Billboard 200: 4/26/08

[So What]

LEONA’S GOT THE SPIRIT

J/Syco Music's Latest U.K. Diva Will Debut at #1

April 9, 2008

Clive Davis has another winner and he has Simon Cowell to thank.
Leona Lewis, who catapulted to fame in her native U.K. after winning that country’s televised X Factor talent competition launched by Idol Cowell, will debut at #1 on next week’s HITS Album Sales chart with her debut Spirit, edging near 200k, though the final total will probably closer to 190k.

That’s based on one-day sales reports from our crack team of retail reporters around the country who are still standing.

Lewis’ album has already spawned the hit single, “Bleeding Love,” as Team RCA, led by Davis and EVP Richard Palmese, bring the song all the way home.

WB Nashville’s James Otto is the next highest bow, with 50-60k, while Christian-surf rockers P.O.D.’s new INO/Columbia album, When Angels and Serpents Dance, could high step its way to 40k give or take, depending on the religious bookstore factor.

Nine Inch Nails’ Null Corp./RED instrumental album, already available via the band’s website, will hit the streets in physical form with about 25-30k in sales.

The new album from Hollywood Records YouTube breakout Marie Digby will Unfold with just shy of 20k in sales, the same amount expected for Island/IDJ rockers Ashes Divide’s Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright, the band formed by A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel with veteran drummer Josh Freese.

Next week, it’s all about Island/IDJ’s Mariah Carey album, E=MC2, which hits retail on the heels of two appearances on American Idol and one next Monday (4/14) on Oprah as well as the smash hit single, “Touch My Body.”

The market was up 4% vs last week, down 24% vs. same week last year, which was Easter, and now down 12% year-to-date.

[Gravity Happens]

Fantastic news for Leona Very well-deserved!

[DJ 7.0]

The new album from Hollywood Records YouTube breakout Marie Digby will Unfold with just shy of 20k

[So What]

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61 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 10203 -3 10502 843214
62 JACKSON*JANET DISCIPLINE 10179 -28 14235 350303
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67 THE-DREAM LOVEHATE 9646 -17 11573 336513
68 PAISLEY*BRAD 5TH GEAR 9566 -1 9629 958160
69 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS 9323 -19 11443 467565
70 B-52'S FUNPLEX 9314 -32 13758 52896
71 ONCE SOUNDTRACK 9285 -18 11345 525978
72 CHESNEY*KENNY JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 9275 -6 9842 1189054
73 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL 9265 -9 10187 450363
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75 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 9178 -11 10266 1876258
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89 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 8000 7 7488 987840
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91 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 7792 -5 8179 384538
92 WINANS*CECE THY KINGDOM COME 7787 -35 11904 15801
93 ENCHANTED SOUNDTRACK 7550 -24 9942 268538
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95 GRACIN*JOSH WE WEREN'T CRAZY 7452 -59 18120 25598
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109 MCGRAW*TIM LET IT GO 6143 40 4385 1359715
110 HANNAH MONTANA 2-NON-STOP DANC SOUNDTRACK 6040 -17 7266 182506
111 VOEGELE*KATE DON'T LOOK AWAY 5973 2 5872 131999
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124 PARTON*DOLLY BACKWOODS BARBIE 5620 -45 10236 82938
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128 FOO FIGHTERS ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRAC 5473 -15 6407 710512
129 MARIO GO! 5437 -10 6012 272134
130 SHEEK LOUCH SILVERBACK GORILLA 5435 -9 5945 37114
131 FINGER ELEVEN THEM VS. YOU VS. ME 5420 -3 5574 521648
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133 SOUNDTRACKS STEP UP 2: THE STREETS 5289 -24 6944 230804
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135 J. HOLIDAY BACK OF MY LAC' 5224 -15 6173 598053
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155 ATKINS*RODNEY IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL 4569 -15 5379 1283002
156 SANTANA ULTIMATE SANTANA 4568 -5 4794 366185
157 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE SCREAM AIM FIRE 4545 -12 5193 160432
158 MATCHBOX TWENTY EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 4516 -15 5314 635585
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160 FRANKLIN*KIRK FIGHT OF MY LIFE 4490 -12 5118 239631
161 HANCOCK*HERBIE RIVER: JONI LETTERS 4474 -17 5378 209701
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165 GODSMACK GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES: TEN YEAR 4356 -7 4708 219247
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176 MCDONALD*MICHAEL SOUL SPEAK 3944 -20 4954 69112
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181 MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS 3783 -19 4647 195160
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183 BRIGHTMAN*SARAH SYMPHONY 3691 -25 4932 132837
184 AZ UNDENIABLE 3690 -33 5526 9434
185 BON JOVI LOST HIGHWAY 3667 -10 4087 1142054
186 MAN MAN RABBIT HABITS 3641 999 113 3788
187 BRENT*TEDDY FASHIONABLE 3640 -14 4209 23957
188 ATREYU LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR 3604 -2 3693 214881
189 MIDNIGHT SOUL: 'ROUND MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT SOUL: 'ROUND MIDNIGHT 3595 658 474 16469
190 KINGSTON*SEAN SEAN KINGSTON 3579 -15 4219 465380
191 BOCELLI*ANDREA BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI-VIVERE 3575 -20 4478 638108
192 WISIN Y YANDEL WISIN VS YANDEL 'LOS EXTRATERR 3569 2 3515 228459
193 PLIES REAL TESTAMENT 3541 -10 3953 483717
194 LEGEND*JOHN LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA 3437 2 3360 165165
195 ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT'S RIGHT 3430 22 2808 82794
196 BLACK TIDE LIGHT FROM ABOVE 3385 -23 4415 25070
197 MERCYME ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME 3376 -3 3475 110969
198 FEIST REMINDER 3362 -11 3794 585501
199 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 3359 -9 3702 106300
200 SUN KIL MOON APRIL 3330 -46 6189 9857

[mrpink]

Leona debuts @ #1 with Spirit and goes back to #1 with Bleeding Love!!

Its great to be Leona. lol

[wbs07]

THANKS!

[taylor]