US Chart Talk: 7/11/09

[thebigham]

http://keelyskorner.com/2009/07/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/28/09)

1) Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D (Energy Never Dies) – 87,971 (After 3 weeks – 540,035)

2) Jonas Brothers – Lines, Vines & Trying Times – 68,361 (After 2 weeks – 315,912)

3) Regina Spektor – Far – 49,575

Other Debuts

6) Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings – 40,285

7) Transformers Soundtrack – 38,782

9) Ginuwine – Man’s Thoughts – 37,299

12) Mars Volta – Octahedron – 29,880

44) Paulina Rubio – Gran City Pop – 9,424

[SexPistol]

My opinion is that if new acts had to compete with the classics on the charts, then maybe they'd create better music.

[thebigham]

bks:

I'm still traveling and unable to post the chart into...sorry.

[Guest nothingfails0603]

Watch it. keep things civil here, please.

Well, he was the one who acted pompous how the rest of us who aren't in the RIAA are beneath him so I don't feel bad about dragging him down to earth

[Guest nothingfails0603]

My opinion is that if new acts had to compete with the classics on the charts, then maybe they'd create better music.

[thebigham]

Week Ending June 28, 2009: He's Still Setting Records

Posted 6 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

You've heard the expression, "#1 with a bullet"? The Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. is "#1 with an asterisk." The album returns to the top spot on The Billboard 200 with sales of 88,000 copies, but three Michael Jackson albums sold more copies this week. Those albums, Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller, were excluded from The Billboard 200 because they are classified as "catalog." As a result, they hold down the top three spots on the Top Catalog Albums chart. This marks the first time in Nielsen/SoundScan history (which dates to 1991) that the #1 Catalog album has outsold the #1 current album.

Michael Jackson always liked to set records. He sets quite a few of them this week.

He becomes the first artist to sell more than 1 million song downloads in one week. He far exceeded that total, running up a tally of 2.6 million. Jackson has a record 50 songs on the top 200 Hot Digital Songs chart, combining solo releases and hits he recorded with his brothers in the Jackson 5 and later the Jacksons. (I'm even throwing in "We Are The World," which he wrote and on which he was featured.) Last year, by way of comparison, David Cook and Joe Jonas each put 17 songs on the chart in one week. Jackson kind of leaves them in the dust.

Jackson has six songs in the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. "Thriller" is #2, kept out of the top spot by the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (see item below). "Man In The Mirror" is #3, followed by "Billie Jean" at #4, "The Way You Make Me Feel" at #6, "Beat It" at #7 and "Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" at #8. Nine of Jackson's songs topped the 100,000 mark in paid downloads this week-those six hits plus "Smooth Criminal," "Black Or White" and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)."

Jackson has a record nine of the top 10 albums on the Top Catalog Albums chart (again, this counts a Jackson 5 album.) The old record of five of the top 10 was held jointly by the Beatles and AC/DC. Number Ones, first released in 2003, sold 108,000 copies this week. The two-CD The Essential Michael Jackson, first released in 2005, sold 102,000 copies. Thriller, first released in 1982, sold 101,000. It's the first time since at least 1992 that one artist has topped the 100,000 mark with three albums in the same week. Even Garth Brooks at his peak didn't do that. Jackson has a total of 16 albums on the top 200 Digital Albums chart.

Jackson has a record six of the top 10 albums on the Digital Albums chart, including the entire top four. His biggest digital seller, The Essential Michael Jackson, sold 80,000 digital copies. Most of Jackson's album sales this week came in the digital realm. He sold 422,000 albums this week, just counting his solo releases, 58% of them digitally.

Number Ones vaults from #121 to #1 in the U.K., where Jackson was slated to open a 50-date engagement later this month. Jackson is the first artist to top the British chart posthumously since Elvis Presley scored in August 2007 with The King. Number Ones debuted at #1 in the U.K. when it was first released in 2003. (In the U.S., it debuted and peaked at #13.)

Before this week, six catalog albums had sold enough copies to make the top 10 on The Billboard 200, but were ineligible to appear on the chart. These albums were Pearl Jam's Ten in March, Jackson's Thriller 25 in 2008 and the Grease soundtrack in 1998, as well as three resurging holiday titles: Kenny G's Miracles-The Holiday Album in 1995 and 1996, Il Divo's The Christmas Collection in 2006 and Josh Groban's Noel in 2008.

For the record, I think the top 10 on The Billboard 200 should consist of the week's 10 best-selling albums, whether they're current or catalog. (That all-inclusiveness is the great strength of The Billboard 200. The chart includes everything that sells, from Josh Groban to AC/DC; from a digital-only release to an elaborate box set.) In late 2007, Billboard and Nielsen/SoundScan wisely rescinded their policy that barred "exclusive" albums (albums sold in only one retail chain) from The Billboard 200. In the same spirit, I think they should modify their policy that bars catalog albums from the big chart. (The idea behind moving catalog titles off the chart is to give new albums needed visibility.) The ideal solution might be to allow albums that sold well enough to make the top 10 to receive the recognition they've earned. The top 10, after all, is the part of the chart that is reprinted in newspapers and websites around the world.

I don't usually like coulda-shoulda-woulda stuff, because it isn't real, but I'm going to make a rare exception. If Billboard had a policy in which catalog albums were eligible to make The Billboard 200, at least as far as the top 10 goes, Michael Jackson would have become the first artist to make a clean sweep of the top three positions since the separate stereo and mono charts were combined into one comprehensive listing in August 1963. The closest anybody came to a clean sweep before this week was on May 2, 1964, when The Beatles' Second Album was #1, Meet The Beatles! was #2 and Introducing...The Beatles was #4. But like I say, it didn't happen. So wipe this item out of your memory bank at once.

In death, Jackson has given a boost to the digital music phenomenon. This week's top 200 Digital Songs sold a combined total of 7,003,000 downloads, a big jump from last week, when the top 200 sold 5,361,000 downloads. Likewise, this week's top 200 Digital Albums sold 596,000 downloads, a big gain from last week's tally of 420,000.

This week's sales explosion is the second time that Jackson has come to the music industry's rescue. The industry was also in the doldrums in December 1982, when Thriller was released. Just before Thriller reached #1, Men At Work's Business As Usual topped the chart for 15 consecutive weeks. The Aussie group had a few appealing hits and videos, but the fact that a debut album by a group that left such light footprints on the pop scene was able to spend that much time at #1 suggests that there wasn't much else going on. But the release of Thriller kicked off a two-year period that was among the most exciting in pop music history. By the end of 1984, we also saw hit albums by David Bowie, The Police, Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen and Prince & the Revolution.

I'll have more on Jackson at the end of this week's blog, but we should get to the top 10.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 88,000. The album returns to #1 its third week. It's the first album to regain the top spot after losing it since Taylor Swift's Fearless. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "I Gotta Feeling," which holds at #1.

2. Jonas Brothers, Lines, Vines And Trying Times, 68,000. The album slips to #2 after debuting at #1 last week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Paranoid," which falls to #86.

3. Regina Spektor, Far, 50,000. This new entry is Spektor's first top 10 album. She first charted in 2006 with Begin To Hope, which reached #20.

4. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King, 47,000. The former #1 album dips from #3 to #4 in its fourth week. "Funny The Way It Is" slips to #129 on Hot Digital Songs.

5. Eminem, Relapse, 47,000. The former #1 album dips from #4 to #5 in its sixth week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "We Made You," which falls to #114.

6. Dream Theater, Black Clouds And Silver Linings, 40,000. This new entry is the hard rock band's first top 10 album in a career dating back to 1993. The band's previous highest-charting album was 1994's Awake, which peaked at #32.

7. Various Artists, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen soundtrack, 39,000. This new entry is the week's #1 soundtrack, displacing Hannah Montana: The Album. It has already climbed higher on The Billboard 200 than the initial Transformers soundtrack, which peaked at #21 in July 2007. The movie grossed $201 million in its first five days of release.

8. Lady GaGa, The Fame, 37,000. The album dips from #6 to #8. This is its 19th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Lovegame," which falls to #15. "Lovegame" tops the 1 million mark in paid downloads this week. GaGa is the only hit-maker to sell as many as 1 million digital copies of three different songs in 2009.

9. Ginuwine, A Man's Thoughts, 37,000. This new entry is the R&B star's fourth top 10 album.

10. Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, 34,000. The former #1 album drops from #8 to #10. This is its 14th week in the top 10. It's the first theatrical movie soundtrack to spend its first 14 weeks in the top 10 since the Eminem-dominated 8 Mile in 2002-2003. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "The Climb," which falls to #39.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Incubus' Moments And Melodies drops from #5 to #24, Chickenfoot's Chickenfoot falls from #7 to #15, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown drops from #9 to #14 and Taylor Swift's Fearless dips from #10 to #11.

The Mars Volta's Octahedron opens at #12. This represents a sub-par opening for the band, which has had three top 10 albums, including last year's Bedlam In Goliath. (Memo to The Mars Volta: Please have mercy on writers. No more album titles like Octahedron and Amputechture where we always have to double-check the spelling. Thanks.)

The 2009 Broadway cast recording of Hair re-enters the chart at #63. The show won a Tony last month for Best Revival of a Musical. This is the third time that an album of the Hair score has made the top 100. The original Broadway cast album logged 13 weeks at #1 in 1969 (longer than any other album that year). The movie soundtrack, released in 1979, when the idea of a hippie-era musical seemed hopelessly dated, reached #65. (Often, what seems woefully dated 10 years down the line is enormously appealing a few decades later. See: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," etc.)

The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third straight week, with sales of 203,000 downloads. This is the 13th consecutive week that the Peas have headed this chart, which enables them to tie the record for the longest continuous run at #1, which was set by Flo Rida featuring T Pain in 2007-2008. (The Peas, of course, needed two hits to stay on top this long, while Flo Rida did it with just one hit, "Low."). But the Peas have Flo Rida beat in one respect: The Peas have topped the 200,000 mark in paid downloads in all 13 of these weeks. Flo topped that mark in only two of his 13 weeks on top with "Low." (I've been telling you that the download market is exploding.) The Peas' initial hit, "Boom Boom Pow," tops the 3 million mark in paid downloads this week.

Song Scorecard: "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. The song, with its irreverent line about Helen Keller, is one of the loopiest songs ever to become a smash. And I mean that in a good way.

A reissue of the Woodstock soundtrack, keyed to the upcoming 40th anniversary of the fabled festival, enters Top Catalog Albums at #10. It's the week's highest-ranking non-Jackson title, which means it would have debuted at #1 were it not for the Michael Jackson buying spree. The original soundtrack logged four weeks at #1 in 1970. It was the #1 movie soundtrack for 23 weeks in 1970-1971.

More Michael: Jackson ranks #8 among the hit-makers of the rock era in the upcoming 12th edition of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008. Joel was kind enough to give me a preview of the top 10 list for his next edition, which is due in late August. The list is based on the artists' chart performance on the Hot 100. Here's the list: 1) Elvis Presley, 2) The Beatles, 3) Elton John, 4) Madonna, 5) Mariah Carey, 6) Stevie Wonder, 7) Janet Jackson, 8) Michael Jackson, 9) James Brown, and 10) The Rolling Stones.

You may be wondering if Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley ever appeared in the top five on the Hot 100 at the same time. Only once. On Oct. 14, 1972, "Ben" hit #1, while "Burning Love" climbed to #4. Both were milestone hits for these pop legends. "Ben" was Jackson's first #1 solo hit; "Burning Love was Presley's last top 10 hit. And both songs capture the performers' essences-Michael's child-like yearning and Elvis' sensuality and energy.

Last Friday, I posted a Chart Watch Extra in which I recounted Jackson's lifetime spent on the charts. If you missed it, here's a link.

Heads Up: Look for Rob Thomas and Brad Paisley to debut in the top 10 next week. Thomas is in line to pick up his sixth top 10 album (counting Matchbox Twenty releases) with Cradlesong, his follow-up to his chart-topping solo debut, ...Something To Be. Paisley is expected to pick up his fifth top 10 album with American Saturday Night, his first regular vocal album since 5th Gear hit #3 in 2007. Wilco, which has had two top 10 albums, may be back in the top 10 with Wilco (The Album). Also due: NOW 31, Killswitch Engage's Engage, Maino's If Tomorrow Comes, Jeremih's Jeremih and Ace Hood's Ruthless.

Shameless Plug: This week marks the end of the first six months of 2009. On Friday, I'll have a Chart Watch Extra in which I count down the top 10 albums and the top 10 digital songs for the first half. I won't spill the beans, but I will tell you that only two acts appear in the top 10 on both mid-year lists: Lady GaGa and Miley Cyrus.

[iasonas]

bks at Pulse:

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

1 1 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING 202937 -13 232264 684334

-- 2 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 167444 999 4586 1401897

-- 3 JACKSON*MICHAEL MAN IN THE MIRROR 164642 999 1589 473816

-- 4 JACKSON*MICHAEL BILLIE JEAN 158493 999 3898 1084127

2 5 BLACK EYED PEAS BOOM BOOM POW 153816 -16 183227 3139329

-- 6 JACKSON*MICHAEL WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL 136330 999 1893 538464

-- 7 JACKSON*MICHAEL BEAT IT 133765 999 3792 862137

3 8 DRAKE BEST I EVER HAD 133516 -12 152549 336245

-- 9 JACKSON*MICHAEL DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH 125332 999 2853 789468

4 10 KINGSTON*SEAN FIRE BURNING 118592 -8 128700 862830

22 11 LINKIN PARK NEW DIVIDE 115265 114 53769 463248

-- 12 JACKSON*MICHAEL SMOOTH CRIMINAL 111118 999 1532 456928

-- 13 JACKSON*MICHAEL BLACK OR WHITE 109584 999 959 299223

-- 14 JACKSON*MICHAEL P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING) 105801 999 2685 563142

5 15 LADY GAGA LOVEGAME 105582 -15 123686 1033917

6 16 PITBULL I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO 93458 -12 106497 1304641

-- 17 JACKSON*MICHAEL ROCK WITH YOU 89581 999 1373 399997

7 18 HILSON*KERI FEAT. KANYE WEST & KNOCK YOU DOWN 87377 -17 105575 888073

8 19 PERRY*KATY WAKING UP IN VEGAS 80523 -18 98172 834708

-- 20 JACKSON*MICHAEL WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' 76859 999 1022 380601

15 21 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 75532 5 71770 829525

-- 22 JAY-Z D.O.A. (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE) 75050 999 0 75050

-- 23 JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 73718 999 753 226204

11 24 JEREMIH BIRTHDAY SEX 73659 -13 85006 765137

12 25 LADY GAGA POKER FACE 70587 -15 82740 3535847

13 26 3OH!3 DON'T TRUST ME 69769 -12 79008 2017810

9 27 SHINEDOWN SECOND CHANCE 69077 -24 90977 1500959

-- 28 JACKSON*MICHAEL YOU ARE NOT ALONE 66827 999 429 155373

-- 29 JACKSON 5 I'LL BE THERE 65873 999 3407 285044

10 30 YOUNG MONEY EVERY GIRL 65100 -28 90355 209797

-- 31 JACKSON 5 I WANT YOU BACK 64186 999 2211 562363

-- 32 JACKSON*MICHAEL DIRTY DIANA 62433 999 752 200980

17 33 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY 62154 -5 65167 905722

-- 34 JACKSON 5 ABC 60020 999 2416 556574

-- 35 JACKSON*MICHAEL REMEMBER THE TIME 58748 999 746 175741

16 36 BEYONCE HALO 58008 -12 66073 1482862

-- 37 JACKSON*MICHAEL HUMAN NATURE 57138 999 753 192155

14 38 DEBARGE*KRISTINIA GOODBYE 53913 -27 73959 595007

18 39 CYRUS*MILEY CLIMB 53718 -11 60052 1866876

21 40 SPARKS*JORDIN BATTLEFIELD 50876 -7 54566 291466

20 41 NICKELBACK IF TODAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY 49614 -10 54955 787054

-- 42 LOVATO*DEMI HERE WE GO AGAIN 49010 999 1 49011

19 43 KID CUDI DAY 'N' NITE 46361 -17 55931 1757491

23 44 NEW BOYZ YOU'RE A JERK 44839 -16 53253 98203

31 45 THOMAS*ROB HER DIAMONDS 43535 7 40559 218321

26 46 PINK PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME 43531 -9 47924 465889

27 47 FLO RIDA FEAT. KESHA RIGHT ROUND 42415 -10 46926 3516285

-- 48 JACKSON*MICHAEL WILL YOU BE THERE 41816 999 522 127506

24 49 CHESNEY*KENNY OUT LAST NIGHT 41517 -15 48960 223012

-- 50 JACKSONS SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE G 40877 999 681 187341

A FEW BONUSES:

-- 51 JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 40809 999 564 168699

42 52 FRAY*THE NEVER SAY NEVER 39044 15 33888 200603

38 54 DAUGHTRY NO SURPRISE 38082 3 36817 374820

45 60 COBRA STARSHIP FEAT. LEIGHTON GOOD GIRLS GO BAD 34864 12 31218 181372

-- 62 JACKSON*MICHAEL YOU ROCK MY WORLD 33426 999 367 121209

137 64 GREEN DAY 21 GUNS 33152 198 11124 82284

39 66 CLARKSON*KELLY I DO NOT HOOK UP 31697 -13 36631 476166

-- 70 JACKSON*MICHAEL SCREAM 29715 999 317 99348

-- 72 JACKSON 5 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE 29493 999 565 115632

-- 75 JACKSON*MICHAEL BEN 29082 999 363 89899

-- 78 U.S.A. FOR AFRICA WE ARE THE WORLD 27033 999 601 149204

93 79 VERONICAS*THE TAKE ME ON THE FLOOR 26670 52 17600 200193

63 81 BEYONCE EGO 26127 -2 26600 135815

-- 84 JACKSON*MICHAEL GIRL IS MINE 24919 999 266 89522

-- 91 JACKSON*MICHAEL SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE 21577 999 204 69484

-- 93 TISDALE*ASHLEY OVERRATED (ALBUM VERSION) 21235 999 0 21235

-- 96 JACKSON 5 GOT TO BE THERE 20361 999 324 68162

-- 100 JACKSON*MICHAEL WORKING DAY AND NIGHT 19598 999 290 64144

-- 108 JACKSON*MICHAEL I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU 18338 999 156 53975

-- 109 JACKSON*MICHAEL HEAL THE WORLD 18247 999 141 51166

-- 112 JACKSON*MICHAEL LEAVE ME ALONE 17930 999 128 44030

-- 115 JACKSON 5 LOVE YOU SAVE 17765 999 449 96793

-- 116 JACKSONS CAN YOU FEEL IT? 17657 999 325 83031

-- 119 JACKSON*MICHAEL IN THE CLOSET 16960 999 139 46875

-- 120 MCCARTNEY*PAUL & MICHAEL JACKS SAY SAY SAY 16685 999 279 50305

-- 125 JACKSON 5 DANCING MACHINE 16375 999 431 108584

-- 136 JACKSON 5 WHO'S LOVIN' YOU 15288 999 373 52871

-- 137 JACKSON*MICHAEL LADY IN MY LIFE 15128 999 205 56110

-- 142 JACKSON*MICHAEL BUTTERFLIES 14533 999 280 77063

-- 143 JACKSON*MICHAEL ROCKIN' ROBIN 14510 999 471 106232

-- 152 JACKSON*MICHAEL ANOTHER PART OF ME 12805 999 100 33185

-- 158 JACKSON*MICHAEL GIVE IN TO ME 12506 999 92 28846

-- 162 JACKSON*MICHAEL JAM 11984 999 128 35390

125 163 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT.KELLY ROWLAN WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER 11896 0 11863 69530

-- 169 JACKSON*MICHAEL THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US 11621 999 128 35052

-- 178 JACKSON*MICHAEL WHO IS IT 11025 999 87 27918

-- 195 JACKSON*MICHAEL EARTH SONG 9907 999 107 32624

-- 199 JACKSON*MICHAEL WE ARE THE WORLD (DEMO) 9675 999 37 24190

[iasonas]

bks at Pulse:

Billboard hot 100 - top 50

2 1 the black eyed peas i gotta feeling

1 2 black eyed peas invasion of boom boom pow mega

3 3 drake best i ever had

4 4 keri hilson featuri knock you down

6 5 lady gaga lovegame

5 6 pitbull i know you want me (calle

7 7 sean kingston fire burning

8 8 jeremih birthday sex

30 9 linkin park new divide

11 10 perry*katy waking up vegas

16 11 taylor swift you belong with me

14 12 3oh!3 don't trust me

9 13 shinedown second chance

13 14 beyonce halo (wal-mart cd ma

12 15 lady gaga poker face

15 16 miley cyrus the climb

10 17 young money every girl

20 18 pink please don't leave me

21 19 nickelback if today was your last day

23 20 kings of leon use somebody

17 21 kid cudi day 'n' nite - ep

18 22 kristinia debarge goodbye

19 23 foxx*jamie blame it

-- 24 jay-z d.o.a. (death of auto-tune)

22 25 kenny chesney out last night

26 26 zac brown band whatever it is

25 27 kelly clarkson i do not hook up

24 28 flo rida right round

27 29 the fray you found me

31 30 jordin sparks battlefield

33 31 jason mraz i'm yours

41 32 rob thomas her diamonds

29 33 swift*taylor love story

39 34 billy currington people are crazy

37 35 lady antebellum i run to you

35 36 dierks bentley sideways

28 37 brad paisley then

32 38 new boyz you're a jerk

45 39 daughtry no surprise

40 40 the all-american rejects gives you hell - single

49 41 darius rucker alright

36 42 lady gaga/colby o'donis just dance (remixes) - ep

44 43 beyonce ego

48 44 kelly clarkson my life would suck without you

34 45 flo rida sugar

46 46 kellie pickler best days of your life

38 47 soulja boy tell'em turn my swag on

57 48 the fray never say never

42 49 keith urban kiss a girl

47 50 soulja boy tell 'em kiss me thru the phone

interesting moves & debuts

-- 51 demi lovato here we go again

-- 55 green day 21 guns

58 57 twista wetter (calling you daddy)

66 58 cobra starship feat good girls go bad

62 62 maxwell pretty wings (wal-ma

75 73 david cook come back to me

84 75 ginuwine last chance

74 76 jessie james wanted

86 80 lmfao i'm in miami b***h

-- 81 the veronicas take me on the floor

98 84 mario featuring guc break up

-- 90 eric church love your love the most

-- 93 keyshia cole duet w trust

-- 95 shinedown sound of madness

100 96 guetta*david when love takes over (remixes)

-- 98 jack ingram barefoot and crazy

bubbling under

8 1 mary mary featuring god in me

-- 3 ashley tisdale overrated

13 4 paulina rubio causa y efecto

11 5 wale featuring lady chillin

10 7 letoya not anymore

20 9 mat kearney closer to love

-- 13 mariah carey obsessed

16 14 the script the man who can't be moved

-- 22 nickelback burn it to the ground

-- 24 3 doors down let me be myself

r&b 100

1 1 drake best i ever had

3 2 young money every girl

2 3 keri hilson featuri knock you down

5 4 beyonce ego

4 5 jeremih birthday sex

7 6 maxwell pretty wings (wal-ma

9 7 twista wetter (calling you daddy)

10 9 ginuwine last chance

17 11 mario featuring guc break up

18 15 keyshia cole duet w trust

19 18 letoya not anymore

26 20 mary mary featuring god in me

21 23 lil kim featuring t download

52 37 mariah carey obsessed

55 39 drake featuring tre successful

63 48 jeremih imma star (everywhere we are)

53 49 mary j. Blige featu the one

89 57 joe majic

-- 62 maxwell cold ep

59 67 ciara like a surgeon

-- 73 kid cudi featuring make her say

87 83 amerie why r u

-- 89 chico debarge oh no

-- 98 bebe & cece winans close to you

-- 100 chrisette michele f what you do

[thebigham]

Billboard Catalog Chart

#1 Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 108,000

#2 Michael Jackson - Essential Michael Jackson - 102,000

#3 Michael Jackson - Thriller - 101,000

#4 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall - 33,000

#5 Jackson 5 - Ultimate Collection - 18,000

#6 Michael Jackson - Bad - 17,000

#7 Michael Jackson - Dangerous - 14,000

#8 Michael Jackson - Greatest Hits: HIStory - Volume 1 - 12,000

#9 Michael Jackson - Ultimate Collection - 11,000

#11 Jackson 5 - The Best Of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection

#13 Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present And Future Book 1

#19 The Jacksons - The Jacksons Story: Number 1's

#21 Michael Jackson - Invincible

#22 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix

[franxisco66]

If one cant give an opinion in a music forum, what should this exist?

[iasonas]

USA I-tunes right now

Top 120 Chart (Without Michael):

1. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

2. Fallin' for You - Colbie Caillat

3. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

4. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

5. Best I Ever Had - Drake

6. LoveGame - Lady GaGa

7. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

8. New Divide - Linkin Park

9. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) [More English Extended Mix] - Pitbull

10. Knock You Down - Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo

11. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

12. Poker Face - Lady GaGa

13. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

14. Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls

15. Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester) - Cobra Starship

16. Goodbye - Kristinia DeBarge

17. Her Diamonds - Rob Thomas

18. Every Girl - Young Money

19. Halo - Beyoncé

20. Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3

21. Second Chance - Shinedown

22. The Climb - Miley Cyrus

23. If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback

24. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks

25. Right Round - Flo Rida

26. 21 Guns - Green Day

27. Please Don't Leave Me - P!nk

28. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z

29. Here We Go Again - Demi Lovato

30. Out Last Night - Kenny Chesney

31. Never Say Never - The Fray

32. That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings

33. Birthday Sex - Jeremih

34. Alright - Darius Rucker

35. Down (feat. Lil Wayne) - Jay Sean

36. People Are Crazy - Billy Currington

37. Turn My Swag On - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

38. You're a Jerk - New Boyz

39. Day 'n' Nite - Kid Cudi

40. No Surprise - Daughtry

41. Big Green Tractor - Jason Aldean

42. Just Dance - Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis

43. Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band

44. I Run to You - Lady Antebellum

45. Best Days of Your Life - Kellie Pickler

46. Birthday Sex - Jeremih

47. Summer Nights - Rascal Flatts

48. So Fine - Sean Paul

49. Wanted - Jessie James

50. Sugar (feat. Wynter) - Flo Rida

51. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

52. I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson

53. Know Your Enemy - Green Day

54. Take Me On the Floor - The Veronicas

55. Sideways - Dierks Bentley

56. Not Meant to Be - Theory of a Deadman

57. One and the Same - Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato

58. Blame It (feat. T-Pain) - Jamie Foxx

59. New Divide - Linkin Park

60. You Found Me - The Fray

61. Love Story - Taylor Swift

62. Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) - All Time Low

63. I'm On a Boat (feat. T-Pain) - The Lonely Island

64. Hotel Room Service - Pitbull

65. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's

66. Best I Ever Had - Drake

67. Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects

68. Then - Brad Paisley

69. She's Country - Jason Aldean

70. Born an OG - Ace Hood & Ludacris

71. Kiss Me Thru the Phone (feat. Sammie) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

72. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon

73. I Want You to Want Me - KSM

74. Blood On My Hands - The Used

75. Make Her Say (feat. Kanye West & Common) - Kid Cudi

76. Pretty Wings (Uncut) - Maxwell

77. Whiskey Hangover - Godsmack

78. Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band

79. Hush Hush; Hush Hush - The Pussycat Dolls

80. Kiss a Girl - Keith Urban

81. Always Strapped (feat. Lil Wayne) - Birdman

82. Lucky (feat. Colbie Caillat) - Jason Mraz

83. All the Above (feat. T-Pain) - Maino

84. Heartless - Kanye West

85. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

86. Then (Single Edit) - Brad Paisley

87. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé

88. Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson

89. Come Back to Me - David Cook

90. Wild At Heart - Gloriana

91. Viva la Vida - Coldplay

92. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson

93. Show Me What I'm Looking for - Carolina Liar

94. Ain't No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant

95. Ice Cream Paint Job - Dorrough

96. Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3

97. Eyes On Fire - Blue Foundation

98. A Looking In View - Alice In Chains

99. Paranoid - Jonas Brothers

100. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

101. If Tomorrow Never Comes - Kent Blazy & Garth Brooks

102. Hero - Skillet

103. Careless Whisper - Seether

104. Circus - Britney Spears

105. Beautiful - Eminem

106. Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

107. Throw It In the Bag (feat. The-Dream) - Fabolous

108. I'm In Miami Bitch - LMFAO

109. So What - P!nk

110. Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill) - Hannah Montana

111. Small Town USA - Justin Moore

112. One In Every Crowd - Montgomery Gentry

113. When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland) - David Guetta

114. Halle Berry (She's Fine) [feat. Superstarr] - Hurricane Chris

115. Starstrukk - 3OH!3

116. Imma Star (Everywhere We Are) - Jeremih

117. If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

118. Funny the Way It Is - Dave Matthews Band

119. Love Your Love the Most - Eric Church

120. Sound of Madness - Shinedown

[thebigham]

HITS:

YOUR JULY 4TH WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Six of the top seven titles on next week's SoundScan chart will be debuts. The Top 10 on the HITS album chart will include these six debuts, along with three Michael Jackson titles. Of course, with all the variables surrounding M.J. sales—including the wall-to-wall TV coverage—as well as the holiday weekend, it’s hard to say for sure what the leader board will look like until Monday. But we’ll give it a shot anyway:

* Now 31 (Sony Music) 140-145k

Thriller (Epic) 120-125k

* Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 120-125k

* Rob Thomas (Atlantic) 105-110k

* Wilco (Nonesuch) 100-105k

Essential Michael Jackson (Epic) 95-100k

Number Ones (Epic) 75-80k

Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 60-65k

* Killswitch Engage (Roadrunner) 55-60k

* Jeremih (Def Jam/IDJ) 45-50k

Jonas Brothers (Hollywood) 35-40k

Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 30-35k

Dave Matthews Band (RCA/RMG) 30-35k

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (WB) 30-35k

Lady Gaga (Interscope) 30-35k

Kings of Leon (RCA/RMG) 30-35k

* Denotes debut

(7/3a)

[promise to try]

is Essential going to be on the regular chart?

[Carta]

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.

The UK chart has its own rules that, by your definition, would be "unfair" - compilation albums and soundtrack albums performed by various artists are not eligible to chart on the main chart, so when "The Bodyguard" soundtrack was the biggest seller in the UK, it did not appear on the chart. Often in the UK, a "Various Artists" compilation will be the biggest seller (e.g. one of the "Now That's What I Call Music" volumes), but it does not appear on the chart. Every time this happens, the "real" #1 album in the UK is "denied that glory".

[thebigham]

is Essential going to be on the regular chart?

No, it's Catalog.

[thebigham]

Billboard.com:

BIRTH OF 'AUTO-TUNE': Jay-Z enters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 24 with "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)." The track previews "The Blueprint 3," due Sept. 11.

The song marks Jay-Z's 55th Hot 100 appearance, breaking him out of a tie with Madonna.

Here is a look at the acts with 50 or more chart entries dating to the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

108, Elvis Presley

91, James Brown

74, Ray Charles

73, Aretha Franklin

71, The Beatles

67, Elton John

63, Stevie Wonder

57, The Rolling Stones

56, Marvin Gaye

56, Frankie Valli

56, Dionne Warwick

55, The Beach Boys

55, Jay-Z

54, Madonna

53, Neil Diamond

53, Connie Francis

53, The Temptations

53, Jackie Wilson

51, Rod Stewart

[Guest nothingfails0603]

interesting how Jay-Z's had so many chart appearances. I admit, it isn't my kind of music, but he has a handful of songs I know, but as many hits as The Beach Boys and one more than Madge just seems nuts.

[Kurt420]

interesting how Jay-Z's had so many chart appearances. I admit, it isn't my kind of music, but he has a handful of songs I know, but as many hits as The Beach Boys and one more than Madge just seems nuts.

I thought the same thing but then again he's been featured on songs by everyone under the sun. Also Jay-Z has been around for a while now.

Hard to believe he's been having hits for about 13 years now.

[Guest nothingfails0603]

I thought the same thing but then again he's been featured on songs by everyone under the sun. Also Jay-Z has been around for a while now.

Hard to believe he's been having hits for about 13 years now.

hard to believe how humble our 80's stars were in comparison. MJ never took credit for Somebody's Watching Me, Prince never took credit for all those Sheila E and Time songs you heard him in, Madge never took credit for Sidewalk Talk, etc... Yet today all the hip hop stars make sure to take credits so they can get it credited to their chart runs, LOL

[Kyoko]

I think Jay-Z has publishing rights over all his songs, that might be why he always takes credit where it is due. Nowadays folks are smarter about publishing than they were in the 80s. Of course, sometimes you still do things as a favor or not try to nickle & dime people. Siedah Garrett said MJ declined a writing credit for Man in the Mirror although he made many changes that she felt deserved one; for Dangerous's Keep the Faith, she insisted he take it.

[promise to try]

I didn´t know keep the faith was also written by siedah

[Guest tassilo3001]

wasn't stephanie von monaco the mistery girl in the song -in the closed???

[Mattress]

Billboard.com:

BIRTH OF 'AUTO-TUNE': Jay-Z enters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 24 with "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)." The track previews "The Blueprint 3," due Sept. 11.

The song marks Jay-Z's 55th Hot 100 appearance, breaking him out of a tie with Madonna.

Here is a look at the acts with 50 or more chart entries dating to the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

108, Elvis Presley

91, James Brown

74, Ray Charles

73, Aretha Franklin

71, The Beatles

67, Elton John

63, Stevie Wonder

57, The Rolling Stones

56, Marvin Gaye

56, Frankie Valli

56, Dionne Warwick

55, The Beach Boys

55, Jay-Z

54, Madonna

53, Neil Diamond

53, Connie Francis

53, The Temptations

53, Jackie Wilson

51, Rod Stewart

So... Jay-Z counts as having had 55 Hot 100 entries, a large portion of which are little more than two second shout-outs on the intros of other artists singles, yet someone like, say, Michael Jackson can't count all of those Jackson 5 singles on which he sang lead toward his total?

More Billboard bullshit.

[mtzlplk]

So... Jay-Z counts as having had 55 Hot 100 entries, a large portion of which are little more than two second shout-outs on the intros of other artists singles, yet someone like, say, Michael Jackson can't count all of those Jackson 5 singles on which he sang lead toward his total?

More Billboard bullshit.

i was wondering how he could have that much HOT100 entry... counting his one-liner shoutouts as his is billboardshit indeed... someone ought to air this to them...

[loomer]

YOUR JULY 4TH WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW

Why do they keep spelling it that way?

[Guest Bad Robot]

Well, he was the one who acted pompous how the rest of us who aren't in the RIAA are beneath him so I don't feel bad about dragging him down to earth

I don't think of myself as in the industry, I don't think my opinion is above anyone else's.

My point was only that the charts are designed for record labels, not for the fans. People frequently don't seem to understand that.

My personal opinion is that the best-selling album not being #1 on the BB200 is definitely a conundrum. The concept of catalog albums is valid -- it allows newer artists to chart who otherwise might not be able to. The visibility of making the charts is a lot more of a promotional help to a new artist than it would be for a well-established artist. A record label probably doesn't really care that for yet another unpromoted week the Dark Side of the Moon sold 5000 copies or whatever. They probably do care about a just-signed artist selling 5000 copies, however, and want to see them on the charts.

I think there may be some validity to the idea of allowing albums to re-chart if they are above a certain threshold - maybe top 20 or top 40 - but unless the record labels are complaining, they may not need to make any change.

[Lucy Goosie]

Why do they keep spelling it that way?

It's a play on words about how sales are weak and sluggish these days.

[loomer]

It's a play on words about how sales are weak and sluggish these days.

Thought it might be that