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Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (March 28-April 4, 2012)
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One of my BIGGEST pet peeve is when Rihanna and Beyonce are called R&B singers.
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Nothing is wrong with calling Beyonce an R&B singer because that's exactly what she is. She crossed over, but she still records R&B music.
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Bey is r&b
Rihanna is pop
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MADONNA’S MATERIAL GAINS
New MDNA Album Debuts on Top, Richie, Shinedown Debut
March 28, 2012
She’s no longer “Like a Virgin,” or even the Material Girl, for that matter, but Madonna is still a pop diva superstar.
Madge’s Interscope debut, MDNA, her 12th studio album and first under a recently inked deal with Live Nation, is her first new collection in four years, since 2008’s Hard Candy. It’s a lock for #1 on next week’s HITS Album sales chart, with between 325-350k, beating that album’s 280k opening.
Those figures are based on one-day sales figures which our crack retail staff arrived at by throwing darts at a board. Take that, Soundscan!
Lionel Richie’s Mercury Nashville bow, Tuskegee, a collection of his greatest hits performed with country stars such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett, is the big surprise, with a robust first-week estimate in the 140-160k range. The album has even hit the #1 slot at iTunes over Madonna.
Veteran Atlantic Florida rockers Shinedown’s fourth studio album, Amaryllis, their first since 2008’s The Sound of Madness, is on track for first-week sales of 80-90k, easily topping that album’s 50k.
Hopeless’ The Used release Vulnerable, the Orem, UT, thrash-rockers’ fifth studio album and first since leaving their longtime label Warner Bros./Reprise, which looks to be in the 20-25k range.
Interscope’s veteran Oklahoma post-punks All-American Rejects’ fourth album, Kids in the Street, is slated to do between 17-20k, a striking comedown from their last, 2008’s When the World Comes Down, which did 112k its first week..
Prog-rocking Texas band The Mars Volta’s Noctourniquet, their sixth full-length album, and second from Warner Bros., is also in the 17-20k range.
Mercury/IDJ Canadian rock group My Darkest Days’ sophomore album, Sick and Twisted Affair, fueled by the hit single, “**** Star Dancing,” should do between 12-15k
Album sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 16% vs. same week last year and up 1% year to date.
Track sales were up 2% vs. last week, up 3% vs. same week last year and up 6% year to date.
TEA sales were down 2% vs. last week, down 11% vs. same week last year and up 2% year to date.
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Wow.  Way more than I thought. She must be doing well with physical sales.
I'm surprised she was able to beat Hard Candy, which actually had a hit single.
And Lionel's numbers are really impressive for what is essentially a remix album. 
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Madonna! with no "Hung Up" or "4 Minutes" type of a hit! She could've had a 500 k+ or her best first weeks sales if she had a big hit this era
The Only Queen of Pop
She deserves that #1  
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MDNA It will be able to get that Gold certification by the looks of it.
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Wow @ Madge! I underestimated her!
Lionel's opening is pretty big for him as well. Crazy!
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Veteran Atlantic Florida rockers Shinedown’s fourth studio album, Amaryllis, their first since 2008’s The Sound of Madness, is on track for first-week sales of 80-90k, easily topping that album’s 50k.
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their biggest opening week AND first top 3/top 5 album!
huge numbers for Madonna too
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Lionel Richie 
ADELE will be #3  
AAR 
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So happy for Melanie
Wow at MDNA! I underestimated her.
Looks like Adele will be #3 lol.
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this also made me realize how irrelevant itunes is to album sales... lionel and shinedown are both outselling Madonna there but neither are doing even half her numbers
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That's a huge opening for her. I'm shocked. Congrats!
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this also made me realize how irrelevant itunes is to album sales... lionel and shinedown are both outselling Madonna there but neither are doing even half her numbers
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Digital sales are only huge for rap artists, really, with only a few exceptions (Adele, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Coldplay come to mind).
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Wait...where's the prediction for Katy?
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Wow MDNA! Only the Queen.
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21 has sold 2,2 million digital, but that's an extreme exception.
Btw, #3 next week. Oh well, first time out of top 2 since christmas, due to new albums of course
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Wait...where's the prediction for Katy?
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 The Complete Confloption
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Madonna had huge pre-orders. Remember when her album shot up to #1 after the Super Bowl based on pre-orders. So, iTunes isn't irrelevant. Just look at Lionel's numbers. He's selling well digitally.
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Wait...where's the prediction for Katy?
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If iTunes is any indication, she may not even cross 30k.
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