Thursday Billboard Update - 11/26/09

Wow, not only did 50 Cent not grab the #1 spot, but he couldn't manage numbers 2, 3, or 4 either. Debuting at #5 is 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct with 161,200 sold (I believe I called that). The sales reign for 50 is over.

The man who actually does get to sit atop the Billboard 200 is John Mayer as his Battle Studies pushes 286,000 out the store.

Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind with Alicia Keys hangs onto the #1 spot for another week after seeing gains in airplay, sales, and online streaming.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. John Mayer - Battle Studies (1)
2. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (2-2)
3. Norah Jones - The Fall (3)
4. Casting Crowns - Until The Whole World Hears (4)
5. 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct (5)
6. Justin Bieber - My World EP (6)
7. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (4-7)
8. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (10-8)
9. Carrie Underwood - Play On (3-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Fearless (5-10)

• Last season's American Idol winner Kris Allen's self-title debut album comes in at #11 with 80,000 sold. I smell "Ruben Studdard/Clay Aiken 2.0" brewing with Kris and Adam Lambert. You know, the clearly gay guy, that didn't wanna admit he was gay during Idol, that came in 2nd place and ends up having a more successful career than the actual winner. I can smell it, I can see it.
• Leona Lewis' 2nd album Echo comes in at #13 with 67,300 sold, a far cry from her 2008 debut Spirit.
  
• Rakim's long awaited come back album The Seventh Seal comes in at #61 with 11,700 sold.
• Pretty Ricky's self-titled album debuts at #97, but I can find their sales figures anywhere. If Rakim did nearly 12,000 at #61, I'm guessing PR sold around 5,000.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold
1. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (11-2)
3. Owl City - Fireflies (2-3)
4. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (3-4)
5. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (10-5)
6. Iyaz - Replay (4-6)
7. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (12-7)
8. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (9-8)
9. Britney Spears - 3 (6-9)
10. Jay Sean - Down (7-10)

• Leona Lewis' Happy see's a surge with her album coming out last week and goes 59-31 this week.
• Kris Allen's single Live Like We're Dying jumps 29 spots 71-40.
• Alicia Keys' Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (I'm sure she could just call up Mashonda if she really wanted to know what that was like) debuts at #58.
• Gucci Mane's bullshit (aka first single) Spotlight jumps 19 spot 86-67. I told y'all this was gonna finally move once he went to jail. Lets see how long this lasts.
• Trey Songz's Say Aah moves 13 spots up 81-68.
• Rihanna's Hard with Young Jeezy starts off at #80 this week.
• Melanie Fiona's It Kills Me comes in at #88.
• In a true shocker, the intro to 50 Cent's new album, debuts on the Hot 100 this week. The Invitation starts off at #97, lets see if it can hang around.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/24/09

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 hangs on to his #1 spot with 297,913 copies sold in its 2nd week on shelves. He should be getting his platinum plaque in 2 weeks. Whitney's comeback album I Look To You bounces back to #2 this week and also goes gold with 155,600 in its 3rd week. KiD CuDi's debut album Man On The Moon shits on my prediction and sells 104,300 while coming in at #4. Drake's So Far Gone EP goes just over what I predicted and does 73,600 at #6. If he can do that with an EP filled with songs he gave out for free just months ago, imagine what Thank Me Later is gonna do. Right behind Drake is Lil Boosie at #7 as his Superbad sells 48,900. This is Boosie's first top 10 of his career.

A lot of action going on on the Hot 100 this week. Jay-Z and Drake dominate this week in a major way. Jay's Run This Town with Kanye West and Rihanna shows no signs of slowing down as it moves to a new high at #2. At #5 is Empire State Of Mind with Alicia Keys which sold 205,000 in digital downloads over the past week (shout out to Lil Mama lol). Drake makes his first dent with Forever featuring Kanye, Lil Wayne, and Eminem starting out at #8.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - I Look To You (3-2)
3. Muse - The Resistance (3)
4. KiD CuDi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Days (4)
5. Miley Cyrus - The Time Of Our Lives (2-5)
6. Drake - So Far Gone EP (6)
7. Lil Boosie - Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz (7)
8. Taylor Swift - Fearless (10-8)
9. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night (7-9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (7-10)

• Trick Daddy's Finally Famous checks in at #34 with 13,300 sold. I'm not sure what label he's on right now but we need to get him on a real label that will actually attempt to promote his project.
• The New Boyz's debut Skinny Jeanz & A Mic (which I didn't even know came out) comes in at #56 with a pathetic 9,800 records sold. Its a wrap for these niggas.
• KRS-One and Buckshot's album dropped last today also and it opens up at #62 with 8,600 sold.
• Q-Tip's Kamaal The Abstract (had no idea this existed) starts at #77 with 6,500 sold.
  

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

1. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (1-1)
2. Jay-Z - Run This Town (4-2)
3. Jay Sean - Down (2-3)
4. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me (6-4)
5. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (50-5)
6. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (3-6)
7. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (18-7)
8. Drake - Forever (8)
9. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (5-9)
10. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (7-10)

• Drake's Successful with Trey Songz see's a sizeable jump for the 1st time in a few week as it goes 48-17 this past week.
• Beyonce's Sweet Dreams is up 15 spots 33-18.
• Drake has another new debut this week with I'm Going In featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy at #40. I could've sworn this was Jeezy's song since it was on his Trappin' Ain't Dead mixtape but whatever.
• Jay-Z's Young Forever debuted at #75 last week and then proceeded to soar 34 spots to #41 this week.
• Leona Lewis is back on the charts this week as Happy debuts at #50.
• KiD CuDi joins the action at #59 with Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare).
• LMFAO's La La La debuts at #61. That girl with the piercing in her chest from Real World Cancun is in the video if you didn't know.
• New artist Ester Dean takes her track Drop It Low with Chris brown 31 spots north to #63 this week.
• Mariah Carey's I Want To Know What Love Is comes in at #66. I wonder how Nick Cannon feels about this song??
• The Black Eyed Peas' Meet Me Halfway debuts at #75.

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