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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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/7/13

Coming in at #1 for the first time in his career this week is Bruno Mars as his Unorthodox Jukebox slides a spots north with 95,000 copies sold. This is largely due to Amazon MP3 selling it for $1.99 last Tuesday and for $3.99 ever since (and that's still going on now, if you haven't checked the album out yet). Also benefiting from Amazon MP3's low pricing is Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' The Heist, which climbs 16-4 this week. I'm sure being on SNL didn't hurt either.

Baauer enjoys yet another bogus week atop the Hot 100 and everything else remains static for the most part as well.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2-1)
2. Atoms For Peace - Amok (2)
3. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-3)
4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (16-4)
5. Hillsong United - Zion (5)
6. Various Artists - Now 45 (4-6)
7. Lumineers - Lumineers (5-7)
8. Josh Groban - All That Echoes (3-8)
9. Rihanna - Unapologetic (9-9)
10. Adele - 21 (14-10)

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. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (4-4)
5. Rihanna - Stay (7-5)
6. Drake - Started From The Bottom (6-6)
7. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (5-7)
8. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (8-8)
9. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (9-9)
10. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (12-10)

• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera scoots 10 spots 28-18.
• Wale's Bad slides 9 spots north 70-61.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Can't Hold Us flies 27 spots 92-65.
• J. Cole's Power Trip jumps 11 spots 91-80.
• B.o.B's We Still In This Bitch featuring T.I. and Juicy J hops 15 spots 97-82.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/28/13

Rough sales week now that the Grammys are over. Nothing to see here.

Baauer enjoys another bogus week atop the Hot 100. Lil Wayne's Love Me reaches the top 10 after hopping 9 spots 19-10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (3-2)
3. Josh Groban - All That Echoes (5-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 45 (8-4)
5. Lumineers - Lumineers (6-5)
6. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (20-6)
7. Various Artists - 2013 Grammy Nominees (2-7)
8. fun. - Some Nights (7-8)
9. Rihanna - Unapologetic (15-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Red (4-10)

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 (8-3)
4. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (5-4)
5. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (4-5)
6. Drake - Started From The Bottom (10-6)
7. Rihanna - Stay (3-7)
8. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (9-8)
9. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-9)
10. Lil Wayne - Love Me (19-10)

• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera shoots 19 spots 47-28.
• Kendrick Lamar's Poetic Justice featuring Drake rises 15 spots 49-34.
• Nelly's Hey Porsche debuts at #42.
• Ace Hood's Bugatti featuring Garbage Ass Future and Rick Ross jumps 15 spots 77-62.

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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 - 2/7/13

Justin Bieber grabs another #1 as Believe Acoustic debuts atop the Billboard 200 with 211,000 copies sold. Coming in at #4 is Charlie Wilson's Love, Charlie with 44,000 copies sold.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop remains at #1 for a 3rd straight week. Also, P!nk's Try hops 2 spots (11-9) into the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic (1)
2. Andrea Bocelli - Passione (2)
3. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (3)
4. Charlie Wilson - Love, Charlie (4)
5. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (3-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (8-6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (6-7)
8. Gary Allan - Set You Free (1-8)
9. Lumineers - Lumineers (2-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Red (4-10)

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 (5-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (4-5)
6. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (6-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (7-7)
8. A$AP Rocky - Fuckin Problems (10-8)
9. P!nk - Try (11-9)
10. Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (14-10)

• Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man jumps 27 spots 49-22.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up slides 9 spots 46-37.
• Justin Bieber's Nothing Like Us debuts at #59.
• The Lonely Island's YOLO featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar debuts at #60.
• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera jumps 23 spots 99-76 in its 2nd week.
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Can't Hold Us and Same Love debuts at #97 and #99 respectively.
• Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me (Acoustic) debuts at #98.
• Rihanna's Loveeeeeee Song featuring Garbage Ass Future debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/31/13

Ho hum, not much going on on the Billboard 200 this week.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' fairly overrated song Thrift Shop remains at #1 for a 2nd week. Making his first appearance in the top 10 of the Hot 100 is A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems featuring Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and 2 Chainz (15-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Gary Allan - Set You Free (1)
2. Lumineers - Lumineers (7-2)
3. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (3-3)
4. Various Artists - 2013 Grammy Nominees (4)
5. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 23 (2-5)
6. Mumford & Sons - Babel (9-6)
7. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (1-7)
8. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (5-8)
9. Taylor Swift - Red (4-9)
10. Various Artists - Les Miserables sdtk (6-10)

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. Lumineers - Ho Hey (3-3)
4. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (5-4)
5. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (6-5)
6. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (7-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (9-7)
8. Rihanna - Diamonds (8-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - Home (10-9)
10. A$AP Rocky - Fuckin Problems (15-10)

• Lil Wayne's Love Me featuring Drake & Future soars 37 spots 53-16 in its 2nd week.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up hops 12 spots 58-46.
• Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man jumps 25 spots 74-49.
• Tyga's Dope featuring Rick Ross debuts at #68.
• Kid Ink's Bad Ass featuring Meek Mill and Wale debuts at #90.
• Pitbull's Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/10/13

Not much to report on the Billboard 200, but the soundtrack of "Les Miserables" did overtake Taylor Swift's Red for the top spot.

Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven makes it 5 straight weeks atop the Hot 100. Also, will.i.am's Scream & Shout featuring Britney Spears cracks the top 10 (12-8).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Various Artists - Les Miserables sdtk (2-1)
2. Mumford & Sons - Babel (8-2)
3. Taylor Swift - Red (1-3)
4. Phillip Phillips - The World From The Side Of The Moon (11-4)
5. One Direction - Take Me Home (3-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (4-6)
7. Various Artists - Pitch Perfect sdtk (10-7)
8. Lumineers - Lumineers (9-8)
9. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (18-9)
10. P!nk - The Truth About Love (14-10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (1-1)
2. Rihanna - Diamonds (3-2)
3. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (2-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (4-4)
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thift Shop (10-5)
6. Phillip Phillips - Home (9-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (5-7)
8. will.i.am - Scream & Shout (12-8)
9. Maroon 5 - One More Night (8-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (11-10)

• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party flies 14 spots 31-17.
• Trinidad James' All Gold Everything soars 16 spots 77-61.
• Kendrick Lamar's Poetic Justice featuring Drake jumps 10 spots 74-64.
• Rihanna's Pour It Up debuts at #90.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/29/12

Rihanna's Unapologetic takeover at #1 this week with 238,000 copies sold. It is the shitty singer's first chart topping album. Keyshia Cole's Woman To Woman debuts at #10 with 95,900 copies sold.

In addition to topping the Billboard 200, Rihanna also remains atop the Hot 100 for a 2nd week with Diamonds. She's the first artist to hold both top spots since Adele's 21 and Set Fire To The Rain did it back in February.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Rihanna - Unapologetic (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Red (2-2)
3. One Direction - Take Me Home (1-3)
4. Phillip Phillips - The World From The Side Of The Moon (4)
5. Kid Rock - Rebel Soul (5)
6. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (6-6)
7. P!nk - The Truth About Love (22-7)
8. Jason Aldean - Night Train (13-8)
9. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (9)
10. Keyshia Cole - Woman To Woman (10)

• Pitbull's Warning debuts at #14 with 63,800 sold.

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

1. Rihanna - Diamonds (1-1)
2. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-2)
3. Maroon 5 - One More Night (2-3)
4. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (4-4)
5. Psy - Gangnam Style (7-5)
6. fun. - Some Nights (5-6)
7. Lumineers - Ho Hey (8-7)
8. Phillip Phillips - Home (12-8)
9. Flo Rida - I Cry (10-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (6-10)

• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party soars 31 spots 61-30.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different flies 19 spots 98-79 in its 2nd week.
• Wiz Khalifa's Remember You featuring The Weeknd debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/22/12

One Direction's Take Me Home dethrones Taylor Swift's Red after 3 weeks atop the Billboard 200 with 540,000 albums sold. The Weeknd's Trilogy debuts at #4 with 86,300 copies sold. Christina Aguilera's Lotus debuts at #7 with 73,000 sold. Green Day's ¡Dos! starts at #9 with 69,000 sold, and Lana Del Rey's Paradise begins at #10 with 67,000 sold.

One week after tying Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for the longest run at #1 in 2012, Maroon 5's One More Night (1-2) gets dethroned by Rihanna's Diamonds (2-1).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Take Me Home (1)
2. Taylor Swift - Red (1-2)
3. Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 sdtk (3)
4. The Weeknd - Trilogy (4)
5. Soundgarden - King Animal (5)
6. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-6)
7. Christina Aguilera - Lotus (7)
8. Various Artists - Now 44 (2-8)
9. Green Day - ¡Dos! (9)
10. Lana Del Rey - Paradise (10)

• Travis Barker and Yelawolf's Pycho White EP debuts at #50 with 11,100 sold.

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

1. Rihanna - Diamonds (2-1)
2. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-3)
4. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (6-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (4-5)
6. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (8-6)
7. Psy - Gangnam Style (5-7)
8. Lumineers - Ho Hey (13-8)
9. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (7-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (10-10)

• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj soars 18 spots 38-20.
• Adele's Skyfall hops 12 spots 33-21.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom flies 20 spots 46-26.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop jumps 13 spots 55-42.
• P!nk's Try flies 19 spots 69-50.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party jumps 20 spaces 81-61.
• The Weeknd's Wicked Games skips 10 spots 91-81.
• Christina Aguilera's Just A Fool debuts at #92.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/15/12

Taylor Swift's Red remains at #1 for a 3rd straight week with another 196,200 copies sold. Ne-Yo's R.E.D. debuts at #4 with just 66,100 copies sold. I guess this is what happens when R&B artists stop making R&B music. Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares falls to #8 in its 2nd week with 41,100 sold. Lastly, Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city slides to #9 with 40,100 copies sold.

Maroon 5's One More Night ties Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for longest streak atop the Hot 100 in 2012 9 weeks. Putting the pressure on Maroon 5 is Rihanna's Diamonds, which rises to #2 and replaces Psy's Gangnam Style (2-5). Entering the top 10 is Flo Rida's I Cry (12-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1-1)
2. Various Artists - Now 44 (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-3)
4. Ne-Yo - R.E.D. (4)
5. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension (5)
6. Jason Aldean - Night Train (4-6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (7-7)
8. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares (2-8)
9. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (5-9)
10. Third Day - Miracle (10)

• E-40 and Too $hort have 2 collaborative albums debuting this week, the first is History: Function Music at #62 with 6,500 copies sold, and the second is History: Mob Music at #71 with 5,800 sold. Not sure who told E-40 we need multiple albums from him at a time, but he needs to chill.
• Debuting at #189 is Saigon's Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2 with a measly 2,800 sold.

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

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Rihanna - Diamonds (4-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (6-3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (3-4)
5. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-7)
8. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (10-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-9)
10. Flo Rida - I Cry (12-10)

• Ed Sheeran's The A Team hops 9 spots 35-26.
• Adele's Skyfall from the new 007 movie soundtrack flies 23 spots 56-33.
• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 16 more spots 54-38.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom shoots 23 spots 69-46.
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop jumps 11 spots 66-55.
• P!nk's Try flies 24 spots 93-69.
• Ludacris' Rest Of My Life featuring Usher and David Guetta debuts at #72.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party slides 10 spaces 91-81.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/4/12

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuts at #5 with 89,000 copies sold.

Not too much going on in the Hot 100 this week, we'll see if Gangnam Style can takeover the #1 spot next week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1)
2. Green Day - ¡Uno! (2)
3. No Doubt - Push & Shove (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1-4)
5. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (5)
6. deadmau5 - album title goes here (6)
7. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2-7)
8. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (4-8)
9. Little Big Town - Tornado (5-9)
10. The Killers - Battle Born (3-10)

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. fun. - Some Nights (3-3)
4. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (4-4)
5. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Begin Again (7)
8. Flo Rida - Whistle (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-9)
10. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (8-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds debuts at #16.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) hops 9 spots 81-72.
• Trey Songz's uber corny Dive In also hops 9 spots 86-77.
• Flo Rida's I Cry debuts at #81.
• Usher's Numb jumps 15 spots 97-82 in its 2nd week.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party debuts at #89.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/12/12

Chris Brown's (I'm assuming mostly techno) album Fortune debuts at #1 with 134,000 sold. Also, Amazon put 20 albums on sale for 99 cents for one day, and as a result, 4 old albums (Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, Gotye's Making Mirrors, fun.'s Some Nights, Black Keys' El Camino) return to the top 10.

And as usual, a lot of nothing happened in the top 10 of the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Chris Brown - Fortune (1)
2. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (21-2)
3. Justin Bieber - Believe (3-3)
4. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2-4)
5. Linkin Park - Living Things (1-5)
6. Gotye - Making Mirrors (31-6)
7. fun. - Some Nights (23-7)
8. Kenny Chesney - Welcome To The Fishbowl (6-8)
9. Adele - 21 (7-9)
10. Black Keys - El Camino (55-10)

• Flo Rida's surely shitty new album Wild Ones debuts at #14 with 30,700 copies sold. I guess he's not as popular with white folks as we thought.

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

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1-1)
2. Maroon 5 - Payphone (2-2)
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (6-5)
6. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (5-6)
7. David Guetta - Titanium (9-7)
8. fun. - We Are Young (7-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Starships (8-9)
10. Usher - Scream (10-10)

• P!nk's Blow Me (One Last Kiss) debuts at #58.
• DJ Khaled's I Wish You Would featuring Kanye West and Rick Ross debuts at #78m.
• MMG's Bag Of Money with Wale, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and T-Pain jumps 12 spots 93-81.
• Trey Songz's 2 Reasons featuring T.I. debuts at #97.
• Pitbull's Get It Started with Shakira debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/10/12

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is the new #1 album this week with 267,300 sold. Down at #5 is B.o.B's Strange Clouds which debuts with 76,500 copies sold.

For the most part, nothing changed from last week's Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (1)
2. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 42 (3)
4. Adele - 21 (2-4)
5. B.o.B - Strange Clouds (5)
6. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (3-6)
7. Jack White - Blunderbuss (1-7)
8. One Direction - Up All Night (4-8)
9. Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman - Smash sdtk (9)
10. Marilyn Manson - Born Villain (10)

• Following the death of MCA last week, the Beastie Boys' License To Ill leaps back onto the Billboard 200 at #18 with 19,100.

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. fun. - We Are Young (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (5-4)
5. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-5)
6. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-6)
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships (8-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (7-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (9-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (10-10)

• B.o.B's Both Of Us featuring Taylor Swift (Word?) debuts at #18.
• Rihanna's Where Have You Been soars 49 spots 78-29.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack flies 18 more spots 48-30.
• Usher's Scream jumps 24 spots 70-46 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/3/12

Jack White's Blunderbuss takes over the #1 spot this week, and that's about it.

Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know also remains at #1 for yet another week, and that's about it.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Jack White - Blunderbuss (1)
2. Adele - 21 (3-2)
3. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (1-3)
4. One Direction - Up All Night (5-4)
5. Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love (5)
6. Kip Moore - Up All Night (6)
7. The Wanted - The Wanted (7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (6-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (7-9)
10. Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word (2-10)

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. fun. - We Are Young (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. The Wanted - Glad You Came (5-4)
5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (7-5)
6. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-6)
7. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (4-7)
8. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-8)
9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (8-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (10-10)

• Wiz Khalifa's Work Hard, Play Hard debuts at #17.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack jumps 17 more spots 65-48.
• Flo Rida's Whistle debuts at #64.
• Usher's Scream debuts at #70.
• John Legend's Tonight (Best You Ever Had) featuring Ludacris flies 18 spots 97-79 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/26/12

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee remains #1 for a 2nd week. What is this, 1986?? Believe it or not, 41,000 people bought Garbage Ass Future's (his new name) shitty album Pluto and it debuts at #8. I know that's still not a whole lot, but nobody should be buying that trash.

Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know also remains at #1 for another week, while Maroon 5's Payphone featuring Wiz Khalifa debuts at #3.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (1-1)
2. Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word (2)
3. Adele - 21 (2-3)
4. Train - California 37 (4)
5. One Direction - Up All Night (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (3-6)
7. Gotye - Making Mirrors (7-7)
8. Future - Pluto (8)
9. Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream (6-9)
10. Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines (13-10)

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

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. fun. - We Are Young (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3)
4. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (5-4)
5. The Wanted - Glad You Came (3-5)
6. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-6)
7. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (8-7)
8. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (4-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Starships (7-9)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (9-10)

• Mac Miller's Loud debuts at #53.
• Rick Ross' Stay Schemin featuring Drake and French Montana debuts at #58. I'm surprised this took so long to crack the Hot 100.
• Pitbull's Back In Time off the "Men In Black 3" soundtrack jumps 18 spots 83-65.
• Chris Brown's Sweet Love debuts at #89.
• John Legend's Tonight (Best You Ever Had) with Ludacris debuts at #97.
• Garbage Ass Future's Same Damn Time debuts at #100.

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Pitbull Does "Men In Black 3" Theme Song

Of course Will Smith did the lead singles for the first 2 "Men In Black" movies, but this go-round Pitbull was grabbed to do the honor. His song is called Back In Time and will drop Monday March 26th.

This should be interesting seeing as how MIB is a sci-fi movie franchise and Pitbull is a club music rapper. Welp, we'll see how it goes tomorrow.

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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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It's Official, These Are Your Miami Marlins Uniforms

We speculated about it, and now it's official, these your Miami Marlins uniforms for the immediate future. Sadly, these remind me of those godawful throwbacks the Heat tried to pull off in the Shaq era. They didn't last long and hopefully these don't either.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/11/11

In another slow sales week, Adele's 21 returns to #1 with 76,000 more albums sold. This is her 12th week atop the 200, which is the most weeks at #1 since Santana's Supernatural (think Maria Maria) in 99-00.

The only big splash this week comes from Maroon 5 as their new single Moves Like Jagger jumps 17 spots (25-8) and lands in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Eric Church - Chief (1-2)
3. Trace Adkins - Proud To Be Here (3)
4. Mat Kearney - Young Love (4)
5. Various Artists - Victorious sdtk (5)
6. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (4-6)
7. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 20 (6-7)
8. Beyonce - 4 (5-8)
9. Various Artists - Slow Grind (9)
10. Blake Shelton - Red River Blue (8-10)

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

1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (2-2)
3. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (3-3)
4. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (4-4)
5. Bad Meets Evil - Lighters (7-5)
6. Lil Wayne - How To Love (5-6)
7. Britney Spears - Go (9-7)
8. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (25-8)
9. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (6-9)
10. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (8-10)

Pitbull's Rain Over Me featuring Marc Anthony jumps 9 more spots 40-32 in its 3rd week.
Rihanna's Cheers (Drink To That) soars 41 spots 91-50 in its 2nd week.
Adele's Someone Like You flies 16 spots 73-57.
Big Sean's Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay hops 16 spots 77-61.
Tyga's Far Away debuts at #98.

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Jay-Z Tops Forbes List Again

Surprise! Jay-Z made more money than anyone else in Hip-Hop over the last year. Hov topped the list with $37 million earned, followed by Diddy with $35 million earned, and a steep drop off to Kanye West at #3 with $16 million earned.

Check out the top 20 earners in Hip-Hop after the jump.

1) Jay-Z ($37 million)
2) Diddy ($35 million)
3) Kanye West ($16 million)
4) Lil Wayne ($15 million)
4) Birdman ($15 million)
6) Eminem ($14 million)
6) Snoop Dogg ($14 million)
6) Dr. Dre ($14 million)
9) Akon ($13 million)
10) Ludacris ($12 million)
11) Wiz Khalifa ($11 million)
11) Drake ($11 million)
13) Pharrell Williams ($10 million)
14) Timbaland ($7 million)
15) Swizz Beatz ($6.5 million)
15) Nicki Minaj ($6.5 million)
17) Rick Ross ($6 million)
17) 50 Cent ($6 million)
17) Pitbull ($6 million)
20) T-Pain ($5 million)
20) B.o.B ($5 million)

No Lil B? Damn, I thought I'm Gay was gonna change the game.

Besides Lil B's absence, another interesting thing about this list is how much records sales don't matter at all anymore. Eminem sold waaaaaaay more albums in the past year than anyone else on the list, but is only the 6th biggest earner, tied with Snoop Dogg (whose album flopped) and Dr. Dre (whose album is an ancient myth). Also, Nicki Minaj has sold nearly a million more albums than Wiz Khalifa in the past 12 months, but he made $11 million and she only made $6.5 million, just $500,000 more than Pitbull whose album was just recently released.

The lesson this list has taught us: Fuck album sales, tour, tour, and tour some more... or makes some crazy popular headphones (Dr. Dre)... or have Lady Gaga under contract (Akon).

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