US Chart Talk: 6/7/08

[Skin]

Isn't it strange that both Rihanna and Fergie have had a lot of hit singles from their albums yet Fergie has sold three times as much?

Rihanna's sales are really quite disappoiting given the hits she's had.

Hasnt Fergie's album been out for twice as long though? In anycase I am happy for her. Im not a fan but I dont dislike her like some do here. I would much rather have her around then Rihanna or Beyonce.

[Lucy Goosie]

yeah Rihanna's songs could be sung by anyone, she really brings nothing to the table and is just the product of good production.

[Guest Topaz Scorpio]

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

1 1 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP

2 2 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE

-- 3 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE

3 4 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

5 5 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR

4 6 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB

6 7 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I

7 8 MADONNA 4 MINUTES

8 9 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE - STILL BULLETED

41 10 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA

10 11 DANITY KANE DAMAGED - STILL BULLETED

12 12 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'

9 13 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY

13 14 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2 - STILL BULLETED

-- 15 DAVID COOK DREAM BIG

14 16 COLBY O'DONIS FEATU WHAT YOU GOT - STILL BULLETED

26 17 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME

32 18 TIMBALAND/ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE - SINGLE

37 19 CARRIE UNDERWOOD LAST NAME

11 20 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG

40 21 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL

-- 22 DAVID COOK I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M

20 23 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER - STILL BULLETED

16 24 FLO RIDA LOW/JEALOUS

22 25 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE

19 26 MARIAH CAREY BYE BYE

15 27 JOHN MAYER SAY

-- 28 DAVID COOK THE WORLD I KNOW

17 29 CHRIS BROWN WITH YOU

24 30 COLBIE CAILLAT REALIZE

18 31 USHER FEATURING BEY LOVE IN THIS CLUB, PART II

25 32 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (JODY DEN

27 33 DUFFY MERCY

23 34 ROSS*RICK BOSS

29 35 METRO STATION SHAKE IT

-- 36 DAVID ARCHULETA IMAGINE

21 37 MILEY CYRUS SEE YOU AGAIN

28 38 GAVIN DEGRAW IN LOVE WITH A GIRL

33 39 BRAD PAISLEY I'M STILL A GUY

30 40 2 PISTOLS FEATURING SHE GOT IT

44 41 LIL WAYNE A MILLI

-- 42 DAVID COOK I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING

51 43 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL

31 44 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE

36 45 DAUGHTRY FEELS LIKE TONIGHT

38 46 TRACE ADKINS YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS

-- 47 DAVID COOK BILLIE JEAN

39 48 TAYLOR SWIFT OUR SONG

35 49 JAMES OTTO JUST GOT STARTED LOVIN' YOU

46 50 RASCAL FLATTS EVERY DAY

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS

53 56 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN - STILL BULLETED

55 57 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT - STILL BULLETED

-- 58 DAVID ARCHULETA DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON M

-- 60 DAVID ARCHULETA IN THIS MOMENT

45 62 SPEARS*BRITNEY BREAK THE ICE REMIXES

63 65 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY - STILL BULLETED

61 66 COLDPLAY VIOLET HILL

-- 67 DAVID COOK ALWAYS BE MY BABY

-- 73 DAVID COOK HELLO

72 76 MAROON 5 FEATURING IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN - STILL BULLETED

-- 77 DAVID COOK THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

-- 84 TAYLOR SWIFT SHOULD'VE SAID NO

-- 88 JULIANNE HOUGH THAT SONG IN MY HEAD

-- 92 DAVID COOK ELEANOR RIGBY

-- 93 LLOYD FEATURING LIL GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD

-- 96 KANYE WEST FEATURIN HOMECOMING

-- 99 DAVID COOK I'M ALIVE

David Cook has 11 songs debut in the Hot 100? That MUST be a record. And yeah, I know it's because of the downloads. I wonder how many of them will hang on into next week's chart.

[Alexz]

It is a record. Hannah Montana had it until now for 8.

[Guest nothingfails0603]

yay for Coldplay having a top 10. The ITunes commercial worked wonders

[Guest Synth]

1 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN 154,342 999 455 154,807

2 BUN-B II TRILL 97,957 999 385 98,344

3 HOUGH*JULIANNE JULIANNE HOUGH 67,230 999 103 67,334

....

200 ISLANDS ARM’S WAY 3,270 999 27 3,302

Wait, is this with Soundscan #'s?

Like the official Billboard chart?

[thebigham]

^Yes!!!

[thebigham]

It is a record. Hannah Montana had it until now for 8.

No, 6.

[thebigham]

From my buddy Ed:

Full trajectories below. Highlights: "4 Minutes" continues to build airplay in most formats and scores a new No. 1 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart. Billboard adds European Top 100 Albums to its online panel, where "Hard Candy" remains No. 1 for a fourth week. "The Immaculate Collection" sadly bows out of the Top Pop Catalog chart. "Jump" remains off the singles sales charts despite its prominent placement on the season finale of "Ugly Betty".

Madonna - "Hard Candy"

The Billboard 200 - 1*-3-8-9

Billboard Comprehensive Albums - 1*-3-8-9

Top Digital Albums -1-2-6-11

Top Internet Albums - 1-4-7-5

Tastemakers - 2*-2-9-12

Top Canadian Albums - 1*-1-2-2

European Top 100 Albums - 1-1-1-1

Madonna - "The Immaculate Collection"

Top Pop Catalog - 15*-35-39-off

Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland - "4 Minutes"

The Billboard Hot 100 - 68*-3*-3*-7-6*-4*-6-7-7-8

Hot 100 Airplay - 51*-41*-30*-27*-16*-13*-11*-13*-12*-12*

Hot Singles Sales - 1*-2-1-4

Hot Digital Tracks - 2*-1-2-1*-3-4-5-5-8

Hot Digital Songs - 2*-1*-2-1*-2-2-5-5-8

Pop 100 - 32*-3*-2*-3*-3*-3*-3-5-6-7

Pop 100 Airplay - 22*-15*-12*-11*-10*-9*-7*-6*-6*-6*

Hot Dance Club Play - 54-32*-12*-5*-1*-1*-2-5

Hot Dance Airplay - 5*-5-4*-4-4*-3*-2*-2-2*-1*

Hot Dance Singles Sales - 1*-2-1-1

Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks - 39*-35*-35*-29*-26*-24*-22*-23*-21*

Rhythmic Top 40 - 39*-31*-28*-28*-30*-31*-30-33

Latin Pop Airplay - 39*-off-32*-29*-27*

Hot Videoclip Tracks - 10-10-5-1-5-6-5

Canadian Hot 100 - 27*-1*-1*-1-1-1-1-2-1*-1

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 1*-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2

Japan Hot 100 - 6-16-N/A

Madonna - "Give It 2 Me"

The Billboard Hot 100 - 57*-off-off-off

Pop 100 - 41*-84-off-off

Hot Digital Tracks - 28*-74-off-off

Canadian Hot 100 - 8*-13-67-off

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 4*-22-39-67

Madonna - "Miles Away"

Japan Hot 100 - 36-7-N/A

Madonna - "Jump"

Hot Singles Sales - 42*-34*-60-46*-off

Hot Dance Singles Sales - 7*-off-off-off

Madonna - "Sorry"

Hot Singles Sales - 49*-off

[thebigham]

No, 6.

Billboard.com:

Cook's takeover of the Hot 100 shatters the mark for debuts set by Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) in the Nov. 11, 2006, issue, when she placed six new titles on the list.

The 11 songs on the chart are the most in a week by any artist in the Nielsen Music era, which began in December 1991 when the chart converted to Nielsen BDS and Nielsen SoundScan data.

His haul also marks the most placements on the list since the Beatles charted 14 songs on the Hot 100 in the week of April 11, 1964.

The 14 tracks on Hot Digital Songs also gives Cook a record for debuts and total songs on that three-year-old chart, besting Hannah Montana's total output (8) on the Nov. 11, 2006 chart, and Bon Jovi's six debuts in the May 19, 2007, issue.

As such, in one week worth of charting, Cook became tied with Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson for having the most charted songs on the Hot 100 of any contestant to come from American Idol, (all three currently have 11 songs that have charted on the Hot 100).

[Alexz]

So I was right

[horn]

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

-- 1 COOK*DAVID TIME OF MY LIFE 236024 999 0 236024

-- 7 COOK*DAIVD DREAM BIG 111052 999 0 111052

-- 9 COOK*DAVID I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M 97868 999 0 97868

-- 14 COOK*DAVID WORLD I KNOW 79907 999 0 79907

-- 21 COOK*DAVID I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING 59571 999 0 59571

-- 24 COOK*DAVID BILLIE JEAN 56344 999 0 56344

-- 29 COOK*DAVID ALWAYS BE MY BABY 46577 999 0 46577

-- 32 COOK*DAVID HELLO 42254 999 0 42254

-- 41 COOK*DAVID MUSIC OF THE NIGHT 35753 999 0 35753

-- 51 COOK*DAVID ELEANOR RIGBY 28397 999 0 28397

-- 60 COOK*DAVID I'M ALIVE 25206 999 0 25206

-- 66 COOK*DAVID LITTLE SPARROW 23512 999 0 23512

-- 68 COOK*DAVID HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF (AMERICAN 22875 999 0 22875

-- 69 COOK*DAVID INNOCENT (AMERICAN IDOL STUDIO 22785 999 0 22785

-- 82 COOK*DAVID DAY TRIPPER 19073 999 0 19073

-- 90 COOK*DAVID ALL RIGHT NOW 17948 999 0 17948

-- 97 COOK*DAVID HAPPY TOGETHER 16853 999 0 16853

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

-- 3 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE

-- 15 DAVID COOK DREAM BIG

-- 22 DAVID COOK I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M

-- 28 DAVID COOK THE WORLD I KNOW

-- 42 DAVID COOK I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING

-- 47 DAVID COOK BILLIE JEAN

-- 67 DAVID COOK ALWAYS BE MY BABY

-- 73 DAVID COOK HELLO

-- 77 DAVID COOK THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

-- 92 DAVID COOK ELEANOR RIGBY

-- 99 DAVID COOK I'M ALIVE

BUBBLING UNDER

-- 1 DAVID COOK LITTLE SPARROW

-- 3 DAVID COOK HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

-- 4 DAVID COOK INNOCENT

-- 14 DAVID COOK DAY TRIPPER

-- 18 DAVID COOK ALL RIGHT NOW

-- 25 DAVID COOK HAPPY TOGETHER

[horn]

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

-- 36 DAVID ARCHULETA IMAGINE

-- 58 DAVID ARCHULETA DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON M

-- 60 DAVID ARCHULETA IN THIS MOMENT

BUBBLING UNDER

-- 15 DAVID ARCHULETA LONGER

-- 19 DAVID ARCHULETA THINK OF ME

-- 24 DAVID ARCHULETA ANGELS

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

-- 16 ARCHULETA*DAVID IMAGINE 71178 999 0 71178

-- 26 ARCHULETA*DAVID DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON M 50653 999 0 50653

-- 28 ARCHULETA*DAVID IN THIS MOMENT 49134 999 0 49134

-- 84 ARCHULETA*DAVID LONGER (AMERICAN IDOL STUDIO V 18992 999 0 18992

-- 92 ARCHULETA*DAVID THINK OF ME (AMERICAN IDOL STU 17653 999 0 17653

-- 96 ARCHULETA*DAVID ANGELS 16893 999 0 16893

-- 107 ARCHULETA*DAVID WHEN YOU BELIEVE (AMERICAN IDO 15863 999 0 15863

-- 110 ARCHULETA*DAVID LOVE ME TENDER (AMERICAN IDOL 15108 999 0 15108

-- 128 ARCHULETA*DAVID LONG AND WINDING ROAD 13675 999 0 13675

-- 149 ARCHULETA*DAVID SWEET CAROLINE (AMERICAN IDOL 11050 999 0 11050

-- 161 ARCHULETA*DAVID YOU'RE THE VOICE (AMERICAN IDO 10279 999 0 10279

-- 171 ARCHULETA*DAVID ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (AMERI 9756 999 0 9756

Dun forget about another invasion by Archuleta

I wonder Mimi will duet with David Cook or David Archuleta anytime soon?

[Alexz]

David Archuleta is LOVE.

[danny1999]

Weakend Top 10:

LaFace/ZLG Superstar Will Bow on Top with 435-450k in Sales for Here I Stand

May 29, 2008

Usher's Stand delivers.

The LaFace/ZLG soul superstar's Here I Stand is on track to debut at #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album sales chart, with a one-week total of 435-450k, which would bring it in range of Mariah Carey's 476k on her Island/IDJ album E=MC2 for the year's best debut.

That'll be more than enough to turn back last week's chart-topper, Universal Republic's 3 Doors Down, which will settle in at 65-70k at #2.

New Line's Sex and the City soundtrack will be the week's other top debut, with a total of between 40-45k, good for #3, as the much-hyped film version of the hit HBO series opens nationwide tomorrow.

Reprise/Rhino's Frank Sinatra best-of compilation, Nothing But the Best, remains in the Top 5, with 35-40k at #4.

J's Leona Lewis is in at #5, at 33-38k, while Mercury/IDJ Brit pop diva Duffy drops only 15-20% in her third week with Rockferry, moving up to #6 in the 33-38k range.

Remaining UGK member Bun B's Rap-a-Lot/Asylum solo effort, II Trill, is right behind that with 33-38k, the same as Madonna's WB album, Hard Candy, and Island/IDJ's Carey with E=MC2 approaching one million in sales.

Atlantic's Death Cab For Cutie continues in the Top 10 with 30-35k in sales, followed by the week's other debut, Blue Note's Al Green collaboration with The Roots' ?uestLove, Lay It Down, in the same ballpark.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPa...gi?news07113m01

[Guest boytoyville]

^ I hope Madonna hangs on to the top ten this week. Looks like it will be close!

[goldtooth]

Oh great! This could be 5 weeks in the top 10. If these numbers hold it will be a close call to the 500,000 mark. If it sells the bottom estimate of 33K then it will bring Hard Candy to 499,000.

[HolidayGuy]

If HC sells what is projected, that would be a pretty decent hold.

[Guest Bad Robot]

I can't find chart stats for her past albums, but I believe they look somethign like:

COADF: 1-4-8-15-13-etc

AL: 1-8-15-etc.

Music: 1-3-6-10-etc.

ROL: 2-2-5-4-????

I know ROL spent more than 4 weeks in the top ten, but that's her last album to do that as far as I can remember.

Amazing that with sales this unimpressive the album is holding up so well. It really speaks to how shitty the sales environment is right now.

I want Give it 2 Me at radio RIGHT NOW to see how that affects the whole project.

[Guest nothingfails0603]

^ actually Music spent six weeks in the top 10

c/o Hanboo at UKMix.org who does chart histories for artists

15. MUSIC

Date: 07/10/2000 - Run: *1*-3-6-6-9-10-17-21-33-40-38-40-31- (13 wsf)

06/01/2001: 25-37-28-29-29-34-36-39-34-25-36-40-45-53-65-78-84-88-85-88-84-89-101-107-111-118-129-137-148-140-137-123-129-139-123-122-80-89-115-146-171-191 (55/6/1 wks) UK:#1/102/13/2

[thebigham]

From Holidayguy:

Top 10 Histories:

Pre-SoundScan-Era Top 10 Runs

Madonna: 5 weeks

Like a Virgin: 33 weeks

True Blue: 25 weeks

Who's That Girl: 3 weeks

Like a Prayer: 16 weeks

I'm Breathless: 11 weeks

The Immaculate Collection: 13 weeks

SoundScan-Era Top 10 Runs

Erotica: 4 weeks

Bedtime Stories: 2 weeks

Something to Remember: 1 week

Evita: 8 weeks

Ray of Light: 7 weeks

Music: 6 weeks

GHV2: 1 week

American Life: 2 weeks

Confessions on a Dance Floor: 3 weeks

Hard Candy: 4 weeks

[thebigham]

ROL:

2-2-5-4-4-9-8

Evita:

6-28-30-21-15-10-11-12-7-2-2-3-4-8

STR:

6

Bedtime Stories:

3-7

Erotica:

2-4-9-10

TIC:

5-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-7-9-10

IB:

3-2-3-3-3-2-2-4-5-8-9

LAP:

3-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-4-6-8-10

WTG:

8-7-7

True Blue:

9-5-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-6-7-9-10-11-10-10-12-11-12-10-8-8-6-6-7-10-10

LAV:

10-4-3-3-2-3-3-2-2-1-1-1-2-3-4-7-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-8-7-7-9-9-8-8-9-9-8

Madonna:

10-10-8-8-8-

[Guest Bad Robot]

Thanks for the data!

[Guest dicktracy]

Dun forget about another invasion by Archuleta

I wonder Mimi will duet with David Cook or David Archuleta anytime soon?

[iasonas]

I was quite sad with Madonna's sales but now I'm not! Look at Usher! His last album almost sold 9.500.000 in the US! Hard Candy is doing great! She is selling the same with Mariah! Who would ever think of it?

[HolidayGuy]

Mimi's sold 450K+ more than Madge, though- just sayin'. On the flip side, in this sales climate, Mimi isn't going to see another Emancipation-like sucess.

[Dindi]

But Emancipation sold more than twice the amount of COADF. Mind you it's still early and we're probably still looking at a few more reissues of E=MC2.

[Alexz]

But Emancipation sold more than twice the amount of COADF. Mind you it's still early and we're probably still looking at a few more reissues of E=MC2.

And some 4 more singles...

[Camacho]

Billboard Chart Beat Chat

May 30, 2008,

Fred Bronson

COOK, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK

Hi Fred,

David Cook's domination of this week's Hot 100 (11 debuting titles!) is certainly impressive, but I have to ask is it fair? I ask because of the chart rule that prevents older songs from entering the Hot 100. As you've often stated, an older title that sells well as a digital single (such as Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" or Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'") is not eligible for the current Hot 100 unless it is re-promoted to radio and marketed as a new release (such as the case with Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1992).

But other than Cook's winning "Idol" song, "The Time of My Life," are any of those older performance tracks being promoted to radio? Is there a label working them as current singles? For comparison, let's look at Tom Petty's recent success at the Super Bowl; "Free Fallin'" reached the top 10 of the Hot Digital Songs chart, but did not enter the Hot 100 because it was an older title. But if a download of Petty's live performance of "Free Fallin'" had been available and sold well, it most likely would have been allowed to chart, correct? It would be the same song benefiting from the same exposure, with neither being marketed as a new single. I guess my confusion lies in allowing live performances of older songs to chart, with no active promotion at radio, while the studio versions of the same songs aren't allowed to chart. It seems that all best-selling singles should be allowed to chart regardless of age---or live performances of older songs that aren't being promoted and actively marketed shouldn't be eligible for the Hot 100. One could also make the claim that album cuts not actively being worked to radio, such as those in recent years by Hannah Montana and Danity Kane, shouldn't be eligible either. But if the Hot 100 is a song chart now rather than a singles chart, then older titles that currently sell well should be eligible and reflect continued popularity for older songs and artists. I know you often turn these kinds of questions over to chart manager Silvio Pietroluongo, maybe he can clear it up?

At any rate, I'm not claiming any Billboard bias for Cook, and I congratulate him for his phenomenal success this week!

Sincerely,

Eric Colley

renfield75@hotmail.com

Dear Eric,

When the "American Idol" finalists performed songs live on the series this season, they also recorded studio versions, which were sold on iTunes. But the real issue here is whether the David Cook tracks are "old" or "current." Unlike Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" or Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," songs originally released in the '80s, Cook's tracks were all performed within the last three months on "Idol." That doesn't really qualify them as "old" songs; they are still considered current.

Since chart rules were changed on Dec. 5, 1998 to allow airplay-only tracks on the Hot 100, songs do not have to be released as singles to chart. The situation that occurred this week with 11 David Cook tracks debuting at once could theoretically have happened any time since those new rules were put into effect almost 10 years ago. Of course, the circumstances that would allow that to happen are very rare, which is why it hasn't happened until now, and the rise of the digital download has made it more possible in 2008 than 1998.

TOO MANY COOKS?

Hi Fred,

I am looking at the new Hot 100 dated June 7 and David Cook, as you know, has six singles in the top 50. Is this wise on the part of the record label? When Peter Asher insisted on releasing Linda Ronstadt's "It's So Easy" at the same time as "Blue Bayou," "Easy" stalled at No. 5 and "Bayou" became arguably the biggest hit of her career (Asher had no confidence in the song choice). When "Into the Groove" by Madonna was getting airplay as a 12-inch single, it was not released as a 7-inch because it would have competed with "Angel," which was the current single from "Like A Virgin." It seems to me that not only are David's singles going to compete with each other, but they will over-expose him at radio and ruin a potentially great career. I know the Beatles pulled it off, but...? I'm mean, come on, the kid just won 'Idol' last week and he's halfway to a greatest hits package--LOL! Any thoughts?

Still love your column and live by your books.

David Brosius

Brookville, Penn.

Dear David,

There's only one David Cook single at the moment, and that's "The Time of My Life," the song Cook performed in the closing moments of the seventh season finale of "American Idol." The other 10 Cook tracks that debuted on the Hot 100 are studio versions of songs he performed on the series, either during the season or on the two-night finale.

As noted in my reply to the above e-mail, chart rules in effect since Dec. 5, 1998, allow tracks to chart whether they are singles or not. Given enough sales and/or airplay, another artist could accomplish the same thing.

[StrawberryBounce12]

Janet...did really bad. Madonna's already outsold her by almost 80,000 units in only it's 4th week of release.

Janet is doing great