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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (July 13-20, 2009)
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Michael Jackson Sells 1.1 Million Albums In One Week
The King of Pop dominates the Nielsen SoundScan and Billboard charts yet again.
Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, Michael Jackson's catalog of solo albums sold a mighty 1.1 million copies in the U.S. in the tracking week that ended at the close of business on Sunday (July 12).
That's a jump of 37% stacked next to the previous week, when his combined albums sold just shy of 800,000. In just the past two and a half weeks, American consumers have purchased more than 2.3 million Jackson albums.
Record label sources have suggested that sales of Jackson's albums were particularly strong last week because of publicity surrounding his memorial service on Tuesday July 7. Additionally, a wider selection of his albums were re-stocked by key retailers, in addition to key hits compilations like "Number Ones" and "The Essential Michael Jackson" and of course, "Thriller."
When Nielsen SoundScan's charts are released in the morning on Wednesday, July 15, Jackson's "Number Ones" collection will be the top selling album in the United States for the third week in a row, with 349,000 copies sold (an increase of 3%).
His "Thriller" moved 264,000 (up 41%) while "Essential" powered through another 149,000 (up 18%). Some older Jackson titles also saw great gains, likely owed to the one-two punch of re-stocking by brick-and-mortar retailers and the publicity generated by the memorial service.
"Off the Wall" sold 107,000 (up 108%), "Bad" did 97,000 (up 332%) and "Dangerous" blew through 67,000 (up 157%).
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"Dangerous" blew through 67,000 (up 157%).
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That's FOUR albums selling over 100,000 copies!
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Fans Snap Up 1.1 Million Jackson Albums In One Week
July 15, 2009
Michael Jackson continues to rule the chart this week as his overall catalog of solo albums moved 1.1 million copies last week (up a whopping 37% compared with the previous week) . . . He also claims the top-selling album in the United States for a third week in a row with "Number Ones" (349,000; up 3%) . . . Big bows also greet new albums from Maxwell and rock band All Time Low while the latest "Hannah Montana" TV soundtrack starts strong . . . In Progress Reports we've got updates on Lady GaGa and Britney Spears on the Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart, Kings of Leon's latest top 10 single and the Jonas Brothers' unlikely dance hit.
FLASH POINTS
• Michael Jackson's catalog of solo albums sold a mighty 1.1 million copies in the United States in the tracking week that ended at the close of business Sunday (July 12). That's a jump of 37% stacked next to the previous week, when his combined albums sold nearly 800,000. In just the past two-and-a-half weeks, American consumers have purchased more than 2.3 million Jackson albums.
• Record label sources suggest that Jackson's album sales were particularly strong last week because of publicity surrounding his July 7 memorial service. Additionally, a wider selection of his albums were restocked by key retailers, in addition to integral hits compilations like "Number Ones" and "The Essential Michael Jackson" and of course, "Thriller."
• "Number Ones" is the top-selling album in the United States for the third straight week, with 349,000 copies sold (an increase of 3%). "Thriller" moved 264,000 (up 41%) while "Essential" powered through another 149,000 (up 18%). Some older Jackson titles also made great gains, likely owed to the one-two punch of restocking by brick-and-mortar retailers and the publicity generated by the memorial service. "Off the Wall" sold 107,000 (up 108%), "Bad" did 97,000 (up 332%), and "Dangerous" blew through 67,000 (up 157%).
• In turn, Jackson is still the King of the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. It tallies albums that are more than 18 months old, have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 and don't have a current radio single. Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 though they can chart on the Top Comprehensive Albums chart. This week, the entire top 12 albums on the Catalog tally are all Jackson-related. The singer specifically has the titles at Nos. 1-6 and 9-12, while two Jackson 5 compilations hold down the fort at Nos. 7 and 8.
• On the Billboard 200, Maxwell makes big news, entering at No. 1 with "BLACKsummers'night" and a career-high sales week of 316,000. It's his second chart-topper. The singer's last set, 2001's "Now," also opened at No. 1 with a then-best 296,000 copies sold.
• The "Hannah Montana" parade on the Billboard 200 continues as the TV soundtrack "Hannah Montana 3" bows at No. 2 with 137,000. Earlier this year, the "Hannah Montana: The Movie" film soundtrack started at No. 2 with 139,000. The first two "Hannah" TV soundtracks both reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 back in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
• Rock band All Time Low has its all-time high week as "Nothing Personal" enters at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 63,000. It's the group's best sales week and highest-charting album. The Hopeless Records' band took its last album, "So Wrong, It's Right," to No. 62 back in 2007.
• And finally, here's a recap of the rest of the top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. The "Now 31" compilation slips two spots to No. 3 with 101,000 (down 41%) while the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." holds on at No. 5 with 63,000 (down 10%). Brad Paisley's "American Saturday Night" falls four positions to No. 6 with 44,000 (down 66% in its second week) while Rob Thomas' "Cradlesong" also falls four rungs to No. 7 with 41,000 (down 66% in its sophomore frame). Taylor Swift's "Fearless" climbs three slots to No. 8 with 36,000 (up 1%), Eminem's "Relapse" stands still at No. 9 with 34,000 (down 12%), and Jonas Brothers' "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" slips two spots to No. 10 with 34,000 (down 19%).
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 12) totaled 7.3 million units, up 4.5% compared with the sum last week (7 million) and down 0.8% compared with the same sales week of 2008 (7.3 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 188.7 million, down 14% compared with the same total at this point last year (219.5 million).
MARKET WATCH
• Album units, current chart week: 7.3 million units
• UP 4.5% from last week's charts: 7 million units
• DOWN 0.75% from same week, 2008: 7.3 million units
• This week: The top three albums on the Billboard 200 sell more than 100,000 copies. The top seven albums on the Top Comprehensive Albums chart sell more than 100,000.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" held at No. 1 with 125,000 (down 20%) while the chart's top debut was Beck's "Modern Guilt" at No. 4 (84,000).
PROGRESS REPORTS
• Lady GaGa becomes just the third artist in the 16-year history of the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart to collect three No. 1 singles from a debut album. "LoveGame" rises 2-1 on the tally, marking the singer's third No. 1 following "Just Dance" (two weeks at the top) and "Poker Face" (five weeks). The three songs appear on her top five Billboard 200 album, "The Fame" . . . GaGa joins just two prior acts in accomplishing the triumphant triple play. In 1993-94, Ace of Base reigned consecutively with thee cuts from its debut set, "The Sign": "All That She Wants," the title cut (a record 14 weeks at No. 1) and "Don't Turn Around" . . . In 2002-03, Avril Lavigne repeated the feat with a trio of tracks from her debut set, "Let Go"—"Complicated" (eight weeks), "Sk8er Boi" (one week) and "I'm With You" (four weeks).
• Britney Spears debuts on the Mainstream Top 40 radio chart this week with "Radar"—the fourth single from her "Circus" album—entering at No. 35. Spears now reigns as the artist with the most Mainstream Top 40 chart hits since 2000—with 21—breaking out of a tie she was in with Nelly. All told, Spears has collected 23 Mainstream Top 40 hits. (Two of those charted pre-2000.)
• Jonas Brothers find themselves on a rather unlikely chart—the Hot Dance Club Songs tally. "Paranoid," courtesy of uptempo remixes from the likes of Soul Seekerz and Dave Aude, debuts at No. 48 on the tally. It's the JoBros. first Dance Club chart hit.
• Over on the Alternative radio airplay chart, Kings of Leon net their third top 10 single as "Notion" rises 12-10. All three of the band's top 10 hits happen to be from its current album, "Only By the Night," which holds at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 with 30,000 (down less than 1%).
A LOOK AHEAD
• Among the albums released this week, due on next week's charts: Daughtry's "Leave This Town," the Dead Weather's "Horehound," Joe's "Signature" and Celtic Thunder's "Take Me Home."
• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2008 when: Nas' self-titled effort bowed at No. 1 with 187,000 while Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" fell to the No. 2 slot with 105,000 (down 15% in its sixth week).
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From Pulse:
Michael Jackson sets another record and now holds down the Top 12 of the catalog chart -- those 12 albums alone sell 1,132,636!
BILLBOARD - CATALOG TOP 12
1 1 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 348507 3 339228 2620573
2 2 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 263803 41 187460 5040188
3 3 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 147808 18 125371 816236
4 4 JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 106513 108 51292 1747282
137 5 JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 97201 999 1651 1200231
5 6 JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 67394 157 26178 271539
7 7 JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 34031 239 10042 522320
22 8 JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 16979 280 4467 686752
10 9 JACKSON*MICHAEL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS HISTORY 15228 98 7683 985789
16 10 JACKSON*MICHAEL HISTORY PAST PRESENT & FUTURE 14325 153 5656 2573425
9 11 JACKSON*MICHAEL INVINCIBLE 13601 61 8462 2137312
8 12 JACKSON*MICHAEL ULTIMATE COLLECTION 7246 -26 9793 128412
Over on the Top 200, Maxwell debuts at No. 1 with a great sales sum but not enough to be No. 1 on the comprehensive chart:
Billboard Top 200
-- 1 MAXWELL BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT 316499 999 2228 318728
-- 2 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA 3 137405 999 53 137458
1 3 VARIOUS NOW 31 100709 -41 169261 270054
-- 4 ALL TIME LOW NOTHING PERSONAL 62912 999 80 62992
5 5 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 62556 -10 69835 672426
2 6 PAISLEY*BRAD AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT 44244 -66 129527 173874
3 7 THOMAS*ROB CRADLESONG 41006 -66 121511 162619
11 8 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 36147 1 35807 3500275
9 9 EMINEM RELAPSE 34145 -12 38641 1241536
It's a shame nobody seems to care about "HIStory". That's his best studio album.
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CHART DATE: 07/13/2009
LAST UPDATE: 07/14/2009 12:46:54
NOW IN: FINAL
37 38 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 13,807 -7%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
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still there after all these sales and months.
that is Beyoncé for you
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^ She's actually like 30 on the official BB Hot 200 .
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American Idol Alum Will Finally Topple MJ with Leave This Town
July 15, 2009
Sony Music will continue to rule the HITS Album chart next week, but not with Michael Jackson.
After three straight weeks of Jackomania, yet another American Idol, this one named Daughtry, should be #1 on next week's HITS Top 50 with Leave This Town, his sophomore 19/RCA/RMG album, which will bow in the 240-260k range.
That's based on one-day sales reports from those retailers who still have Michael Jackson catalog on their shelves.
Wal-Mart, which has ruled each of the past two weeks with around 200k in sales of Jackson's Number Ones is on target, as of today, to sell about half that number. Similar trends may also be occurring at other retailers, but we won't know for sure until tomorrow. So don't bother asking, but we'll keep you informed because it's still early in the chart week and anything can happen. Here's how the rest of this week's key debuts are shaping up.
The Dead Weather, Jack White's new band (he plays drums) with The Kills' sultry lead singer Alison Mosshart, are next up with their new Third Man/WB album, Horehound (think Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company circa 1968), which will sell in the 45-50k range.
Kedar/Fontana R&B crooner Joe follows in the 35-40k for his latest, Signature.
Capitol speed rapper/toaster Twista is the next highest debut at 30-35k, with RMR/Virgin Aussie punk-rock transplants Sick Puppies at 15-18k for their latest, Tri-Polar, while June Baby's Brooke White is in the 8-10k range.
The market was up 5% over last week, down 1% over the same week last year (even with MJ selling more than 1.1m) and still down 14% year to date.
You may now return to administering a hernia test to Bruno.
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After they have been wrong about MJ for like 2 weeks I'm not jumping on believing it...Anyways, 240-260k to daughtry?I thought he'd like blow up to at least 400k, they better be wrong, yet, again.
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still there after all these sales and months.
that is Beyoncé for you
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Yeah jules! your auntie rocks on stage and on top of the charts
between where is keri? i thought she would sell more with knock you down being a smash and her past low sales.
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sony is killing it,
with mj beyonce shakira and pink and alicia keys later this year, and prolly justin begin next year
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Those Daughtry sales are disappointing!
Well, you can only expect so much after "No Surprise" bombed.
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Yeah, I know. Don't worry though because i'm sure they will last on the chart in the long run.
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But isn't the Hannah soundtrack the 2nd highest selling album of 09 And isn't her movie #01 And isn't the book she released this year a #01 best-selling book And ISN'T SHE ON TOP OF FORBE'S LIST OF RICHEST TEENS ... bew bitches...
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doesn't matter...the hannah album is now @ 29 on iTunes (Just 2 spots higher than the JB****, and they released their album 1 month ago )
HER E.N.D. IS COMING :scary: AS WELL AS THE E.N.D. OF THE JB****
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I KNOW Miley will not be the next hilary fo cho!
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I KNOW Miley will not be the next hilary fo cho!
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Good try but....
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I KNOW Miley will not be the next hilary fo cho!
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Yes, she will.. how old are you?
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micheal sold 9M around tha world this week in case nobody knew!!
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