Thursday Billboard Update - 5/13/10

A lot is going on in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 today, but unfortunately only one of the albums pertains to us. That album is Toni Braxton's Pulse which moved 54,500 in its first week.

Its okay that not much concerning us is popping over on the 200 because the big news is happening on the Hot 100. That big news is Eminem's Not Afraid becoming just the 16th record (only 2nd Hip-Hop record) in Billboard history to debut at #1. I can't say that I saw this happening, but it definitely doesn't surprise me the way the internet exploded just when news broke the song would be coming out.

(Side note: Believe it or not, but this is just Eminem's 3rd #1 record in his career. The other 2?? Lose Yourself and Crack A Bottle. Freaky, right??)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Godsmack - The Oracle (1)
2. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (2-2)
3. MercyMe - The Generous Mr. Lovewell (3)
4. Carole King & James Taylor - Live at the Troubadour (4)
5. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (4-5)
6. Deftones - Diamond Eyes (6)
7. Court Yard Hounds - Court Yard Hounds (7)
8. AC/DC - Iron Man 2 sdtk (5-8)
9. Toni Braxton - Pulse (9)
10. Usher - Raymond vs. Raymond (6-10)

• Trina's latest offering Amazin' debuts at #13 with 32,500 sold. Not bad for a female rapper with absolutely no buzz.
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Uni-5: The World's Enemy come in one spot later at #14 with 29,600 sold.
• 8Ball & MJG swoop in at #36 with 16,200 copies of Ten Toes Down sold. After finally hearing their DJ Bring It Back record, I actually think they should've sold less. That shit was awful.
  

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

1. Eminem - Not Afraid (1)
2. Usher - OMG (1-2)
3. B.o.B - Nothin' On You (2-3)
4. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (4-4)
5. B.o.B - Airplanes (7-5)
6. Rihanna - Rude Boy (3-6)
7. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (6-7)
8. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug (8-8)
9. 3OH!3 - My First Kiss (9)
10. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (5-10)

• Drake's 2nd single Find Your Love debuts at #34 this week. Eminem may have made the biggest splash this week, but watch out for this track in the next few weeks.
• Young Jeezy's jamming' ass single, Lose My Mind featuring Plies, debuts one back later at #35.
• After debuting at #62 last week, The Black Eyed Peas' Rock That Body jumps 26 spots up to #36 this week.

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This Week In Flops 5/4/10

Man, this has got to be the biggest, least buzz-worthy week in a looooong time. I wouldn't be surprised if none of these albums sold more than 60,000. Oh well, lets move forward.

First up is Trina's 5th solo album, Amazin'. That track with Diddy had a little buzz a few months back, but the most we've heard about Trina since then is when that weird video with a couple of her nudes leaked online. That's definitely not a good sign. I think Trina will land somewhere in between 30-60k.

I'm not really sure what to expect from this project, so I'm gonna guess somewhere in between 20-40k first week.

I'm not even positive of Bones' status or how many members are even in the group anymore, but the the album is still called "Uni5," so I guess we'll hear from all of them. This record has absolutely 0 buzz going so I'm guessing in the 15-35k range.

8Ball & MJG have never really gotten the respect they deserve, and unfortunately they probably still won't. Not much, if any, money was put into their project again, so again it will flop, and that's a damn shame. I'm guessing somewhere in the 8-20k range.

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T.I. - Get That Money/Boo

T.I. - Get That Money


T.I. - Boo (feat. 8Ball & MJG)

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MJG Feat. Alfamega - Gangsta Gangsta

That above is the cover of MJG's new album and this is a pretty dope from it with that big homie Alfamega.

MJG Feat. Alfamega - Gangsta Gangsta


Not sure who the 3rd person is, but its all good lol.

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