Billboard 200 Top 20:
TW | Artist | Title | TW Sales | Total sales
1 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC - JOURNEY TO REGIONALS (EP) 151976 152021
2 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE) SOUNDTRACK 144073 144482
3 CHRISTINA AGUILERA BIONIC 110168 110299
4 JACK JOHNSON TO THE SEA 89395 332797
5 PLIES GOON AFFILIATED 56257 56458
6 JUSTIN BIEBER MY WORLD 2.O 48603 1233867
7 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 3 SHOWSTOPPERS (DELUXE) 39943 283435
8 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 38865 2252103
9 DIERKS BENTLEY UP ON THE RIDGE 38097 38647
10 JEWEL SWEET AND WILD 31107 31765
11 LADY GAGA FAME 30920 3461830
12 USHER RAYMOND V RAYMOND 29747 820967
13 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR 26632 229035
14 ZAC BROWN BAND FOUNDATION 23620 1994351
15 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 20740 2589732
16 CLAY WALKER SHE WON'T BE LONELY LONG 19782 19783
17 VARIOUS NOW 33 19047 559852
18 MIRANDA LAMBERT REVOLUTION 18111 653372
19 KE$HA ANIMAL 17926 767615
20 GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS 17755 17853
6 JUSTIN BIEBER MY WORLD 2.O 48603 1233867
- Smash.
11 LADY GAGA FAME 30920 3461830
12 USHER RAYMOND V RAYMOND 29747 820967
- Usher coming for Platinum!
15 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 20740 2589732
- A year later and still smashing. 3x Platinum in no time, matching with their other albums.
It's ashame that this album outsold all of its contemporaries and is still outselling 2010 albums, but has not reached no.1 on Billboard. The lesser albums did, but it doesn't matter because Sales>>>>>>Chart positions
It's ashame that this album outsold all of its contemporaries and is still outselling 2010 albums, but has not reached no.1 on Billboard. The lesser albums did, but it doesn't matter because Sales>>>>>>Chart positions
It's a great achievement. I can think of four albums off the top of my head that sold extremely well but never saw a day at #1 --- Kelly's "Breakaway," TLC's "CrazySexyCool," Taylor's debut album, and Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts." It's really about consistency.
It's ashame that this album outsold all of its contemporaries and is still outselling 2010 albums, but has not reached no.1 on Billboard. The lesser albums did, but it doesn't matter because Sales>>>>>>Chart positions
It's not really shameful. If anything it's more impressive she came from a debut flop week to this.
It's a great achievement. I can think of four albums off the top of my head that sold extremely well but never saw a day at #1 --- Kelly's "Breakaway," TLC's "CrazySexyCool," Taylor's debut album, and Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts." It's really about consistency.
Also, "Come On Over."
This is why I am a little irritated at how much emphasis is placed on ranking on the Hot 100. It's so dependent on timing. A #4 hit that sells 4m copies is a much bigger hit than a #1 that sells 2m.
I think it's safe to assume that Drake's final numbers won't be over 500k first week. Billboard and HITS don't always agree and they seem to agree with those projections. Regardless, those are some damn good numbers for Drake. He will probably have a solid 2nd week given Eminem is dropping next week, and Em fans may scoop up Drake's album. Plus, he has some promo left. Hopefully, his promo doesn't fall off after that. Labels are known for doing that to new artists. I say 110-120k second week, maybe more.
YOUR WEAKEND TOP 15 CHART PREVIEW: Drake scores this week with what now appears to be the third biggest debut of 2010, and the biggest rap debut since Jay-Z dropped Blueprint 3 on 9/11/09. Here’s next week's projected Top 15:
* Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 450-470k
* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Reprise) 100-105k
* Now 34 (Capitol/EMI) 80-85k
* Sarah McLachlan (Arista/RMG) 80-85k
Jack Johnson (Brushfire/Universal Republic) 60-65k
Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 55-60k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 45-50k
Christina Aguilera (RCA/RMG) 40-45k
Glee Cast, Journey to Regionals (Columbia) 37-42k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 35-40k
Usher (LaFace/JLG) 27-30k
Glee Cast, Vol. 3, Showstoppers (Columbia) 27-30k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 27-30k
Carole King & James Taylor (Hear Music) 25-28k
Lady Gaga (Interscope) 25-28k
* Denotes debut
You may now return to being either overjoyed or crushed by the result of Thursday night’s Game 7. (6/18a)
i think it's a lil bit a shame Raymond Vs. Raymond is still not platinum in US..also KeSha's...
britney's album was platinum in less than a month i guess..when compared to the promotion of kesha and usher......and i believe that usher is in the same level with britney but why is he selling less?..OMG is such a hit.
i think it's a lil bit a shame Raymond Vs. Raymond is still not platinum in US..also KeSha's...
britney's album was platinum in less than a month i guess..when compared to the promotion of kesha and usher......and i believe that usher is in the same level with britney but why is he selling less?..OMG is such a hit.
Circus was released in December, and benefited greatly from those sales. Ke$ha & Usher both released during a time sales are minimal and are holding up great. Had they released in the Winter and had these same chart runs, their sales would be phenomenal.
I don't know when the folks around here are being serious or not.
