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THANK GOD IT'S BLACK FRIDAY
Susan Boyle Climbs Past 625k, Approaches 675k, Lambert #2, Lady Gaga Two in Top 10
November 27, 2009
Steve Barnett's Columbia Records and Susan Boyle have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. And that goes for you two, Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga.
Going into the weekend, Simon Cowell's gal Boyle is a runaway for #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album Sales chart, with a total almost three times her closest competitor, 19/RCA/ RMG's Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.
Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales, which would be the year's biggest debut, besting Eminem's 608k for his Relapse album.
Lambert's For Your Entertainment looks like a lock for #2 with between 210-230k.
The week's other big story is Interscope's Lady Gaga, whose seven-song Fame Monster EP will sell between 190-210k, good enough for #3, while her just-released two-disc Fame Monster deluxe edition should add another 130-150k to that album's total.
Decca's Andrea Bocelli is the lone Top 5 holdover at 180-200k, where he's running neck-and-neck with Def Jam/IDJ diva Rihanna's critically acclaimed Rated R with the same estimated total.
The rest of the chart looks a little something like this, pending weekend traffic:
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 100-120k
John Mayer (Columbia) 90-110k
* Shakira (Columbia) 85-100k
50 Cent (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 85-100k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 85-100k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 85-100k
Taylor Swift Fearless (Big Machine) 85-100k
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Epic) 75-90k
Casting Crowns Peace on Earth (Provident/Reunion) 75-90k
Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (Big Machine) 75-90k
*indicates debut
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HITS' building album sales chart:
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HITS:
THANK GOD IT'S BLACK FRIDAY
Susan Boyle Climbs Past 625k, Approaches 675k, Lambert #2, Lady Gaga Two in Top 10
November 27, 2009
Steve Barnett's Columbia Records and Susan Boyle have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. And that goes for you two, Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga.
Going into the weekend, Simon Cowell's gal Boyle is a runaway for #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album Sales chart, with a total almost three times her closest competitor, 19/RCA/ RMG's Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.
Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales, which would be the year's biggest debut, besting Eminem's 608k for his Relapse album.
Lambert's For Your Entertainment looks like a lock for #2 with between 210-230k.
The week's other big story is Interscope's Lady Gaga, whose seven-song Fame Monster EP will sell between 190-210k, good enough for #3, while her just-released two-disc Fame Monster deluxe edition should add another 130-150k to that album's total.
Decca's Andrea Bocelli is the lone Top 5 holdover at 180-200k, where he's running neck-and-neck with Def Jam/IDJ diva Rihanna's critically acclaimed Rated R with the same estimated total.
The rest of the chart looks a little something like this, pending weekend traffic:
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 100-120k
John Mayer (Columbia) 90-110k
* Shakira (Columbia) 85-100k
50 Cent (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 85-100k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 85-100k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 85-100k
Taylor Swift Fearless (Big Machine) 85-100k
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Epic) 75-90k
Casting Crowns Peace on Earth (Provident/Reunion) 75-90k
Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (Big Machine) 75-90k
*indicates debut
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UKMix:
"Celebration" (single) - Billboard Dec. 5, 2009
Hot Single Sales: #12 (down 7)
Hot Dance Single Sales: #3 (down 1)
Hot Digital Songs: #123 (with 11,657 copies sold)*
* This is thanks to the Akon remix being released last week to U.S. iTunes.
Canadian Hot 100: #26 (up 44) - also due to Akon remix
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Billboard's Artist Index for the 12/5/09 charts:
http://www.billboarddirectories.com/billboard/images/pdf/index_artist.pdf
Billboard's Song Index for the 12/5 charts:
http://www.billboarddirectories.com/billboard/images/pdf/index_song.pdf
All the new chart positions are here.
The individual updated charts are not up yet.
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John Mayer 'Battles' To Top With Second No. 1 Album
November 25, 2009
Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Wade Jessen, Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Silvio Pietroluongo
John Mayer brings home his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Battle Studies" bows with 286,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan . . . Mayer leads a busy chart as another eight albums debut in the top 20 from such luminaries as Norah Jones, Casting Crowns, 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, Kris Allen, Them Crooked Vultures, Leona Lewis and Paul McCartney . . . Mayer will most certainly step aside next week, as "Britain's Got Talent" winner Susan Boyle is on course to notch a historic debut atop the list with her debut album, "I Dreamed a Dream" . . . Finally, old is new again on the Billboard 200 this week, as the tally has been modified to allow catalog album releases back onto the list.
FLASH POINTS
• John Mayer snares his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Battle Studies" as the Columbia artist bows atop the tally with 286,000 copies. The singer/songwriter's first topper came with "Heavier Things" in 2003 when it bowed with 317,000. Mayer's last studio set, "Continuum," entered the chart at No. 2 with 300,000 in 2006.
• Mayer's "Battle Studies" leads a pre-Thanksgiving parade of new albums onto the list, including debuts from Norah Jones ("The Fall," No. 3 with 180,000), Casting Crowns ("Until the Whole World Hears," No. 4; 167,000) and 50 Cent ("Before I Self Destruct," No. 5 with 160,000).
• "Battle Studies" posts the third-best sales week for a digital set this year—129,000 downloads—and the best one yet for Columbia Records. Earlier in 2009, U2's "No Line on the Horizon" arrived with 155,000 downloads and Dave Matthews Band's "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" launched with 134,000 downloads.
• "Battle Studies" is only the 12th album to sell at least 100,000 downloads in one week since SoundScan began tracking digital album sales in 2005.
• Mayer will likely relinquish the Billboard 200 throne next week, as Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is set to debut in the top slot. Industry sources say that the set could sell as much as 600,000 copies by week's end on Sunday night (Nov. 29). It even has a chance of netting the best sales week of the year for an album, which is currently held by the debut of Eminem's "Relapse" with 608,000.
• Jones' fourth studio set, "The Fall," follows three straight No. 1s for the singer. Her last release, "Not Too Late," debuted atop the list with 405,000 in February 2007. As for Casting Crowns, the 167,000 arrival of "Until the Whole World Hears" marks the group's best sales week. The act's previous high week came when "The Altar and the Door" debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 129,000 copies in September 2007.
• 50 Cent's "Before I Self Destruct" is the rapper's fourth top 10 set and follows the 2007 release "Curtis." The latter opened at No. 2 with 691,000 copies, stuck behind Kanye West's No. 1 debut with "Graduation" (957,000).
• Fifteen-year-old Justin Bieber arrives at No. 6 with his economically priced seven-song EP "My World," selling 137,000 copies in its first week. A couple steps down, just outside the top 10, is "American Idol" winner Kris Allen with his self-titled debut, starting at No. 11 with 80,000 copies. Rock super group Them Crooked Vultures (consisting of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones) flies in at No. 12 with its self-titled first offering (70,000) while Leona Lewis' sophomore album, "Echo," sings out at No. 13 with 67,000. Her debut set, "Spirit," opened at No. 1 with 205,000 copies in April 2008. Paul McCartney's live set "Good Evening New York City" rounds out the debuts in the top 20 as it enters at No. 16 with 55,000. It's McCartney's eighth non-Beatles live album to chart.
• Back in the top 10 this week, Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" surges at No. 2 with 185,000 and a gain of 36% while Michael Jackson's "This Is It" slides from No. 4 to No. 7 with 96,000 (down 18%). The "New Moon" soundtrack moves up two rungs to No. 8 with 93,000 and a 77% gain in sales. Rounding out the holdovers in the top 10, Carrie Underwood's "Play On" drops from No. 3 to No. 9 with 86,000 (down 33%) and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" falls five spots to No. 10 with 84,000 (down 8%).
• Old is new again on the Billboard 200 this week, as a bevy of fresh (old) faces dot our newly revamped chart. The tally has been modified to allow catalog album releases back onto the list.
• In the top 20, two catalog sets return to the chart: Casting Crowns' "Peace on Earth" (No. 15 with 56,000; up 17%) and Taylor Swift's "Sounds of the Season" (No. 20 with 45,000; down less than 1%).
• Since May 25, 1991, catalog albums have had their own Billboard home: the Top Pop Catalog chart. Catalog albums are defined as those that are at least 18 months old, have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 and do not have an active single on our radio charts.
• This week, which also not coincidentally marks the first chart week of Billboard's 2010 chart year, we have made over the Billboard 200 so that older titles are brought back into the mix.
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Nov. 22) totaled 8 million units, up 13% compared with the sum last week (7 million) and down 16% compared with the same sales week of 2008 (9.5 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 309.5 million, down 13% compared with the same total at this point last year (357.8 million).
MARKET WATCH
• Album units, current chart week: 8 million units
• UP 13% from last week's charts: 7 million units
• DOWN 16% from same week, 2008: 9.5 million units
• This week: The top six albums on the Billboard 200 sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: Beyonce's "I Am . . . Sasha Fierce" started at No. 1 with 482,000, and Nickelback's "Dark Horse" arrived in the runner-up slot with 326,000. "American Idol" winner David Cook bowed at No. 3 with his self-titled debut shifting 280,000 while the previous week's topper, Taylor Swift's "Fearless," fell to No. 4 with 217,000 (down 63%).
A LOOK AHEAD
• Among the albums released this week, due on next week's charts: Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream," Rihanna's "Rated R," Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment," Lady Gaga's "The Fame" deluxe reissue as well as the stand-alone "The Fame Monster," Shakira's "She Wolf," Jay Sean's "All or Nothing" and Birdman's "Pricele$$."
• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2008 when: Kanye West's "808s & Heartbreak" reigned as the Thanksgiving week champ, debuting at No. 1 with 450,000 copies. Taylor Swift's "Fearless" climbed from No. 4 to No. 2 with 267,000 and a 23% gain while Guns N' Roses' long-delayed "Chinese Democracy" bowed at No. 3 with 261,000. The previous week's No. 1, Beyonce's "I Am . . . Sasha Fierce," fell to No. 4 in its second week with 257,000 (down 47%). Ludacris' "Theater of the Mind" (No. 5 with 213,000) and the Killers' "Day & Age" (No. 6 with 193,000) were the remaining debuts in the top 10.
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bks at Pulse:
BILLBOARD DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
5 1 GAGA BAD ROMANCE 209385 50 139744 589646
6 2 KE$HA TIK TOK 154208 12 138245 707169
1 3 OWL CITY FIREFLIES 146661 -19 181354 1574678
4 4 JAY-Z + ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND 143939 1 141908 1314154
3 5 IYAZ REPLAY 129761 -13 149160 1136922
2 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 108756 -31 156663 803787
9 7 DERULO*JASON WHATCHA SAY 107185 -6 114180 1855100
11 8 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT. AKON SEXY CHICK 95522 -3 98091 893511
13 9 BLACK EYED PEAS MEET ME HALFWAY 93939 9 86232 816192
8 10 CYRUS*MILEY PARTY IN THE U.S.A. 93447 -19 115535 2445997
7 11 SPEARS*BRITNEY 3 87074 -25 116848 988043
-- 12 JOHN MAYER HALF OF MY HEART 85673 999 0 85673
10 13 RIHANNA RUSSIAN ROULETTE 83326 -16 99655 314978
12 14 SEAN*JAY FEAT. LIL WAYNE DOWN 68854 -21 87704 2218032
38 15 LEWIS*LEONA HAPPY 65786 97 33393 281915
17 16 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING 62379 -6 66595 3796152
16 17 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI 60736 -12 68775 1335282
18 18 BIEBER*JUSTIN ONE TIME 58625 -10 65292 962865
19 19 BROWN*CHRIS FEAT. LIL WAYNE & I CAN TRANSFORM YA 56626 -8 61765 358638
21 20 DRAKE, KANYE WEST, LIL WAYNE & FOREVER 55560 -8 60349 796342
14 21 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE COWBOY CASANOVA 51213 -31 74077 557602
20 22 JAY-Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST RUN THIS TOWN 47960 -21 60893 1695968
-- 23 GLEE CAST LEAN ON ME 46363 999 0 46363
24 24 CLARKSON*KELLY ALREADY GONE 45958 -1 46511 756127
23 25 BEYONCE SWEET DREAMS 43068 -14 49980 849969
25 26 MCCARTNEY*JESSE BODY LANGUAGE 42564 -5 44972 351097
27 27 SEAN*JAY FEAT. SEAN PAUL & LIL DO YOU REMEMBER 41675 -3 42900 140145
22 28 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 41374 -24 54499 2396881
26 29 50 CENT FEAT. NE-YO BABY BY ME 40692 -6 43369 173264
28 30 CASCADA EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR 39727 -4 41392 604942
-- 31 GLEE CAST DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME / Y 37914 999 0 37914
52 32 ONEREPUBLIC ALL THE RIGHT MOVES 36606 36 26942 207442
31 33 TRAIN HEY, SOUL SISTER 36294 -4 37752 316194
80 34 ALLEN*KRIS LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING 35787 67 21402 155340
60 35 MAYER*JOHN WHO SAYS 35691 40 25468 255364
42 36 BOYS LIKE GIRLS FEAT TAYLOR SW TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE 34700 12 30918 220588
-- 37 GLEE CAST I'LL STAND BY YOU (GLEE CAST V 33357 999 0 33357
15 38 GLEE CAST FEAT. CHRIS COLFER & DEFYING GRAVITY 32722 -53 69979 127240
35 39 EMINEM TILL I COLLAPSE 32719 -8 35405 543407
29 40 BROWN*ZAC BAND TOES 32413 -22 41366 720272
39 41 BIRDMAN FEAT. LIL WAYNE & DRAK MONEY TO BLOW 31886 0 31919 235589
-- 42 GLEE CAST ENDLESS LOVE (GLEE CAST VERSIO 31498 999 0 31498
-- 43 JUSTIN BIEBER DOWN TO EARTH 31492 999 0 31492
-- 44 ALICIA KEYS TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEA 29946 999 0 29946
36 45 PINK FUNHOUSE 29233 -17 35087 374412
47 46 MUSE UPRISING 27971 -6 29893 359458
40 47 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY 27920 -12 31609 2512122
34 48 LAMBERT*MIRANDA WHITE LIAR 26838 -25 35986 137260
-- 49 JUSTIN BIEBER BIGGER 26481 999 0 26481
-- 50 50 CENT INVITATION 25922 999 170 26092
A FEW BONUSES:
41 54 SWIFT*TAYLOR FIFTEEN 25431 -19 31249 443671
-- 55 JUSTIN BIEBER FIRST DANCE 24786 999 0 24786
64 59 SHAKIRA FEAT. LIL WAYNE GIVE IT UP TO ME 23709 -5 24954 48663
-- 64 JOHN MAYER HEARTBREAK WARFARE 21897 999 0 21897
84 68 SHINEDOWN IF YOU ONLY KNEW 20573 2 20184 144793
91 70 SNOOP DOGG FEAT. THE-DREAM GANGSTA LUV 20351 9 18705 109391
56 75 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 19465 -25 26065 63927
-- 86 GLEE CAST CRUSH 16702 999 0 16702
158 88 GUCCI MANE FEAT. USHER SPOTLIGHT 16388 61 10171 52807
194 94 CAREY*MARIAH ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YO 14926 88 7952 1272198
-- 100 JONES*NORAH CHASING PIRATES 14179 213 4535 34525
135 102 SONGZ*TREY FEAT. FABOLOUS SAY AAH 14065 21 11663 56950
129 109 TIMBALAND FEAT. NELLY FURTADO MORNING AFTER DARK 13304 11 11997 54517
-- 123 MADONNA CELEBRATION 11657 340 2650 151441
-- 125 JOHN MAYER FRIENDS, LOVERS OR NOTHING 11561 999 0 11561
132 127 NICKELBACK NEVER GONNA BE ALONE 11456 -2 11700 221243
143 128 THOMAS*ROB SOMEDAY 11361 2 11132 89063
-- 139 GLEE CAST (YOU'RE) HAVING MY BABY (GLEE 10672 999 0 10672
-- 149 50 CENT PSYCHO 9943 495 1672 11615
-- 151 JOHN MAYER EDGE OF DESIRE 9824 999 0 9824
-- 154 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX 9469 56 6077 92313
-- 156 FIVE FOR FIGHTING CHANCES 9414 95 4840 102689
-- 159 JOHN MAYER PERFECTLY LONELY 8962 999 0 8962
-- 165 STARS YOUR EX-LOVER IS DEAD 8782 999 329 98662
182 166 FIONA*MELANIE IT KILLS ME 8700 1 8649 31717
-- 178 ORIANTHI ACCORDING TO YOU 8214 118 3766 15300
-- 184 MARKIE*BIZ JUST A FRIEND 8070 278 2134 475534
-- 188 PEARL JAM JUST BREATHE 7959 20 6634 55096
-- 190 MAYER*JOHN SAY 7927 28 6199 1826745
-- 192 LYKKE LI POSSIBILITY 7753 999 693 14164
-- 198 TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE 7423 10 6724 4458549
-- 200 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 7348 47 4985 3856902
Here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:
No. 1 - Jay Z / Alicia Keys (+9.4 million)
No. 2 - Beyonce (-2.8 million)
No. 7 - David Guetta / Akon (+8.3 million)
No. 8 - Kelly Clarkson (+2.3 million)
No. 9 - Britney Spears (+3.8 million)
No. 11 - Iyaz (+8.6 million)
No. 12 - Owl City (+6.1 million)
No. 15 - Black Eyed Peas (-2.4 million)
No. 17 - Taylor Swift (+5.0 million)
No. 19 - Ke$ha (+11.5 million)
No. 21 - Lady Antebellum (+0.6 million)
No. 22 - Trey Songz / Drake (+2.0 million)
No. 23 - Usher (-0.4 million)
No. 24 - Lady Gaga (+7.7 million)
No. 28 - Chris Brown / Lil Wayne (-0.2 million)
No. 29 - 50 Cent / Ne-Yo (+3.0 million)
No. 30 - Birdman / Lil Wayne (+4.1 million)
No. 32 - Cascada (+1.8 million)
No. 34 - Jay Sean / Sean Paul (+6.1 million)
No. 35 - Rihanna / Jeezy (+7.5 million)
No. 38 - Maxwell (-1.3 million)
No. 47 - Snoop Dogg / The Dream (+1.7 million)
No. 52 - Rihanna (-4.4 million)
No. 55 - New Boyz / Ray J (+3.4 million)
No. 62 - Shinedown (+2.0 million)
No. 65 - Trey Sonz (+2.2 million)
No. 67 - Melanie Fiona (+5.4 million)
No. 70 - Unkle Kracker (+1.2 million)
No. 78 - Rob Thomas (+1.3 million)
No. 89 - Omarion (+1.3 million)
No. 101 - Nickelback (+1.3 million)
No. 102 - Mariah Carey (+10.6 million) All I Want For Christmas
No. 104 - Boys Like Girls / Taylor Swift (+4.0 million)
No. 115 - Whitney Houston (+0.1 million)
No. 117 - Michael Jackson (-0.3 million)
No. 118 - Young Money (+5.9 million)
No. 128 - Shakira / Lil Wayne (+1.1 million)
No. 129 - Train (+1.0 million)
No. 148 - Kris Allen (+1.1 million)
No. 152 - Jesse McCartney / Ludacris (-0.3 million)
No. 159 - Alicia Keys (+3.0 million)
No. 167 - Pitbull / Akon (+1.1 million)
No. 229 - Mary J. Blige (+2.0 million)
No. 308 - Beyonce (+1.9 million) Video Phone
No. 323 - Daughty (+2.2 million)
No. 333 - Lady Gaga / Beyonce (+2.5 million)
No. 393 - Chris Brown (+2.7 million) Crawl
No. 470 - Mariah Carey (-0.4 million)
On R&B airplay, Jay Z/Alicia Keys are 1, Usher 2, Trey Songs/Drake 3, Maxwell 5, 50 Cent/Ne-Yo 8, Melanie Fiona 11, Chris Brown/Lil Wayne 12, Rihanna/Jeezy 16, Whitney 19, Michael Jackson 22, Alicia Keys 29, Mary J. Blige 39, Beyonce 57 and Beyonce (Sweet Dreams) 70 and Chris Brown 83 (Crawl).
And Streaming:
No. 1 Whatcha Say
No. 2 Fireflies
No. 3 Sweet Dreams
No. 4 Down
No. 5 You Belong With Me
No. 6 Party In The USA
No. 7 One Time
No. 8 Paparazzi
No. 9 Fifteen
No. 10 3
No. 11 Already Gone
No. 13 Russian Roulette
No. 14 Replay
No. 16 Sexy Chick
No. 18 Empire State Of Mind
No. 20 Tik Tok
No. 21 If You Only Knew
No. 25 Evacuate The Dancefloor
No. 42 Bad Romance
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/22/09)
1) John Mayer – Battle Studies – 285,548
2) Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas – 184,791 (After 3 weeks – 469,499
3) Norah Jones – Fall – 180,425
Other Debuts
4) Casting Crowns – Until The Whole World Hears – 167,432
5) 50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct – 159,747
6) Justin Beiber – My World – 136,741
11) Kris Allen – Kris Allen – 80,072
12) Them Crooked Vulture – Them Crooked Vulture – 69,570
13) Leona Lewis – Echo – 67,260
15) Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City
19) One Republic – Waking Up – 39,496
20) Janet Jackson – Number Ones – 37,483
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Billboard.com:
Susan Boyle's First-Week U.S. Album Sales Projected At 550K+
November 24, 2009 - Retail
By Edward Christman, N.Y.
U.S. music retailers say they are realizing Susan Boyle’s dreams, as her album “I Dreamed A Dream” is blowing up way beyond sales expectations.
Label and distribution executives, meanwhile, project that based on early sales returns at the big box stores and pre-orders at direct marketers like Amazon and QVC, Boyle’s album is in contention to beat this year’s top debut-week seller, Eminem’s “Relapse.” That title scanned 608,000 units in the week ending May 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That week also represents the best overall sales week for an album this year.
Meanwhile, Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” is also outperforming sales expectations, despite—or perhaps because of—the risque performance he turned in at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22. Label and distribution sources project that “For Your Entertainment” could sell about 225,000 units in its first week.
Likewise, Lady Gaga and her three-pronged sales attack on consumers’ purses is also much stronger than expected. Of the new “The
Fame Monster” deluxe edition, “The Fame” original version, and
“The Fame Monster” EP, also just issued, the former two combined could sell about 150,000 units while the EP is expected to top 200,000 units.
Of course, all estimates come with the caveat that sales projection models are built around a Tuesday release date, while this week new releases came out a day early on Monday, due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
How well Boyle’s album performs will in part have to do with replenishment, as accounts reported that many stores are on the verge of being out of stock and re-orders have been placed. Based on past performances of hot-selling titles, Sony Music Entertainment likely will keep pace with demand. But it's scrambling to do so, allocating
product daily and making multiple shipments this week to each account. Sony Music's ability to deliver product will be hampered by the holiday weekend, which begins Wednesday afternoon/evening.
While distribution projections for Boyle’s album start at the 550,000 mark, some executives are reluctant to guess how high it will go. If Sony can keep product rolling and if big boxes “have stock on Black Friday, who knows how well the album can do,” says one veteran prognosticator, who thinks the Boyle album will sell at least 700,000 copies this week.
Meanwhile, Adam Lambert’s shenanigans on the American Music Awards may have upset the sensibilities of viewers and gatekeepers at “Good Morning America,” which canceled his scheduled appearance on this morning's show. However, the only impact his AMA performance has had on sales seems to have been positive.
Boyle, however, is proving to be the big story of the week. According to
Hastings Entertainment senior VP of merchandising Alan Van Ongevalle, the album is outperforming the chain's expectations. The chain has never performed well in mainstream pop albums, "so it's doing extremely well for us,” he says. “Last week, John Mayer was our No. 1 record and that is in a genre we do reasonably well in, and so far in one day [boyle] has done more than he sold all week. We are not out of stock yet on her, but we are heading that way quickly.”
Van Ongevalle adds that the chain placed a re-order before release date and that he expects to be in stock for the holiday weekend.
QVC reports that it had pre-orders of more than 81,000 units for the Boyle album, its best sales performance in ten years, while Amazon says the album has generated its largest global pre-order in its history. Amazon doesn't disclose numbers, but sources say its U.S. pre-order alone reached 80,000 units.
Meanwhile, Rihanna’s “Rated R” is said to be underperforming expectations so far in its debut week, “which is weird because she is on television everywhere talking about Chris Brown and a lot of teenagers are looking up to her,” says the head of purchasing at a wholesale account.
But others point out that Rihanna usually doesn’t have a big first week on a new release. “Good Girl Gone Bad,” her best-selling title with 2.5 million units, according to Nielsen Soundscan, tallied 162,000 units in its debut week for the period ended June 10, 2007. That’s in line with current projections for “Rated R,” as provided to Billboard by major label sales and distribution executives.
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HITS:
CHART DATE: 11/23/2009
NOW IN: FINAL
-- 1 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 301,204 --
BATTLE STUDIES
2 2 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 192,190 +39%
MY CHRISTMAS
-- 3 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 177,382 --
THE FALL
-- 4 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 156,863 --
BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
-- 5 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 146,250 --
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
-- 6 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 133,872 --
MY WORLD
10 7 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 107,060 +112%
SOUNDTRACK
4 8 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 98,556 -20%
THIS IS IT
3 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 85,501 -32%
PLAY ON
-- 10 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 84,846 --
KRIS ALLEN
5 11 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 82,796 -9%
FEARLESS
-- 12 THEM CROOKED VULTURES INTERSCOPE 68,471 --
THEM CROOKED VULTURES
-- 13 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 68,413 --
ECHO
16 14 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 66,853 +85%
PEACE ON EARTH
6 15 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 59,586 -10%
NOW 32
7 16 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 55,275 -14%
CRAZY LOVE
-- 17 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 55,032 --
GOOD EVENING NEW YORK
8 18 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 51,737 -7%
GLEE, VOL. 1
1 19 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 50,153 -70%
THE CIRCLE
13 20 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 43,341 -5%
HOLIDAY COLLECTION
-- 21 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 40,509 --
WAKING UP
-- 22 JANET JACKSON A&M 40,374 --
#1'S
32 23 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 37,132 +67%
NOEL
12 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 36,425 -21%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
11 25 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 33,349 -31%
IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
15 26 TIM MCGRAW CURB 32,592 -10%
SOUTHERN VOICE
23 27 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 32,326 +7%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
-- 28 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 31,362 --
CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY
19 29 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 30,860 -4%
TIME OF OUR LIVES
25 30 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 30,032 +8%
NIGHT CASTLE
-- 31 CITIES 97 SAMPLER, VOL. 21 KTCZ 29,788 --
VARIOUS
18 32 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 29,594 -11%
BLUEPRINT 3
14 33 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 29,553 -20%
FOUNDATION
21 34 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 29,068 -5%
FAME
22 35 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 28,454 -7%
OCEAN EYES
36 36 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 28,071 +65%
GOLD & GREEN
24 37 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 24,755 -14%
NUMBER ONES
30 38 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21,690 -6%
LEARN TO LIVE
31 39 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 21,512 -3%
GREATEST HITS
28 40 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 20,978 -17%
SOULBOOK
29 41 CREED WIND-UP 19,759 -19%
FULL CIRCLE
35 42 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 19,687 +10%
WIDE OPEN
9 43 FLYLEAF A&M/OCTONE 17,930 -67%
MEMENTO MORI
38 44 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 16,109 -3%
SOUNDTRACK
39 45 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,898 -3%
TAYLOR SWIFT
41 46 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 15,773 +6%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
34 47 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 15,751 -24%
REVOLUTION
-- 48 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 15,253 --
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 49 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 14,283 --
LET IT SNOW
37 50 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 14,150 -16%
RADITUDE
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Billboard editor on Twitter:
Adam lambert also tracking well, maybe above 200k; same for Gaga's new EP
Susan Boyle's album may beat this year's top debut week, Eminem's "Relapse," which scanned 608,000.
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Big news from HITS:
DREAM COMES TRUE: Susan Boyle’s Columbia album, I Dreamed a Dream, which hit the streets today, is already selling two to three times the estimated pre-release total for retailers, on top of breaking the all-time pre-order record at Amazon.com. Based on current tallies, the disc will easily top 500k and could go even higher. (11/23p)
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ONE year ago:
CHART DATE: 11/24/2008
NOW IN: FINAL
-- 1 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 505,593 --
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 2 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 320,187 --
DARK HORSE
-- 3 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 283,446 --
DAVID COOK
1 4 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 209,513 -65%
FEARLESS
-- 5 IL DIVO COLUMBIA 154,496 --
PROMISE
5 6 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 117,244 +2%
SOUNDTRACK
3 7 NOW 29 UME 113,561 -32%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
8 8 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 87,327 -1%
SOUNDTRACK
7 9 ENYA REPRISE 79,811 -15%
AND WINTER CAME
6 10 AC/DC COLUMBIA 71,484 -32%
BLACK ICE
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HITS:
* John Mayer (Columbia) 290-315k
Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 190-200k
* Norah Jones (Blue Note) 150-160k
* 50 Cent (Aftermath/Interscope) 140-150k
* Casting Crowns (Provident/Reunion) 140-150k
* Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 110-120k
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Epic) 95-105k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 90-100k
* Kris Allen (19/RCA/RMG) 85-90k
Taylor Swift Fearless (Big Machine) 85-90k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 75-80k
* Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope) 70-75k
* Denotes debut
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US building album sales chart:
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UKMix:
Sales to date in the UK:
Celebration (single): 99,205 copies
Celebration (album): 196,849 copies
thanks to Buzzjack forum.
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From Hafo:
Found the Top 10 in Reuters!
Euro Top Albums
1 Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da - Rammstein (Motor/Universal)
2 Crazy Love - Michael Buble (143/Reprise/Warner)
3 Celebration - Madonna (Warner Bros)
4 I Look To You - Whitney Houston (Arista)
5 The Resistance - Muse (A&E/Helium 3/Warner)
6 The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Soundtrack (Atlantic)
7 Overcome - Alexandra Burke (Syco)
8 She Wolf - Shakira (Sony Music Latin/Epic)
9 Alles Kann Besser Werden - Xavier Naidoo (Naidoo)
10 Get Lucky - Mark Knopfler (Mercury)
Euro Hot 100
1 Bodies - Robbie Williams (Virgin)
2 Sexy Chick - David Guetta feat. Akon (Gum/Virgin)
3 I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope)
4 Fight For This Love - Cheryl Cole (Polydor)
5 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga (Streamline/Konlive/Cherrytree/Interscope)
6 Jaimerais Tellement - Jena Lee (Mercury)
7 Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida (Syco)
8 Celebration - Madonna (Warner Bros.)
9 Lady Melody - Tom Frager/Gwayav (AZ)
10 She Wolf - Shakira (Sony Music Latin/Epic)
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Yes, please put Queen Bitch on Ignore.
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Madonna has given "Glee" the rights to her Catalog
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/10/21/glee-exlcusive-madonna-is-in-is-adam-lambert-next/
EW has learned that Madonna has given Glee the rights to her catalog and that an all-Madonna-music episode is in the works for early next year.
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^Like it says, To Date.
Only 3 spins last week.
I thought it was actually being played 348 times. Never mind.
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Pulse:
10/17/09 Revolver
"To Date" Quick Cut numbers
348 spins (+20 from the day before)
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HITS:
WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Will Michael Buble "eclipse" the Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack and remain at #1 for a second week, after topping this week’s chart on only three days’ sales? (See what we did right there?) Or will “New Moon fever” (man we’re good) drive a stake into the Canuck crooner’s heart and propel this week’s Friday debut to the top? Oh, the drama. Based on midweek sales and a lot of speculation, here's how the upper reaches of the chart might look next week:
Michael Buble (Reprise) 175-200k
* Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 150-175k
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 55-60k
Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Atlantic) 55-60k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 35-40k
Miley Cyrus (Hollywood) 35-40k
Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
Toby Keith (Showdog) 30-35k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 30-35k
KISS (KISS) 25-30k
* Mario (J/RMG) 25-30k
* Denotes debut
The week’s other notable debuts of note will most likely fall outside of the Top 10, including Flaming Lips (Warner Bros.) and Dead by Sunrise (Reprise), each trending toward 20-25k. Christmas releases from Bob Dylan (Columbia) and David Archuleta (Jive/JLG) look 15-20k-ish. (10/16a)
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^Yes. Two months late!!
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^^Really? Wow.
US Chart Talk: 12/12/09
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
Posted
ONE year ago:
The Top 11 all sold over 100k.
HITS:
CHART DATE: 12/01/2008
-- 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 443,559 --
808S & HEARTBREAK
4 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 257,047 +23%
FEARLESS
-- 3 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 255,341 --
CHINESE DEMOCRACY
1 4 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 254,555 -50%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 5 LUDACRIS DEF JAM/IDJMG 212,551 --
THEATER OF THE MIND
-- 6 KILLERS ISLAND/IDJMG 189,970 --
DAY & AGE
2 7 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 170,832 -47%
DARK HORSE
6 8 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 161,333 +38%
SOUNDTRACK
7 9 NOW 29 UME 139,038 +22%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 10 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 108,646 -62%
DAVID COOK
8 11 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 100,033 +15%
SOUNDTRACK