thebigham Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Hits' building album sales chart: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 HITS: YOUR WEAKEND TOP 10 CHART PREVIEW: Not a triple-digit total in sight for next week, kiddies, unless something unexpected happens. If anybody’s gonna be celebrating, it’s Warner Bros., which shows signs of thawing out from its mini-Ice Age with three potential Top 10 debuts, though two is a better bet. Interscope stays warm with a possible trey of its own, while RCA has a shot for two, as Kings of Leon near critical mass. Here’s a snapshot of the late-June gloom: Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 90-95k Jonas Brothers (Hollywood) 70-75k Dave Matthews Band (RCA/RMG) 50-55k Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 45-50k * Regina Spektor (Warner Bros.) 40-45k * Ginuwine (Asylum) 40-45k Lady GaGa (Interscope) 35-40k * Dream Theater (Roadrunner) 35-40k Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 35-40k Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney) 30-35k * The Mars Volta (Warner Bros.) 30-35k Kings of Leon (RCA/RMG) 30-35k * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Warner Bros.) 30-35k * Denotes debut (6/26a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 ONE year ago: CHART DATE: 06/30/2008 1 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 251,333 -66% VIVA LA VIDA 2 2 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 220,117 -23% THA CARTER III 3 3 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 163,441 -15% SOUNDTRACK -- 4 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 99,646 -- SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES -- 5 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 71,346 -- LAST 2 WALK 4 6 NOW 28 CAPITOL 64,599 -18% VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 7 DISTURBED REPRISE 51,941 -14% INDESTRUCTIBLE 5 8 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 51,144 -20% HERE I STAND 8 9 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 46,108 -16% DEFINITION OF REAL 6 10 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 45,154 -29% GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Another probable week in the top 10 for Ms. Swfit, it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Due to HITS compiling MJ's albums on their chart, I will post the full HITS chart: CHART DATE: 06/29/2009 NOW IN: 37.17% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 51,951 NUMBER ONES 1 2 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 28,241 LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES 2 3 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 24,394 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 7 4 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 19,291 SOUNDTRACK 10 5 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 18,230 FEARLESS 6 6 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 16,956 FAME 4 7 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 15,980 RELAPSE 18 8 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 15,574 WIDE OPEN -- 9 GINUWINE ASYLUM 14,022 A MAN'S THOUGHTS 12 10 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 13,816 FOUNDATION 8 11 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 13,468 CHICKENFOOT 15 12 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 12,381 DARK HORSE 13 13 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 12,337 GREATEST HITS II 3 14 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 11,506 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING -- 15 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 10,607 BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS -- 16 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 10,238 THRILLER 11 17 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 9,911 ONLY BY THE NIGHT 23 18 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 9,522 SOUND OF MADNESS 25 19 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,355 LADY ANTEBELLUM 20 20 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,257 LEARN TO LIVE 28 21 NOW 30 UME 9,246 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 22 MARS VOLTA WARNER BROS. 8,641 OCTAHEDRON -- 23 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 8,521 ESSENTIAL -- 24 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 8,350 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 21 25 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 7,016 SOUNDTRACK 14 26 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 6,985 UNSTOPPABLE 34 27 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 6,620 SCARS & SOUVENIRS 5 28 INCUBUS EPIC 6,592 MOMENTS & MELODIES 30 29 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,033 DEFYING GRAVITY 35 30 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,026 THAT LONESOME SONG 17 31 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 5,807 LAST 9 32 GREEN DAY REPRISE 5,606 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 32 33 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 5,467 FUNHOUSE 29 34 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 4,716 IN A PERFECT WORLD 47 35 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 4,708 TAYLOR SWIFT 26 36 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 4,469 I AM... SASHA FIERCE 31 37 CHRISETTE MICHELE DEF JAM/IDJMG 4,383 EPIPHANY 27 38 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 4,363 LOVE ON THE INSIDE -- 39 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 4,084 INTUITION 22 40 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. CURB 3,978 127 ROSE AVENUE -- 41 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 3,893 FAR -- 42 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 3,627 ONE OF THE BOYS 40 43 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 3,375 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS -- 44 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,339 CARNIVAL RIDE -- 45 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 3,338 OFF THE WALL 46 46 PETE YORN COLUMBIA 3,007 BACK & FOURTH 39 47 LAURA IZIBOR ATLANTIC 2,959 LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD 48 48 WISIN Y YANDEL MACHETE MUSIC 2,938 LA REVOLUCION -- 49 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 2,868 DANGEROUS -- 50 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD A&M/OCTONE 2,858 SWAN SONGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Goosie Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Is Number Ones eligible to chart or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 ^Nope. All will be on the Billboard Catalog chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I wonder if they will rush out a MJ GH on 25th August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^There is a "King of Pop" album that charted in the UK last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Billboard.com: Michael Jackson Album Sales Estimated In Multiple Six Figures June 29, 2009 - Retail By Keith Caulfield, L.A. Michael Jackson is about to rock the Billboard charts. Nielsen SoundScan's sales numbers won't be released until Wednesday (July 1) morning, but industry prognosticators indicate that three of Jackson's albums -- "Number Ones," "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller" -- each sold 100,000 copies last week. The sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28) night. To compare, Jackson's entire catalog of solo albums sold 10,000 in the week that ended June 21. The aforementioned titles will also be the top three albums on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, and Jackson may lock up anywhere between six to nine slots in tally's the top 10. Other Jackson albums looking to make a big splash on the chart include "Off the Wall, "Bad," "Dangerous" and his box set "The Ultimate Collection." Additionally, two Jackson 5 compilations -- "The Ultimate Collection" and "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" -- are both doing brisk business. Previously, the record for the most concurrent top 10 titles by an act was five. Both AC/DC and the Beatles managed that feat. There is also the chance that the entire top 10 on the Pop Catalog chart may be filled with Jackson-related titles, counting the two Jackson 5 compilations. Last week's No. 1 on the Pop Catalog chart was TobyMac's "Portable Sounds" with 9,000 copies sold. The Pop Catalog chart, established in 1991, houses albums that are at least 18 months old. Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 albums chart, though they can chart on the all-encompassing Top Comprehensive Albums list. Last year, Jackson's expanded reissue of "Thriller" pushed the set to a re-entry at No. 1 on the Pop Catalog tally with 166,000 copies sold in its first week. With the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." looking to recapture the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart with slightly less than 100,000, this week will mark the first time a catalog album has sold more than a current release. The bulk of Jackson's album sales came from digital retailers, as many brick and mortar stores quickly ran out of available stock. Sources say his "Essential Michael Jackson," "Number Ones" and "Thriller" each sold more than 30,000 digital albums, with "Essential" moving more than 70,000 downloads alone. The digital impact will also be felt on our Hot Digital Songs chart, where the King of Pop is certain to make a big splash. His digital track sales went from about 40,000 the week ending June 21 to around 1.8 million last week. His top sellers will include "Man in the Mirror," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Billie Jean" and "Smooth Criminal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 CHART DATE: 06/29/2009 NOW IN: 72.31% -- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 90,784 ESSENTIAL -- 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 90,634 NUMBER ONES -- 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 88,601 THRILLER 2 4 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 64,056 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 1 5 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 51,188 LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES -- 6 GINUWINE ASYLUM 31,674 A MAN'S THOUGHTS -- 7 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 30,060 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 6 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 29,378 FAME 10 9 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 27,841 FEARLESS 4 10 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 26,858 RELAPSE 3 11 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 25,966 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING 7 12 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 25,832 SOUNDTRACK -- 13 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 22,298 FAR -- 14 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 20,973 OFF THE WALL 11 15 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 18,676 ONLY BY THE NIGHT 18 16 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 18,577 WIDE OPEN 12 17 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 18,454 FOUNDATION 13 18 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 18,373 GREATEST HITS II 15 19 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 17,341 DARK HORSE 8 20 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 17,125 CHICKENFOOT -- 21 MARS VOLTA WARNER BROS. 16,266 OCTAHEDRON 20 22 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14,915 LEARN TO LIVE -- 23 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 14,740 BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS -- 24 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 13,774 BAD 21 25 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 13,411 SOUNDTRACK 23 26 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 12,739 SOUND OF MADNESS 9 27 GREEN DAY REPRISE 11,756 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 28 28 NOW 30 UME 11,311 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 29 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 11,182 DANGEROUS 14 30 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 11,037 UNSTOPPABLE 5 31 INCUBUS EPIC 10,755 MOMENTS & MELODIES 25 32 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,355 LADY ANTEBELLUM 32 33 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 9,296 FUNHOUSE 30 34 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 8,860 DEFYING GRAVITY 34 35 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 8,855 SCARS & SOUVENIRS 47 36 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 8,220 TAYLOR SWIFT 29 37 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 7,812 IN A PERFECT WORLD -- 38 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 7,785 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 43 39 THE FRAY EPIC 7,555 THE FRAY 17 40 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 7,312 LAST -- 41 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 7,299 HISTORY, VOL. 1 26 42 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 7,053 I AM... SASHA FIERCE 35 43 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,955 THAT LONESOME SONG 27 44 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,725 LOVE ON THE INSIDE -- 45 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 6,711 ONE OF THE BOYS 40 46 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 6,673 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS 31 47 CHRISETTE MICHELE DEF JAM/IDJMG 6,446 EPIPHANY -- 48 3OH!3 PHOTO FINISH 6,191 WANT -- 49 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD A&M/OCTONE 6,104 SWAN SONGS -- 50 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 5,464 INTUITION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FrozenLight Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Very impressive sales from MJ!! It's pretty much underheard of what is happening with his sales worldwide...and that with only 3 days of sales!! I wouldn't be surprised that next week some of his albums will sell in 200's K each. This said I'mpfretty sure that Thriller will reach the 30 million copies in the US within the next 2 years. If some of those saleslast for a few weeks I wouldn't b surprised if at least 5 of his albums get 1 to 2 additional certification each within the next 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^ don't get your panties wet with excitement though, the sales already have shown signs of decline, both in digital downloads singles and albums... BBP have regained #1 in iTunes and the other contemporary songs have started to climb again because of MJ's waning sales... But who knows, maybe Joe Jackson will have a funeral extravaganza in blue-ray broadcast or whatever and re-ignite a buying frenzy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Billboard is irrelevant IMO if they do not change their rules after this. I understand why they changed it to begin with, so many old albums were clogging #101-200, but the industry has changed, with the fall in sales, catalog albums are more comparative with current releases than they were ten years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 CHART DATE: 06/29/2009 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 106,956 -- THRILLER -- 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 105,648 -- ESSENTIAL -- 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 104,163 -- NUMBER ONES 2 4 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 85,229 -43% E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 1 5 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 67,551 -74% LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES -- 6 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 50,169 -- FAR 3 7 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 46,091 -48% BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING 4 8 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 44,956 -40% RELAPSE -- 9 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 41,406 -- BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS -- 10 GINUWINE ASYLUM 39,122 -- A MAN'S THOUGHTS -- 11 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 38,130 -- REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 6 12 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 36,422 -24% FAME 7 13 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 34,347 -18% SOUNDTRACK -- 14 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 34,225 -- OFF THE WALL 10 15 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 33,615 -13% FEARLESS 11 16 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 28,672 -15% ONLY BY THE NIGHT -- 17 MARS VOLTA WARNER BROS. 27,913 -- OCTAHEDRON 9 18 GREEN DAY REPRISE 25,467 -37% 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 8 19 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 23,996 -41% CHICKENFOOT 12 20 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 23,175 -29% FOUNDATION 13 21 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 21,729 -33% GREATEST HITS II 15 22 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 21,441 -24% DARK HORSE 18 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 20,702 -14% WIDE OPEN 14 24 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 19,168 -33% UNSTOPPABLE -- 25 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 18,929 -- BAD -- 26 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 17,677 -- ULTIMATE COLLECTION 20 27 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,737 -22% LEARN TO LIVE 21 28 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 16,542 -22% SOUNDTRACK 23 29 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 15,879 -20% SOUND OF MADNESS 25 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14,737 -21% LADY ANTEBELLUM 26 31 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 14,551 -13% I AM... SASHA FIERCE -- 32 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 14,351 -- DANGEROUS 5 33 INCUBUS EPIC 14,158 -80% MOMENTS & MELODIES 17 34 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 14,125 -42% LAST -- 35 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 13,951 -- ULTIMATE COLLECTION 28 36 NOW 30 UME 13,949 -12% VARIOUS ARTISTS 32 37 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 12,799 -12% FUNHOUSE 34 38 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 12,177 -14% SCARS & SOUVENIRS -- 39 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 12,150 -- HISTORY: GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 30 40 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 10,823 -31% DEFYING GRAVITY -- 41 PAULINA RUBIO UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 10,788 -- GRAN CITY POP 27 42 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,653 -33% LOVE ON THE INSIDE 36 43 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 10,312 -26% ABOVE & BEYONCE 29 44 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 9,974 -37% IN A PERFECT WORLD 47 45 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 9,862 -15% TAYLOR SWIFT 43 46 THE FRAY EPIC 9,806 -18% THE FRAY 40 47 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 9,701 -24% WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS 31 48 CHRISETTE MICHELE DEF JAM/IDJMG 9,161 -38% EPIPHANY 39 49 LAURA IZIBOR ATLANTIC 9,073 -30% LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD 41 50 MOS DEF DOWNTOWN RECORDS 9,008 -27% ECSTATIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danny86 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^Nope, one of them is a Jackson 5 compilation while the other is MJ's career spanning box set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^Thanks. I just saw "Ultimate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 where is invincible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^I doubt there's a lot of stock of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^Even if there was, it's not near the top of the must-have MJ albums list. nfails, Billboard is not going to change the rules, at least anytime soon- catalog albums, in general, do not sell enough to approach topping the Billboard 200. This is the first time a catalog title has sold enough to be #1 on the Comprehensive Albums chart- and it's because of extraordinary circumstances. Same with the Hot 100, and older titles- unless they're actively promoted, they will not appear on the Hot 100. Pearl Jam's recent Ten reissue sold near 60K or so, but, again, that wasn't close to being the top-selling album in the country for that week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexPistol Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Billboard is irrelevant IMO if they do not change their rules after this. I understand why they changed it to begin with, so many old albums were clogging #101-200, but the industry has changed, with the fall in sales, catalog albums are more comparative with current releases than they were ten years ago. i second that. their rules aren't relative to today's sales market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bad Robot Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Sorry fellas, unless you work in the music industry, your opinion on what Billboard should do is the only thing that is irrelevant here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Sorry fellas, unless you work in the music industry, your opinion on what Billboard should do is the only thing that is irrelevant here. If the rules were changed for The Eagles, then they should be changed for MJ as well. The album charts aren't even that exciting to look at anymore since most of the real sellers aren't even eligible to chart. I'm so sorry that on a typical week more people want Back In Black or Dark Side Of The Moon than a current release, they should be rewarded for this instead of punished by being relegated to pop catalog chart, which is NEVER represented in the Billboard books as a footnote. BEP's not #1 in my opinion or anyone elses except Billboard's. This was Michael's week and everyone else was behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 nfails, Billboard is not going to change the rules, at least anytime soon- catalog albums, in general, do not sell enough to approach topping the Billboard 200. This is the first time a catalog title has sold enough to be #1 on the Comprehensive Albums chart- and it's because of extraordinary circumstances. Same with the Hot 100, and older titles- unless they're actively promoted, they will not appear on the Hot 100. Pearl Jam's recent Ten reissue sold near 60K or so, but, again, that wasn't close to being the top-selling album in the country for that week. How do we even know these days if a song is "repromoted" when physical singles are dead? When Freddie Mercury died, they reissued Bohemian Rhapsody on single and it recharted. But those days physical singles were still a relevant format. How do we know today if an old single is "repromoted"? Reminds me of the big boost Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" received when it was featured on The Sopranos finale and The Hills around the same time and the song exploded again, but it wasn't eligible to chart again even though the exposure on those two shows made the song once again as popular as a current song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Sorry fellas, unless you work in the music industry, your opinion on what Billboard should do is the only thing that is irrelevant here. anyways, since you're oh so much better than the rest of us little people because you ARE in the industry (remind me to download your music illegally, lol), what's your opinion on it, considering yours would be so much more important than everyone elses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapple Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 If the rules were changed for The Eagles, then they should be changed for MJ as well. the eagles album was a new release though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Goosie Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 the eagles album was a new release though. Yes, but it was only avaliable at one retailer, Wal*Mart. In the past if this was the case you were disqualified as they considered it unfair that one retailer have the monopoly on a new product. In that week The Eagles sold over 700k while Britney did just shy of 300k so they changed the rules at the very last minute. In this case Michael Jackson has the # 1 selling album but is denied that glory, however in the UK and other countries it's a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldtooth Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 NothingFails, for being a near constant presence in the chart forum, you're far too emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 anyways, since you're oh so much better than the rest of us little people because you ARE in the industry (remind me to download your music illegally, lol), what's your opinion on it, considering yours would be so much more important than everyone elses... Watch it. keep things civil here, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michae...003989310.story by Keith Caulfield Michael Jackson Breaks Billboard Charts Records As predicted, Michael Jackson is once again the King of the Pop charts. Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, the entire top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart will house Jackson-related titles when the tally is released in the early morning on Wednesday (July 1). Nielsen SoundScan's sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28) night. Jackson himself has a record eight out of the top 10, while a Jackson 5 compilation also finds its way into the upper tier. The King of Pop's "Number Ones" will fittingly lead the pack at No. 1 with 108,000 (an increase of 2,340%) while "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller" are in the Nos. 2 and 3 slots with 102,000 and 101,000, respectively. Last week "Number Ones" was the only Jackson title on the chart, at No. 20 with 4,000 copies; both "Essential" and "Thriller" re-enter the tally this week. Additionally, his classic 1979 studio set "Off the Wall" re-enters at No. 4 with 33,000 while his 1987 album "Bad" returns at No. 6 with 17,000. At No. 5, the Jackson 5's "The Ultimate Collection" debuts with 18,000. Jackson's fourth studio album for Epic Records, 1991's "Dangerous," re-enters at No. 7 with 14,000 while his 2001 compilation "Greatest Hits: HIStory -- Volume 1" also comes back to the list at No. 8 with 12,000. Finally, Jackson's 2004 box set "The Ultimate Collection" charts its first week on the Pop Catalog chart, arriving at No. 9 with 11,000. The lone non-Jackson-related set in the top 10 is a reissue of the "Woodstock" movie soundtrack, which bows at No. 10 with 8,000. Collectively, Jackson's solo albums sold 415,000 this past week. That's extraordinary, since his titles sold a combined 10,000 in the week that ended June 21. Of the 415,000 total, 58% were digital downloads. Additionally, the 415,000 albums sold just last week is nearly 40% more than what Jackson's catalog had sold the the entire year up through June 21 (297,000). Speaking of digital albums, on the Top Digital Albums chart, Jackson has a record six out of the top 10 slots, including the entire top four. "The Essential Michael Jackson" leads the Top Digital Albums list with 80,000 downloads sold, while "Thriller" is No. 2 with 57,000. With the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." moving back to the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart with 88,000, this week marks the first time that a catalog album has sold more than the No. 1 current set on the Billboard 200 albums chart. (All three of Jackson's top sellers on the Pop Catalog chart outsell "The E.N.D.") Ironically, the feat almost occurred was when Jackson re-issued "Thriller" in February 2008. The set relaunched with 166,000, re-entering at No. 1 on the Top Pop Catalog chart. That week, Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" led the Billboard 200 chart with 180,000 while Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" was at No. 2 with 115,000. Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 albums chart, though they can chart on the all-encompassing Top Comprehensive Albums list. On the latter chart, Jackson's "Number Ones," "Essential" and "Thriller" are at Nos. 1-3, followed by the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." at No. 4. Jackson places a record 25 songs on the 75-position Hot Digital Songs chart (21 solo hits and four with his siblings), smashing the mark of 14 charting titles established by David Cook in the June 7, 2008 issue. Jackson's Halloween radio staple, "Thriller," moves 167,000, which is good for second place on the chart behind the 203,000 shifted by the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling." "Thriller" was also Jackson's best seller in the week before his death with 5,000 downloads, which translates to a 3,551% jump. Jackson's total volume of downloads this week -- including his tracks with the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons -- account for 2.6 million downloads, a remarkable number considering last week's cumulative sum was 48,000. Moreover, Jackson becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week. Besides "Thriller," Jackson places five other songs in the top 10 including "Man In The Mirror" (No. 3, 165,000), "Billie Jean" (No. 4, 158,000), "The Way You Make Me Feel" (No. 6, 136,000), "Beat It" (No. 7, 134,000) and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (No. 8, 125,000). Not surprisingly, each of the tracks in the top 10 of Hot Digital Songs were among the top 10 most-played Jackson selections at radio following his passing. According to research provided by Nielsen BDS of monitored airplay from over 1,600 terrestrial and satellite radio stations and cable music channels, "Billie Jean" was the Jackson track with the most spins for the week ending June 28 with 4,540 -- 97% of which occurred after news of his death became public. The track posted only 318 plays in the prior week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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