Beyonce, Drake, and Mary J Blige!!!

Curious as to why MJB saw such a huge increase. Did she perform somewhere? I noticed Best Buy was fully stocked with her album when I went last week, so was it just because there were more copies available for purchase?

Cmon Adele you have to give the other gurls a break.
300K+ next week?



I think we are at about 6.4M now.

Nicknames are not allowed here.

Adele So happy for her

At least Rih is increasing!

that could be it, but she was on Wendy williams I think. Idk if a lot of people watch that show but that could be it also.

Slaying everyone else

Yay LANA
Good numbers!

43 47 bruno mars new elektra 9,143 +12%
doo-wops & hooligans

I hope his sales increase even more after the grammy

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/8/2012

#6. Drake - Take Care - 30,000 (1,406,000)

#12. Young Jeezy - TM 103: Hustler's Ambition - 22,000 (420,000)

#29. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV - 14,000 (1,981,000)

#20. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne - 13,000 (1,298,000)

#57. J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story - 7,900 (536,000)

#70. Wale - Ambition - 6,700 (357,000)

#97. Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce Da 5'9) - Hell: The Sequel - 4,500 (688,000)

#108. Yelawolf - Radioactive - 4,000 (107,000)

#116. Yo Gotti - Live From The Kitchen - 3,700 (29,000)

#141. Common - The Dreamer / The Believer - 3,200 (119,000)

Adele increased

Lana!!!

Lana's debut is obviously disappointing, this bad ad coming from SNL hurt her sales really bad ...

At the same moment, she's slaying in Europe ...

50k in France '#1 (35 k ahead of 2)
120k in UK '#1 (70 k ahead of 2)

Lana Del Rey Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | February 08, 2012 11:00 EST

Much talked-about singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey makes her expected arrival at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with "Born To Die," selling 77,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the highest entry for a female artist's full-length major label debut since Jackie Evancho's "Dream With Me" bowed at No. 2 on July 2, 2011.

Meanwhile, Adele's "21" sits tight at No. 1 for a 19th nonconsecutive week (122,000; up 5%). Next week it could yield the top slot to the new Van Halen album "A Different Kind of Truth," which was released yesterday (Feb. 7).

At No. 3 this week is Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen with the debut of "Old Ideas" (41,000). It's the icon's highest charting album ever and best sales week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The beloved artist's new album is his first studio effort since 2004's "Dear Heather," which debuted and peaked at No. 131 (9,000 in its first week).

35% of Cohen's new album's sales came from physical albums sold via Internet retailers. To compare, only 1% of Del Rey's first-week came from Internet sellers. On the other hand, 74% of Del Rey's sales were downloads, while digital sales represented 30% for Cohen.

One more debut arrives in the top 10, from Fred Hammond, who starts at No. 8 with "God, Love & Romance" (26,000). It's the gospel artist's first top 10 on the Billboard 200, though he's notched seven No. 1s on our Gospel Albums chart (including this new set).

As for the rest of the top 10, the "2012 Grammy Nominees" album holds at No. 4 (34,000; down 35%), the "Kidz Bop 21" set moves 6-5 (30,000; down 9%), Drake's "Take Care" rises 9-6 (just under 30,000; up 13%) and Tim McGraw's "Emotional Traffic" slides 2-7 (29,000; down 58%).

LMFAO's "Sorry for Party Rocking" returns to the top 10 -- jumping 18-9 (22,000; up 32%). The album was sale priced at Walmart and iTunes last week, and the act also performed on the Super Bowl halftime show (Feb. 5). Lastly, Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" comes back to the top 10 as well, zipping 16-10 with 22,000 (up 17%) -- a gain helped by a discount sale tag at Target.

Outside the top 10, Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" surges 20-13 (21,000; up 26%) while Gotye's "Making Mirrors" moves 45-20 (18,000; up 99%). The former act sang the National Anthem before the Super Bowl, while the latter album earned its physical CD release last week. Until now, it had only been available digitally.

A bit farther down the list, Madonna's "Celebration" greatest hits album re-enters at No. 24 with 16,000 sold (up 1,341%). The Super Bowl halftime headliner's album was sale priced at iTunes last week for $6.99, while AmazonMP3 discounted it to $3.99 on Feb. 5.


Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 5) totaled 5.81 million units, up 8% compared to the sum last week (5.39 million) and up 6% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.50 million). Year to date album sales stand at 27.16 million, up 3% compared to the same total at this point last year (26.34 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: the "Now 27" album entered at No. 1 with 151,000 and Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" skipped to its peak of No. 2 (rising nine slots) with 49,000 (up 99%). The previous week's No. 1, Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday," fell to No. 4 with 47,000 (down 3%).

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