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Chart Listings: HITS & Soundscan Top Albums (Dec. 28-January 6, 2010)
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HITS & Soundscan Top Albums (Dec. 28-January 6, 2010)
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Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week, selling another 510,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. So far, the set has shifted 2,982,000 copies in America.
"Dream" has sold more than half a million copies in each of its first five weeks of release -- something only four albums have done since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The Beatles' "1" did it in its first six weeks, while Garth Brooks' "Sevens" and Backstreet Boys' "Black & Blue" each managed 500,000-plus frames in their first five weeks.
With just one more tracking week left in the year, "Dream" may overtake Taylor Swift's "Fearless" as the year's top selling album in the U.S. Swift's "Fearless" has sold 3,157,000 in 2009 -- thus, the gap between the two is down to just 175,000. Because of a quirk in the calendar, instead of 52 tracking weeks in 2009, there are 53. The final week of 2009 will reflect sales data for the week ending Jan. 3. Because four out of the seven days in that week fall in 2009, the full week gets credited to 2009.
Believe it or not, with the continued domination of "I Dreamed a Dream," Boyle is the first artist in the Billboard 200's 53-year chart history to enter the list at No. 1 with a debut album and spend five consecutive weeks at the summit. In second place are Lauryn Hill (1998) and Ashanti (2002), each with three weeks in charge out of the gate with "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" and "Ashanti," respectively.
Because Boyle continues to dominate the Billboard 200, a superstar diva is forced to sit on the sidelines again this week: Mary J. Blige's "Stronger With Each Tear" debuts at No. 2 with 330,000 copies. Her arrival comes one week after Alicia Keys' "The Element of Freedom" bowed at No. 2 behind Boyle with 417,000.
This is Blige's third studio album in a row to start with more than 300,000 sold. Her last set, "Growing Pains," launched at No. 1 with 629,000 in December of 2007, while "The Breakthrough" debuted at No. 1 with 727,000 in December of 2005. Blige is the ninth woman in SoundScan's 18-year history to see at least three albums all debut with an opening sales week of 300,000 or more. "Stronger" is her 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 and her seventh set to reach the top two slots. It fares better on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, where it starts at the summit. Now with nine No. 1s on the latter chart, Blige trails only Aretha Franklin (10 No. 1s) for most No. 1s among women in the R&B/Hip-Hop tally's 44-year history
Blige's "Stronger" is one of just two debuts within the top 40 of the Billboard 200 this week, as the year slowly comes to a close. The lone other entry comes from the "We Are Young Money" collaborations album featuring artists on Lil Wayne's Young Money label. It debuts at No. 9 with 142,000.
Next week's batch of debuts will look especially barren, as no major releases were issued this week. The next big arrival will be Ke$ha's "Animal" on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
The rest of this week's top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 remains full of familiar titles. Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" holds at No. 3 with 284,000 (down 27%) while Keys' "Freedom" falls two slots to No. 4 with 280,000 (down 33%). Swift's "Fearless" moves down one rung to No. 5 with 224,000 (down 6%), while Lady Gaga's "The Fame" stays put at No. 6 with 169,000 (up 20%). Justin Bieber's "My World" EP climbs from No. 8 to No. 7 with 157,000 (up 23%) while Carrie Underwood's "Play On" slides three slots to No. 8 with 153,000 (down less than 1%). Closing out the top 10 is Michael Buble's "Crazy Love," down three positions, with 137,000 (down 3%).
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 27) totaled 17.14 million units, up 13% compared to the sum last week (15.14 million) and up 1% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (17.03 million). Year to date album sales stand at 374.6 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (428.4 million).
(Additional reporting by Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis and Silvio Pietroluongo)
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http://www.billboard.com/#/news/susa...04055812.story
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With the Refill reissue, Eminem's Relapse had a giant 83-spot leap to #11 as sales jumped 713 percent to 128,000. Rihanna's Rated R crept up three spots to #18 (91,000) as the album steamed toward half a million in sales after five weeks, while former boyfriend Chris Brown fell three to #31 after three weeks, as sales for Graffiti inched up to 60,000.
Things were not so great for R&B loverman Robin Thicke, whose star-studded seduction suite Sex Therapy: The Experience got the cold shoulder in week two, as sales dropped 50 percent to 61,000 and the album slid nearly 20 spots to #30. And in the battle of "American Idol" top finishers, runner-up Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment continued to dominate with sales of 62,000 (#29) as winner Kris Allen's self-titled debut fell another five spots to #55 (30,000).
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1. Susan Boyle - 510,000
2. Mary J Blige - 330,000
3. Andrea Bocelli - 284,000
4. Alicia Keys - 280,000
5. Taylor Swift - 224,000
6. Lady GaGa - 169,000
7. Justin Bieber - 157,000
8. Carrie Underwood - 153,000
9. Young Money - 142,000
10. Michael Buble - 137,000
11. Eminem - 128,000
18. Rihanna - 91,000
29. Adam Lambert - 62,000
30. Robin Thicke - 61,000
31. Chris Brown - 60,000
55. Kris Allen - 30,000
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/162...le_susan.jhtml
Soundscan numbers:
1) Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream – 510,166 (After 5 weeks – 2,967,893)
2) Mary J. Blige – Stronger – 330,354
3) Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas – 283,683
Other Debuts
9) Young Money – We Are Young Money – 142,118
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Alicia's selling!!!
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SuBo smashing
I thought she would do even bigger this week cause of Christmas.... So is she finally settling down?
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ChriS brown : :
200k+
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uM can u post the full chart..
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It's not out yet. I'll post when it is
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Ummm that's wrong Alicia is at #3
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Originally posted by hEz_iRvy_iRv
Ummm that's wrong Alicia is at #3
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Source?
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Gaga +20%, keep smashing girl
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Some real numbers are out
1) Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream – 510,166 (After 5 weeks – 2,967,893)
2) Mary J. Blige – Stronger – 330,354
3) Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas – 283,683
Other Debuts
9) Young Money – We Are Young Money – 142,118
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Taylor better get the #1 album of the year!
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Rihanna increasing in sales
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Eminem
Where is the Subo's wigs checked image?
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Originally posted by .:Allen:.
Taylor better get the #1 album of the year!
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Sadly, she won't. SuBo outsold her.
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Rihanna certified GOLD definitely not flopping
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Rated R up 3 spots with 91k?
ready, aim, firreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Rated R and The Element Of Freedom are doin' good and Gaga keeps sellin' go girl let's get 3,000,000
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Have someone the numbers from Selena and the rest? :/
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^ Someone will post them when they're out.
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