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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (2005-2009 Archives)
Member Since: 6/7/2005
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BEYONCE SET FOR FIERCE DEBUT
Her New Double-CD Will Bow at #1 with Between 500-550k, Cook, Nickelback, Swift Battle for #2
A double dose of Beyonce and her alter ego will grab the top spot on the HITS Album Sales chart next week, as her two-CD Music World/Columbia set, I Am… Sasha Fierce, will debut at #1 with 500-550k in sales, according to those hardy retailers who still have their doors open.
With a stunning appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend, two hit singles in “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” and a starring role as Etta James in the upcoming Chess Records movie, Cadillac Records (and its accompanying soundtrack), Beyonce might as well be Sasha Claus.
The real tussle will be right below that for #2, as a debuting RCA/RMG’s David Cook and Roadrunner’s Nickelback go head-to-head with this week’s chart-topper, Big Machine’s Taylor Swift, in her second week. All look to be in the 300k range, mas o menos.
Syco/Columbia’s Il Divo, Simon Cowell’s tenor heartthrobs, are in the 100-125k range.
Other Top 50 newcomers will include Epic’s masked metal marauders Mudvayne, with 40-50k, and Asylum rapper Slim at 30-40k.
Sunday will mark the release of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy, while IDJ beats the Tuesday rush with three biggies in Kanye West, The Killers and Ludacris in stores on the Monday before Black Friday.
The market was up 27% vs. last week, down 24% vs. the same week last year and still down 13% year to date.
Now, excuse us while we get in line for our $125 Sony Bravia HDTV.
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Member Since: 8/9/2004
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I expected much higher sales for Beyonce. Two heavily promoted singles and two audiences on her side.
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I hate to sound mean but Nickelback deserves #1 WAY MORE! Hopefully she just gets 1 week on top and then that's it....
David Cook is gonna debut higher in sales than Archuleta afterall...it's the Idol effect. Very well deserved for him  So all in all, a good week for debuts from Mudvayne, David and Nickelback, plus it looks like another 300K for Taylor. Very good It's just the only downside for me is Sasha Fierce will debut at #1
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Member Since: 8/9/2004
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This is Mike's favorite week indeed. 
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Member Since: 2/26/2006
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Beyoncé/Sasha #1! 
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Member Since: 6/16/2005
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Yay for BEE!! HER THIRD #1 ALBUM!!
BUT SHES GONNA SELL MORE..LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLE :
KEYS UNLOCKS THE CHART TO #1
“No One” does it better than Alicia Keys.
The nine-time Grammy-winning songstress is at it again, with her eagerly anticipated third J/RMG album, As I Am, looking like it will easily top next week’s HITS sales chart, boasting a total that looks like it could hit 550k, according to those retailers not too shell-shocked to see records actually selling to take our call....
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/....cgi?news06879
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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Well, David Cook is gonna sell 300k and that's the big news for me.
I wonder how the WW chart will look like.
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I guess we won't see massive first-week sales until after Thanksgiving / Black Friday.
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Member Since: 3/24/2008
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Well done Beyonce 
Isn't Dido being released this week? Or is it next week?
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Member Since: 2/21/2005
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300k for David Cook 
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Member Since: 1/13/2004
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hard Candy
I expected much higher sales for Beyonce. Two heavily promoted singles and two audiences on her side.
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me 2
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Member Since: 11/30/2007
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Yay at Beyonce at #1!  arty:
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Member Since: 11/30/2007
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Yay at Beyonce at #1! 
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Wow Bee, should've been way higher. Basically selling the same as B'Day which didn't have two hit singles.
EDIT: Still good numbers though.
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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Originally posted by Rihannafan
well on itunes
1.David CoOk
2.I Am...Sasha Fierce
3.Dark Horse
so thats an indictation ANYTHING can happen!
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The only reason he's #1 on iTunes is because Nickelback and Beyonce's albums are being sold at a cheaper price on Amazon's mp3 store.
Anyhow, Mazen how come you've always got to make Britney's rival's sales numbers sound dismal? First you tore up Xtina, now you're going after B. "I Am...Sasha Fierce" is predicted to match the debut sales of "B'day," how could you have expected more than that? She's beating Nickelback for heaven's sake!!! 
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Member Since: 12/12/2004
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Wow Bee, should've been way higher. Basically selling the same as B'Day which didn't have two hit singles.
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Yeah, two huge songs that were way bigger than Deja Vu and SO much more hype this time and she's gonna sell less? 500k is not that great considering everything she's done, but maybe her real numbers will be better
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Member Since: 8/3/2006
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Beyonce 550k, Cook and Nickelback in 300k range!
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Her New Double-CD Will Bow at #1 with Between 500-550k, Cook, Nickelback, Swift Battle for #2
A double dose of Beyonce and her alter ego will grab the top spot on the HITS Album Sales chart next week, as her two-CD Music World/Columbia set, I Am… Sasha Fierce, will debut at #1 with 500-550k in sales, according to those hardy retailers who still have their doors open. With a stunning appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend, two hit singles in “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” and a starring role as Etta James in the upcoming Chess Records movie, Cadillac Records (and its accompanying soundtrack), Beyonce might as well be Sasha Claus. The real tussle will be right below that for #2, as a debuting RCA/RMG’s David Cook and Roadrunner’s Nickelback go head-to-head with this week’s chart-topper, Big Machine’s Taylor Swift, in her second week. All look to be in the 300k range, mas o menos. Syco/Columbia’s Il Divo, Simon Cowell’s tenor heartthrobs, are in the 100-125k range. Other Top 50 newcomers will include Epic’s masked metal marauders Mudvayne, with 40-50k, and Asylum rapper Slim at 30-40k. Sunday will mark the release of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy, while IDJ beats the Tuesday rush with three biggies in Kanye West, The Killers and Ludacris in stores on the Monday before Black Friday. The market was up 27% vs. last week, down 24% vs. the same week last year and still down 13% year to date. Now, excuse us while we get in line for our $125 Sony Bravia HDTV. (Hits)
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LMFAO! 250k apart, sure is stiff... 
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I was certain she was gonna sell more than that.
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Member Since: 4/23/2007
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Beysus Cook's album deserved more sales! His album is amazing.
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Member Since: 12/12/2004
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Originally posted by NorMal
I was certain she was gonna sell more than that.
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Yupp, its kinda bad 
How much did B'day sell the first week?
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