US Chart Talk: 12/12/09

[Skin]

Man I love the fact that 50 Cent is bombing hard.

[Guest Qbanito21]

Congrats to Susan!

[Guest Danny86]

I like some rationalizeations that Rihanna went "dark" for this album- is this her Erotica? It may not be as happy and peppy as her other fare, but it's not like she went Bjork. (same with Kelly Clarkson, when she released My December).

Well I only heard the first single (which is still the main reason if people check out an album or not, or more accurately, the only proper chance most pop artist can have for their albums to get attention) and it's the same Ne-Yo slow R&B stuff she's been doing since 2006 and that's why her sales are down. Plain and simple, she has no built-in fanbase and people would have expected a more uptempo track like Umbrella/DSTM/Disturbia. Since there are other females filling that gap these days, Rihanna gets less attention.

[Guest nothingfails0603]

Rihanna's album is quite "uncommercial" for her. There are a few songs like Hard that are meant for radio, but this album seems like she's really playing the sympathy card. There are a lot of references to violence and everything on this album (even Russian Roulette ends in a gunshot) that I think it's too much for a lot of casual fans who just want Rihanna to keep it simple. I've heard several people calling it her "My December" and I won't be too surprised if she readies up a more conventional commercial album for the 2010 Xmas season, because this album won't be milked for 18 months like GGGB.

It is a decent album but without any killer singles, she will probably top out around 600-800k if lucky, she doesn't have Britney or Beyonce's fanbase.

[FedFed]

WOW!

great week for sales! I like to see so high fiures!

Why Gaga as two different cd? (cause of digital?)

Bubble great act!

[thebigham]

Billboard 200:

-- 1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 700,779 999 632 701,411

2 2 BOCELLI*ANDREA MY CHRISTMAS 217,569 18 184,791 687,068

-- 3 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 198,466 999 437 198,903

-- 4 RIHANNA RATED R 180,890 999 552 181,442

-- 5 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 173,515 999 411 173,926

34 6 LADY GAGA FAME 151,393 429 28,600 1,809,786

29 7 CYRUS*MILEY TIME OF OUR LIVES EP 149,663 385 30,871 929,561

10 8 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 124,601 48 84,010 4,510,382

9 9 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 123,870 44 86,218 656,342

3 10 JONES*NORAH FALL 110,150 -39 180,425 290,673

7 11 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 108,121 13 95,740 890,381

8 12 NEW MOON (TWILIGHT) SOUNDTRACK 104,100 11 93,435 639,820

1 13 MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 92,153 -68 285,548 377,883

6 14 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 90,755 -34 136,741 227,545

-- 15 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF 89,061 999 471 89,613

[thebigham]

bks at Pulse:

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

1 1 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE 217559 4 209385 806971

4 2 JAY-Z + ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND 201893 40 143939 1516047

2 3 KE$HA TIK TOK 167615 9 154208 874784

3 4 OWL CITY FIREFLIES 147437 1 146661 1722115

5 5 IYAZ REPLAY 129284 0 129761 1266206

9 6 BLACK EYED PEAS MEET ME HALFWAY 120896 29 93939 937088

7 7 DERULO*JASON WHATCHA SAY 103212 -4 107185 1958312

8 8 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT. AKON SEXY CHICK 97666 2 95522 991177

11 9 SPEARS*BRITNEY 3 91787 5 87074 1079830

10 10 CYRUS*MILEY PARTY IN THE U.S.A. 91345 -2 93262 2524895

14 11 SEAN*JAY FEAT. LIL WAYNE DOWN 86301 25 68854 2304333

-- 12 RIHANNA HARD 80461 999 849 81310

6 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 75970 -30 108756 879757

16 14 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING 73545 18 62379 3869697

13 15 RIHANNA RUSSIAN ROULETTE 67210 -19 83463 382325

-- 16 LADY GAGA TELEPHONE 65985 999 1074 67059

17 17 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI 65171 7 60736 1400453

94 18 CAREY*MARIAH ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YO 62682 320 14926 1334880

59 19 SHAKIRA FEAT. LIL WAYNE GIVE IT UP TO ME 61443 159 23709 110106

20 20 DRAKE, KANYE WEST, LIL WAYNE & FOREVER 60334 9 55560 856676

19 21 BROWN*CHRIS FEAT. LIL WAYNE & I CAN TRANSFORM YA 57759 2 56626 416397

18 22 BIEBER*JUSTIN ONE TIME 54202 -8 58625 1017067

24 23 CLARKSON*KELLY ALREADY GONE 53511 16 45958 809638

21 24 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE COWBOY CASANOVA 51733 1 51213 609335

25 25 BEYONCE SWEET DREAMS 47464 10 43068 897433

22 26 JAY-Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST RUN THIS TOWN 47342 -1 47960 1743310

27 27 SEAN*JAY FEAT. SEAN PAUL & LIL DO YOU REMEMBER 47143 13 41675 187288

36 28 BOYS LIKE GIRLS FEAT TAYLOR SW TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE 46470 34 34700 267058

28 29 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 44173 7 41374 2441054

26 30 MCCARTNEY*JESSE BODY LANGUAGE 41741 -2 42564 392838

30 31 CASCADA EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR 41095 3 39727 646037

-- 32 YOUNG MONEY BEDROCK 40063 999 63 40126

-- 33 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 39142 999 209 39351

67 34 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF/LOBA 38848 85 21021 1090624

75 35 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 38509 98 19465 102436

44 36 KEYS*ALICIA TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEA 37897 27 29946 67843

-- 37 GLEE CAST TRUE COLORS (GLEE CAST VERSION 36711 999 90 36801

33 38 TRAIN HEY, SOUL SISTER 36293 0 36294 352487

-- 39 GLEE CAST IMAGINE (GLEE CAST VERSION) 35686 999 85 35771

41 40 BIRDMAN FEAT. LIL WAYNE & DRAK MONEY TO BLOW 32436 2 31886 268025

51 41 BLACK EYED PEAS BOOM BOOM POW 32158 24 25839 4457745

15 42 LEWIS*LEONA HAPPY 31574 -52 65786 313489

34 43 ALLEN*KRIS LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING 31327 -12 35787 186667

39 44 EMINEM TILL I COLLAPSE 31189 -5 32719 574596

29 45 50 CENT FEAT. NE-YO BABY BY ME 31115 -24 40692 204379

47 46 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY 30781 10 27920 2542903

40 47 BROWN*ZAC BAND TOES 29822 -8 32413 750094

12 48 MAYER*JOHN HALF OF MY HEART 29701 -65 85673 115374

-- 49 BROWN*CHRIS CRAWL 28468 999 70 28538

54 50 SWIFT*TAYLOR FIFTEEN 27927 10 25431 471598

A FEW BONUSES:

-- 52 BEYONCE VIDEO PHONE 27585 276 7345 80593

-- 53 BIRDMAN 4 MY TOWN (PLAY BALL) 27165 999 19 27184

69 54 GREEN DAY 21 GUNS 27064 33 20393 1088854

109 55 TIMBALAND FEAT. NELLY FURTADO MORNING AFTER DARK 26980 103 13304 81497

62 57 UNCLE KRACKER SMILE 26349 19 22230 509404

80 58 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I 25839 36 18980 3296666

-- 60 LADY GAGA SPEECHLESS 25532 999 699 26231

-- 64 BOYLE*SUSAN WILD HORSES 24187 999 185 24372

93 67 BIEBER*JUSTIN ONE LESS LONELY GIRL 23606 57 15048 297965

-- 68 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA IT'S YOUR LIFE 23346 441 4317 60303

-- 79 RIHANNA WAIT YOUR TURN 20158 999 418 20576

-- 83 LADY GAGA MONSTER 18726 999 589 19315

126 91 BEYONCE HALO 16312 42 11483 2045208

192 93 LYKKE LI POSSIBILITY 16194 109 7753 30358

-- 95 GLEE CAST PAPA DON'T PREACH (GLEE CAST V 16040 999 78 16118

-- 101 SHAKIRA DID IT AGAIN (LO HECHO ESTA HE 15494 999 386 15988

-- 105 GLEE CAST LAST CHRISTMAS (GLEE CAST VERS 14589 999 0 14589

-- 107 LADY GAGA ALEJANDRO 14322 999 488 15190

127 109 NICKELBACK NEVER GONNA BE ALONE 14233 24 11456 235476

-- 116 LADY GAGA SO HAPPY I COULD DIE 13432 999 535 13967

-- 118 JAY SEAN IF I AIN’T GOT YOU 13312 999 75 13387

-- 120 GLEE CAST HAIR / CRAZY IN LOVE (GLEE CAS 13196 999 84 13280

-- 132 DAUGHTRY LIFE AFTER YOU 11695 147 4734 43673

-- 138 ADAM LAMBERT WHATAYA WANT FROM ME 11197 999 329 11871

-- 140 LADY GAGA DANCE IN THE DARK 11171 999 417 11839

-- 142 GLEE CAST BOOTYLICIOUS (GLEE CAST VERSIO 10975 999 66 11041

-- 144 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS*THE YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL 10625 534 1676 664691

-- 155 TONI BRAXTON YESTERDAY 10267 999 81 10493

-- 166 BOYLE*SUSAN AMAZING GRACE 9646 999 50 9696

166 168 FIONA*MELANIE IT KILLS ME 9622 11 8700 41339

-- 187 GLEE CAST DON'T MAKE ME OVER (GLEE CAST 8641 999 67 8708

Here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:

No. 1 - Jay Z / Alicia Keys (+5.2 million)

No. 2 - Lady Gaga (-3.2 million)

No. 4 - Beyonce (-5.2 million)

No. 5 - David Guetta / Akon (+8.8 million)

No. 7 - Iyaz (+7.2 million)

No. 8 - Kelly Clarkson (+1.3 million)

No. 9 - Britney Spears (+2.5 million)

No. 12 - Owl City (+2.5 million)

No. 13 - Black Eyed Peas (+3.7 million)

No. 16 - Ke$ha (+8.3 million)

No. 18 - Taylor Swift (+4.1 million)

No. 19 - Lady Gaga (+8.1 million) Bad Romance

No. 20 - Lady Antebellum (+0.9 million)

No. 21 - Trey Songz / Drake (+1.6 million)

No. 23 - Usher (-0.6 million)

No. 25 - Birdman / Lil Wayne (+4.3 million)

No. 28 - 50 Cent / Ne-Yo (+4.0 million)

No. 29 - Jay Sean / Sean Paul (+6.8 million)

No. 30 - Cascada (+3.7 million)

No. 31 - Rihanna / Jeezy (+6.2 million)

No. 33 - Chris Brown / Lil Wayne (-0.2 million)

No. 36 - Nat King Cole (+16.4 million) Highest Ranking Christmas Song

No. 41 - Mariah Carey (+14.5 million) All I Want For Christmas

No. 44 - Snoop Dogg / The Dream (+2.7 million)

No. 56 - New Boyz / Ray J (+2.3 million)

No. 57 - Trey Sonz (+3.4 million)

No. 62 - Shinedown (+1.6 million)

No. 65 - Melanie Fiona (+2.8 million)

No. 82 - Boys Like Girls / Taylor Swift (+4.7 million)

No. 86 - Unkle Kracker (+0.3 million)

No. 90 - Rob Thomas (+1.1 million)

No. 91 - Young Money (+4.5 million)

No. 92 - Rihanna (-5.9 million)

No. 97 - Nickelback (+1.9 million)

No. 99 - Omarion (+0.9 million)

No. 114 - Kris Allen (+3.0 million)

No. 121 - Shakira / Lil Wayne (+1.7 million)

No. 138 - Train (+0.8 million)

No. 139 - Whitney Houston (+0.1 million)

No. 155 - Pitbull / Akon (+2.1 million)

No. 156 - Alicia Keys (+1.3 million)

No. 165 - Michael Jackson (-1.4 million)

No. 195 - Mary J. Blige (+2.1 million)

No. 242 - Lady Gaga / Beyonce (+2.9 million)

No. 278 - Daughty (+1.7 million)

No. 292 - Beyonce (+1.1 million) Video Phone

No. 384 - Chris Brown (+0.3 million) Crawl

No. 472 - Mariah Carey (+0.1 million)

On R&B airplay, Usher is 1, Trey Songs/Drake 2, Jay Z/Alicia Keys 2, Birdman 4, 50 Cent/Ne-Yo 7, Melanie Fiona 8, Chris Brown/Lil Wayne 11, Rihanna/Jeezy 16, Whitney 18, Alicia Keys 32, Mary J. Blige 39, Beyonce 43 and Beyonce (Sweet Dreams) 60.

No. 1 Whatcha Say

No. 2 Fireflies

No. 3 Sweet Dreams

No. 4 Down

No. 5 3

No. 6 You Belong With Me

No. 7 Party In The USA

No. 8 Already Gone

No. 9 Paparazzi

No. 10 Replay

No. 15 Empire State Of Mind

No. 16 Sexy Chick

No. 17 Give It Up To Me

No. 20 Tik Tok

No. 23 Meet Me Halfway

No. 24 Evacuate The Dancefloor

No. 35 Bad Romance

[Chimera]

Billboard 200:

-- 1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 700,779 999 632 701,411

2 2 BOCELLI*ANDREA MY CHRISTMAS 217,569 18 184,791 687,068

-- 3 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 198,466 999 437 198,903

-- 4 RIHANNA RATED R 180,890 999 552 181,442

-- 5 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 173,515 999 411 173,926

34 6 LADY GAGA FAME 151,393 429 28,600 1,809,786

29 7 CYRUS*MILEY TIME OF OUR LIVES EP 149,663 385 30,871 929,561

10 8 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 124,601 48 84,010 4,510,382

9 9 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 123,870 44 86,218 656,342

3 10 JONES*NORAH FALL 110,150 -39 180,425 290,673

7 11 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 108,121 13 95,740 890,381

8 12 NEW MOON (TWILIGHT) SOUNDTRACK 104,100 11 93,435 639,820

1 13 MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 92,153 -68 285,548 377,883

6 14 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 90,755 -34 136,741 227,545

-- 15 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF 89,061 999 471 89,613

woof! all top 10 over 100,000...the holidays really pay off!

I'm so glad Rihanna got the number 4! and that because they didn't put all gaga's numbers together which i think it's fair because come on! a re-reissue of an album plus 8 new songs? that's pretty low of a move!, same goes for Taylor swift, why they just don't release a new album and done?!...whatever...

[Chimera]

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

1 1 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE 217559 4 209385 806971

4 2 JAY-Z + ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND 201893 40 143939 1516047

Here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:

No. 1 - Jay Z / Alicia Keys (+5.2 million)

No. 2 - Lady Gaga (-3.2 million)

wow, they're going cheek to cheek on sales and airplay...who'll be number 1 this week on hot 100?

2 3 KE$HA TIK TOK 167615 9 154208 874784

who's this chick?

11 9 SPEARS*BRITNEY 3 91787 5 87074 1079830

wow, over 1 million thus far...meanwhile the album is ...is...never mind

75 35 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 38509 98 19465 102436

if he would have had a better lead single he might have done better on album sales

Edited December 2, 2009 by charles

[thebigham]

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i7be089acf10901c7939511666602a091

Susan Boyle Tops Billboard 200 With Stellar First Week Sales

December 02, 2009

By Keith Caulfield, L.A.

YouTube sensation and former "Britain's Got Talent" contestant Susan Boyle's debut album "I Dreamed a Dream" opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 701,000 copies sold in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan -- the best sales week for an album in the U.S. this year.

2009's previous high-water mark came when Eminem's "Relapse" sold 608,000 in its opening week. In fact, Boyle's sales frame is the best the chart has seen since AC/DC's "Black Ice" bowed with 784,000 upon its release in October 2008.

Boyle's SYCO/Columbia effort was released last Monday, Nov. 23, and the sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday, Nov. 29.

The arrival of "I Dreamed a Dream" also marks the best opening week for a female artist's debut album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Boyle beats out Ashanti for the title, as her self-titled debut began with 503,000 in 2002.

All told, in SoundScan's tracking history, only one other debut album has seen a bigger opening week. Snoop Dogg's album "Doggystyle" barked with 803,000 in its first week back in 1993.

Boyle wasn't the only artist to drop an album in the very busy Thanksgiving shopping week, as the reality TV star led a packed release schedule.

2009 "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert's debut "For Your Entertainment" starts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 198,000 copies. Last week, "Idol" champ Kris Allen saw his self-titled debut bow at No. 11 with 80,000.

Rihanna's fourth album "Rated R" climbs in at No. 4 with 181,000 -- the

young diva's best sales week yet. Her previous best came when her third album "Good Girl Gone Bad" started with 162,000 at No. 2 in 2007.

Lady Gaga's new eight-song quasi-EP "The Fame Monster" bows at No. 5 with 174,000 while her first album "The Fame" rises from No. 34 to No. 6 (151,000; up 429%). The latter "Fame's" total jumps this week because it combines sales of her debut set in addition to a two-disc deluxe "The Fame" package that contains both "The Fame" and the new "Monster" disc.

As for holdovers in the top 10, Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" stands strong at No. 2 for a third week as it shifts 218,000 (up 18%) while Miley Cyrus' Wal-Mart-exclusive EP "The Time Of Our Lives" vaults from No. 29 to No. 7 with 150,000 (up 385%) thanks in part to its $5 sale tag at the retailer last week. Taylor Swift's "Fearless" moves from No. 10 to No. 8 with 125,000 (up 48%), Carrie Underwood's "Play On" holds at No. 9 with 124,000 (up 44%) and Norah Jones' "The Fall" falls from No. 3 to No. 10 with 110,000 (down 39%).

Last week's Billboard 200 No. 1, John Mayer's "Battle Studies," slips to No. 13 in its second week with 92,000 (down 68%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Nov. 29) totaled 10.73 million units, up 34% compared to the sum last week (7.99 million) and down 12% compared to the Thanksgiving sales week of 2008 (12.21 million). Year to date album sales stand at 320.2 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (369.9 million).

[Guest Danny86]

OMG at 700,000 for Susan!

[Guest missy bi_tch]

woof! all top 10 over 100,000...the holidays really pay off!

I'm so glad Rihanna got the number 4! and that because they didn't put all gaga's numbers together which i think it's fair because come on! a re-reissue of an album plus 8 new songs? that's pretty low of a move!, same goes for Taylor swift, why they just don't release a new album and done?!...whatever...

you are just so bored... every other post you talk about reissues and how low they are...just move on.

re-issues have been around for a while.

Considering that 151000 pple are still willing to sell out for a 2-cd set for lady gaga, some may not have gotten the fame and hence, it's good for them. those who had bought the 8-track album or ep whatever they wanna label it 174k... all in all, lady gaga sold 325k records this week.

so move on...

will susan boyle drop like a bomb from here onwards... we'll see

[FedFed]

wow, they're going cheek to cheek on sales and airplay...who'll be number 1 this week on hot 100?

who's this chick?

wow, over 1 million thus far...meanwhile the album is ...is...never mind

if he would have had a better lead single he might have done better on album sales

They are not cheek to cheek!

that airplay is not for Bad Romance.

[Chimera]

They are not cheek to cheek!

that airplay is not for Bad Romance.

what!?!!? so Bad romance is far from being number one in the market that really matters, the Holy USA!?!?....I'LL CUT MY VEINS NOW!!!!!!!-----> of course i'm being sarcastic!

[boy skeffington]

OMG at Shakira...too funny.

I think Gaga's been a bit overhyped too...the numbers are pretty disappointing for her on a black friday. I bet it doesn't reach a million.

[HolidayGuy]

"Empire State of Mind" will hold onto No. 1 on the Hot 100, by a comfortable margin.

Great numbers for SuBo- and the industry needs something like that (though overall numbers are still down from last year).

[Chimera]

you are just so bored... every other post you talk about reissues and how low they are...just move on.

re-issues have been around for a while.

Considering that 151000 pple are still willing to sell out for a 2-cd set for lady gaga, some may not have gotten the fame and hence, it's good for them. those who had bought the 8-track album or ep whatever they wanna label it... all in all, lady gaga sold 325k records this week.

so move on...

whatvr bitch, but the fact is that this is just a milking the damn cows as they are still relevant, sorry, but for me it's so lame to re-release a damn same album with 8 !! new songs and also use the same name so that the apples doesn't fall far from the damn tree: The Fame, The Fame Monster...wht next?, The Fame Allien vs Predator?---->duh!...the same with the Sasha Feast and Taylor Shift

Go releasing a fucking new album with a new name!

oh my spelling, i should consider going back to school

Edited December 2, 2009 by charles

[Chimera]

"Empire State of Mind" will hold onto No. 1 on the Hot 100, by a comfortable margin.

Great numbers for SuBo- and the industry needs something like that (though overall numbers are still down from last year).

701k!?!?!?!?...damn it! that's the true Queen of damn Pock!

as for Gaga , I read in another forum someone making fun and laughing about the fact that Gaga cannot pass the Number 4 spot in Billboard 200?, is that true? I know Gaga's album sales are not the big deal(although one could argue due to the low nowadays sales) but with all the hype with her singles are getting one could think The Fame was number 1 for several weeks, or is it just like The Black Eyed Peas? whose lattest singles succes do not reflect hugely on their albums sales? but then again albums do not even reach 5 million nowadays...oh bring me back the glorious old days when the best selling album would surpass the 10 or 20 million mark!

wow no spelling mistakes this time!!....

[reQuiem4adream]

OMG at 700,000 for Susan!

i got the same reaction here. Whoa, 700k!

And gaggag went back to top ten!

[thebigham]

bks at Pulse:

Too many backward bullets to mention this week:

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

1 1 JAY-Z EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (FEAT.

2 2 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE

5 3 KE$HA TIK TOK

3 4 OWL CITY FIREFLIES

6 5 IYAZ REPLAY

4 6 DERULO*JASON WHATCHA SAY

12 7 BLACK EYED PEAS INVASION OF MEET ME HALFWAY

7 8 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT. AKON SEXY b***h EP 1

10 9 SEAN*JAY DOWN

9 10 BRITNEY SPEARS 3

8 11 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI (REMIXES)

11 12 MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE U.S.A.

13 13 BEYONCE SWEET DREAMS

16 14 KELLY CLARKSON ALREADY GONE

18 15 BLACK EYED PEAS INVASION OF I GOTTA FEELING

17 16 DRAKE FEATURING KAN FOREVER

14 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW

15 18 TAYLOR SWIFT YOU BELONG WITH ME

80 19 RIHANNA FEATURING J HARD

22 20 CHRIS BROWN FEATURI I CAN TRANSFORM YA

21 21 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY

19 22 RIHANNA RUSSIAN ROULETTE

20 23 JAY-Z RUN THIS TOWN/D.O.A

23 24 CARRIE UNDERWOOD COWBOY CASANOVA

30 25 JAY SEAN FEATURING DO YOU REMEMBER

24 26 JUSTIN BIEBER ONE TIME

26 27 TAYLOR SWIFT FIFTEEN

27 28 CASCADA EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR

61 29 SHAKIRA FEATURING L GIVE IT UP TO ME

-- 30 LADY GAGA FEATURING TELEPHONE

32 31 BIRDMAN FEATURING L MONEY TO BLOW

28 32 COLBIE CAILLAT FALLIN' FOR YOU

40 33 BOYS LIKE GIRLS FEA TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE

29 34 50 CENT FEATURING N BABY BY ME

34 35 LUKE BRYAN DO I

-- 36 YOUNG MONEY FEATURI BEDROCK

35 37 JESSE MCCARTNEY FEA BODY LANGUAGE

36 38 USHER PAPERS

39 39 REBA CONSIDER ME GONE

44 40 NEW BOYZ TIE ME DOWN - EP

65 41 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF

58 42 ALICIA KEYS TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEA

33 43 ZAC BROWN BAND TOES

42 44 MIRANDA LAMBERT WHITE LIAR

51 45 SNOOP DOGG FEATURIN GANGSTA LUV

45 46 TRAIN HEY, SOUL SISTER

41 47 KRIS ALLEN LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING

48 48 SHINEDOWN IF YOU ONLY KNEW

37 49 KENNY CHESNEY WITH I'M ALIVE

38 50 CAREY*MARIAH OBSESSED

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS

59 52 UNCLE KRACKER SMILE

-- 61 ADAM LAMBERT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

-- 62 SUSAN BOYLE I DREAMED A DREAM

-- 65 BEYONCE VIDEO PHONE/I AM SASHA FIERCE

-- 66 GLEE CAST FEATURING TRUE COLORS

-- 67 GLEE CAST FEATURING IMAGINE

-- 68 CHRIS BROWN CRAWL

-- 69 JUSTIN BIEBER ONE LESS LONELY GIRL

86 74 NICKELBACK NEVER GONNA BE ALONE

88 75 MELANIE FIONA IT KILLS ME

-- 76 TIMBALAND FEATURING MORNING AFTER DARK

-- 90 BIRDMAN FEATURING D 4 MY TOWN (PLAY BALL)

-- 94 LADY GAGA FEATURING SPEECHLESS

-- 95 FRANCESCA BATTISTEL IT'S YOUR LIFE

-- 98 SUSAN BOYLE WILD HORSES

-- 99 TRACE ADKINS ALL I ASK FOR ANYMORE

-- 100 BILLY CURRINGTON THAT'S HOW COUNTRY BOYS ROLL

BUBBLING UNDER

-- 3 DAUGHTRY LIFE AFTER YOU

-- 5 SHAKIRA DID IT AGAIN (LO HECHO ESTA HE

13 7 PITBULL FEATURING A SHUT IT DOWN

-- 10 RIHANNA WAIT YOUR TURN

-- 12 LADY GAGA MONSTER

24 16 THE SCRIPT BREAKEVEN

-- 18 LIFEHOUSE HALFWAY GONE

-- 20 LYKKE LI POSSIBILITY

-- 21 GLEE CAST PAPA DON'T PREACH

-- 22 ADAM LAMBERT WHATAYA WANT FROM ME

R&B 100

2 1 USHER PAPERS

3 2 TREY SONGZ FEATURIN I INVENTED SEX

1 3 JAY-Z EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (FEAT.

5 4 BIRDMAN FEATURING L MONEY TO BLOW

4 5 MAXWELL BAD HABITS

9 7 50 CENT FEATURING N BABY BY ME

12 8 MELANIE FIONA IT KILLS ME

11 11 CHRIS BROWN FEATURI I CAN TRANSFORM YA

17 16 RIHANNA FEATURING J HARD

21 17 ALICIA KEYS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING

19 18 WHITNEY HOUSTON MILLION DOLLAR BILL

36 23 YOUNG MONEY FEATURI BEDROCK

29 32 ALICIA KEYS TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEA

50 35 LUDACRIS HOW LOW

39 39 MARY J. BLIGE I AM

52 41 BEYONCE VIDEO PHONE/I AM SASHA FIERCE

55 57 BEYONCE SWEET DREAMS

-- 62 ANGIE STONE I AIN'T HEARIN' U

96 73 MAXWELL FISTFUL OF TEARS

-- 77 ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (PART II)

69 83 CHRIS BROWN CRAWL

89 86 MARIAH CAREY H.A.T.E.U.

-- 92 USHER FEATURING PLI HEY DADDY (DADDY'S HOME)

[Guest Topaz Scorpio]

OMG at Shakira...too funny.

I think Gaga's been a bit overhyped too...the numbers are pretty disappointing for her on a black friday. I bet it doesn't reach a million.

That's because the sales are split. Everyone knows that the majority of sales for the Fame Deluxe were driven by the 8 new songs. The original album has been selling steady, maybe 30K or so per week. If you remove that amount that leaves the deluxe version still with 121K. Add that to the Monster sales of 174K and that's a total of 295K which would be the 2nd highest sales for the week and fantastic for an EP and better than sales from established "hot" artist Rihanna.

[rafter69]

for some reason, i thought Lady Gaga sold 4 million of the fame so far...but i guess that was dumb cause no one but Taylor has sold that...am i right? i was just shocked when i saw it at 1.8 million?

and why does everyone LOL at Shakira? I think she's ok. I mean was ever really a big deal to begin with? i know she's had a few good tunes here and there but i never thought much of her beyond that.

[Guest missy bi_tch]

for some reason, i thought Lady Gaga sold 4 million of the fame so far...but i guess that was dumb cause no one but Taylor has sold that...am i right? i was just shocked when i saw it at 1.8 million?

and why does everyone LOL at Shakira? I think she's ok. I mean was ever really a big deal to begin with? i know she's had a few good tunes here and there but i never thought much of her beyond that.

Lady GaGa sold 4mil of the Fame WORLDWIDE.

Taylor's sales were mainly driven in USA...

[iasonas]

wow, they're going cheek to cheek on sales and airplay...who'll be number 1 this week on hot 100?

The no2 song on the Hot100 airplay is not Bad Romance. it is Paparazzi.

Bad Romance is no19. No. 19 - Lady Gaga (+8.1 million)

[Guest missy bi_tch]

That's because the sales are split. Everyone knows that the majority of sales for the Fame Deluxe were driven by the 8 new songs. The original album has been selling steady, maybe 30K or so per week. If you remove that amount that leaves the deluxe version still with 121K. Add that to the Monster sales of 174K and that's a total of 295K which would be the 2nd highest sales for the week and fantastic for an EP and better than sales from established "hot" artist Rihanna.

Tpoaz, it's 151k + 174k = 325k....

That would be GaGa at #2 actually, ahead of Andre Bocelli.

[Chimera]

The no2 song on the Hot100 airplay is not Bad Romance. it is Paparazzi.

Bad Romance is no19. No. 19 - Lady Gaga (+8.1 million)

yes cutie i just made up my mind about that, but thanks for the info anyway.

[Chimera]

bks at Pulse:

Too many backward bullets to mention this week:

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

5 3 KE$HA TIK TOK

who the hell is that?!?!?!

could someone explain to me or i will have to move my ass and rely on Wikipedia!?!?...!?!!?

[boy skeffington]

That's because the sales are split. Everyone knows that the majority of sales for the Fame Deluxe were driven by the 8 new songs. The original album has been selling steady, maybe 30K or so per week. If you remove that amount that leaves the deluxe version still with 121K. Add that to the Monster sales of 174K and that's a total of 295K which would be the 2nd highest sales for the week and fantastic for an EP and better than sales from established "hot" artist Rihanna.

Let the excuses begin.

She's a singles artist. If she's so huge, should've sold more. Sorry. Flop.

[rafter69]

Lady GaGa sold 4mil of the Fame WORLDWIDE.

Taylor's sales were mainly driven in USA...

thanks for replying. i think thats what i was thinking about (the 4 million and it being world wide sales) i knew i had 4 million in my head, just didnt know what it reffered to.

[Guest Topaz Scorpio]

Tpoaz, it's 151k + 174k = 325k....

That would be GaGa at #2 actually, ahead of Andre Bocelli.

Reread my post. I was taking a measure of the sales of the new Monster tracks only. If The Fame has been selling 30K per week on average you need to estimate that it would've sold that this week again. So I deducted that amount from the Deluxe version sales. That was the 121K number.