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Chart Listings: The HITS & SoundScan Top Albums discussion thread.
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The HITS & SoundScan Top Albums discussion thread.
You had to know this was coming. Keep it all in here.
EVERY WEEK.
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Thanks Ace. 
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nooo, first the itunes thread. now this 
anyways yall better keep it cute.
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Are the iTunes & HITS threads never going to be weekly threads again?
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GAGA AGAIN, BUT EXPECT
A DROP OFF
Death Cab, Vedder, My Morning Jacket, Floggin Molly Debut
June 1, 2011
Lady Gaga will return at #1 next week, but expect a far greater drop off than usual, thanks to the absence of Amazon’s 99 cents deal, which was responsible for 460k of the 1.1 million opening sales garnered by Born This Way last week.
That’s based on reports from those music retailers who weren’t busy chasing Sarah Palin’s tour bus stops.
Among the albums which hit the streets this week, Atlantic indie darlings Death Cab For Cutie’s seventh studio effort, Codes and Keys, and first since 2008’s Narrow Stairs, looks set for the highest debut, between 90-100k.
Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder’s Monkeywrench/Universal Republic solo album, Ukulele Songs, appears to be in the 60-70k range.
Critically acclaimed ATO/RED Louisville rockers My Morning Jacket’s Circuital is on target for between 40-45k.
Borstal Beat Irish rockers Flogging Molly’s Speed of Darkness, recorded in Detroit as a “call to action inspired by the collapse of the U.S. economy and the resilience of mankind’, should do 20-25k.
The market was up 23% vs. last week, up 34% vs. same week last year and now flat year to date. And, as we all know, flat is the new up.
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Lady Gaga's Born This Way sells 1.11 million copies in it's first week of sales.
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-- 1 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 1,110,420 --
BORN THIS WAY
-- 2 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 154,254 --
THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC
1 3 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 126,415 -7%
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-- 4 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 78,075 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 6
-- 5 MMG PRESENTS: SELF MADE, VOL. 1 MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP 53,133 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 6 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 46,094 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 7 NKOTBSB COLUMBIA/JIVE/LEGACY 38,000 --
NKOTBSB
4 8 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 33,258 +17%
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 9 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 32,517 --
TORCHES
5 10 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 23,853 -8%
SIGH NO MORE
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Are the iTunes & HITS threads never going to be weekly threads again?
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NOPE!
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24 23 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 16,185 +6% 
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After Lady Gaga's historic start atop the Billboard 200 chart with 1.11 million sold of her newest album, "Born This Way," according to Nielsen SoundScan, the diva will most certainly spend a second frame at No. 1 next week.
While it's too early to gauge exactly how many copies "Born This Way" will move in week number two, estimates suggest it could sell around 200,000 by June 3. While that would represent a staggering drop from her No. 1 debut, it's not unusual to see albums that are heavily front-loaded in terms of first-week sales fall off a cliff in their second week.
The top debut next week will come from Death Cab For Cutie's latest set, "Codes and Keys," which could shift perhaps 90,000. And Eddie Vedder's second solo album, "Ukulele Songs," may start with 60,000. Both sets are aiming for a launch in the top five of the Billboard 200.
Also driving towards the top 10 are My Morning Jacket's "Circuital" and Flogging Molly's "Speed of Darkness."
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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...05212242.story
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Originally posted by foxaylove
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They're going to become quite huge threads. Will they have to be restarted every couple of months or so?
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BTW's drop off next week is gonna be huge. Like HUGE. 
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Do the iTunes and HITS thread have to be weekly? I think both should be updated after a certain amount of pages like the artists threads anyway. It'd be easy to refer back to past info easily. So, it doesn't really bother me.
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Well, the loss of the 99 cents, is already a 60% drop for GaGa, for 400k. I guess she'll do 200k-225k?
EDIT: I just saw the estimates. Well, Adele will be back on top soon. 
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Originally posted by foxaylove
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Can the mods at least make a new iTunes thread, the new one has over 400 pages.
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Good sales for Born This Way 
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Scotty's American Idol collection sold 23,000, where the Haley fans at 
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I used to enjoy the threads being altogether. Makes it easier to search past sales and information.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Do the iTunes and HITS thread have to be weekly? I think both should be updated after a certain amount of pages like the artists threads anyway. It'd be easy to refer back to past info easily. So, it doesn't really bother me.
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Easier, how? I thought it would be easier if they are weekly, as you will know what exact thread you need to look for. But if you do it the way you said, up to a certain amount of pages, it will be a guessing game some of the time.
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So around 200k? That sounds about right.
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That drop is to be expected, but I'm sure people will attack it regardless. Taylor had a 69% drop, GaGa will be anywhere from 5-15% more. 15% worst case.
I just hope the album stabilizes.
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