Thursday Billboard Update - 12/3/09

Proving looks don't matter when it comes to talent, Susan Boyle's debut album I Dreamed A Dream (terrible title) annihilates her competition and moves 701,000 units in her first week. That's good for 2009's best sales week, beating out Eminem's Relapse's first week of 608,244.

After all that hoopla last week, Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment comes in at #3 with 198,000 sold. I guess America wasn't as ready for that gay shit as it thought lol. Also underwhelming is Rihanna's Rated R at #4 with 181,400 sold. Now on the surface that's her best first week ever, but with all the extra press, sympathy, and 20/20 interviews she should've moved more. Especially with that extra day and Black Friday. Don't bode well for Chris Brown's Graffiti.

Same ol' same ol' on the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (1)
2. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (2-2)
3. Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (3)
4. Rihanna - Rated R (4)
5. Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster (5)
6. Lady GaGa - The Fame (34-6)
7. Miley Cyrus - The Time Of Our Lives (29-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Fearless (10-8)
9. Carrie Underwood - Play On (9-9)
10. Norah Jones - The Fall (3-10)

• Birdman's Pricele$$ debuts at #29 with 35,800 sold. I'm almost positive it reach that high because of Black Friday and a large amount of white mother's of teenagers buying whatever CD was on the "New Release" rack lol.
• Jay Sean All Or Nothing comes in at #33 with 30,800 sold.
• Angie Stone's Unexpected finds its way at #99 with 10,000 sold.
• I didn't even know the Blakroc album dropped, but it starts off at #125 with 7,400 sold.
• Wiz Khalifa's Deal Or No Deal debuts at #148 with 5,900 sold.
  

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 (2-2)
3. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (5-3)
4. Owl City - Fireflies (3-4)
5. Iyaz - Replay (6-5)
6. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (4-6)
7. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (7-8)
9. Jay Sean - Down (10-9)
10. Britney Spears - 3 (9-10)

• With her album now in stores, Rihanna's Hard featuring Young Jeezy soars 61 spots 80-19.
• Shakira's Give It Up To Me with Lil Wayne surges 32 spots 61-29.
• Lady Gaga's Telephone featuring Beyonce debuts at #30 this week.
• 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) jumps 16 spots 58-42.
• Trey Songz's Say Aah moves 9 spots up 68-59.
• Two title tracks debut back to back as Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment comes in at #61 and Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream at #62.
• Beyonce's Video Phone starts off at #65.
• Chris Brown's Crawl debuts at #68.
• After debuting at #88 last week, Fiona Melanie's It Kills Me hops up to #75 this week.
• Timbaland's Morning After Dark comes in at #76.
• Birdman debuts his 4 My Town with Drake and Lil Wayne at #90.
• Lady Gaga's Speechless starts off at #94.
• Susan Boyle debuts another, Wild Horses, at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/19/09

Another terrible week for Hip-Hop on the Billboard 200 so fuck it again, and on to the next one.

At this advanced stage in Jay-Z's career it'd seem like there wouldn't be much he hasn't accomplished. Well there was this one thing, but he can now cross that off his list as of today. Jay's Empire State Of Mind with Alicia Keys hits #1 and becomes the first #1 of his career as the lead artist. That's right, Jay-Z never had his own #1 record until now, all 3 of his previous #1's were as features (Mariah Carey's Heartbreaker, Beyonce's Crazy In Love, and Rihanna's Umbrella). Isn't that remarkable?? All those hits like Can I Get A, Hard Knock Life, Big Pimpin, Izzo, '03 Bonnie & Clyde, Dirt Off Your Shoulders, etc., etc. Eight to 10's, only one #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Bon Jovi - The Circle (1)
2. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (3-2)
3. Carrie Underwood - Play On (1-3)
4. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (2-4)
5. Taylor Swift - Fearless (6-5)
6. Various Artists - Now 32 (5-6)
7. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (8-7)
8. Flyleaf - Memento Mori (8)
9. Glee Cast - Glee: Season One sdtk (4-9)
10. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (10-10)

• Wale's Attention: Deficit starts off at #21 with 28,300 sold. His manager is already blaming it on the album being under shipped, but he should face facts & realize the interest just isn't there.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold
1. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (2-1)
2. Owl City - Fireflies (1-2)
3. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (3-3)
4. Iyaz - Replay (4-4)
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Know (22-5)
6. Britney Spears - 3 (8-6)
7. Jay Sean - Down (5-7)
8. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (6-8)
9. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (7-9)
10. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (14-10)

• I posted the video yesterday and now Shakira's Give It Up To Me featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #58.
• Yo Gotti's 5 Star Chick finally debuts this week at #79. How do you drop a song, make a video, make a remix, and make a video for that song well before the original version even makes a dent on Billboard?? C'mon son!
• Say Aah by Trey Songz debuts at #81.
• Gucci Mane's Spotlight jumps 11 spots 97-86.

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Shakira - Give It Up To Me (feat. Lil Wayne) Video

I'm not gonna lie, if I hadn't posted this song back in October I probably wouldn't be making this post about the video now. The video wasn't all that and the song kinda sounds like a knock off of Britney Spears' I'm A Slave 4 U. Wayne did decent though.

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Shakira - Give It Up To Me (feat. Lil Wayne)

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Random New Shit

Shakira - Give It Up To Me (feat. Lil Wayne) (Prod. By Timbaland)

I like Shakira songs much better when they come along with a video, but this sounds pretty decent. Wayne was good, the beat was nice and radio friendly. Good enough.

Sheek Louch - Drop

Banger! I NEED the dirty version of this shit ASAP! I wonder if Sheek is working on a mixtape?? I definitely need some more new D-Block shit!

Lloyd Banks - The Get Back (Southside In Da House)

This shit is gritty and gutta and I fuck with it! He's not trying to do the punchline flow either so I'm definitely loving this track.

Young Buck - Pushin Dope

This sounded good for awhile but that "pushin dope" sample got annoying after about a minute.

Lupe Fiasco - Solar Midnite

This is NOT gonna be on Lasers and for that we thank you Lupe. This loud ass shit is actually gonna be on the Twilight soundtrack or some shit like that. The song isn't good enough for me to care to get the facts right lol.

Wiz Khalifa - This Plane

This is some pretty fly shit, I fucks with it. I just hope he isn't gonna go with that Mr. Spacely nickname lol.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/13/09

This is the 100th issue of the Thursday Billboard Update! Thank you, me!

Michael Jackson's Number Ones (98,000) outsold everybody again this week. Shocker.

Drake's Best I Ever Had looks to be showing some crack this week as it finally give way of that #2 spot and slides to #3. I hope they are actually working on his album because I think this song is now on the way out. Joining the top 10 this week is Pitbull's Hotel Room Service. It was on a bullseye to the top 10 since I picked it up July 23rd and its finally made it. And of course this is not only Pit's 2nd top 10 this year, its the 2nd top 10 of his career!

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Sugarland - Live On The Inside (1)
2. Various Artists - Now 31 (4-2)
3. Gloriana - Gloriana (3)
4. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (5-4)
5. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night (6-5)
6. Daughtry - Leave This Town (2-6)
7. Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (3-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Fearless (9-8)
9. Fabolous - Loso's Way (1-9)
10. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 16 (10)

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

1. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (1-1)
2. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me (3-2)
3. Drake - Best I Ever Had (2-3)
4. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down (4-4)
5. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (5-5)
6. Jay Sean - Down (6-6)
7. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad (10-7)
8. Sean Kingston - Fire Burning (7-8)
9. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service (15-9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (8-10)

• After jumping 20 spots (41-21) last week, Shakira's She Wolf has jumped an additional 8 spots this week (21-13) and will be showing up in the top 10 next week in its 5th week on the charts.
• Looks like Mario has a hit on his hands as Break Up has reached a new high after jumping 11 spots 31-20.
• Fabolous' Throw It In The Bag continues to be a late bloomer as it gains another 9 spaces jumping 47-38.
• Drake's Successful jumps another 10 spots 75-65. I wonder do we have to call it "Drake & Trey Songz's Successful" now that we know its also gonna be on Trey Songz's Ready album??
• Jay-Z is out to prove people wrong as Run This Town jumps 22 spots (88-66) in its 2nd week on the charts.
• Flo Rida's new joint Be On You with Ne-Yo continues to climb as it moves 80-67 in its 4th week.
• Whitney Houston's comeback single I Look To You debuts this week at #74.
• Jeremih's Imma Star (Everywhere We Are) jumps 14 spots 100-86 this week. Maybe a potential 2nd hit?? I don't know.
• Jamie Foxx's Digital Girl debuts at #92 this week. This isn't the original version though, its the Drake remix.

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