thebigham Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Hits : WAYNE’S WORLD: With a projected total of 940-955k, it appears that Lil Wayne’s Universal Motown debut will come within a whisper of Kanye West’s 957k bow last September—and that’s something, kiddies. For comparison’s sake, the last release to top a million in its first week was 50 Cent in March 2005, with 1.14m, a year after Usher's 1.09m the previous March. One other debut will be in six figures—Plies (Slip N Slide/Atlantic) is trending toward 225-240k. Here’s how the rest of next week’s Top 10 is shaping up as we head into the weekend: #3: Now 28 (Capitol) with 140-150k; #4: Disturbed (Reprise) with 95-100k; #5: Usher (LaFace/ZLG) with 95-100k; #6: the debuting N.E.R.D. (Star Trak/Interscope) with 85-90k; #7: Journey’s Wal-Mart exclusive (Frontiers) with 80-85k; and #8: Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise) with 55-60k; with a three-way battle for the last two slots among My Morning Jacket (ATO), Sex and the City (New Line) and Weezer (DGC/Interscope), all of which will finish in the 40-45k range…unless we’re mistaken. (6/13a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I am still baffled by Lil Wayne's success, there has been but a whisper about him on here or on other boards I go to, whereas an album like E=MC2 was talked about for months in advance, I did not expect him to sell double what Mariah did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangarooz Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 BBC News "Dirty south" rap star Lil' Wayne is set to go straight to number one in the US album charts, after selling 423,000 copies of his record in just one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 oldbloke at UKMix: 2008 WEEK 23 YTD ALBUMS Pos - Sales 000's - TITLE - Artist 01 - 1199 - SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - Jack Johnson 02 - 998 - E=MC² - Mariah Carey 03 - 958 - AS I AM - Alicia Keys 04 - 779 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift 05 - 756 - JUNO - Soundtrack 06 - 740 - SPIRIT - Leona Lewis 07 - 726 - NOW 27 - Various 08 - 663 - GROWING PAINS - Mary J Blige 09 - 619 - ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS - Soundtrack 10 - 589 - HERE I STAND - Usher 11 - 584 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson 12 - 577 - HANNAH MONTANA 2/MEET MILEY CYRUS - Soundtrack/Miley Cyrus 13 - 572 - LITTLE VOICE - Sara Bareilles 14 - 564 - TRILLA - Rick Ross 15 - 543 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse 16 - 535 - IN RAINBOWS - Radiohead 17 - 530 - EXCLUSIVE - Chris Brown 18 - 525 - HARD CANDY - Madonna 19 - 521 - COCO - Colbie Caillat 20 - 495 - WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE - Danity Kane 21 - 485 - DAUGHTRY - Daughtry 22 - 484 - JUST LIKE YOU - Keyshia Cole 23 - 466 - JONAS BROTHERS - Jonas Brothers 24 - 462 - CARNIVAL RIDE - Carrie Underwood 25 - 456 - ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks 26 - 412 - NOW 26 - Various 27 - 399 - TROUBADOUR - George Strait 28 - 397 - JORDIN SPARKS - Jordin Sparks 29 - 395 - DISCIPLINE - Janet Jackson 30 - 393 - GOOD TIME - Alan Jackson 31 - 390 - ENJOY THE RIDE - Sugarland 32 - 387 - DREAMING OUT LOUD - OneRepublic 33 - 385 - LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - Eagles 34 - 366 - THE DUTCHESS - Fergie 35 - 357 - STILL FEELS GOOD - Rascal Flatts 36 - 343 - RAISING SAND - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 37 - 339 - ONCE - Soundtrack 38 - 336 - EGO TRIPPIN' - Snoop Dogg 39 - 333 - MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - Linkin Park 40 - 329 - DETOURS - Sheryl Crow 41 - 321 - DAY26 - Day26 42 - 310 - CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - Michael Buble 43 - 309 - HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS:BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT - Miley Cyrus 44 - 308 - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - Nickelback 45 - 308 - I CAN ONLY IMAGINE - Various 46 - 308 - NEW AMERYKAH PART ONE (4TH WORLD WAR) - Erykah Badu 47 - 305 - THE COOL - Lupe Fiasco 48 - 304 - ROCK N ROLL JESUS - Kid Rock 49 - 302 - RIOT - Paramore 50 - 300 - LOVE/HATE - The-Dream 51 - 289 - JUST WHO I AM:POETS AND PIRATES - Kenny Chesney 52 - 289 - PRETTY ODD - Panic At The Disco 53 - 284 - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - Rihanna 54 - 281 - 15 - Buckcherry 55 - 281 - IT WON'T BEEN SOON BEFORE LONG - Maroon 5 56 - 279 - HOME BEFORE DARK - Neil Diamond 57 - 275 - ACCELERATE - REM 58 - 275 - POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE - Natasha Bedingfield 59 - 271 - 2008 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various 60 - 269 - ACROSS THE UNIVERSE:DELUXE EDITION - Soundtrack 61 - 265 - THE MAKINGS OF A MAN - Jaheim 62 - 263 - 3 DOORS DOWN - 3 Doors Down 63 - 261 - SOME HEARTS - Carrie Underwood 64 - 256 - MAIL ON SUNDAY - Flo Rida 65 - 255 - NARROW STAIRS - Death Cab For Cutie 66 - 254 - MOTHERSHIP - Led Zeppelin 67 - 254 - SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM - Soulja Boy Tell'em 68 - 254 - INDESTRUCTIBLE - Disturbed 69 - 252 - STEP UP 2:THE STREETS - Soundtrack 70 - 251 - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - Soundtrack 71 - 249 - AMERICAN MAN:GREATEST HITS VOLUME II - Trace Adkins 72 - 249 - SATURDAY NIGHTS AND SUNDAY MORNINGS - Counting Crows 73 - 246 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers 74 - 236 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses 75 - 234 - VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend 76 - 227 - LOVE BEHIND THE MELODY - Raheem DeVaughn 77 - 227 - 35 BIGGEST HITS - Toby Keith 78 - 227 - GRADUATION - Kanye West 79 - 226 - 5TH GEAR - Brad Paisley 80 - 221 - RADIO DISNEY JAMS 10 - Various Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Only 1 album has sold 1 million this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mattcho Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 alanis' numbers were pretty weak, right? Alanis' new CD is fantastic. I think her last album opened at #5, with 115K. - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 Lil Wayne Within Reach Of Million-Copy Debut June 13, 2008, 5:50 PM ET Keith Caulfield, L.A. The magic million is within sight of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III." The Cash Money/Universal album continues to lead Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released today (June 13). Based on the new tally, the album could sell a million copies by the time SoundScan closes out its tracking week on Sunday night. Unweighted sales of "Carter" through the close of business yesterday stood at 630,000. That's the largest number the Friday Building chart has seen since it began in September. The last album to rack up a similar number on a Friday Building chart was Kanye West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which posted a 600,000 figure the Friday of its release. "Graduation" would go on to shift 957,000 in its first full week. The last album to sell a million copies in a week was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), when it bowed with 1.1 million in March 2005. Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missy bi_tch Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 ^They probably have two different catalog numbers so theis sales cannot be combined. Why are people posting in last week's chart thread?? limited editions, expanded editions (2cd/cd+dvd) usually ahve different catalog numbers from the single disc version but usually they go towards one total... it could be a commercial decision... i just read ask billboard and someone asked if the deluxe edition of alanis' album will count towards one tally and keith caulfield answered yes... so what's the diff with radiohead? disc one of the 2 cd is the same as the 1 cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candylipsgirl Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 1 MILLION! WOW Clearly, the many arguments here that the CD market is defunct, can be put to rest. The market is still viable-there are CD buyers! I dont recall many albums selling 1 million first week even in the heyday of big sales in the 80s and 90s. maybe like britney, n-synce 2x, and a few others.... remarkable~ MC fans must be devastated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 A one million selling cd in its debut does not mean the cd market is back from the dead. Just look at the Top 10 sales. That says it all there. The #10 album usually sells 40+k. Now it's around 30k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 limited editions, expanded editions (2cd/cd+dvd) usually ahve different catalog numbers from the single disc version but usually they go towards one total... it could be a commercial decision... i just read ask billboard and someone asked if the deluxe edition of alanis' album will count towards one tally and keith caulfield answered yes... so what's the diff with radiohead? disc one of the 2 cd is the same as the 1 cd I don't know then. Maybe because it was 2cds selling at a higher price? There might be different rules for a one cd album+DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 all of the rules regarding CD+DVD editions baffle me. Shakira and Radiohead's editions counted as separate albums, but Justin, Pink, Celine, Janet and plenty of others (and Rihanna and Maroon 5 are coming very soon) have separate CD-only and CD/DVD combo editions but they both counted as the same album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Only 1 album has sold 1 million this year. God that is so sad. Hmmm. Lil Wayne will have the top selling album of the year in a mere two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missy bi_tch Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 1 MILLION! WOW Clearly, the many arguments here that the CD market is defunct, can be put to rest. The market is still viable-there are CD buyers! I dont recall many albums selling 1 million first week even in the heyday of big sales in the 80s and 90s. maybe like britney, n-synce 2x, and a few others.... remarkable~ MC fans must be devastated! well doesnt change the fact that his music is bad and people are going for bad music ...wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 SoundScan didn't track sales in the 80s, so we have no way of knowing if any albums sold 1m or close to it in 1 week. Cyndu Lauper plummeted to No. 134 (the initial SS list had it at 135, but that initial list had a couple albums that actually don't appear on the BB 200), with 4,741 units (down 61%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorjosh Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Cyndi Lauper plummeted to No. 134 (the initial SS list had it at 135, but that initial list had a couple albums that actually don't appear on the BB 200), with 4,741 units (down 61%). Yikes! That's a huge drop down the chart. As for Mariah, she must be so pissed off with Lil Wayne. She whored herself around during her album's release and plugged her lead single to death and she only managed 470k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missy bi_tch Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 mariah would be teaming up with you-know-who for the re-released edition of mc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Best sellers on the BB200 over 1.5 million: 6/21/08 chart: NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 6,801,307 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 6,449,099 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 4,103,335 FERGIE DUTCHESS 3,636,004 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 3,500,823 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 3,208,224 HANNAH MONTANA 2 3,064,438 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3,021,703 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 2,993,257 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2,432,450 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 2,275,136 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 2,157,633 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 2,156,325 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 2,118,551 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE 1,996,698 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 1,979,590 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 1,962,015 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 1,852,331 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 1,790,617 NOW 26 1,664,315 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 1,617,737 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 1,596,705 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 1,581,718 BLIGE*MARY J. GROWING PAINS 1,498,232 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Lil' Wayne is on one of the two urban mixes of "Bye Bye" (with Akon; Jay-Z is on the other) doctorj, including street-date violations, Mimi's album did 464,200 and change its first week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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