Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (November 3-10, 2011)

JC.

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As expected, Coldplay climbs in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with its third chart-topping set, "Mylo Xyloto," selling 447,000 in its debut week according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Mylo's" bow marks the third largest sales week of the year for an album, after Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" debut (1.1 million) and Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" start (964,000). "Mylo" also earns the biggest week for a rock effort since U2's "No Line On the Horizon" debuted at No. 1 with 484,000 on the chart dated March 21, 2009.

Since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, only five rock acts have claimed three albums that debuted with at least 400,000. Coldplay is the latest member of that group, which also includes U2 (three 400,000-plus debuts), the Beatles (three), Dave Matthews Band (five) and Metallica (six).

"Mylo" is Coldplay's fifth studio release and and its third straight studio set to reach No. 1. Its previous two -- 2008's "Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends" and 2005's "X&Y" -- both debuted at No. 1 as well, with 721,000 and 737,000 sold, respectively.

"Viva's" blockbuster sales were fueled, in part, by the then-ubiquitous Apple iTunes TV commercial that featured the album's lead single, "Viva La Vida." The smash track was the band's first (and so far only) No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It topped the tally the week before the "Viva" album opened at No. 1.

On the other hand, "Mylo's" first single, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100, while the album's second track, "Paradise," hit No. 15 last week.

The Billboard 200's second-highest debut is Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger," which starts at No. 2 with 163,000 sold. It's the original "American Idol" champ's fifth album, and fifth consecutive to debut in the top three. Her last release, "All I Ever Wanted," was her second No. 1 album, when it debuted in the top slot with 255,000. The new album's first single, "Mr. Know It All," rises 16-15 on the Pop Songs airplay chart this week.

A step below Clarkson is Michael Buble, who bows his first full-length holiday album, "Christmas," at No. 3 with 141,000. It's his fifth top 10 set and his first long-player since "Crazy Love" bowed at No. 1 in 2009 with 132,000. Expect "Christmas'" sales to grow larger as Thanksgiving approaches and the holiday season kicks into high gear.

Last week's No. 1, Adele's "21," slips to No. 4 with 107,000 (up 1%) in its 36th week on the chart.

Toby Keith's "Clancy's Tavern" starts at No. 5 with 69,000 -- his 12th top 10 album. His last release, "Bullets in the Gun," fired at No. 1 in 2010 with 71,000. On the Country Albums chart, "Clancy's" is his 10th No. 1 set.

Tom Waits makes waves as the singer/songwriter nets his first top 10 album -- and highest charter ever -- with his "Bad As Me" bowing at No. 6 with 63,000. The album nets his best sales week since SoundScan began in 1991, and is his first set of new studio recordings in eight years. In a chart career that began with 1975's No. 164-peaking "Nighthawks at the Diner," his previous high-water mark came with 2004's "Real Gone," which debuted and peaked at No. 24.

As for the non-debuts in the top 10, Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" shifts 3-7 (42,000; down 25%), Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" moves 7-8 (31,000; down 10%), Tony Bennett's "Duets II" goes 5-9 (just under 31,000; down 21%) and Casting Crowns' "Come to the Well" falls 2-10 (30,000; down 70%).

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/cold...05462962.story

Mylo Xyloto - 447,000
Stronger - 163,000
Christmas - 141,000
21 - 107,000
Clancy's Tavern - 69,000
Bad As Me - 63,000
Clear As Day - 42,000
Own The Night - 31,000
Duets II - 31,000
Come to the Well - 30,000

Billboard 200 Albums Chart (Week Ending October 30, 2011)

Bad Wolf

Duets II still Top 10.

Cap10Planet

I love that all of the info is coming out early in the day. They need to continue this.

Gabriel_Spears

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Stronger - 163,000

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21 - 107,000

She still selling over 100,000

Leo

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Originally posted by Wes

Mylo Xyloto - 447,000

-- 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 458,250 --
MYLO XYLOTO

Which one is more accurate?

Lippy

Kelly

...good sales!

Rico Shameless v2

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Originally posted by Leo

-- 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 458,250 --
MYLO XYLOTO

Which one is more accurate?

Billboard, of course.

Cap10Planet

Billboard/Soundscan is the official one, and the only source that is ever used for future reference. So that one.

Beatz

Coldplay & Kelly.

vatsal sharma

coldplay

kelly

lady antebellum - own the night..... coutry miracle!!

Cap10Planet

Next week's chart is gonna be a shake up. I can't wait for the predictions.

UnusualBoy

Kelly & Adele

ManDown

So proud of Kelly.

Ivan_brit

Congrats to Kelly!!! Actually it did much better than i expect!! For the first time RCA doing a great WW promo!

Coldplay!!

Cz!

Adele out of the top 3.

Ger-55

Coldplay

JC.

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Bieber Brings the Mistletoe, But Wale’s the Big Surprise as Susan Boyle, Miranda Lambert Also Sport Six-Figure Debuts

November 2, 2011

As of today, Justin Bieber’s Island Def Jam holiday album, Under the Mistletoe, appears to top this week’s new releases in the battle for #1 on next Tuesday’s HITS sales chart, with a total of between 200-225k.

Apparently there’s no question as to the paternity of his new disc, though the iisue remains, does this album trend like a Christmas release or a teenpop effort?

If it trends like the latter, he could get some serious competition from a surprise contender in Warner Bros. rapper Wale, who will make a shockingly good debut on next week's tally. We'll have a clearer picture tomorrow, but here's how things look after one full day of sales.

Wale, the D.C.-based hip-hop artist who was dropped from Interscope after his 2009 debut, Attention Deficit, and signed to rapper Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group imprint at WB, turns out to be the real surprise. First-week estimates from those retailers around the country who haven’t shut down and reopened as Herman Cain campaign headquarters, peg his sophomore album Ambition, to sell between 170-190k, which puts him in the hunt for a red-hot November debut.

The Granny that perennially steals Christmas, Syco/Columbia Great Scot Susan Boyle’s third album, Someone to Watch Over Me, is set for a sales debut in the 145-160k range, sure to grow as 2011 moves to its conclusion.

RCA Nashville country comer Miranda Lambert’s critically lauded fifth studio album, Four the Record, is set for her biggest debut ever, with an estimated 125-140k. Her previous album, 2009’s Revolution, entered the chart with 66k in sales and went on to move 1.4 million in the U.S.

Universal Republic’s very promising Florence & the Machine return with their sophomore album, Ceremonials, on target for an opening week of 85-95k. Welch and company’s 2009 debut, Lungs, has sold 738k in the U.S.

Voltron/EMI R&B star Tyrese’s comeback, Open Invitation, his first album since 2006’s Alter Ego, and his EMI debut, is slated for a surprisingly robust 60-65k

Roadrunner rockers Megadeth’s Thirteen looks to be off to a 40-45k opening, while Lou Reed and Metallica’s controversial WB album, Lulu, perhaps the most critically reviled in Reed’s career since Metal Machine Music, is slated to sell between 12-15k its first week out for those brave souls undeterred by some of the worst word-of-mouth in recent memory.

Album sales were up 16% vs. last week, down 3% vs. same week last year and up 3% year to date.

Track sales were down 2% vs. last week, up 7% vs. same week last year and up 10% year to date.

TEA (Track Equivalent Album) sales were up 11% vs. last week, down 1% vs. same week last year and up 5% year to date.

If flat is the new up, a 3% lift is even upper.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/...i?news08751m01

Bieber - 200 - 225 k
Wale - 170 - 190k
Boyle - 145 - 160k
Lambert - 125- 145k
Flo - 85 - 95k
Tyrese - 60 - 65k

Ger-55

Not so huge sales predictions :|

YM8

Wow I expected higher for all those releases

JC.

I remember a member saying that Wale will do close to J. Cole's numbers