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• Last week's No. 1, Madonna's "Hard Candy," falls to No. 3, shifting 94,000 -- with a not-so-sweet 66% decline. That's the third-largest second-week percentage drop for a No. 1-debuting album this year. DAY26's self-titled set (down 73% in its second week) and Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (down 68%) posted bigger erosions. Here is a quick rundown of 2008's No. 1 debuts and their sophomore-frame drops: Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (61%), Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (54%), George Strait's "Troubadour" (65%), DAY26's "DAY26" (73%), Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (62%), Rick Ross' "Trilla" (54%), Alan Jackson's "Good Time" (55%), Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (68%) and Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" (52%).

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If I remember well last week the difference was around 3000 copies , now is +11000 copies , I think it's too much

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• Last week's No. 1, Madonna's "Hard Candy," falls to No. 3, shifting 94,000 -- with a not-so-sweet 66% decline. That's the third-largest second-week percentage drop for a No. 1-debuting album this year. DAY26's self-titled set (down 73% in its second week) and Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (down 68%) posted bigger erosions. Here is a quick rundown of 2008's No. 1 debuts and their sophomore-frame drops: Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (61%), Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (54%), George Strait's "Troubadour" (65%), DAY26's "DAY26" (73%), Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (62%), Rick Ross' "Trilla" (54%), Alan Jackson's "Good Time" (55%), Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (68%) and Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" (52%).

it's better then what hits reported. go check out mariah's fans on the pulse board. all celebrating mariah's defeat over ciccone. a premature party, wouldn't you say? her fans have the same 12-year old mentality as she does.

anyway, let mariah sells those $10 albums. ciccone can sell her $350 concert tickets. which would you choose? a no-brainer!

Thank God I don't have to rely on album sales. I know how to put on a show!

-ciccone

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If I remember well last week the difference was around 3000 copies , now is +11000 copies , I think it's too much

that's normal... there have been times when it was larger than 11k...

bottomline, both are not perfect and both are sometimes way off...

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anyway, let mariah sells those $10 albums. ciccone can sell her $350 concert tickets. which would you choose? a no-brainer!

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So we should be happy to pay more money? That's ridiculous! I rather buy a cheaper ticket. Thanks.

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The second-week tally ended up higher than AL's 2nd-week tally- and that's what has to be looked at. :) Can't really go by 4M's success, as it's not a Maodnna-only single- likely, a good number of people who like the song wouldn't buy or be interested (at this point) in a Madonna album.

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I love how they report M. as having the third-largest drop of the year, like it's HORRIBLE news, and then they post the other #1 drops, and most of them, including Mariah, are also in the 60-70% range.

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Billboard.com:

Diamond Dominates Billboard 200 With First No. 1

May 14, 2008, 10:25 AM ET

by Katie Hasty, N.Y.

In another busy week in the top tier of The Billboard 200, Neil Diamond's "Home Before Dark" zooms in at No. 1, becoming his first chart-topping album. The Columbia set got a big plug when Diamond appeared on "American Idol" two weeks ago, bolstering its 146,000 first-week U.S. sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Rick Rubin-produced "Home" is Diamond's biggest debut sales week since SoundScan began tracking in 1991. He first appeared on Billboard's charts in 1966 with "The Feel of Neil Diamond"; the closest he ever got to No. 1 was with the 1973 soundtrack to "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," which reached No. 2.

With 103,000 units, Toby Keith's double-disc collection "35 Biggest Hits" (Show Dog Nashville) bows at No. 2. The country star has scored three prior No. 1 albums and two No. 2s.

Meanwhile, Madonna's "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros.) falls from the top slot to No. 3, moving 94,000 with a 66% slip. "American Idol" star Clay Aiken debuts at No. 4 with "On My Way Here" (RCA), with a slightly less total than "Hard Candy." Aiken's last studio album, 2006's "A Thousand Different Ways," started at No. 2 with the much larger sum of 211,000.

Mariah Carey's Island Def Jam album "E=MC2" continues its decline 2-5 with 87,000 (-9%), and Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J) slips 3-6 with 76,000 (-10%).

Gavin DeGraw's self-titled sophomore effort from J Records climbs on board at No. 7 with 66,000. Interest was spurred by the single "In Love with a Girl," which has peaked at No. 34 thus far on the Hot 100. "Gavin DeGraw" easily trumps the No. 103 peak of 2004's "Chariot" and the subsequent entry of "Chariot -- Stripped" at No. 56.

Josh Groban's concert CD/DVD "Awake Live" (Reprise) starts at No. 8 with 58,000, his seventh album to chart on The Billboard 200. Another country mainstay scores a top 10 spot with a hits collection, as Dierks Bentley's "Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory" (Capitol Nashville) opens at No. 9 with 43,000. His most recent studio album, "Long Trip Home," peaked at No. 5 in 2006.

Latin superstar Luis Miguel claims his highest charting album ever, as "Complices" takes a bow at No. 10 with 32,000. "Complices" (Warner Music Latina) also gives Miguel his eighth No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart -- the most of any artist in the history of the list.

Back on the 200, Tye Tribbett & G.A.'s "Stand Out" (Columbia) stands out with a No. 16 debut (26,000), and German rock troupe Tokio Hotel's "Scream" (Interscope) enters at No. 39 with 16,000.

Album sales this week are up 6.9% from last week's sum with 8.12 million units and down 4.6% from the same week last year.

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So we should be happy to pay more money? That's ridiculous! I rather buy a cheaper ticket. Thanks.

there is a bunch of brain-dead fucks on this board. what are u an idiot or a moron? i am talking about ciccone being happier selling a concert ticket rather then an album, you ridiculous poltroon!

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The second-week tally ended up higher than AL's 2nd-week tally- and that's what has to be looked at. :)Can't really go by 4M's success, as it's not a Maodnna-only single- likely, a good number of people who like the song wouldn't buy or be interested (at this point) in a Madonna album.

So , HG...

If 4M cant generate decent sales for HC? What single would? gi2me?

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In the USA? I dunno- GI2M may not do all that much for it, unless pop really gives it a decent shot (not anywhere near 4M-like airplay at pop, mind you).

For me, the key is for it to outscan American Life, which stands at almost 673,000 in the USA. I don't see HC getting near COADF's 1.67m haul.

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#3 is good and she's ahead of Clay Aiken! :thumbsup:

So, she's sold about 375k so far? That's not too bad but the key is longivety and she HAS to outsell American Life, that album set the bar pretty low and while I don't see it selling more than COAD if she can do at least 1M then that is a respectable amount.

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I'm sure part of what made the difference was thousands of fullfilled amazon shipments. Sometimes albums take over a week if you pick the supersaver shipping & the sale only counts once shipment is completed. Also mind you that Madonna unlike Mariah did not have her album sale priced 3 weeks in a row and major outlets. There is a big difference between 9.99 & 13.99. Madge is doing really decent numbers!

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