumping 9 spaces 28-19.
• Lady Gaga's Telephone with Beyonce moves up 11 spots 31-20.
• Pitbull's Shut It Down featuring Akon flies 14 spots north 67-53.
• Sade's Soldier Of Love finally breaks through and debuts at #58. The album, which goes by the same title, drops February 9th.
• The most popular track to freestyle over in 2010, Snoop Dogg's I Wanna Rock, jumps 13 spaces 77-64.
• Jay-Z's On To The Next One debuts this week at #78, watch out for this track, it could do some damage.
• After debuting at #94 last week, Timbaland's Say Something with Drake moves up 12 spots to #82.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/14/10

Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream finally loses her spot at #1 as Ke$ha's debut album Animal moves 152,000. Doesn't matter, Ms. Boyle's damage is done as she gets a triple platinum plaque to take home. The RIAA isn't shipping many of those out these days...then again, I don't think they actually ship those plaques out lol.

A little bit of action this week on Hot as Ke$ha debuts a track called Blah Blah Blah at #7. In addition, Young Money's Bedrock and Rihanna's Hard finally make it to the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Ke$ha - Animal (1)
2. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (1-2)
3. Lady Gaga - The Fame (2-3)
4. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (3-4)
5. Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (4-5)
6. Various Artists - Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel sdtk (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Fearless (5-7)
8. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (8-8)
9. Justin Bieber - My World (6-9)
10. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster EP (9-10)

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

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-2)
3. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (4-3)
4. Iyaz - Replay (3-4)
5. Owl City - Fireflies (5-5)
6. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-6)
7. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah (7)
8. Young Money - Bedrock (12-8)
9. Rihanna - Hard (15-9)
10. Jay Sean - Down (7-10)

• Ke$ha has a 2nd song debuting this week at #27 called Your Love Is My Drug. I'm sure its just as bad as the others.
• Trey Songz's Say Aah jumps 12 spots 40-28.
• Also jumping 12 spots this week is The Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be going 46-34.
• A third track by Ke$ha, Take It Off, debuts at #85.
• Timbaland's Say Something with Drake finally debuts at #94.

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