[thebigham]

HITS' building album sales chart:

http://www.hitsdaily...es/salescht.cgi

[thebigham]

HITS:

Lady Antebellum, Need You Now (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 185-195k
* Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 155-165k
2010 Grammy Nominees (Capitol/EMI) 95-105k +120%
* Nick Jonas & the Administration (Hollywood) 85-90k
Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 85-90k +28%
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 75-80k +96%
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 60-65k +86%
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 50-55k +138%
* Rob Zombie (Roadrunner) 40-45k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 40-45k
Beyonce (Columbia) 40-45k +154%
Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Interscope) 30-35k +5%
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 25-30k
Alicia Keys (J/RMG) 25-30k
Kings of Leon (RCA/RMG) 25-30k +100%
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Epic) 25-30k
Pink (LaFace/JLG) 25-30k +205%
Hope for Haiti (Hope for Haiti) 25-30k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 25-30k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 25-30k
Mary J. Blige (Geffen) 25-30k

* Denotes debut
(2/5a)

[thebigham]

ONE year ago:

CHART DATE: 02/09/2009

-- 1 THE FRAY EPIC 189,962 --
THE FRAY
1 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 100,135 -53%
WORKING ON A DREAM
-- 3 DIERKS BENTLEY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 73,654 --
FEEL THAT FIRE
2 4 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 65,062 +17%
FEARLESS
3 5 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 51,729 -4%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
4 6 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 47,951 +7%
DARK HORSE
5 7 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 37,853 +16%
INTUITION
-- 8 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 35,501 --
KIDZ BOP 15
8 9 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 35,247 +14%
A DIFFERENT ME
7 10 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 33,509 +8%
808S & HEARTBREAK

[thebigham]

NOW IN: 68.46%

1 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 143,351
NEED YOU NOW
-- 2 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 101,596
REBIRTH
-- 3 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 63,407
WHO I AM
3 4 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 60,789
FAME
10 5 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 58,043
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
8 6 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 46,617
VARIOUS ARTISTS
12 7 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 42,927
FEARLESS
14 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 27,909
FAME MONSTER (EP)
39 9 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 26,378
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
4 10 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 23,978
THIS IS IT

[thebigham]

HITS:

NOW IN: FINAL

1 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 201,426 -58%
NEED YOU NOW
-- 2 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 173,821 --
REBIRTH
-- 3 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 83,963 --
WHO I AM
3 4 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 83,520 +25%
FAME
10 5 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 70,462 +77%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
8 6 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 69,728 +63%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
12 7 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 52,155 +55%
FEARLESS
6 8 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 46,716 -16%
I DREAMED A DREAM
-- 9 ROB ZOMBIE ROADRUNNER 44,027 --
HELLBILLY DELUXE 2
23 10 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 39,239 +79%
FOUNDATION
39 11 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 36,922 +158%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
14 12 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 34,316 +11%
FAME MONSTER (EP)
11 13 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 33,739 -13%
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
-- 14 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 32,630 --
FUNHOUSE
4 15 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 32,333 -45%
THIS IS IT
29 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 32,047 +76%
PLAY ON
17 17 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 29,860 +3%
STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
16 18 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 29,787 -1%
ANIMAL
2 19 HOPE FOR HAITI NOW HOPE FOR HAITI 29,013 -79%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
19 20 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 28,860 +9%
MY WORLD
15 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 25,982 -16%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
20 22 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 25,197 -3%
CRAZY LOVE
21 23 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 24,543 0%
RATED R
35 24 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 23,863 +61%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
13 25 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 22,992 -28%
KIDZ BOP 17
24 26 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 22,970 +5%
THE SQUEAKQUEL
37 27 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 20,306 +40%
BLUEPRINT 3
26 28 YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 19,956 +2%
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
27 29 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,759 +5%
OCEAN EYES
30 30 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 19,135 +9%
NOW 32
40 31 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 19,031 +34%
RELAPSE
33 32 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 18,734 +17%
WIDE OPEN
43 33 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 18,209 +44%
READY
31 34 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 18,019 +9%
NUMBER ONES
22 35 VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL/BEGGARS 17,663 -26%
CONTRA
25 36 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 17,120 -18%
BATTLE STUDIES
7 37 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL/EMI 16,990 -68%
THE SEA
36 38 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,640 +14%
THE BRIDGE
9 39 CELTIC WOMAN MANHATTAN/EMI 16,044 -60%
SONGS FROM THE HEART
32 40 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE CAPITOL/EMI 15,500 -4%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
42 41 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 14,942 +15%
KISS & TELL
-- 42 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 14,363 --
BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
45 43 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 14,091 +14%
DARK HORSE
41 44 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 13,914 -1%
SEX THERAPY
48 45 GUCCI MANE WARNER BROS. 13,848 +28%
STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS
38 46 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 13,467 -6%
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
-- 47 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 13,004 --
BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
-- 48 CRAZY HEART NEW WEST RECORDS 12,935 --
SOUNDTRACK
44 49 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 12,747 +1%
LEARN TO LIVE
18 50 SPOON MERGE 12,523 -54%

[thebigham]

Billboard

Expect the smooth sounds of Sade to overtake the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week, as industry sources project the group's new effort, "Soldier of Love," could sell between 375,000 to 400,000 by week's end on Feb. 14. It will be the act's second No. 1 album. Its first came way back in 1986 with "Promise."

http://www.billboard...6c8a99484479c6f

[thebigham]

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/7/10)

1) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 208,828 (After 2 weeks – 689,796)
2) Lil Wayne – Rebirth – 175,620
3) Nick Jonas & The Administration – Who I Am – 81,537

Other Debuts
8 ) Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2 – 48,564

[franxisco66]

thebigham, on 10 February 2010 - 05:18 PM, said:

Billboard

Expect the smooth sounds of Sade to overtake the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week, as industry sources project the group's new effort, "Soldier of Love," could sell between 375,000 to 400,000 by week's end on Feb. 14. It will be the act's second No. 1 album. Its first came way back in 1986 with "Promise."

http://www.billboard...6c8a99484479c6f

Great news, I hope this becomes a big seller. All their studio albums managed multiplatinum status, although those were other times...

[Dindi]

thebigham, on 10 February 2010 - 05:18 AM, said:

Billboard

Expect the smooth sounds of Sade to overtake the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week, as industry sources project the group's new effort, "Soldier of Love," could sell between 375,000 to 400,000 by week's end on Feb. 14. It will be the act's second No. 1 album. Its first came way back in 1986 with "Promise."

http://www.billboard...6c8a99484479c6f

[Skin69]

thebigham, on 10 February 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

Billboard

Expect the smooth sounds of Sade to overtake the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week, as industry sources project the group's new effort, "Soldier of Love," could sell between 375,000 to 400,000 by week's end on Feb. 14. It will be the act's second No. 1 album. Its first came way back in 1986 with "Promise."

http://www.billboard...6c8a99484479c6f

You would think the music business would learn a thing or two with sales like this. Stop pandering to the teen and tween crowd because they arent the ones buying CDs.

[JR!]

Yay for SadE!

[thebigham]

HITS:

SADE MAKES IT A HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY FOR BIZ
Jaheim, Josh Turner Also Set to Debut Next Week

February 10, 2010

Sade’s been away for a while, but her fans are still out there.

The reclusive pop-soul songstress returns with Soldier of Love, her first Epic album in 10 years, since 2000’s Lovers Rock, and sixth overall in a career that began in 1984 with Diamond Life.

According to one-day sales reports from those retailers not up to their necks in snow, the album will debut at #1 next week with a total somewhere between 400-425k, with bad weather back east and Valentine’s weekend shopping the two variables.

The week’s other top debut looks like Atlantic R&B crooner Jaheim, whose Another Round, the follow-up to 2007’s gold-certified The Makings of a Man, appears set to go over the 100k mark, and could do as well as 110k.

MCA Nashville country-rocker Josh Turner is angling for a strong, 60-65k debut for his latest effort, Haywire.

ForeFront Christian act tobyMac is on target for 40-50k, maybe more, with the religious market the big (pardon the pun) X factor.

RCA/RMG’s Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds collaboration, Live in Las Vegas, is on track for between 35-40k.

Big Machine’s soundtrack to the all-star movie Valentine’s Day opening this Friday, features a new Taylor Swift single and could be a wild card, with 20-25k forecasted, the same total expected for Sire’s Finland rockers HIM, whose aptly titled Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1-13, arrives just in time for that very special someone who likes some Scandanavian metal with their chocolates.

The market was up 3% vs. last week, down 8% vs. same week last year and down 5% year to date. You may now return to watching an exciting curling match at this year’s Winter Olympics, where maybe perhaps they can import some snow across the border from Washington, DC.

[thebigham]

UKMix:

Billboard - Hot 100 (2/20/10)

LW-TW-Title-Artist
01-01 TiK ToK - Kesha (8th week at #1)
04-02 Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
08-03 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
03-04 BedRock - Young Money
02-05 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
05-06 Sexy Chick - David Guetta
09-07 Hey, Soul Sister - Train
06-08 How Low - Ludacris
16-09 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
07-10 Replay - Iyaz
14-11 In My Head - Jason Derulo
11-12 Carry Out - Timbaland
10-13 Hard - Rihanna
12-14 Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
17-15 Say Aah - Trey Songz
19-16 Telephone - Lady Gaga
15-17 Fireflies - Owl City
**-18 Glitter In The Air - Pink
18-19 Do You Remember - Jay Sean
21-20 According To You - Orianthi
20-21 Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls
27-22 Blah Blah Blah - Kesha
24-23 Down - Jay Sean
23-24 Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen
25-25 Baby - Justin Bieber
34-26 Forever - Drake
26-27 You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
31-28 Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
29-29 Tie Me Down - New Boyz
36-30 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble
28-31 Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo
33-32 Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
32-33 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
30-34 Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson
35-35 Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
46-36 Say Something - Timbaland
55-37 Naturally - Selena Gomez
37-38 Party In The USA - Miley Cyrus
22-39 Today Was A Fairytale - Taylor Swift
53-40 Breakeven - Script
40-41 The Truth - Jason Aldean
44-42 Why Don't We Just Dance - Josh Turner
43-43 It Kills Me - Melanie Fiona
**-44 Knockout - Lil Wayne Feat. Nicki Minaj
41-45 I Wanna Rock - Snoop Dogg
38-46 Evacuate The Dancefloor - Cascada
50-47 All The Right Moves - OneRepublic
42-48 Shut It Down - Pitbull
56-49 Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys
48-50 Sweet Dreams - Beyonce
49-51 If You Only Knew - Shinedown
51-52 Life After You - Daughtry
39-53 3 - Britney Spears
58-54 On To The Next One - Jay-Z + Swizz Beatz
57-55 Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
77-56 Drop The World - Lil Wayne
**-57 You And Me - Dave Matthews Band
60-58 I Am - Mary J. Blige
**-59 I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) - Kevin Rudolf
54-60 White Liar - Miranda Lambert
70-61 Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood
52-62 Money To Blow - Birdman
63-63 History In The Making - Darius Rucker
71-64 Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
89-65 Nothin' On You - B.o.B.
62-66 Halfway Gone - Lifehouse
59-67 Gangsta Luv - Snoop Dogg
73-68 Sex Therapy - Robin Thicke
66-69 Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton
67-70 American Saturday Night - Brad Paisley
68-71 Never Gonna Be Alone - Nickelback
80-72 Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) - Usher
76-73 That's How Country Boys Roll - Billy Currington
81-74 Highway 20 Ride - Zac Brown Band
**-75 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Mary J. Blige & Andrea Bocelli
**-76 F**k Today - Lil Wayne Feat. Gudda
65-77 I Invented Sex - Trey Songz
78-78 Cryin' For Me - Toby Keith
82-79 A Little More Country Than That - Easton Corbin
74-80 Soldier Of Love - Sade
75-81 I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes - Dierks Bentley
79-82 Someday - Rob Thomas
64-83 Southern Voice - Tim McGraw
**-84 American Honey - Lady Antebellum
86-85 'Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban
13-86 Hallelujah - Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris
69-87 Shots - LMFAO
**-88 Who I Am - Nick Jonas & The Administration
88-89 Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
83-90 I Can Transform Ya - Chris Brown
**-91 American Star - Lil Wayne Feat. Shanell
100-92 All The Way Turnt Up - Roscoe Dash
**-93 Lemonade - Gucci Mane
84-94 Consider Me Gone - Reba
87-95 Spotlight - Gucci Mane
90-96 1901 - Phoenix
**-97 Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
95-98 Steady Mobbin' - Young Money
**-99 Fearless - Taylor Swift
96-100 Ain't Leavin Without You - Jaheim

Billboard - Bubbling Under Hot 100 (2/20/10)

LW-TW-Title-Artist
03-01 Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You - Kellie Pickler
12-02 O Let's Do It - Waka Flocka Flame
**-03 Alice - Avril Lavigne
04-04 Dile Al Amor - Aventura
**-05 Rude Boy - Rihanna
02-06 Put It In A Love Song - Alicia Keys Feat. Beyonce
06-07 Today - Gary Allan
11-08 Beer On The Table - Josh Thompson
15-09 Gimmie That Girl - Joe Nichols
14-10 Backwoods - Justin Moore
17-11 Feel It - Three 6 Mafia vs Tiesto
19-12 Hell On The Heart - Eric Church
**-13 Poker Face/Speechless/Your Song - Lady Gaga/Elton John
**-14 Women Lie, Men Lie - Yo Gotti Feat. Lil Wayne
09-15 Savior - Rise Against
20-16 Keep On Lovin' You - Steel Magnolia
**-17 I Don't Believe You - Pink
23-18 The Man I Want To Be - Chris Young
**-19 Ando Bien Pedo - Banda Los Recoditos
24-20 Snuff - Slipknot
16-21 Monster - Skillet
13-22 City On Our Knees - tobyMac
**-23 Black & Gold (Who Dat!!) - K. Gates
**-24 Do You Think About Me - 50 Cent
**-25 Me Gusta Todo De Ti - Banda El Recodo

Hot Digital Songs - Top 75 (2/20/10)

LW-TW-Title-Artist
02-01 Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
08-02 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
01-03 TiK ToK - Kesha
04-04 BedRock - Young Money
06-05 Hey, Soul Sister - Train
03-06 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
12-07 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
**-08 Glitter In The Air - Pink
10-09 In My Head - Jason Derulo
07-10 Carry Out - Timbaland
09-11 How Low - Ludacris
16-12 Blah Blah Blah - Kesha
13-13 Hard - Rihanna
14-14 Sexy Chick - David Guetta
15-15 Replay - Iyaz
18-16 Baby - Justin Bieber
32-17 Forever - Drake
17-18 Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
20-19 Telephone - Lady Gaga
**-20 Knockout - Lil Wayne
29-21 Naturally - Selena Gomez
19-22 Fireflies - Owl City
24-23 Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls
22-24 Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen
43-25 Drop The World - Lil Wayne
11-26 Today Was A Fairytale - Taylor Swift
30-27 Poker Face - Lady Gaga
44-28 21 Guns - Green Day
23-29 Do You Remember - Jay Sean
36-30 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble
27-31 According To You - Orianthi
28-32 Say Aah - Trey Songz
**-33 You And Me - Dave Matthews Band
39-34 Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
42-35 Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
25-36 Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
26-37 Party In The USA - Miley Cyrus
35-38 Down - Jay Sean
51-39 Single Ladies - Beyonce
**-40 I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) - Kevin Rudolf
33-41 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
37-42 Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
31-43 Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
**-44 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Mary J. Blige & Andrea Bocelli
**-45 F**k Today - Lil Wayne
34-46 Tie Me Down - New Boyz
**-47 Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
46-48 Breakeven - Script
47-49 You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
38-50 All The Right Moves - OneRepublic
58-51 Smile - Uncle Kracker
05-52 Hallelujah - Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris
52-53 Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood
**-54 Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
53-55 On To The Next One - Jay-Z + Swizz Beatz
45-56 Whtacha Say - Jason Derulo
**-57 American Star - Lil Wayne
73-58 Halo - Beyonce
55-59 Just Dance - Lady Gaga
56-60 Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
49-61 Shut It Down - Pitbull
50-62 Life After You - Daughtry
41-63 Shots - LMFAO
**-64 Who I Am - Nick Jonas & The Administration
65-65 Say Something - Timbaland
48-66 Evacuate The Dancefloor - Cascada
**-67 Nothin' On You - B.o.B.
59-68 The Truth - Jason Aldean
**-69 Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
69-70 Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
**-71 Earth Song - Michael Jackson
61-72 I Can Transform Ya - Chris Brown
63-73 Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha
**-74 Toes - Zac Brown Band
68-75 Halfway Gone - Lifehouse

[Topaz Scorpio]

thebigham, on 10 February 2010 - 07:02 PM, said:

**-18 Glitter In The Air - Pink

Go Pink! A Top 20 hit without even a single release or release to radio.

[HolidayGuy]

Will be nice if "I Don't Believe You" becomes Pink's sixth Hot 100 hit from Funhouse.

[jerryhershal]

any digital sales figures
-+from bks as yet on the top 100?

[thebigham]

HITS:

YOUR VALENTINE'S WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: What symmetry! Each of the Big Four will snag a spot in the Top 4 next week, as Sade leads the way with a total trending well above 400k. That'll give the biz 400k+ twice in the first six weeks of 2010, and surpriningly strong sales so far, as I.B. Bad details in his latest column. As Mel Allen used to say, how about that?

* Sade (Epic) 425-450k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 150-160k
* Jaheim (Atlantic) 100-110k
Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 80-85k
* Josh Turner (MCA Nashville) 60-65k
Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 60-65k
* tobyMac (ForeFront) 55-60k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 50-55k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 35-40k
* Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (RCA/RMG) 35-40k
Mary J. Blige (Geffen) 30-35k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 30-35k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 30-35k
Michael Buble (Reprise) 30-35k
Alicia Keys (J/RMG) 30-35k
* Denotes debut
(2/12a)

[nothingfails0603]

Go Sade!

Lady Antebellum should be the first 2010 album to reach 1 million. Hopefully Sade will follow suit.

[HolidayGuy]

Fantastic showing for Sade- the power of an Urban AC act.