Thursday Billboard Update - 3/1/12

With a 22nd non-consecutive week at #1, Adele's 21 is now the longest-running #1 album since Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack spent 24 weeks at the top in 1984-85. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits remains at #2 with another 174,000 sold. Tyga's Careless World: Rise Of The Last King debuts at #4 with 61,500 sold. Sadly, those numbers probably could've been much higher had some idiot at YMCMB never thought it'd be necessary to clear a Martin Luther King speech they sampled for the intro. Whitney's The Bodyguard soundtrack flies 38-6 while selling 47,000 (up 176%), and her self-titled album Whitney Houston soars 37-9 while selling 30,000 (up 72%). Chiddy Bang's Breakfast debuts at #8 with 30,6000 copies sold.

After being dethroned last week, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) returns to #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3)
4. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-5)
6. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard sdtk (38-6)
7. Adele - 19 (4-7)
8. Chiddy Bang - Breakfast (8)
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (37-9)
10. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (5-10)

• Click here for all the Whitney Houston sales news.

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (4-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (1-4)
5. The Wanted - Glad You Came (23-5)
6. Rihanna - We Found Love (8-6)
7. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (11-8)
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (14-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-10)

• B.o.B's So Good debuts at #11.
• Flo Rida's Wild Ones jumps 10 spots 45-35.
• Adele's Rumour Has It flies 16 spots 67-51.
• Dumbass Rihanna's Birthday Cake with dumbass Chris Brown debuts at #63.
• Tyga's Muthafucka Up featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #74.
• Usher's Climax debuts at #81.
• Tyga's Make It Nasty debuts at #91.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/9/12

Adele's 21 is at #1 for an 19th non-consecutive week. This shit is crazy.

We have a new #1 on the Hot 100 and it's Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What  Doesn't Kill You). Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's Young, Wild &  Free with Bruno Mars returns to the top 10 by jumping 12-8.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2)
3. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (3)
4. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (4-4)
5. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (6-5)
6. Drake - Take Care (9-6)
7. Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic (2-7)
8. Fred Hammond - God, Love & Romance (8)
9. LMFAO - Sorry For Partying Rocking (18-9)
10. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (16-10)

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

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (1-2)
3. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (4-3)
4. Rihanna - We Found Love (3-4)
5. David Guetta - Turn Me On (5-5)
6. Jessie J - Domino (8-6)
7. Tyga - Rack City (10-7)
8. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (12-8)
9. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (7-9)
10. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (6-10)

• Following her Super Bowl performance, Madonna's Give Me All Your Luvin featuring Nicki Minaj & that idiot M.I.A. debuts at #13.
• Melanie Fiona's 4 AM debuts at #97.

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The Winners & Losers Of Super Bowl XLVI

As I continue to sit here and sulk over the fact the Giants wouldn't have even made the playoffs if my Cowboys could've just held a 12 point lead with 5:41 left to play in the 4th quarter in Week 14, y'all enjoy the winners and losers of Super Bowl XLVI.

Winners: Walter Payton's daughter; the National Anthem; bedazzle microphones; odd first scoring plays; Elton John's platform shoes in that lame Pepsi commercial; Henry Hynoski prop bets; 12 men on the field penalties to negate turnovers; Victor Cruz; Salsa dancing; naked M&Ms; Twinkies; cat murder; cat murder cover ups; overweight dogs; JPP's hands; JPP's father; Steve Weatherford's punting; The Avengers; Adriana Lima from the Teleflora commercial; Braxton P. Hartnabrig; G.I. Joe; The Rock; Jay-Z quotes; Danny Woodhead; the gays; Metta World Peace; Ochocino; Aaron Hernandez; making it rain; momentum shifts; hits by Patrick Chung; mangy mutts doing slave labor; Mario Manningham; Eli Manning; Adam Carolla's betting losing streak; Tiquan Underwood (aka the Fresh Prince); the New York Giants.

Losers: Kelly Clarkson's bangs; Audi's vampire commercial; Tom Brady's first pass; over excitement about being the last men on Earth and living in a world with no women; prohibition; turning board games into movies (Battleship); H&M's David Beckham commercial (Who the fuck thought this was a good idea for a game being watched by mostly men?); my eye sight; Travis Beckum's ACL; Wes Welker's mustache; Swizz Beatz's check from that NFL.com fantasy commercial; the halftime show; M.I.A.'s middle finger (thanks for ensuring us 10 more years of old fogeys performing the halftime show, idiot); any hope for a Nicki Minaj wardrobe malfunction; Cee-Lo's neck; James Harrison (you know he was at home pissed watching all those hard hits go uncalled); Tom Brady throwing deep; anyone who would drink out of a bottle that mangy mutt in the Bug Light commercial had in its mouth; Samsung thinking anybody wants a cell phone you need a pen to operate in 2012; Ahmad Bradshaw's ability to stop; Patriots receivers; Birdman; Bill Belichick; the New England Patriots.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/2/12

Adele's 21 gets an 18th non-consecutive week #1 and 7 news albums I don't care about debuted in the top 10. Moving on.

Adele's Set Fire To The Rain remains on top of the Hot 100 for a 2nd week. Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) slides 6 spots up to #2 in its 2nd week in the top 10. Lastly, the top 10 says goodbye to Jay-Z & Kanye's Niggas In Paris as Tyga's super annoying Rack City (11-10) inches back in.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic (2)
3. Lamb Of God - Resolution (3)
4. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (4)
5. Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again (5)
6. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (2-6)
7. Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof (7)
8. Seal - Soul 2 (8)
9. Drake - Take Care (4-9)
10. Kari Jobe - Where I Find You (10)

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

1. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (1-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (8-2)
3. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-3)
4. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (3-4)
5. David Guetta - Turn Me On (4-5)
6. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (6-6)
7. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (7-7)
8. Jessie J - Domino (10-8)
9. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (5-9)
10. Tyga - Rack City (11-10)

• Jay-Z and Kanye's No Church In The Wild jumps 14 spots 100-86 in its 2nd week.
• Diggy Simmons' Do It Like You featuring Jeremih debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/26/12

With a 17th week at #1, Adele's 21 has now been at the top for longer than any album since "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, which had a 20-week run in 1993.

Adele also tops the Hot 100 this week as her song Set Fire To The Rain dethrones Rihanna's We Found Love. Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) flies 21-8 to invade the top 10, and Jessie J gets her first top 10 as Domino jumps 15-10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 21 (2)
3. Black Keys - El Camino (3-3)
4. Drake - Take Care (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Talk That Talk (7-5)
6. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (6-6)
7. James Fortune & FIYA - Identity (7)
8. Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (22-8)
9. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (8-9)
10. Nickelback - Here & Now (9-10)

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

1. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-1)
2. Rihanna - We Found Love (1-2)
3. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (3-3)
4. David Guetta - Turn Me On (10-4)
5. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (6-5)
6. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (4-6)
7. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (5-7)
8. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (21-8)
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (7-9)
10. Jessie J - Domino (15-10)

• Tyga's Faded featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #52.
• Mary J. Blige's Mr. Wrong with Drake debuts at #98.
• Jay-Z and Kanye's No Church In The Wild debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/3/11

Five albums debuted in the top 10 this week, but I'm sure none of us care about any of them, so let's just move on.

Rihanna's We Found Love officially takes over the #1 spot this week, which makes Rihanna the 7th artist in Hot 100 history to have at least 11 #1 records. Also, cracking the top 10 and squeezing Drake and Nicki Minaj out is Kelly Clarkson's Mr. Know It All (19-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2)
3. Michael Buble - Christmas (3)
4. Adele - 21 (1-4)
5. Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (5)
6. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (6)
7. Scott McCreery - Clear As Day (3-7)
8. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (7-8)
9. Tony Bennett - Duets II (5-9)
10. Casting Crowns - Come To The Well (2-10)

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

1. Rihanna - We Found Love (2-1)
2. Adele - Someone Like You (1-2)
3. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (4-3)
4. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (3-4)
5. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (5-5)
6. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (6-6)
7. David Guetta - Without You (7-7)
8. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (10-8)
9. Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel... (8-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (19-10)

• Flo Rida's Good Feeling scoots 19 more spots north 31-12.
• Bruno Mars' It Will Rain finds a new peak by jumping 12 spots 33-21.
• Big Sean's Dance (A$$) soars 33 spots 63-30 in its 4th week.
• Bow Wow's Sweat featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #48. I'm sure radio thinks this is Weezy by himself since Bow is trying his hardest to sound like him on it.
• Beyonce's Party featuring Andre 3000 hops 18 spots 75-57.
• Justin Bieber's Christmas Song with Usher debuts at #58.
• Wale's Lotus Flower Bomb with Miguel debuts at #87.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/15/11

Despite a 77% sales decrease, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV easily remains #1 with another 218,761 albums sold. Re-entering the top 10 for the first time since last October is Maroon 5's Hands All Over, which jumps 23-7 with 28,564 albums sold.

Staying on Maroon 5, on top of re-entering the top 10, their Moves Like Jagger featuring Christina Aguilera lands back at #1 this week after being bumped by Adele's Someone Like You last week. Cracking the top 10 for the first time is Rihanna's Cheers (Drink to That) (11-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (1)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. George Strait - Here For a Good Time (3)
4. The Beatles - 1 (4)
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (2-5)
6. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne (4-6)
7. Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (23-7)
8. Various Artists - Now 39 (10-8)
9. Beyonce - 4 (7-9)
10. Foster The People - Torches (10)

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

1. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (2-1)
2. Adele - Someone Like You (1-2)
3. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (3-3)
4. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (4-4)
5. Bad Meets Evil - Lighters (7-5)
6. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (12-6)
7. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (5-7)
8. Lady Gaga - You & I (6-8)
9. Lil Wayne - How To Love (14-9)
10. Rihanna - Cheers (Drink to That) (11-10)

• Kelly Clarkson's Mr. Know It All scores the highest debut of the week at #18.
• Lil Wayne's She Will featuring Drake jumps 12 spots 40-28.
• Jay-Z & Kanye's Niggas In Paris jums 14 spots 81-67.
• JoJo is back on the charts as her Disaster debuts at #87.
• Chris Brown's Wet The Bed debuts at #96.

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