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 - 9/27/12

P!nk's The Truth About Love is the new #1 album in the country with a hefty 280,000 albums sold. Shockingly enough, this is her first #1 album, though it's not the first time she's sold over 200,000 records in the first week. Coming in at #2 is Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music album Cruel Summer, with 205,000 copies sold. Normally I wouldn't mention this, but Carly Rae Jepsen's album Kiss finally came out and it starts at #6 with 46,000 copies sold. While that would be a lot for some (see Kreayshawn below), it doesn't seem like much for the woman with the biggest single of 2012, Call Me Maybe. The scent of one-hit wonder is getting stronger.

Only one major change in the top 10 this week, and that Psy's megahit Gangnam Style flying 9 more spots (11-2) and being on the verge of being the #1 song in America next week. Whoa, crazy, crazy! (Shout out to the 06010 and Fantasy Focus Football Podcast.)

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1)
2. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2)
3. The Killers - Battle Born (3)
4. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (1-4)
5. Little Big Town - Tornado (2-5)
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (6)
7. Grizzly Bear - Shields (7)
8. Bob Dylan - Tempest (3-8)
9. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (4-9)
10. Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (10)

• Tech N9ne's E.B.A.H. debuts at #30 with 14,000 sold.
• Brother Ali's Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color debuts at #43 with 10,100 sold.
• Kreayshawn's Somethin' Bout Kreay debuts at #112 with a measly 3,900 copies sold. It's safe to say 2 things now: 1) This is the last we'll hear about Kreayshawn and 2) somebody (or some staff) at Sony is now unemployed for giving her a $1 million record deal last year.

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

• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You hops 9 spots 37-28.
• Christina Aguilera's Your Body debuts at #34.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team jumps 9 spots 61-52.
• P!nk's Try debuts at #56.
• Kanye West and R. Kelly's To The World debuts at #70.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) slides 11 spots 92-81.
• The Game's Celebration featuring Chris Brown, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil Wayne debuts at #82.
• Carly Rae Jepsen debuts at #87 with her new single Beautiful with Justin Bieber.
• Usher's Numb debuts at #97.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/22/12

One Direction's Up All Night debuts atop the Billboard 200 and denies Adele's 21's 25th week at #1.

Fun.'s We Are Young remains at #1 for another week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. One Direction - Up All Night (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Guns N Roses - Greatest Hits (31-3)
4. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (1-4)
5. Passion - Passion: White Flag (5)
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (6-6)
7. Drake - Take Care (7-7)
8. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-8)
9. Gotye - Making Mirrors (16-9)
10. fun. - Some Nights (13-10)

• Tech N9ne's Klusterfuk EP debuts at #15 with 17,000 sold.

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

1. fun. - We Are Young (1-1)
2. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2-2)
3. The Wanted - Glad You Came (4-3)
4. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (3-4)
5. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (5-5)
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-6)
7. David Guetta - Turn Me On (6-7)
8. Drake - Take Care (7-8)
9. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (12-9)
10. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (10-10)

• Rihanna's Birthday Cake slides 10 spots 49-39.
• Usher's Climax jumps 13 spots 58-45.
• Karmin's Brokenhearted soars 24 spots 84-60 in its 2nd week.
• Future's new bullshit song Magic with T.I. hops 12 spots 91-79.
• Young Jeezy's Leave You Alone featuring Ne-Yo debuts at #95.

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Tech N9ne - Am I A Psycho? (feat. B.o. B. & Hopsin)

This video has been out for a few days, but I just saw it, so I'm posting it now. I really like B.o.B's Eminem flow on the last verse (though in the 90's niggas would've been legitimately upset about this) and I really really like how much Hopsin looks like a high school age version of The Game.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/16/11

Just a brief 2 week after selling a million copies first week, Lady Gaga's Born This Way has been overtaken for the #1 spot by the steady hands of Adele's 21. With 114,000 sold, 21 gets its 10th non-consecutive week at #1. Question: has there ever been a shorter time spent at #1 after selling 1 million in their first week than Lady Gaga's Born This Way? Anyway, the big story on the Billboard 200 this week is The Book Of Mormon blasting back onto the charts at #3 with 60,700 sold. The Broadway musical by the creators of South Park debuted 3 weeks ago at #31, then gradually fell off of the albums charts, but after winning damn near every Tony Award, The Book Of Mormon album finally found its way. And last, but not least, Tech N9ne enjoys his best sales week ever as his 6's & 7's debuts at #4 with 55,800 sold. That's HUGE for an independent artist.

Adele's Rolling In The Deep stays hot and grabs a 6th week at #1. Entering the top 10 this week is Jason Aldean's Dirt Anthem (23-9) and Nicki Minaj's Super Bass (11-10). Believe it or not, this is Nicki's first top 10 single as a lead artist. Her only other top 10 hits was Trey Songz's Bottoms Up which peaked at #6 last year. Yes, sad, but true.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-2)
3. Original Cast Recording - The Book Of Mormon (-3)
4. Tech N9ne - 6's & 7's (4)
5. Ronnie Dunn - Ronnie Dunn (5)
6. All Time Low - Dirty Work (6)
7. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (8-7)
8. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music (6-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 38 (7-9)
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys (3-10)

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

1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2)
3. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - E.T. (3-4)
5. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (4-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (7-6)
7. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (5-7)
8. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (8-8)
9. Jason Aldean - Dirt Anthem (23-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (11-10)

• Super doucher Lupe Fiasco's Out Of My Head featuring Trey Songz jumps 17 spots 87-70.
• Pitbull's Pause debuts at #73.
• Beyonce's Best Thing I Never Had hops 9 spots 84-75.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/5/10

After fending off Rick Ross's Teflone Don last week, I thought Eminem's Recovery would be a lock for a 6th week at #1. But no. Recovery still moves an impressive 158,658, but Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare moved 162,505 to takeover at #1. Em could very well return to #1 next week if it keeps up its steady pace, so this is just a bump in the road for Marshall.

Not much has changed from last week, Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna remains #1. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (20-7) and Usher's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (12-9) cross into the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (1)
2. Eminem - Recovery (1-2)
3. Rick Ross - Teflon Don (2-3)
4. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (6-4)
5. Drake - Thank Me Later (4-5)
6. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 18 (5-6)
7. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (9-7)
8. Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles From Memphis (3-8)
9. Lady Gaga - The Fame (10-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 34 (8-10)

• Tech N9ne's Gates Mixed Plate checks in at #13 with 17,230 sold.
• 50 Cent said Fat Joe's new album The Darkside Vol. 1 sold 5,000 copies the other day. Well it actually sold 12,000 (12,186 to be exact). Nothing to write home about, but about at least he can say 50 was wrong if that helps lol.
• Dru Hil's Indrupendence Day debuts at #30 and sells 11,500. Much better than I thought.

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

1. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - California Gurls (2-2)
3. Taio Cruz - Dynamite (3-3)
4. B.o.B - Airplanes (4-4)
5. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (6-5)
6. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (7-6)
7. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (20-7)
8. Travis McCoy - Billionaire (7-5)
9. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (12-9)
10. Usher - OMG (8-10)

• Flo Rida's Club Can't Handle Me jumps 19 more spots 52-33.
• Chris Brown's Deuces hops 17 spots 84-67.
• Asher Roth's G.R.I.N.D. debuts at #79.
• Rihanna's Rockstar 101 debuts at #99.

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This Week In Flops 7/27/10

Fresh off being blessed with the title of Industry Prognosticator by Billboard.com, your boy Fiyah is back to do some prognosticating. Lets go!

Let's get a consensus going, Fat Joe has fallen completely off, right?? Oh ok, just making sure. I have this album, but haven't heard any it yet, and I'm assuming not many will. I'm guessing just 15-35k for the Fat man.

This is Tech N9ne's 11th studio album, can you believe that?? I can't, and that's probably because I still have heard any of them. Oh well, Tech still has a fanbase and does very well for an independent artist, so I'm guessing he lands in the 10-25 range.

Hands up if you knew this album was coming out?? Stop lying, I didn't even know it was coming until I saw it leaked over the weekend lol. What the fuck Dru Hill, y'all didn't want to wait and try to build any buzz for this shit?? I mean, what is the single?? Has anybody heard it?? Hell, does anybody know what it was even called?? This album promises to be more of a fail than Nokio's hair (hey Nokio, being suspect is Sisqo's shtick, not yours), so I'm guessing 3-15k.

I didn't even know there were enough Slum Village members alive to make this album happen. I'm not sure this album will chart, so I'm thinking 1-6k.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/5/09

Michael Jackson returns to his rightful spot atop the Billboard 200 as the soundtrack to This Is It sells 373,800. No surprises there, its Mike. Some other shit debuted this week as well, but you won't care about them. Wanna know how I know that?? Because I don't care about them. You're welcome.

The top of the Hot 100 remains influx as we get yet another new #1. Jason Rulo grabs his first #1 with Whatcha Say (2-1), knocking last week's #1, Owl City's Fireflies down to #2. Returning to the top 10 is Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind at #3. The track saw a major boost in sales after Hov and Alicia Keys' performance at the new Yankees Stadium before game 2 of the World Series last week. Hot also saw this week's top 2 debuts land at numbers 9 and 10. Lady GaGa's Bad Romance takes over at #9 and Taylor Swift's Jump Then Fall is at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (1)
2. Creed - Full Circle (2)
3. Taylor Swift - Fearless (7-3)
4. Rod Stewart - Soulbook (4)
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle (5)
6. Sting - If On A Winter's Night (6)
7. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (3-7)
8. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (1-8)
9. Tim McGraw - Southern Voice (2-9)
10. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 (4-10)

• Tech N9ne's K.O.D. is Hip-Hop's top debut at #14 with 29,900 sold.
• I didn't even know Brian McKnight was dropping an album, but his Evolution Of A Man debuts at #20 with 24,400 sold.
• Triple C's album Custom, Cars, & Cycles flops hard at #44 with just 12,100 sold. They probably should've just released it as a mixtape.
  

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

1. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (2-1)
2. Owl City - Fireflies (1-2)
3. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (13-3)
4. Jay Sean - Down (3-4)
5. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (4-5)
6. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (6-6)
7. Jay-Z - Run This Town (5-7)
8. Britney Spears - 3 (8-8)
9. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (9)
10. Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall (10)

• Debuting at #33 this week is 50 Cent's Baby By Me with Ne-Yo. That comes just in time because the 16th is right around the corner.
• After jumping 30 spots last week, Birdman's Money To Blow featuring Drake and Lil Wayne jumps 12 spots 64-52.
• R. Kelly's Number One with Keri Hilson jumps 10 spots 69-59.
• Rihanna's Russian Roulette soars a quarter of the chart moving up 100-75 this week.
• LeToya Luckett's Regret featuring Ludacris jumps 13 spaces 91-78.
• After all the buzz surrounding the video yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a major leap next week, but as far as this week goes, Trey Songz I Invented Sex moves 11 spots 90-79.
• Gucci Mane's awful first single Spotlight with Usher debuts at #93. Don't be surprised if it goes nowhere from here.
• Omarion's Get It In with Gucci Mane debuts at #100, and probably won't be around next week.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 4/28/09

Damn, what a terrible week for sales! I'm so uninspired, but oh well lets give it a try.

Last time I mentioned Mike Jones' weight loss some lame nigga caught feelings in the comments and I had to son him (even though I had a couple typos...but I got my point across lol) so this time I'll stick to the music. You ready?? Here we go: Nobody knows or cares this is dropping so in turn it'll be flopping. Anywhere between 10-25k at best.

Tech N9ne has been around for a long time and I respect his grind. I actully think there's a chance he sales more than Mike Jones BUT to be safe I'm gonna say 5-15k.

The people hit hardest by the Dipset break up are the little underlings like 40 Cal, JR Writer, Un Kasa and dudes like that. I heard JR's CineCrack sold like 700 copies in its first week! I think hell can best that...but not by much. I got this at 1-5k.

I got love fore Urban Mystic because he's reppin' hometeam! I wish he could put out one of these stupid pop singles and blow up, but its all good. Anyway, he's dropping a new album and you can't expect local celebs to do crazy numbers obviously. Matter of fact, out of respect I'm not even gonna put a number on it but people look out for the boy!

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This Week In Flops 7/1/08

Finally, T.O.S. is upon us! Unfortunately for the Unit, I only know one person who bought the album so far (whuddup Tah) lol. Not saying they're gonna only sell 1 record BUT its not gonna do what they think. I actually think that's the real reason 50 was absent from most of the promo stops and instead let Banks and Yayo do most of the work. Welp, I guess only time will tell, but my mind tells me its not gonna break 200k so I'm going with 100k-150k.

Maybe I'll be wrong, but I just don't see this album doing too well especially after the success (or lack there of the first 2 singles Rider Pt. 2 and I Like The Way She Do It.

Who's in Byrd Gang now?? The only member I knew was Max B. and we all know how that ended lol. Anyway, besides not having a first single I've ever heard of, Dispet albums outside of Jimmy, Cam, and Juelz usually don't sell more than 5,000 first week so that's the bar I'm setting for this disc. The official number I'm gonna rock with is 5k-15k.

With clearly the illest album cover of the 3, Tech N9ne has never been known to sell records so don't expect that to change now. I don't even have a guess for records he's gonna sell (I'm sure he doesn't care anyway lol) I just wanted to show it love because of the cover lol. I actually tried to pull something like this off, click here to see it and lemme know how I did lol.

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