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Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (July 11-18, 2012)
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Billboard 200 Albums (July 11-18, 2012)
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Chris Brown's 'Fortune' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Chris Brown earns his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as "Fortune" debuts atop the chart, selling 134,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. It follows his last release, and first No. 1, 2011's "F.A.M.E." That album launched atop the list with 270,000 -- more than double the start of "Fortune."
Brown is the second R&B hitmaker in a month to debut at No. 1 with a comparably soft launch. Four weeks ago, Usher's "Looking 4 Myself" started at No. 1 with 128,000. That marked a significant slide from the 329,000 first week of his last full-length album, the No. 1-debuting "Raymond v Raymond."
Had it not been for Brown's new "Fortune" release, we would have seen a surprise return to No. 1 for Katy Perry, as her "Teenage Dream" set zooms from No. 21 to No. 2 with 80,000 (up 417%) -- and its best sales frame since Christmas of 2010. The set was one of 20 titles the Amazon MP3 store sale priced for 99 cents -- for one day only -- on July 3. (Perry also benefits from buzz earned by the release of her "Part of Me" film, which hit U.S. theaters on July 5.)
All but one of Amazon's 99-cent titles rank among the top 40 this week on the Billboard 200, and 17 of them post a gain of more than 100%. The largest percentage gain goes to Ellie Goulding's "Lights," which vaults from No. 116 to No. 21 with 23,000 (up 444%). It's both a new weekly sales high for the set and its best rank yet.
Amazon also pushes three more albums back into the top 10 aside from "Teenage Dream" -- Gotye's "Making Mirrors" (31-6 with 44,000; up 248%), fun.'s "Some Nights" (23-7 with just under 43,000; up 181%) and the Black Keys' "El Camino" (55-10 with 37,000; up 396%).
Last week's No. 1 album, Linkin Park's "Living Things," falls to No. 5 with 64,000 (down 72%) while Maroon 5's "Overexposed" slides 2-4 with 68,000 (down 70%) in its second week. Justin Bieber's "Believe" holds at No. 3 with 70,000 (down 40%) while Kenny Chesney's "Welcome to the Fishbowl" is down 6-8 with 43,000 (down 30%).
Adele's "21" spends its 72nd straight week in the top 10, falling 7-9 -- its lowest rank yet -- with 41,000 (down 3%). "21" is now tied with Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" for the most weeks in the top 10 for an album by a woman. (Among all albums, the soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" has the most weeks in the top 10, with 109.)
Just outside the top 10, Jason Mraz's "Love Is a Four Letter Word" rises 45-13 with 32,000 (up 255%) -- again, thanks to Amazon MP3.
All of the Amazon MP3 action blocks Flo Rida from earning his third top 10 album this week, as his new "Wild Ones" debuts at No. 14 with 31,000. It's likely that without the Amazon deal, "Wild Ones" would have bowed at No. 9 -- as there are five discounted titles that jumped ahead of Flo this week.
(All of the discounted albums have been in release for at least five weeks, thus, they are not impacted by Billboard's pricing policy. Unit sales for Albums priced below $3.49 during their first four weeks of release will not be eligible for inclusion on the Billboard album charts and will not count towards sales data presented by Nielsen SoundScan.)
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 8) totaled 5.80 million units, up 1% compared with the sum last week (5.74 million) and up 9% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.34 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 156.26 million, down 3% compared with the same total at this point last year (160.81 million).
Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Blake Shelton nabbed his first No. 1 album with "Red River Blue," bowing atop the list with 116,000 sold. Incubus' "If Not Now, When?" started in the No. 2 slot with 80,000.
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#1 Chris Brown Fortune 134,000 (134,000) --
#2 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 80,000 (2,354,000) +417%
#3 Justin Bieber Believe 70,000 (560,000) -40%
#4 Maroon 5 Overexposed 68,000 (291,000) -70%
#5 Linkin Park Living Things 64,000 (288,000) -72%
#6 Gotye Making Mirrors 44,000 (596,000) +248%
#7 fun. Some Nights 43,000 (416,000) +181%
#8 Kenny Chesney Welcome to the Fishbowl 43,000 (298,000) -30%
#9 Adele 21 41,000 (9,533,000) -3%
#10 Black Keys El Camino 37,000 (890,000) +396%
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Justin Bieber's "Believe" holds at No. 3
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I'm expecting him to return to #1 next week. Maybe?
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Had it not been for Brown's new "Fortune" release, we would have seen a surprise return to No. 1 for Katy Perry, as her "Teenage Dream" set zooms from No. 21 to No. 2 with 80,000 (up 417%) -- and its best sales frame since Christmas of 2010. The set was one of 20 titles the Amazon MP3 store sale priced for 99 cents -- for one day only -- on July 3. (Perry also benefits from buzz earned by the release of her "Part of Me" film, which hit U.S. theaters on July 5.)
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Adele's "21" spends its 72nd straight week in the top 10, falling 7-9 -- its lowest rank yet -- with 41,000 (down 3%). "21" is now tied with Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" for the most weeks in the top 10 for an album by a woman. (Among all albums, the soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" has the most weeks in the top 10, with 109.)
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#1 Chris Brown "Fortune" 134,000 --
#2 Katy Perry "Teenage Dream" 80,000 +417%
#3 Justin Bieber "Believe" 70,000 -40%
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My God, 80k for the Queen ?
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Omg, Adele almost out of the Top 10? What are her total sales now?
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#2 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 80,000 (2,354,000) +417%
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#2 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 80,000 (2,354,000) +417%
#5 Linkin Park Living Things 64,000 (288,000) -72%
#6 Gotye Making Mirrors 44,000 (596,000) +248%
#7 fun. Some Nights 43,000 (416,000) +181%
#9 Adele 21 41,000 (9,533,000) -3%
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I hope Gotye can go platinum at some point.
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Less than 500k away from 10M for Adele
I wonder how big the drops for the discounted albums will be.
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Adele hit 9.5M.
Columbia should really just say **** it and ship the 500K left.
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Katy's been #3 on iTunes, do u think she will drop to #3 next week or with Amazon and Physical snatch the #1
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Less than 500k away from 10M for Adele
I wonder how big the drops for the discounted albums will be.
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They gonna make room for my Delly next week.
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99c from Amazon? Oh.
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Had it not been for Brown's new "Fortune" release, we would have seen a surprise return to No. 1 for Katy Perry, as her "Teenage Dream" set zooms from No. 21 to No. 2 with 80,000 (up 417%) -- and its best sales frame since Christmas of 2010. The set was one of 20 titles the Amazon MP3 store sale priced for 99 cents -- for one day only -- on July 3. (Perry also benefits from buzz earned by the release of her "Part of Me" film, which hit U.S. theaters on July 5.)
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The bold part
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How did Katy go to #2?!?!? Was it because of the movie?
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How did Katy go to #2?!?!? Was it because of the movie?
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The set was one of 20 titles the Amazon MP3 store sale priced for 99 cents -- for one day only -- on July 3. (Perry also benefits from buzz earned by the release of her "Part of Me" film, which hit U.S. theaters on July 5.)
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Justin Bieber's "Believe" holds at No. 3
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