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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (January 17-24, 2011)
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Originally posted by Ri_Ri_Rock
LOUD will be again #1 on WW charts this week. I hope LOUD can be best selling album of 2011.
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I hope so!!!
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You don't have to be blatantly ignorant about a band if you've never heard of them. Look them up. I just posted a YouTube video of one of their biggest singles. "Never There" and "The Distance" were also huge hits in the 1990s; "Sick of You" is the new single and it's #4 on Alternative (behind Cage the Elephant.)
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Member Since: 1/10/2010
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Top 25 Albums:
1 cake showroom of compassion 44,333 999 179 44,517
2 cage the elephant thank you happy birthday 38,592 999 162 38,856
3 swift*taylor speak now 35,381 -32 52,028 3,047,740
4 mars*bruno doo - wops & hooligans 32,409 -15 38,175 528,346
5 minaj*nicki pink friday 31,939 -17 38,642 922,422
6 various artists country strong (original motio 28,606 1 28,450 100,005
7 steel magnolia steel magnolia 28,313 999 25 28,346
8 rihanna loud 28,096 -16 33,387 813,380
9 mumford & sons sigh no more 25,928 -16 31,005 683,398
10 west*kanye my beautiful dark twisted fant 25,249 -24 33,240 940,640
11 aldean*jason my kinda party 25,209 -14 29,362 741,848
12 black keys brothers 24,111 -3 24,957 530,105
13 perry*katy teenage dream 22,855 -18 28,028 1,047,435
14 eminem recovery 21,376 -36 33,417 3,469,720
15 lecrae rehab: The overdose 20,942 999 487 17,391
16 kid rock born free 18,478 -15 21,731 680,301
17 kelly*r. Love letter 18,366 -28 25,612 329,493
18 soundtrack tron legacy 18,291 -47 34,333 295,525
19 p!nk greatest hits so far 17,971 -5 18,832 321,071
20 glee cast glee: The music, v4 17,608 2 17,284 440,494
21 foxx*jamie best night of my life 16,792 -26 22,588 218,907
22 black eyed peas the beginning 16,438 -27 22,652 426,112
23 various/country strong country strong (more music frm 15,289 64 9,350 25,926
24 t.i. No mercy 14,785 -23 19,318 367,386
25 lady antebellum need you now 14,632 -25 19,465 3,123,400
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19 p!nk greatest hits so far 17,971 -5 18,832 321,071
Sales are awfull.
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Member Since: 10/14/2008
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
She sold 40k during a Christmas season. She would do half of that right now.
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She'd still go top 10 with 20k.
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5 minaj*nicki pink friday 31,939 -17 38,642 922,422
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3 weeks till platinum. Gettem Roman.
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Sales are so horrible
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Originally posted by zzmyth
Top 25 Albums:
1 cake showroom of compassion 44,333 999 179 44,517
2 cage the elephant thank you happy birthday 38,592 999 162 38,856
3 swift*taylor speak now 35,381 -32 52,028 3,047,740
4 mars*bruno doo - wops & hooligans 32,409 -15 38,175 528,346
5 minaj*nicki pink friday 31,939 -17 38,642 922,422
6 various artists country strong (original motio 28,606 1 28,450 100,005
7 steel magnolia steel magnolia 28,313 999 25 28,346
8 rihanna loud 28,096 -16 33,387 813,380
9 mumford & sons sigh no more 25,928 -16 31,005 683,398
10 west*kanye my beautiful dark twisted fant 25,249 -24 33,240 940,640
11 aldean*jason my kinda party 25,209 -14 29,362 741,848
12 black keys brothers 24,111 -3 24,957 530,105
13 perry*katy teenage dream 22,855 -18 28,028 1,047,435
14 eminem recovery 21,376 -36 33,417 3,469,720
15 lecrae rehab: The overdose 20,942 999 487 17,391
16 kid rock born free 18,478 -15 21,731 680,301
17 kelly*r. Love letter 18,366 -28 25,612 329,493
18 soundtrack tron legacy 18,291 -47 34,333 295,525
19 p!nk greatest hits so far 17,971 -5 18,832 321,071
20 glee cast glee: The music, v4 17,608 2 17,284 440,494
21 foxx*jamie best night of my life 16,792 -26 22,588 218,907
22 black eyed peas the beginning 16,438 -27 22,652 426,112
23 various/country strong country strong (more music frm 15,289 64 9,350 25,926
24 t.i. No mercy 14,785 -23 19,318 367,386
25 lady antebellum need you now 14,632 -25 19,465 3,123,400
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thanks for the list
but those sales are making me sick
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Member Since: 11/25/2010
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At this rate, loud wont cross the 1 million mark til march... hopefully S&M can give it a push and i think it can
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Well, it’s a start anyway. After a January that so far has set records for lowest-ever sales of a chart-topper, next week’s HITS Album sales tally at least offers a shred of hope, with a possible total of four debut albums in the Top 10.
That’s based on one-day reports from those music retailers who haven’t blamed “Blood Libel” for disastrous 2011 record sales.
Capitol/EMI’s Alternative standbys The Decemberists follow up their critically successful medieval concept album The Hazards of Love with the more up-do-date country-folk stylings of The King Is Dead, which is looking at a first-week projection between 65-70k, putting it in the early lead for #1 on next week’s chart.
Its chief challenger will be Razor & Tie’s long-running Kidz Bop series, now in its 19th incarnation, with a first-week bow of between 55-60k, putting it in the running for the top spot, according to our in-house retail pundits when they finished throwing darts at the wall of their office.
Epic’s Dublin popsters The Script return with a sophomore effort, Science & Faith, the follow-up to their 2008 debut as they aim straight for the heart of Hot Adult, and a first-week sales total of between 37-42k.
SoCal country-punk icons Social Distortion are back with Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, their first studio album since 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, and debut for L.A. indie stalwart Epitaph Records, which eyes a Top 10 bow with an estimated 35-40k.
Rock legend Gregg Allman is up next with his comeback album, and Rounder Records debut, Low Country Blues, his first solo effort since 1997’s Searching for Simplicity, and first since his heart transplant seven months ago. Look for sales in the 25-30k area.
Finally, Custard/Atlantic heartthrob crooner James Blunt returns with his third album, Some Kind of Trouble, which should do between 18-23k.
The market was down 11% vs. last week, down 15% vs. same week last year and now down 11% year to date (after only two weeks). Ouch.
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Originally posted by MD1990
Finally, Custard/Atlantic heartthrob crooner James Blunt returns with his third album, Some Kind of Trouble, which should do between 18-23k.
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This is so sad His album is amazing
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Mumford & Sons are slaying!!!!
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4 mars*bruno doo - wops & hooligans 32,409 -15 38,175 528,346
With another hit after Grenade I think he could go platinum
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Oh gosh. More records low #1 sales? Ugh...
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Originally posted by Ri_Ri_Rock
LOUD will be again #1 on WW charts this week. I hope LOUD can be best selling album of 2011.
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it won't happen.
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Originally posted by Cahleb
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Biggest album of 2011 belongs to Lady Gaga. There's no doubt! (not gonna care tho, I stopped loving her after Paparazzi )
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Originally posted by Cahleb
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She'll be in the top 5 though.
#1 is Gaga's.
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It's very premature to say #1 is Gaga's, especially as it comes out at the end of May. Half the year will be gone. But I think she's got a good chance at her 3rd consecutive year in the Top 2.
Edit: I expect The Fame to sell 1M+ this year, it's already sold 300K.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
It's very premature to say #1 is Gaga's, especially as it comes out at the end of May. Half the year will be gone. But I think she's got a good chance at her 3rd consecutive year in the Top 2.
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I would not say it is premature. I don't think the first five months are going to be a hurdle for a #1 album. What comes with it should be another big artist releasing anything in that period. Anyone except Britney? Even then, Gaga's power should overcome that. Sales should be stabilized when BTW hits the final week of 2011.
(anyone here thinks Amy is going to snatch Gaga's wig? )
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Originally posted by Johnald.
You don't have to be blatantly ignorant about a band if you've never heard of them. Look them up. I just posted a YouTube video of one of their biggest singles. "Never There" and "The Distance" were also huge hits in the 1990s; "Sick of You" is the new single and it's #4 on Alternative (behind Cage the Elephant.)
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Plus, wasn't "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" used recently in iPod commercials?
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