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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (November 29-December 6, 2010)
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
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Actually, the "generic-trash" you are describing is what sells today.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Coming off of having the biggest digital single of ALL TIME and an album that sold over 6M ww, this is disastrous.
It better not happen to another one of Interscope's biggies coming off of a huge era.
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You better keep that tape over your mouth. Don't even speak it.
But on the real, if her album is quality, I don't think she'll suffer the same fate. Her hype will be enormous, as well. I don't think the anticipation for the new BEP album was very high.
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
Actually, the "generic-trash" you are describing is what sells today.
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Is it selling albums? Right.
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
Is it selling albums? Right.
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And GaGa's songs aren't generic? (If that's who you guys are talking about)
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
It better not happen to another one of Interscope's biggies coming off of a huge era.
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I don't think the same will happen to Born This Way.
The Beginning had no hype whatsoever, while there is already a massive hype for Lady Gaga's upcoming album.
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
And GaGa's songs aren't generic? (If that's who you guys are talking about)
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They're nothing groundbreaking or deep or anything, but for the most part they didn't sound like something you'd heard a million times before. As far as pop goes (which is a limited genre in terms of how far you can stretch creatively), they felt pretty fresh.
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How did Interscope let them do this?
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"Bad Romance" is one of the least generic big pop hits in awhile.
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
And GaGa's songs aren't generic? (If that's who you guys are talking about)
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Well, her songs seem to make people want to go purchase her albums.
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The Beginning 57/100 on metacritic
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
They're nothing groundbreaking or deep or anything, but for the most part they didn't sound like something you'd heard a million times before. As far as pop goes (which is a limited genre in terms of how far you can stretch creatively), they felt pretty fresh.
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That's because she's a new artist, and this is her first album, she's still fresh. I felt the same way towards Ke$ha, even though her songs are generic.
Anyhow, GaGa should stop talking about "How great, ground-breaking, best album released in the last decade, amazing, shocking" her album is and prove it already. She's over-hyping it and that's dangerous, but I don't think she's going to disappoint. Her team knows what they're doing.
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Originally posted by chemist
The Beginning 57/100 on metacritic
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That last album only got a 60/100. Their music has never been critically acclaimed.
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
Well, her songs seem to make people want to go purchase her albums.
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I too busy to explain why she achieved so, maybe later.
But I can say the same about GGGB, it sold 8M copies worldwide, and even though it's less than TFM, it is still a lot considering Rihanna is a Pop artist and it's one of the best selling Pop album of the last years. And especially the fact that Rihanna is framed into the "Single-artist" category.
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I thought I misread the BEP's prediction at first
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
That's because she's a new artist, and this is her first album, she's still fresh. I felt the same way towards Ke$ha, even though her songs are generic.
Anyhow, GaGa should stop talking about "How great, ground-breaking, best album released in the last decade, amazing, shocking" her album is and prove it already. She's over-hyping it and that's dangerous, but I don't think she's going to disappoint. Her team knows what they're doing.
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I know, at this point even if it's good it'll be disappointing.
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I love this gif, I love him despite all his big mouth and childish ways.
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
That last album only got a 60/100. Their music has never been critically acclaimed.
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I know, I don't know how could they get a Grammy nomination for best album of the year
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Top30 Current Albums:
1 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 495,835 999 1,253 497,089
2 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 375,191 999 770 375,973
3 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 262,865 -21 334,505 878,423
4 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 240,530 64 146,358 1,965,107
5 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 142,240 -41 239,234 377,000
6 RIHANNA LOUD 140,838 -32 206,530 347,614
7 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 115,467 0 115,467
8 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF 112,460 999 785 113,253
9 NE-YO LIBRA SCALE 112,236 999 293 112,533
10 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 108,004 -33 161,198 269,297
11 KID ROCK BORN FREE 103,748 -45 188,788 292,758
12 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 98,884 -48 191,226 290,122
13 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 82,808 -50 164,926 247,879
14 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 75,909 -53 161,515 237,437
15 KE$HA CANNIBAL 74,217 999 126 74,344
16 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 72,020 178 25,880 676,384
17 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,428 31 48,507 523,618
18 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 63,173 999 64 63,238
19 VARIOUS NOW 36 61,795 11 55,894 206,471
20 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 60,801 140 25,371 2,052,317
21 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 58,858 2 57,609 389,975
22 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 49,838 52 32,894 2,850,942
23 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 49,792 27 39,127 176,751
24 EMINEM RECOVERY 48,033 40 34,233 3,052,878
25 BANKS*LLOYD H.F.M.2 (HUNGER FOR MORE 2) 44,370 999 139 44,511
26 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 41,575 18 35,308 165,359
27 PINK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 41,156 -22 52,651 93,906
28 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 39,669 79 22,147 296,885
29 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 36,914 31 28,257 511,291
30 VARIOUS NOW CHRISTMAS 4 36,522 27 28,790 96,014
I cant at Rihanna selling more than half of what Katy has sold in half a year in 2 weeks.... and them haterz keep on calling her a singles artist......
6 RIHANNA LOUD 140,838 -32 206,530 347,614
16 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 72,020 178 25,880 676,384
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i'm glad BEP is flopping. Fergie could go solo now.
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20 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 60,801 140 25,371 2,052,317
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2X Platinum.
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Originally posted by zzmyth
Top30 Current Albums:
1 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 495,835 999 1,253 497,089
2 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 375,191 999 770 375,973
3 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 262,865 -21 334,505 878,423
4 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 240,530 64 146,358 1,965,107
5 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 142,240 -41 239,234 377,000
6 RIHANNA LOUD 140,838 -32 206,530 347,614
7 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 115,467 0 115,467
8 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF 112,460 999 785 113,253
9 NE-YO LIBRA SCALE 112,236 999 293 112,533
10 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 108,004 -33 161,198 269,297
11 KID ROCK BORN FREE 103,748 -45 188,788 292,758
12 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 98,884 -48 191,226 290,122
13 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 82,808 -50 164,926 247,879
14 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 75,909 -53 161,515 237,437
15 KE$HA CANNIBAL 74,217 999 126 74,344
16 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 72,020 178 25,880 676,384
17 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,428 31 48,507 523,618
18 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 63,173 999 64 63,238
19 VARIOUS NOW 36 61,795 11 55,894 206,471
20 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 60,801 140 25,371 2,052,317
21 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 58,858 2 57,609 389,975
22 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 49,838 52 32,894 2,850,942
23 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 49,792 27 39,127 176,751
24 EMINEM RECOVERY 48,033 40 34,233 3,052,878
25 BANKS*LLOYD H.F.M.2 (HUNGER FOR MORE 2) 44,370 999 139 44,511
26 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 41,575 18 35,308 165,359
27 PINK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 41,156 -22 52,651 93,906
28 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 39,669 79 22,147 296,885
29 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 36,914 31 28,257 511,291
30 VARIOUS NOW CHRISTMAS 4 36,522 27 28,790 96,014
I cant at Rihanna selling more than half of what Katy has sold in half a year in 2 weeks.... and them haterz keep on calling her a singles artist......
6 RIHANNA LOUD 140,838 -32 206,530 347,614
16 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 72,020 178 25,880 676,384
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Rihanna IS a singles artist. STOP. SYG NOW!
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