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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Dec 28, 2008 11:17:14 GMT -5
Billboard.com:
Taylor Swift Trumps Big Debuts To Stay No. 1
December 24, 2008
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (Big Machine) begins a third non-consecutive week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week, selling 330,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Fearless" trumps big debuts from Keyshia Cole and Jamie Foxx, which open at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
Cole's "A Different Me" (Geffen) starts with 322,000, a career-best sales week for the R&B singer. Her 2007 album, "Just Like You," also debuted at No. 2 but with 281,000 units.
Foxx's "Intuition" (J) shifts 265,000 copies. His last album, "Unpredictable," bowed exactly two years ago, starting at No. 2 with 598,000 before rising to No. 1 the following week with 200,000.
Britney Spears' "Circus" (Jive) slips 2-4 with 196,000, a 2% decrease. Beyonce's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" (Music World/Columbia) drops 3-5 despite a 23% increase to 195,000, while Nickelback's "Dark Horse" (Roadrunner) slides 4-6 on a 24% increase to 194,000.
The Chop Shop/Atlantic soundtrack to "Twilight" is down 5-7 on an 18% increase to 156,000, while Fall Out Boy's "Folie a Deux" (Island) debuts at No. 8 with 150,000. The album, which was originally scheduled for a Nov. 4 release, is the follow-up to 2007's "Infinity on High," which debuted at No. 1 with 260,000.
AC/DC's "Black Ice" enjoys a 30% increase to 143,000, taking its total to more than 1.8 million since September. The multi-label compilation "Now 29" falls 7-10 on a 22% increase to 139,000.
Anthony Hamilton returns to the chart with "The Point of It All" (Jive) at No. 12 with 133,000. His last new studio effort, "Ain't Nobody Worryin'," debuted and peaked at No. 19 in December 2005 with 112,000.
Rapper Plies' third Atlantic album, "Da Realist," begins at No. 14 with 114,000. His first and second sets, "The Real Testament" and "Definition of Real," both debuted and peaked at No. 2 (with 96,000 and 215,000, respectively).
The All-American Rejects' "When The World Comes Down" (Interscope) enters at No. 15 with 112,000. The band's last release, 2005's "Move Along," moved onto the chart at No. 6 with 90,000.
Teenage rapper Soulja Boy's "ISouljaBoyTellEm" (ColliPark/Interscope) debuts at a disappointing No. 43 with 46,000; his 2007 debut, "SouljaBoyTellEm.com," began at No. 4 with 117,000, on the strength of the No. 1 Hot 100 hit "Crank That."
Seattle-based rock act Fleet Foxes enjoys its biggest sales week to date with its self-titled Sub Pop debut, which sold 13,500 copies, prompting a 181-118 jump. The group, which performed last week on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," won numerous year-end critics' polls, including Billboard's.
At 17.16 million units, album sales this week are up 33% over last week but down 33% from the same week in 2007, when 25.57 million albums were sold.
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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Dec 28, 2008 11:17:37 GMT -5
Billboard Chart Alert:
Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Silvio Pietroluongo
Taylor Swift's "Fearless" wins out on the Billboard 200 over new albums from Keyshia Cole and Jamie Foxx as the young country singer's set moves 330,000 . . . Cole's "A Different Me" and Foxx's "Intuition" start with 322,000 and 265,000 at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively . . . Four more new entries grace the top 20 from Fall Out Boy, Anthony Hamilton, Plies and the All-American Rejects . . . In Progress Reports, we have news on new No. 1 singles from Britney Spears, Rascal Flatts and the Pussycat Dolls . . . as well as a surprising dance hit from Weezer.
FLASH POINTS
• Taylor Swift's "Fearless" becomes the first album by a woman to earn three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Alicia Keys' "As I Am" did four nonconsecutive weeks at the top earlier this year. Last week, "Fearless" moved 330,000 (up 33%), according to Nielsen SoundScan, beating out debuts from Keyshia Cole's "A Different Me" (No. 2 with 322,000) and Jamie Foxx's "Intuition" (No. 3 with 265,000).
• This week's Billboard 200 chart reflects the busiest shopping week of the year -- the seven-day sales frame that ended Dec. 21. Overall album sales for the week stood at 17.2 million -- down 33% compared with the week ending Dec. 23, 2007 (25.6 million). With one week left to go in the 2008 calendar year, album sales stand at 411 million -- off 15% stacked next to 2007's year-to-date tally (486 million).
• Cole's last album, "Just Like You," started in the runner-up slot as well, shifting 281,000 when it streeted in September 2007. Foxx's "Unpredictable" bowed exactly two years ago, starting at No. 2 with 598,000 before rising to No. 1 the following week with 200,000.
• It's worth noting that on last Friday's Nielsen Building chart, Swift was trailing Cole and Foxx by a decent margin. Through the close of business last Thursday (Dec. 18), Cole's "A Different Me" was at No. 1 with unweighted sales of 185,000 while Foxx's "Intuition" was at No. 2 with 153,000. Swift was No. 3 with 141,000. However, the busy shopping weekend pushed Swift ahead in the race. (Billboard estimates the eight merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target and Anderson Merchandisers -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.)
• Four more debuts start in the top 20 of the Billboard 200, starting with Fall Out Boy's "Folie a Deux" at No. 8 with 150,000. The album, which was originally scheduled for a Nov. 4 release, is the follow-up to 2007's "Infinity On High," which debuted at No. 1 with 260,000 ... Anthony Hamilton returns to the chart with "The Point of It All" at No. 12 with 133,000. His last new studio effort, "Ain't Nobody Worryin'," debuted and peaked at No. 19 in December 2005 with 112,000 . . . Plies' third album, "Da Realist," continues his "real" streak on the chart. It starts at No. 14 with 114,000. His first and second sets, "The Real Testament" and "Definition of Real," both debuted and peaked at No. 2 (with 96,000 and 215,000, respectively) . . . the All-American Rejects see their "When the World Comes Down" enter at No. 15 with 112,000. The band's last release, 2005's "Move Along," moved onto the chart at No. 6 with 90,000.
The Billboard 200
Sales data provided and compiled from Nielsen SoundScan *1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (Big Machine ) *11 6 KANYE WEST 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam / IDJMG) *2 New KEYSHIA COLE A Different Me (Imani / Geffen / IGA) *12 New ANTHONY HAMILTON The Point Of It All (Mister's Music / So So Def / Zomba) *3 New JAMIE FOXX Intuition (J / RMG) *13 10 DAVID COOK David Cook (19 / RCA / RMG) 4 2 BRITNEY SPEARS Circus (Jive / Zomba) *14 New PLIES Da REAList (Big Gates / Slip-N-Slide / Atlantic / AG) *5 3 BEYONCE I Am...Sasha Fierce (Music World / Columbia / Sony Music) *15 New THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS When The World Comes Down (Doghouse / DGC / Interscope / IGA) *6 4 NICKELBACK Dark Horse (Roadrunner ) *16 13 ENYA And Winter Came... (Reprise / Warner Bros.) *7 5 SOUNDTRACK Twilight (Summit / Chop Shop / Atlantic / AG) 17 9 SOUNDTRACK High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney ) *8 New FALL OUT BOY Folie A Deux (Decaydance / Fueled By Ramen / Island / IDJMG) *18 34 SOUNDTRACK Mamma Mia! (Decca ) *9 8 AC/DC Black Ice (Columbia / Sony Music) *19 14 FAITH HILL Joy To The World (Warner Bros. (Nashville) / WRN) *10 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Now 29 (Universal / EMI / Sony BMG / Zomba / UMe) *20 16 IL DIVO The Promise (SYCO / Columbia / Sony Music) * indicates titles with greatest sales gains this week
MARKET WATCH
• Album units, current chart week: 17.2 million units • UP 33% from last issue's charts: 12.93 million units • DOWN 33% from same week, 2007: 25.6 million units • This week: The top 17 albums each sell more than 100,000 copies. • This week last year on the Billboard 200: Josh Groban's "Noel" held at No. 1 with 757,000 (up 13%) while Mary J. Blige's "Growing Pains" started at No. 2 with 629,000. The next-highest debut came from Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool" at No. 15 with 143,000. The top 23 albums each sold more than 100,000.
BORDERLINES
• The No. 1 album this week, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (Big Machine), sold 330,000. • The No. 1 album for the same week of 2007, Josh Groban's "Noel" (143/Reprise/Warner Bros.), sold 757,000. • Average total of the No. 1 album for the same week of the year during the past 10 years (1999-2008): 624,633.
PROGRESS REPORTS
• Britney Spears' "Womanizer" jumps from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 radio chart for her first No. 1 on the tally since "Toxic" in 2004. The new song marks her fourth visit to the summit. She also reigned with debut single "Baby One More Time" in 1999 and "Oops! . . . I Did It Again" in 2000. Spears leads all female artists for most overall Mainstream Top 40 chart entries since 2000 with 19 and ranks second only to Nelly (with 20) among all artists in that span.
• The Hot Country Songs radio chart welcomes a new No. 1 in the form of Rascal Flatts' "Here." It's Rascal's ninth chart-topper, widening its lead as the group with the most No. 1s since 2000. Lonestar ranks second with six in that stretch. Among all artists since 2000, Rascal moves into fifth place for most chart-toppers. Toby Keith leads with 14, followed by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw with 12 each and Brad Paisley with 11.
• On the Hot Dance Club Play chart, the Pussycat Dolls' "I Hate This Part" climbs to No. 1, the ensemble's fourth-consecutive chart-topper -- its entire output of Club Play entries. "Hate" joins their previous No. 1s "Don't Cha," "Buttons" and "When I Grow Up" . . . The Dolls' Interscope labelmate Weezer notches its very first Club Play hit at the opposite end of the tally, as "Troublemaker" debuts at No. 50.
A LOOK AHEAD
• Among the titles released this week, due on next week's charts: Brutha's "Brutha" and the soundtrack to "Revolutionary Road."
• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2007 when: Mary J. Blige's "Growing Pains" skipped from No. 2 to No. 1 in its second week (204,000), displacing Josh Groban's "Noel," which fell to No. 3 with 176,000. No new albums debuted in the top 50 of the chart. The top three albums each sold more than 100,000.
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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Dec 28, 2008 11:18:02 GMT -5
Week Ending Dec. 21, 2008: Women Flex Chart Muscles Posted 24 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch All that female artists wanted for Christmas, it seems, was near-total chart domination. For the first time in more than 11 years, female solo artists hold down four of the top five spots on The Billboard 200. Taylor Swift's Fearless logs it third week at #1, Keyshia Cole's A Different Me debuts at #2 and former #1 albums by Britney Spears and Beyonce dip to #4 and #5, respectively. Jamie Foxx is the only male artist who could compete with these red-hot "Single Ladies." His Intuition debuts at #3.
Fearless is in a five-way tie for the longest run at #1 so far in 2008. If it holds the top spot next week, it will break the tie and become the only album to top the chart four times in this calendar year. Fearless has sold 1,850,000 copies in just six weeks, which is nearly half of the total (3,780,000) that Swift's smash debut album, Taylor Swift, has sold in 113 weeks.
Fearless is the #4 best-seller for the year-to-date-with one week to go before Nielsen/SoundScan closes the book on 2008. Can it climb higher? It will probably overtake Kid Rock's Rock And Roll Jesus, which is #3 for the year-to-date, and may even scoot past Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends to become the second best-selling album of 2008. Check back here next week for the final results.
A Different Me is Cole's second album in a row to open in the runner-up spot. Her last release, The Way It Is, bowed at #2 in September 2007. (It, too, was blocked from the top spot by a blockbuster country album, Rascal Flatts' Still Feels Good.) But the new album started with a heftier sales tally. A Different Me bowed with sales of 322,000 copies, compared to 281,000 for Just Like You. Cole is more successful than her profile in the mainstream media would indicate.
For you detail geeks (and you know who you are), the last time female solo artists held down four of the top five spots was in November 1997, when Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, Barbra Streisand's Higher Ground, Erykah Badu's Live and Shania Twain's Come On Over all scored. The only men in the top five that week were Metallica, debuting at #1 with Reload.
Three of this week's top 10 albums-Britney Spears' Circus, Nickelback's Dark Horse and the Twilight soundtrack-will probably top the 1 million mark in total sales this next week. This will bring the year's total number of million-selling albums from a dismal 21 to a merely lousy 24. (I'll have the final counts in a Chart Watch Extra next week.)
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.
1. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 330,000. Fearless is the first country album to log three weeks at #1 since Rascal Flatts' Me And My Gang in the spring of 2006. It's the first country album by a female artist to achieve the feat since Shania Twain's Up! logged five weeks at #1 in late 2002. Two songs from Swift's album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Love Story," which moves up to #7.
2. Keyshia Cole, A Different Me, 322,000. This is Cole's third album to debut in the top 10. The Way It Is debuted (and peaked) at #6 in June 2005. Just Like You debuted (and peaked) at #2 in September 2007. Now here's an oddity. Just one song from the new album ("Trust") is listed on Hot Digital Songs and it's way down at #177. But then, I'd rather have the #2 album and the #177 song than the other way around.
3. Jamie Foxx, Intuition, 265,000. This new entry is Foxx's second straight top five album. Unpredictable debuted at #2 in December 2005 (with sales of 598,000) and went on to log three weeks at #1. Foxx was hot as a pistol in 2005. In March, he won an Oscar for Ray; in September he topped the Hot 100 as a featured artist on Kanye West's monster hit "Gold Digger." "Just Like Me" (featuring T.I.) vaults from #115 to #53 in its second week on Hot Digital Songs.
4. Britney Spears, Circus, 196,000. The album drops from #2 to #4 in its third week. Sales dipped by 2% compared to last week. This is the only album in the top 30 that experienced a decline in sales compared to the previous week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Circus," which dips to #3 after two weeks on top.
5. Beyonce, I Am...Sasha Fierce, 195,000. The album drops from #3 to #5 in its fifth week. It has sold 1,248,000 copies, which puts it at #14 for the year-to-date. That's higher than any other non-rap R&B album. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," which returns to #1 for a third week. The song sold 149,000 downloads this week, bringing its five-week total to 871,000.
6. Nickelback, Dark Horse, 194,000. The album dips from #4 to #6 in its fifth week. If this album had sold just 1,700 more copies this week, it would have held at #4. Artists, think of that the next time a publicist asks you to do another interview. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Gotta Be Somebody," which holds at #17.
7. Various Artists, Twilight soundtrack, 156,000. The album dips from #5 to #7 in its seventh week. The movie grossed $5.2 million in its fifth week at the box-office. Its total gross to date: $158.5 million. Paramore's "Decode" dips to #31 on Hot Digital Songs.
8. Fall Out Boy, Folie A Deux, 150,000. This new entry is the group's third consecutive top 10 album. From Under The Cork Tree debuted (and peaked) at #9 in May 2005; Infinity On High bowed at #1 in February 2007. This is the week's #1 Digital Album, with 39,000 paid downloads. (Infinity On High also topped the Digital Albums chart.) The group has two songs on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "I Don't Care," which vaults to #26.
9. AC/DC, Black Ice, 143,000. The album dips from #8 to #9 in its ninth week. Black Ice is #5 on the year-to-date chart. It's the top hard rock album for the year-to-date, edging out Metallica's Death Magnetic, which is #7 for the year-to-date.
10. Various Artists, Now 29, 139,000. The compilation drops from #7 to #10 in its sixth week. The album has sold 776,000 copies in its first six weeks.
Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak falls out of the top 10 after just three weeks. It drops from #6 to #11. This surprises me, in part because West has two high-flying singles. "Heartless" holds at #4 on Hot Digital Songs. "Love Lockdown" holds at #6. Each of West's albums has spent fewer weeks in the top 10 than the one that preceded it. The College Dropout logged 11 weeks in the top 10, compared to nine weeks for Late Registration, six for Graduation and three (so far) for 808s & Heartbreak. Two other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. High School Musical 3: Graduation Day falls from #9 to #17, and no longer poses much of a threat to Mamma Mia! winding up as the #1 soundtrack of 2008. David Cook's David Cook drops from #10 to #13.
Anthony Hamilton's The Point Of It All bows at #12. This is the R&B star's third top 20 album. Soulife also hit #12; Ain't Nobody Worryin' reached #19...Plies' Da REAList opens at #14, a drop-off from his last two albums, The Real Testament and Definition Of Real, both of which debuted (and peaked) at #2. All three albums, you'll notice, have "real" in the title. I guess you could say Plies is keeping it "real." "Put It On Ya" (featuring Chris J) opens at #35 on Hot Digital Songs...The All-American Rejects' When The World Comes Down bows at #15. The 2-CD set is the group's second album to make the top 15. Move Along debuted (and peaked) at #6 in July 2005. "Gives You Hell" jumps to #13 on Hot Digital Songs.
Dave Matthews Band's Live At Denver opens at #97. This is the band's 11th live album to hit the chart. Five of these have made the top ten: Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95, Live At Luther College (with Tim Reynolds), Live At Folsom Field Boulder Colorado, The Gorge and Live At Radio City Music Hall (also with Reynolds).
Catalog Report: Josh Groban's Noel tops the Catalog Albums chart for the seventh straight week. The album sold 172,000 copies this week, its biggest frame since the last week of December last year. It would have ranked #7 on the big chart if older, catalog albums were eligible to compete there. This brings total sales of the album to 4,530,000.
Ups & Downs: Brandy's Human drops from #15 to #66 in its second week. Sales dropped off by 64%, the biggest percentage decline of any album in the top 200. The Winter Wonderland collection, which features vintage recordings by Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Jo Stafford, among others, vaults from #120 to #51 in its seventh week. Sales surged by 286%, the biggest increase of any album in the top 200.
Heads Up: The soundtrack to the likely Oscar nominee Revolutionary Road is expected to chart next week.
TV Tip: The Kennedy Center Honors originated in 1978 with the stated intention of honoring great artists from all fields. They might as well have added, "except rock and country musical acts." The program didn't get around to honoring a country musician (Roy Acuff) until 1991. It took another six years, until 1997, for the program to finally embrace a rock musician (Bob Dylan). This year, they'll honor artists from both of these once-ignored genres. George Jones will be the sixth country great to receive the honor. The induction of Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey of The Who will mark the first time that two members of a rock group have been cited. This year's honorees will also include Barbra Streisand (it's about time!), actor Morgan Freeman and dance maven Twyla Tharp. The show is a little static and formulaic, I'll grant you, but it's classy and prestigious. This year's installment airs on Dec. 30. You might want to tune in.
One Week To Go: A week from today, I'll have the final Chart Watch of the year and, later that same day, a Chart Watch Extra counting down the top 10 albums and songs of 2008.
Merry Christmas, everybody.
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Post by Billy Uranus on Dec 29, 2008 0:09:22 GMT -5
6. Nickelback, Dark Horse, 194,000. The album dips from #4 to #6 in its fifth week. If this album had sold just 1,700 more copies this week, it would have held at #4. Artists, think of that the next time a publicist asks you to do another interview. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Gotta Be Somebody," which holds at #17.
What does that interview thing mean?
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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Dec 29, 2008 10:15:43 GMT -5
I think it means that if they did another interview or something that was televised etc., that it might've been able to get to #4, selling those 1,700+ copies to get there. Like saying, if Britney did another performance, she could've got to #2 or something. Basically meaning if they did just one more promo event they might've been able to sell 1,700 more copies to get that #4 spot .. if that makes sense
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Post by lr on Dec 29, 2008 13:34:02 GMT -5
f**k I WANT BRITNEYS REAL NUMBERS
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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Dec 30, 2008 19:00:59 GMT -5
i dont understand how Keyshia sells so much
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Dec 31, 2008 7:33:20 GMT -5
i dont understand how Keyshia sells so much
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