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Chart Listings: Bublé snatches Nickelback #1
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Originally posted by DG1
Def Jam/IDJ pop diva Rihanna’s Talk That Talk should enter at #4, with between 180-200k, which compares favorably to the 207k she debuted with for last year’s Loud.
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oh my god
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Originally posted by DG1
Rounding out the Top 10, Nickelodeon/Columbia teenpop act Big Time Rush will enter with 90-100k,
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YESSS! That's great for my boys!
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So Buble has 250-275k, Rihanna has 180-200k ... 50k is not THAT big of a difference. Even Nickelback (who history shows is a much better seller than Rihanna) is flopping.
Anything above 200,000 would be a success for Rihanna. But let's not act like she's flopping horribly when she's only 50-75k from #1 and she's performing just like she did last year with LOUD.
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lmao poor navy they were so confident last week.
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Originally posted by Nicole
I know, I hear his bland songs on AC all the time. I meant in terms of blocking Rihanna, he's replaced SuBo this year.
He's mostly successful because housewives want to throw their panties at him.
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Don't be surprised if this is Bruno years from now.
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I missed to fun.Again
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Originally posted by LightandDarkness
I thought "Brava" by Paulina Rubio was suppose to debut somewhere in the top 5?
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nop hahaha
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I didn't even know he was releasing an album. I so love the singles of the last era. Does he have a single out?
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Buble is a talented, Grammy & Juno Award winning artist. He's taken more seriously than Susan Boyle.
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Right? The nerve of some people. Not everyone has to make pop music.
Btw what happened Cap10? I remember you used to stan for Subo, you even had her in your avatar last year.
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Originally posted by RatedG²
8 million for BTW
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Sweetie, no one is using your stats Around 5 million according to United World Chart. Toodles
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Originally posted by BnPac
Right? The nerve of some people. Not everyone has to make pop music.
Btw what happened Cap10? I remember you used to stan for Subo, you even had her in your avatar last year.
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When have I EVER seriously stanned for SuBo? I was rocking Yahhh!!!'s SuBo's gif with her destroying all her competitors as a joke and poking fun at her slaying everyone during Christmas. I have never been a stan of SuBo.
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Congrats to Bubbly lol
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Michael Buble to Muffle Rihanna's 'Talk' on Billboard 200
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It would seem Rihanna will yet again be denied her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Industry sources suggest that her new "Talk That Talk" album, released Nov. 21, may sell around 200,000 by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Nov. 27 -- but that won't be enough to score the No. 1 album next week.
So who will be No. 1 next week? Perhaps surprisingly, it could be Michael Buble, with his "Christmas" album. Sources say that it will not only easily sell more than Rihanna's "Talk," but it could also trump the debut of Nickelback's new "Here and Now" album.
"Christmas" is on course to sell around 250,000 to 270,000, while Nickelback might move around 225,000 to 250,000. Rihanna's "Talk," on the other hand, may shift 200,000 to 210,000.
"Christmas" will mark Buble's third No. 1 album, following "Call Me Irresponsible" (2007) and "Crazy Love" (2009). "Christmas" could end up being the top selling album every week through the Christmas holiday, much like how Josh Groban's "Noel" took over the charts in late 2007. In its seventh week on the chart, "Noel" jumped to No. 1 and then held the top slot for four more weeks. By the end of the year, "Noel" had sold 3.7 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, and became the top selling album of the year.
Rather amazingly, Rihanna has yet to score a No. 1 album in her prolific -- yet still young -- career. How prolific? "Talk That Talk" is her sixth studio set in a little more than six years. Despite her staggering success with singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (11 No. 1s and counting), she's never gone higher than No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (with 2007's "Good Girl Gone Bad"). Her best sales week for an album was for 2010's "Loud," which shifted 207,000 in its premiere frame at No. 3.
This week's No. 1 album, Drake's "Take Care," will likely fall to around Nos. 3 or 4, though it's too early to tell what it may sell.
As for the other new releases heading for a top 10 debut next week, we've got Mary J. Blige's "My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act I," Daughtry's "Break the Spell," Taylor Swift's "Speak Now World Tour Live" and possibly Big Time Rush's second album "Elevate." Blige may sell around 130,000 while Daughtry could start with 120,000. Swift is set to sell 70,000 to 90,000.
Big Time Rush's "Elevate" is perhaps the surprise of the week, as the made-for-Nick TV band will notch its best sales week yet, with around 95,000 sold. That will surpass the group's previous high, when its "BTR" soundtrack opened with 67,000 at No. 3 in October of 2010.
Come back to Billboard.com on Nov. 30 when we'll reveal the Billboard 200's official top 10 albums, along with their SoundScan-reported sales numbers.
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http://www.billboard.com/news/michae...05564352.story
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
When have I EVER seriously stanned for SuBo? I was rocking Yahhh!!!'s SuBo's gif with her destroying all her competitors as a joke and poking fun at her slaying everyone during Christmas. I have never been a stan of SuBo.
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I thought you were serious with it.
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SuBo is doing fine & the Gift is like about to re-enter the top 30. Y'all can step off her back.
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This looks better
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Def Jam/IDJ pop diva Rihanna’s Talk That Talk should enter at #4, with between 180-200k
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