Thursday Billboard Update - 12/13/12

Taylor Swift's Red returns to #1 and denies Wiz Khalifa his first chart topper. Wiz's O.N.I.F.C. claims #2 with 141,400 copies sold.

Over on the Hot 100, Bruno Mars scores his 4th #1 record as Locked Out Of Heaven ascends 2-1. This chart topper makes Bruno the fastest male artist to 4 #1 records in 48 years. The only song entering the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's Beauty & A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj (14-9), which pushes Psy's Gangnam Style (10-11) out of the door.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (2-1)
2. Wiz Khalifa's O.N.I.F.C. (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3-3)
4. One Direction - Take Me Home (4-4)
5. Michael Buble - Christmas (7-5)
6. Ke$ha - Warrior (6)
7. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (1-7)
8. Blake Shelton - Cheers, It's Christmas (9-8)
9. Phillip Phillips - The World From The Side Of The Moon (5-9)
10. Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times (10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (2-1)
2. Rihanna - Diamonds (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Die Young (3-3)
4. Lumineers - Ho Hey (5-4)
5. Maroon 5 - One More Night (4-5)
6. Flo Rida - I Cry (8-6)
7. Phillip Phillips - Home (7-7)
8. fun. - Some Nights (6-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Beauty & A Beat (14-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-10)

• A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems featuring 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar flies 17 spots 59-42.
• 2 Chainz's I'm Different jumps 11 spots 63-54.
• Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man debuts at #69.
• Maroon 5's Daylight debuts at #77.
• Wiz Khalifa's Let It Go featuring Akon debuts at #87.

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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 - 11/8/12

With another 344,200 copies sold, Taylor Swift's Red remains atop the Billboard 200 for a 2nd week. Starting off at #2 is Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares, which sold 164,800 copies in its first week. Kendrick Lamar's Album of the Year contender, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, slides 3 spots to #5 with 62,800 copies sold.

Same ol' same ol' over on the Hot 100, nothing to see over there.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1-1)
2. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3)
4. Jason Aldean - Night Train (3-4)
5. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2-5)
6. Toby Keith - Hope On The Rock (6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (4-7)
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (8)
9. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Dreams Of Fireflies (On Christmas Night) EP (9)
10. Little Big Town - Tornado (10)

• Tech N9ne's Boiling Point (K.O.D. Collection) debuts at #30 with 13,000 sold.
• Sean Price's Mic Tyson debuts at #59 with 7,000 sold.

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. Rihanna - Diamonds (5-4)
5. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (11-5)
6. Ke$ha - Die Young (4-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (8-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-10)

• Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 16 spots 70-54.
• Macklemore's Thrift Shop hopped 11 spots 77-66.
• Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom soars 29 spots 98-69.
• A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems with Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar debuts at #73. Still not sure how or why 2 Chainz was brought into the mix, but whatever.
• Chris Brown's Don't Judge Me debuts at #95.
• The Weeknd's Wicked Games debuts at #96.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/1/12

Easily debuting at #1 with a whooping 1.208 million albums sold is Taylor Swift's Red. Not only is that enough to already be the 3rd highest selling album of 2012 behind only Adele's 21 (4.114 million) and One Direction's Up All Night (1.316 million), but it's also the most albums sold in a first week since Eminem's The Eminem Show (1.322 million) in 2002. Oh, and that's without the sneaky low pricing trick on Amazon like Lady Gaga (the lowest Red was sold for was $9.99). Dominance.

In other Billboard 200 news, Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city checks in at #2 with 241,000. I'm mad they didn't give Kendrick his own week because Taylor Swift's crazy numbers completely overshadowed what would normally be an incredible #1 debut.

For the 6th straight week Maroon 5's One More Night and Psy's Gangnam Style are #1 and #2 on the Hot 100. Leaping into the top 10 this week are Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven (15-7) and Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up (11-10).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Red (1)
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2)
3. Jason Aldean - Night Train (1-3)
4. Mumford & Sons - Babel (2-4)
5. Tony Bennett - Viva Duets (5)
6. Gary Clark Jr. - Blak & Blu (6)
7. Stone Sour - House Of Gold & Bone - Part 1 (7)
8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (6-8)
9. Lady Antebellum - On This Winter's Night (9)
10. Brandy - Two Eleven (3-10)

• The RZA's "Man With The Iron Fists" soundtrack debuts at #31 with 11,700 copies sold.

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. Ke$ha - Die Young (5-4)
5. Rihanna - Diamonds (8-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (15-7)
8. Alex Clare - Too Close (7-8)
9. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-9)
10. Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up (11-10)

• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 9 more spots 24-15. Can it make the leap into the top 10 next week?
• Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 19 spots 47-28.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) soars 23 spots 55-32. I wonder how high his lead single would be if he went with a more radio-friendly song like Backseat Freestyle or Poetic Justice? Speaking of Poetic Justice, the Drake featured song debuts at #76.
• Taylor Swift's 22, I Almost Do, Everything Has Changed, All Too Well, Stay Stay Stay debut at #44, #65, #67, #80, and #91 respectively.
• Kendrick Lamar's m.A.A.d. city featuring MC Eiht debuts at #94.
• Meek Mill's Young & Gettin' It with Kirko Bangz debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/18/12

Shockingly debuting at #2 is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist with 78,500 copies sold. Amazing, especially considering they are independent. Good job by them. Coming in at #4 is Machine Gun Kelly's debut album Lace Up with 50,700 copies sold. That's about what I expected, but a tad embarrassing considering an independent artist sold more. Then again, he didn't get much push from Bad Boy outside of a few tweets from Diddy.

Maroon 5 denies Psy again! I guess people really don't want to see Psy performed Gangnam Style topless like he said he would if the song went #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2)
3. KISS - Monster (3)
4. Machine Gun Kelly - Lace Up (4)
5. Coheed & Cambria - Afterman: Ascension (5)
6. All Time Low - Don't Panic (6)
7. Barbra Streisand - Release Me (7)
8. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-8)
9. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (9)
10. Muse - The 2nd Law (2-10)

• Xzibit's Napalm debuts at #149 with 3,200 copies sold.

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. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (4-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Alex Clare - Too Close (10-7)
8. Ke$ha - Die Young (14-8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (9-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (11-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds moves 7 spots to the outskirts of the top 10, 18-11.
• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 18 more spots 69-51 in its 3rd week.
• As Kendrick Lamar's album leaks online, his Swimming Pools (Drank) jumps 10 spot 71-61.
• DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih slides 10 spots 99-89 in its 2nd week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/11/12

Debuting at #3 this week is Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream with 71,000 albums sold.

Over in the Hot 100, One Direction (3), Taylor Swift (6), and Adele (8) all had new singles debut in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1-1)
2. Muse - The 2nd Law (2)
3. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (4-4)
5. Three Days Grace - Transit Of Venus (5)
6. Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll (6)
7. Jackie Evancho - Songs From The Silver Screen (7)
8. Little Big Town - Tornado (9-8)
9. Cher Lloyd - Sticks & Stones (9)
10. Van Morrison - Born To Sing: No Plan B (10)

• DJ Drama's Quality Street Music debuts at #15 with 23,800 copies sold.
• Z-Ro's Angel Dust debuts at #120 with 3,700 albums sold.
• Skyzoo's Dream Deferred debuts at #191 with 2,600 copies sold.

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. One Direction - Live While We're Young (3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (3-4)
5. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (4-5)
6. Taylor Swift - Red (6)
7. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-7)
8. Adele - Skyfall (8)
9. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-9)
10. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-10)

• Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven debuts at #34.
• Flo Rida's I Cry hops 12 spots 81-69 in its 2nd week.
• DJ Drama's My Moment featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih debuts at #99.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/13/12

Big news for the Christian Hip-Hop scene as Lecrae's Gravity debuts at #3 with 72,000 sold. If he would've dropped it on August 28th instead of September 4th, he could've had a #1 album on his hands.

Another ho-hum week for the Hot 100's top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Matchbox Twenty - North (1)
2. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2)
3. Lecrae - Gravity (3)
4. Various Artists - Now 43 (4-4)
5. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (8-5)
6. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (6-6)
7. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (7-7)
8. TobyMac - Eye On It (1-8)
9. Trey Songz - Chapter V (3-9)
10. Cat Power - Sun (10)

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

1. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2-1)
2. Maroon 5 - One More Night (3-2)
3. Flo Rida - Whistle (1-3)
4. fun. - Some Nights (5-4)
5. Ellie Goulding - Lights (4-5)
6. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (11-6)
7. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (9-7)
8. Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (6-8)
9. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (8-9)
10. Alex Clare - Too Close (15-10)

• Taylor Swift's Ronan debuts at #16.
• Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire debuts at #37.
• Frank Ocean's Think Bout You skies 39 spots 78-39 after his (dare I say) awful performance at the VMAs last week.
• Miguel's Adorn jumps 12 spots 53-41.
• G.O.O.D. Music's Clique with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Big Sean debuts at #55.
• After 160 million views on YouTube, Psy's Gangnam Style breaks through and debuts at #64.
• 2 Chainz's Birthday Song featuring Kanye West hops 9 spots 79-70.
• Karmin's Hello jumps 12 spots 89-77 in it's 2nd week.
• Lil Wayne's No Worries debuts at #96.
• Beyonce's Dance For You debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/23/12

Def Jam continues to win as wack rapper du jour 2 Chainz's debut solo album Based On A T.R.U. Story starts off at #1 with 146,900 sold. Former Eminem victims Insane Clown Posse's Mighty Death Pop debuts at #4 with 40,800 sold.

After one whole week atop the Hot 100, Flo Rida's likely shitty Whistle is dethroned by Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, which soars to #1 after debuting at #72 just last week. Also cracking the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean (12-8) and Maroon 5's One More Night (15-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10

first week debuts in bold

1. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (1)
2. Various Artists - Now 43 (1-2)
3. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (2-3)
4. Insane Clown Posse - Mighty Death Pop (4)
5. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Believe (7-6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (8-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (6-9)
10. Yellowcard - Southern Air (10)

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

1. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (72-1)
2. Flo Rida - Whistle (1-2)
3. Ellie Goulding - Lights (2-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (3-4)
5. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-5)
6. fun. - Some Nights (8-6)
7. Maroon 5 - Payphone (5-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (12-8)
9. Maroon 5 - One More Night (15-9)
10. David Guetta - Titanium (7-10)

• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 12 spots 53-41.
• French Montana's Pop That featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne slides 9 spaces 70-61.
• Miguel's Adorn also moves 9 spots north 77-68.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team hops 10 spots 85-75.
• 2 Chainz's Yuck! featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #80.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 9 spots 97-88.
• Lupe Fiasco's Lamborghini Angels debuts at #92.
• Brandy's Put It Down featuring Chris Brown debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/17/11

A new day is clearly here in Hip-Hop because yet another new artist had a huge first week of sales. This time it's Mac Miller with his debut album Blue Slide Park, which pushed 144,487 in week 1. Making those numbers even more impressive is the fact that Mac is an independent artist and Blue Slide Park is the first independently-distributed debut album to hit #1 since Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food in 1995. Big shit!

Rihanna's We Found Love spends a 3rd week at #1 as 2 new tracks enter the top 10. Bruno Mars' It Will Rain (12-9) finally makes it and Taylor Swift's If This Was A Movie debuts at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park (1)
2. Michael Buble - Christmas (8-2)
3. Various Artists - Now 40 (3)
4. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 sdtk (4)
5. Adele - 21 (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe (1-6)
7. Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me (4-7)
8. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (7-8)
9. Romeo Santos - Formula Vol. 1 (9)
10. II Divo - Wicked Games (10)

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. Adele - Someone Like You (3-3)
4. David Guetta - Without You (6-4)
5. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (4-5)
6. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (5-6)
7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (7-7)
8. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (8-8)
9. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (12-9)
10. Taylor Swift - If This Was A Movie (10)

• Mac Miller's Smile Back debuts at #55.
• Rihanna's You Da One debuts at #73.

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Taylor Swift Sings Eminem's Lose Yourself

Y.O.W.P.R.! Year Of White People Rapping! This is like double Y.O.W.P.R. because she's rapping a white rapper's rap song. Nice!

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/13/11

Taylor Swift's Speak Now is still #1, but with 52,000 copies sold this week, it now holds the unfortunate honor of having the lowest sales week of any #1 album in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. But with sales declining by the year, I'm sure she won't hold the dishonor for long.

Over on the Hot 100, a lot of nothingness happened in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1-1)
2. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (4-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (7-3)
4. Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy sdtk (6-4)
5. Eminem - Recovery (2-5)
6. Rihanna - Loud (3-6)
7. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (5-7)
8. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (8-8)
9. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (13-9)
10. Various Artists - Country Strong sdtk (149-10)

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

1. Bruno Mars - Grenade (2-1)
2. Katy Perry - Firework (1-2)
3. Rihanna - What's My Name (4-3)
4. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (3-4)
5. Pink - Raise Your Glass (5-5)
6. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (6-6)
7. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (8-7)
8. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) (7-8)
9. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (9-9)
10. Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) (12-10)

• Flo Rida's Who Dat Girl featuring Akon jumps 14 spots 53-39 this week.
• Nicki Minaj's Moment 4 Life with Drake leaps 12 spots 63-51.
• P!nk's Fuckin' Perfect re-enters the Hot 100 with a new peak at #57.
• Travis Porter's wack and dated Make It Rain debuts at #100. Something tells me this won't be the last we see of this unhotness.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/6/11

Welp, the holiday season is over, all the Christmas albums dropped like a rock, and all the cream rose to the top. Nobody sold more than Taylor Swift's Speak Now's 77,000, and that's why she starts the year at #1 despite a 72% sales decrease. Up to #2 is Eminem's Recovery with 63,000, despite a 54% loss. I think you get the point with how this is going this week. But in other Eminem news, Recovery was the top selling album of 2010 with 3.42 million sold.

Nothing really going on on the Hot 100 side of things. Nelly's Just A Dream (12-10) returns to the top 10, and Trey Songz's Bottoms Up exits once again.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1-1)
2. Eminem - Recovery (7-2)
3. Rihanna - Loud (10-3)
4. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (8-4)
5. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (19-5)
6. Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy sdtk (27-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (20-7)
8. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (34-8)
9. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (12-9)
10. Keyshia Cole - Calling All Hearts (9-10)

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

1. Katy Perry - Firework (2-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Grenade (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (3-3)
4. Rihanna - What's My Name (4-4)
5. Pink - Raise Your Glass (5-5)
6. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (7-6)
7. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) (9-7)
8. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (6-8)
9. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (10-9)
10. Nelly - Just A Dream (12-10)

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/11/10

Taylor Swift's Speak Now dominates again this week and remains #1. That is all.

There's a new #1 this week, and it's Rihanna's What's My Name featuring Drake skyrocketing 59 spots to the top.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1-1)
2. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (2)
3. Sugarland - The Incredible Machine (2-3)
4. Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas II You (4)
5. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (4-5)
6. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (3-6)
7. Eminem - Recovery (5-7)
8. Neil Diamond - Dreams (8)
9. Brad Paisley - Hits Alive (9)
10. Elton John & Leon Russell - The Union (6-10)

• N*E*R*D's new album Nothing debuts at #21 with 19,800 sold.
• Pitbull's Armando debuts at #65 with 7,200 sold.
  

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

1. Rihanna - What's My Name (60-1)
2. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (3-3)
4. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (4-4)
5. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (1-5)
6. Nelly - Just A Dream (5-6)
7. Pink - Raise Your Glass (10-7)
8. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (7-8)
9. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (6-9)
10. Katy Perry - Firework (29-10)

• Wiz Khalifa's lackluster Black And Yellow jumps 14 spots 43-29.
• Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me is up 15 spots 46-31.
• Bruno Mars' Grenade flies 28 spots 64-36.
• Rick Ross' Aston Martin Music featuring Chrisette Michele and Drake leaps 11 spots 48-37.
• Pitbull's Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) featuring T-Pain hops 13 spaces 52-39.
• Nicki Minaj's Roman's Revenge with Eminem debuts at #56.
• Pitbull's Bon Bon debuts at #61.
• T.I. Get Back Up with Chris Brown debuts at #70.
• Lloyd's Lay It Down jumps 15 spots 86-71.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/4/10

Well, obviously the big news on the Billboard charts is that we have a 1 million albums in 1 week seller. That big seller: Taylor Swift's Speak Now. Taylor's sophomore set sold an astounding 1,047,000 copies over the past week. That's over 950,000 more than #2, Sugarland's The Incredible Machine. That's the largest sales gap between numbers 1 and 2 since Eminem The Eminem Show sold 1.2 million more than Diddy's compilation We Invented The Remix in 2002. Kanye West, the spotlight is on.

Ke$ha's We R Who We R makes a big slash this week becoming just the 17th song to ever debuts at #1 in the history of the Hot 100.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1)
2. Sugarland - The Incredible Machine (1-2)
3. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (2-3)
4. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (5-4)
5. Eminem - Recovery (8-5)
6. Elton John & Leon Russell - The Union (3-6)
7. Gleecast - The Rocky Horror Glee Show (6-7)
8. Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon (4-8)
9. Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (10-9)
10. Michael Bublé - Hollywood EP (10)

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

1. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (1)
2. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (1-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (2-3)
4. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (3-4)
5. Nelly - Just A Dream (4-5)
6. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-6)
7. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (6-7)
8. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (7-8)
9. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (8-9)
10. Pink - Raise Your Glass (10-10)

• Willow Smith's Whip My Hair skyrockets 67 spots 78-11.
• Kanye West's Monster sees similar gains as it flies 61 spots 79-18.
• Chris Brown's Yeah 3X debuts at #33.
• Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me continues to move north, this time jumping 13 spots 59-4.
• Rihanna's What's My Name featuring Drake is up 20 spots to #60 in its 2nd week.
• Bruno Mars' Grenade jumps 11 spots 75-64.
• Ne-Yo's One In A Million debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/28/10

There's 7 new debuts in the top 10, but I don't really care about any of them so let's just move on.

The Far*East Movement's Like A G6 is starts its 2nd week at #1. I still haven't heard it, and I still don't intend to.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Sugarland - The Incredible Machine (1)
2. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (2)
3. Elton John & Leon Russell - The Union (3)
4. Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon (4)
5. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (1-5)
6. Gleecast - The Rocky Horror Glee Show (6)
7. Shakira - Sale El Sol (7)
8. Eminem - Recovery (5-8)
9. Third Day - Move (9)
10. Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (2-10)

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

1. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (1-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (2-2)
3. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (4-3)
4. Nelly - Just A Dream (3-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-5)
6. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (10-6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (7-7)
8. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (8-8)
9. Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (9-9)
10. Pink - Raise Your Glass (11-10)

• Taylor Swift's Mean debuts at #11.
• Rick Ross' Aston Martin Music jumps 16 spots 66-50 this week.
• Wiz Khalifa's lackluster Black And Yellow jumps 13 spots 64-51.
• Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me moves up another 9 spots 68-59.
• Willow Smith's Whip My Hair debuts at #78 this week. It's only a matter of time before this hits #1 because everyone "loves" this song (aka they're afraid to say they don't like it because not only is she a child, but she's Will and Jada's child).
• Kanye West's Monster featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, "and" Rick Ross debuts at #79.
• Rihanna's What's My Name featuring Drake starts off at #83.
• T-Pain's Rap Song with Rick Ross checks in at #89.
• Lloyd is back and his Lay It Down kicks off at #91.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/21/10

A bunch of crap we don't care about debuted this week, but the big story is Lil Wayne's I'm Not A Human Being jumping 16-1 with another 125,300 sold. Oh well, Fuck Lil Wayne 2.5 is out and that's what's really important.

We have a new #1 on the Hot 100 this week and it's Far*East Movement's Like A G6. Now I've never heard this song, but I did hear this group was from L.A., so I'm sure it's wack. Anyway, debuting at #6 is Taylor Swift's Back To December. Finally, Trey Songz's Bottoms Up featuring Nicki Minaj moves up 3 spots 13-10 this week. This marks the first top 10 single Nicki Minaj has been apart of.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (16-1)
2. Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (2)
3. Big Time Rush - B.T.R. (3)
4. The Band Perry - The Band Perry (4)
5. Eminem - Recovery (4-5)
6. Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey (2-6)
7. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz (7)
8. Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give (5-8)
9. Toby Keith - Bullets In The Gun (1-9)
10. All That Remains - For We Are Many (10)

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

1. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (2-1)
2. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (1-2)
3. Nelly - Just A Dream (3-3)
4. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (6-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-5)
6. Taylor Swift - Back To December (6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (4-7)
8. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (9-9)
10. Trey Songz - Bottoms Up (13-10)

• Pink's Raise Your Glass makes a huge splash this week by skying 40 spots 51-11.
• Nelly's Move That Body featuring T-Pain and Akon debuts at #54.
• Newcomer Miguel's All I Want Is You featuring J. Cole moves up another 11 spots 72-61.
• Wiz Khalifa's Black And Yellow re-enters the Hot 100 at #64.
• Rick Ross' Aston Martin Music shots up the charts 30 spots 96-66 in its 3rd week.
• Also in its 3rd week, Nicki Minaj's Right Thru Me jumps 12 spots 80-68.
• Akon's Angel debuts at #95.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 10/14/10

Before we start, I just wanted to apologize for my This Week In Flops predictions from last week. They were truly awful, and I accept full responsibility.

Back to your regularly scheduled program.

Debuting at #3 this week is Bruno Mars and his first album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. The set sold 54,800 copies, which isn't bad considering it only has 10 damn songs on it. At #6 comes Waka Flocka's extra loud and tiresome debut Flockaveli, which sold 37,200 first week.

There's one newbie in the top 10 this week as Taylor Swift's Speak Now debuts at #8.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Toby Keith - Bullets In The Gun (1)
2. Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey (1-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (3)
4. Eminem - Recovery (5-4)
5. Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give (3-5)
6. Waka Flocka - Flockaveli (6)
7. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (8-7)
8. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (18-8)
9. Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure (7-9)
10. Selena Gomez & the Scene - A Year Without Rain (10-10)

• Faith Evans' return Something About Faith debuts at #15 with 23,600 sold.
• Pimp C's posthumous Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones checks in at #25 with 17,900 sold. Bun B's II Trill got 5 mics, but the Pimp's album is better if you ask me.
  

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

1. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (1-1)
2. Far*East Movement - Like A G6 (2-2)
3. Nelly - Just A Dream (4-3)
4. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (3-4)
5. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (5-5)
6. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) (8-6)
7. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (6-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (8)
9. Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (10-10)
10. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (3-7)

• Kanye West's Runaway featuring Pusha T debuts at #12. I knew it was coming eventually.
• Waka Flocka's No Hands jumps 13 spaces 43-30.
• Will.i.am and Nicki Minaj's Check It Out moves 16 spots north 50-34.
• Newcomer Miguel's All I Want Is You featuring J. Cole moves up 13 spots 85-72 in its first week on the charts.
• Bruno Mars' The Lazy Song debuts at #82.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/12/10

After being beat out by Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare by 3,847 albums last week, Eminem's Recovery still can't recover the #1 spot being best by 4,006 by Arcade Fire's The Suburbs this week. Recovery moves 152,073 in its 7th week and The Suburbs sells 156,079 in its first. What a great problem to have if you're Eminem. I'm sure his double platinum status next week will make up for it. Recovery has sold 1,980,373 copies thus far.

Also, Bun B's Trill O.G. debuts at #4 with 40,530 sold.

Eminem and Rihanna's Love The Way You Lie retains the #1 spot over on the Hot 100 this week, but there's no telling how long that will last as Taylor Swift new single Mine debuts at #3 after only a few days of its release.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (1)
2. Eminem - Recovery (2-2)
3. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (1-3)
4. Bun B - Trill O.G. (4)
5. Rick Ross - Teflon Don (3-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Remix (6)
7. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (4-7)
8. Drake - Thank Me Later (5-8)
9. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (7-9)
10. Buckcherry - All Night Long (10)

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (1-1)
2. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (3-2)
3. Taylor Swift - Mine (3)
4. Katy Perry - California Gurls (2-4)
5. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (5-5)
6. B.o.B - Airplanes (4-6)
7. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (6-7)
8. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (9-8)
9. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (7-9)
10. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo (11-10)

• Bruno Mars' Just The Way You Are jumps 16 spots 36-20 this week.
• Flo Rida's Club Can't Handle Me is up 9 spots 33-24.
• Linkin Park's The Catalyst debuts at #35.
• Sean Kingston's Letting Go (Dutty Love) featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #46.
• Jay Sean's 2012 (It Ain"t The End) featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #50.
• Chris Brown's Deuces hops 11 spaces 67-56.
• In its 2nd week, Rihanna's Rockstar 101 soars 31 spots 99-68.
• After originally debuting on June 24th, Drake's Fancy featuring T.I. and Swizz Beatz re-enter the charts at #97.

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They Reminisce Over Ye

The guys from ItsTheReal.com took my lead and took a bit of a break, but they are back strong (as am I). This is an instant classic and I feel the expect same way! I would have paid to see Kanye just come out at some point during the Grammys. So what you will, but every year Kanye performs, he has the night's best performance. Feel how you want, but Yeezy is that nigga!

This is all probably good thing because Kanye is going back home to Hip-Hop and you know he's coming with some shit! I can't fuckin' wait!

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Thursday Billboard Update - 1/28/10

Sincerest apologies about this being so late, I don't know why but I totally forget yesterday was Thursday lol.

Last week the Billboard charts were minding their business and everything was status quo. Then the Hope For Haiti Now telethon happened. Subsequently a compilation CD by the same name was released and sold 171,000 in the 2 days before SoundScan closes the week of sales. Imagine if it was afforded the other 4 days most albums get by being released on a Tuesday, it may have went gold. Well definitely look out for big numbers out of this compilation album again next week.

Hope For Haiti Now's effects were not just felt on the Billboard 200, but on the Hot 100 as well as Taylor Swift's Today Was A Fairytale debuts at #2. The 325,000 digital downloads also makes its good for the biggest first week of digital sales by a female artist all-time. Also debuting inside the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's Baby featuring Ludacris at #5. And yes, Ludacris should be ashamed of himself.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Various Artists - Hope For Haiti Now (1)
2. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (2-2)
3. Lady Gaga - The Fame (4-3)
4. Spoon - Transference (4)
5. Various Artists - 2010 Grammy Nominees (5)
6. Vampire Weekend - Contra (1-6)
7. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (5-7)
8. Ke$ha - Animal (3-8)
9. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (10-9)
10. Taylor Swift - Fearless (8-10)

• Way down at #72 is 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct which hit a milestone this week as it certifies gold. Emphasis on "certifies" because BISD has only sold 372,100 to date.
  

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

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Taylor Swift - Today Was A Fairytale (2)
3. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-3)
4. Young Money - Bedrock (4-4)
5. Justin Bieber - Baby (5)
6. Iyaz - Replay (5-6)
7. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-7)
8. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-8)
9. Rihanna - Hard (8-9)
10. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (7-10)

• The Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be only jumps 4 spots this week, but its up to #11 and will most likely cross into the top 10 next week.
• Timbaland's Carry Out with Justin Timberlake climbs 18 spaces 32-14.
• Jay-Z, Bono, and Rihanna's collabo Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) off the Hope For Haiti Now compilation album debuts at #16.
• One last Hope For Haiti Now track debuted this week and its Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris' Hallelujah at #48.
• Timbaland's Say Something featuring Drake is up 21 spaces 82-61 this week.
• Jay-Z's On To The Next One is already on the move, jumping 14 spots 78-64.
• Rihanna terrible rendition of Bob Marley's Redemption Song debuts at #81.

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