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THREE INTO TWO WILL GO

Lil Wayne and Coldplay Battle for Top Slot, as Camp Rock Remains Top 3, Beck Debuts

July 9, 2008

Lil Wayne, Coldplay and Camp Rock will continue to dominate the top of next week’s chart, according to early retail reports from music sellers around this totally rad country of ours.

Lil Wayne’s platinum-plus Tha Carter III and Coldplay’s million-selling Viva La Vida switched places this week, and could do the same next. Or not. But they will be #1-2 in any case, with Hollywood’s Camp Rock riding the Jonas Brothers into the #3 spot, leaving the Top 3 the same for the fourth straight week.

Among next week’s newcomers, Beck’s much-ballyhooed DGC collaboration with Danger Mouse, Modern Guilt, compared by no less than the L.A. Times’ Ann Powers to Pixar’s Wall-E, looks to be in the 70k range, which should be good enough for #4. Decca’s soundtrack to the film version of the ABBA movie Mamma Mia, which opens a week from Friday (7/18), could do 50k or even higher.

Maroon 5’s deluxe edition of their best-selling A&M/Octone album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, appears to be headed for first-week sales of 15k.

The market was down 1% vs last week, down 13% vs same week last year and now down 11% year-to-date. You may now return to fantasizing about Madonna, A-Rod, C-Rod and Lenny Kravitz in a foursome. :|

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ONE year ago:

CHART DATE: 07/16/2007

1 1 T.I. ATLANTIC/ATL G 162,866 -65%

T.I. VS. T.I.P.

-- 2 SMASHING PUMPKINS REPRISE 146,091 --

ZEITGEIST

2 3 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 123,970 -34%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 4 INTERPOL CAPITOL 69,980 --

OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE

3 5 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 62,791 -46%

MY DECEMBER

5 6 BON JOVI ISLAND 53,713 -43%

LOST HIGHWAY

9 7 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 53,127 -5%

MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

11 8 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 48,862 -6%

THE DUTCHESS

8 9 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 47,434 -18%

BACK TO BLACK

-- 10 SPOON MERGE 44,131 --

GA GA GA GA

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THREE INTO TWO WILL GO

The market was down 1% vs last week, down 13% vs same week last year and now down 11% year-to-date. You may now return to fantasizing about Madonna, A-Rod, C-Rod and Lenny Kravitz in a foursome. :|

I don´t get it: how is this related to sales?

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CHART DATE: 07/14/2008

LAST UPDATE: 07/14/2008 14:08:35

NOW IN: 54.98%

LW TW artist / album label power index

1 1 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 53,558

THA CARTER III

2 2 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 48,602

VIVA LA VIDA

3 3 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 45,570

SOUNDTRACK

7 4 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 45,423

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

6 5 NOW 28 CAPITOL 38,322

VARIOUS ARTISTS

9 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 31,711

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

-- 7 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 31,174

SOUNDTRACK

-- 8 BECK DGC/INTERSCOPE 25,980

MODERN GUILT

17 9 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 21,820

TAYLOR SWIFT

8 10 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 21,047

HERE I STAND

No M-ROD in the Top 50.

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CHART DATE: 07/14/2008

LAST UPDATE: 07/14/2008 14:38:45

NOW IN: 75.20%

LW TW artist / album label power index

1 1 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 79,874

THA CARTER III

2 2 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 79,240

VIVA LA VIDA

-- 3 BECK DGC/INTERSCOPE 56,187

MODERN GUILT

3 4 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 54,587

SOUNDTRACK

7 5 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 49,445

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

6 6 NOW 28 CAPITOL 39,389

VARIOUS ARTISTS

9 7 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 37,062

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

-- 8 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 36,316

SOUNDTRACK

13 9 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 25,774

ONE OF THE BOYS

8 10 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 24,498

HERE I STAND

Still no M-ROD on the Top 50.

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I don´t get it: how is this related to sales?

uhm, i don't think it is included in the article... the poster may have just added it

It is in the article. HITS often makes snarky pop culture jokes/remarks in their articles.

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CHART DATE: 07/14/2008

LAST UPDATE: 07/14/2008 14:38:45

NOW IN: 75.20%

LW TW artist / album label power index

1 1 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 79,874

THA CARTER III

2 2 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 79,240

VIVA LA VIDA

-- 3 BECK DGC/INTERSCOPE 56,187

MODERN GUILT

3 4 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 54,587

SOUNDTRACK

7 5 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 49,445

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

6 6 NOW 28 CAPITOL 39,389

VARIOUS ARTISTS

9 7 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 37,062

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

-- 8 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 36,316

SOUNDTRACK

13 9 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 25,774

ONE OF THE BOYS

8 10 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 24,498

HERE I STAND

Still no M-ROD on the Top 50.

For crying out loud with the comeback of the Kid Rock album!

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in a sense, it could be said ABBA finally has it's first US top 10, even if it's not really their album

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For crying out loud with the comeback of the Kid Rock album!

all it takes it ONE song catching on :dramatic:

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it actually is included in the article lol

it was? i didn't bother checking it... well, at least it's amazing that the "scandal" is big enough to warrant such mention...

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NOW IN: FINAL

1 1 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 126,950 -17%

THA CARTER III

2 2 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 118,560 -21%

VIVA LA VIDA

3 3 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 86,951 -24%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 4 BECK DGC/INTERSCOPE 78,207 --

MODERN GUILT

7 5 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 62,392 +34%

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

9 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 50,686 +25%

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

6 7 NOW 28 CAPITOL 48,912 -18%

VARIOUS ARTISTS

-- 8 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 48,180 --

SOUNDTRACK

4 9 G-UNIT INTERSCOPE 34,913 -64%

T.O.S. (TERMINATE ON SIGHT)

8 10 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 33,395 -18%

HERE I STAND

13 11 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 32,102 -4%

ONE OF THE BOYS

5 12 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 31,772 -60%

WHERE THE LIGHT IS: LIVE IN L.A.

17 13 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 29,576 +3%

TAYLOR SWIFT

10 14 DISTURBED REPRISE 29,410 -20%

INDESTRUCTIBLE

18 15 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 27,314 -2%

SPIRIT

15 16 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 25,698 -12%

DEFINITION OF REAL

19 17 JOURNEY FRONTIERS 23,642 -3%

REVELATION

11 18 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 23,193 -34%

LAST 2 WALK

22 19 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 22,118 -5%

3 DOORS DOWN

16 20 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 20,735 -29%

SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES

21 21 DUFFY MERCURY 20,604 -15%

ROCKFERRY

28 22 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 20,409 +9%

35 BIGGEST HITS

29 23 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 20,238 +20%

JONAS BROTHERS

-- 24 WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS BLUE NOTE/BNLG 20,024 --

TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES

-- 25 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 17,317 --

IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG

24 26 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 16,452 -28%

SOUND OF MADNESS

27 27 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 16,252 -13%

EXCLUSIVE

33 28 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 15,873 +7%

WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS

30 29 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 15,783 -3%

WEEZER (RED ALBUM)

31 30 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 15,533 -4%

E=MC2

39 31 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 14,420 +9%

SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC

-- 32 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD EPIC 14,395 --

POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE

34 33 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 13,158 -9%

THIRSTY

14 34 TECH N9NE STRANGE MUSIC 12,908 -60%

KILLER

35 35 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 12,623 -9%

CARNIVAL RIDE

40 36 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 12,523 -4%

GOOD TIME

37 37 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 12,476 -8%

ENJOY THE RIDE

36 38 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 11,996 -13%

JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES

25 39 VANESSA ANNE HUDGENS HOLLYWOOD 11,932 -47%

IDENTIFIED

-- 40 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 11,890 --

DREAMING OUT LOUD

-- 41 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 11,878 --

METRO STATION

44 42 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,429 -1%

COCO

45 43 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 11,368 -1%

NARROW STAIRS

-- 44 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 11,254 --

19

49 45 SIGUR ROS XL/BEGGARS 11,156 +4%

MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDLA

42 46 FRANK SINATRA REPRISE 11,133 -10%

NOTHING BUT THE BEST

43 47 FLOBOTS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,086 -4%

FIGHT WITH TOOLS

38 48 OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 10,923 -18%

RISE & FALL, RAGE & GRACE

-- 49 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 10,419 --

SOUNDTRACK

-- 50 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 10,297 --

TRILLA

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Lil' Wayne is still selling really well :dramatic:

nice to see Natasha Bedingfield back in the chart

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I can't believe the Rihanna reissue went top 10, while Maroon 5's only got to #25.

IMO, Maroon 5's was how to "upgrade" an album, whereas Rihanna's DVD was a piece of shit. I would've considered a double-dip if she had included videos and the sort, like Maroon 5 did

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BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

1 1 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL 177340 -7 191020 1561593

3 2 CYRUS*MILEY 7 THINGS 117618 0 117234 520668

2 3 JONAS BROTHERS BURNIN' UP 103453 -12 118171 404906

4 4 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 101085 -10 112819 1483631

5 5 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP 93073 -3 96279 588710

6 6 RIHANNA DISTURBIA 92433 -2 94204 409370

10 7 BROWN*CHRIS FOREVER 86836 16 75163 1008757

7 8 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW 78192 -11 87800 1321394

8 9 METRO STATION SHAKE IT 78155 -5 82004 998553

13 10 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 77816 7 72488 1671445

9 11 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP 67264 -18 81983 2496765

18 12 OFFISHALL*KARDINAL DANGEROUS 60858 14 53313 390352

15 13 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATURING PROJEC LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY) 57850 -5 60656 459912

16 14 MCCARTNEY*JESSE LEAVIN' 55571 0 55531 926775

11 15 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 52588 -30 74822 2819121

21 16 MRAZ*JASON I'M YOURS 50656 11 45739 545516

17 17 LIL WAYNE MILLI 49981 -9 54944 534755

12 18 SUGARLAND ALL I WANT TO DO 49923 -33 74361 211191

19 19 DJ KHALED FEAT. AKON, PLIES OUT HERE GRINDIN 49447 -6 52530 121183

23 20 NE-YO CLOSER 48875 8 45098 412077

14 21 LOVATO*DEMI & JONAS*JOE THIS IS ME 45707 -33 68123 386113

24 22 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY 44953 0 44863 507494

28 23 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS 42622 2 41729 500959

25 24 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME 40649 -8 44294 657413

30 25 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK SUMMERTIME 40574 -2 41544 328660

20 26 MAYER*JOHN FREE FALLIN' (LIVE IN LOS ANGE 40034 -21 50800 90834

26 27 PLIES BUST IT BABY PART 2 38314 -11 43085 648578

38 28 MAROON 5 IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN 38078 11 34271 406031

22 29 MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAK 4 MINUTES 37874 -17 45679 2011160

34 30 BANNER*DAVID GET LIKE ME 37277 -2 38053 308693

36 31 FLO RIDA IN THE AYER 36524 -2 37431 235546

45 32 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU 35389 23 28690 311717

27 33 DANITY KANE DAMAGED 35056 -18 42532 1046867

33 34 O'DONIS*COLBY WHAT YOU GOT 34564 -9 38065 660587

31 35 SPARKS*JORDIN/CHRIS BROWN NO AIR 33514 -16 40097 2242374

37 36 V.I.C. GET SILLY 32580 -10 36149 395571

32 37 DUFFY MERCY 32223 -16 38540 512619

29 38 JONAS BROTHERS PLAY MY MUSIC 31103 -25 41654 259560

58 39 SPARKS*JORDIN ONE STEP AT A TIME 30493 30 23405 205922

35 40 MAYER*JOHN SAY 30180 -20 37501 1180583

42 41 DEGRAW*GAVIN IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 29265 -7 31331 605106

43 42 CAILLAT*COLBIE REALIZE 27531 -9 30273 1002500

51 43 SWIFT*TAYLOR SHOULD'VE SAID NO 27405 4 26441 346106

53 44 REHAB BARTENDER SONG (AKA SITTIN' AT 27213 3 26296 303471

54 45 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 27129 4 26096 2129931

39 46 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB 26068 -23 33935 1933045

46 47 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY 25468 -7 27420 317570

41 48 RAY J FEAT YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I 25464 -23 32990 1717983

47 49 FLO RIDA LOW 24839 -8 26944 4079715

110 50 NELLY STEPPED ON MY J'Z 24590 118 11289 35879

A FEW BONUSES:

66 58 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES 22104 8 20551 422744

-- 59 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA SOUL MATE 21676 999 1445 107071

115 88 LEWIS*LEONA BETTER IN TIME 15345 39 11055 162042

-- 123 HEAP*IMOGEN NOT NOW BUT SOON 9687 999 0 9687

159 125 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU 9542 11 8606 142678

-- 130 BAREILLES*SARA BOTTLE IT UP 9268 51 6138 190703

-- 164 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 7670 7 7171 49053

-- 182 MADONNA GIVE IT 2 ME 7226 28 5652 101234

And here's how things ended the week before recurrents were removed on Hot 100 Airplay:

No. 1 - Rihanna (+6.6 million)

No. 2 - Leona (-2.4 million)

No. 3 - Lil Wayne (-11.0 million)

No. 5 - Lil Wayne (+8.0 million) A Milli

No. 6 - Katy Perry (+4.7 million)

No. 7 - Chris Brown (+7.8 million)

No. 9 - Jesse McCartney (+11.2 million)

No. 10 - Natasha Bedingfield (+3.9 million)

No. 18 - Ne-Yo (+10.0 million)

No. 25 - Coldplay (+6.5 million)

No. 30 - Kid Rock (+9.4 million)

No. 40 - Pussycat Dolls (+2.9 million)

No. 60 - Rihanna (+4.2 million)

No. 83 - Jonas Brothers (+2.5 million)

No. 86 - Mariah Carey (+7.1 million)

No. 100 - Jordin Sparks (+4.5 million)

No. 117 - Jennifer Hudson (+2.3 million)

No. 123 - Miley Cyrus (+0.2 million)

No. 133 - September (+1.3 million)

Over on R&B airplay, Robin Thicke jumped to No. 10, Jennifer Hudson to No. 22 and Mariah to No. 44

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GI2M over 100K downloads! Not bad considering the context, but it could do better. Wonder if it'll "sell" more than Sorry.

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why is US radio always so much more willing to open up to a new Mariah song? it's generally agreed that I'll Be Loving You Long Time is nothing more than a glorified filler, yet radio is already latching onto it, while the same can't be said for GI2M, which is a track even many of the staunched critics HC has regards as one of the best tracks on it

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Mimi's latest is doing OK, but it's not going to be some BIG hit.

GI2M dropped off the Hot 100 after just 1 week, but did hang onto Digital Songs for a 2nd week (granyed, plunging to No. 74 that week, but...)

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why is US radio always so much more willing to open up to a new Mariah song? it's generally agreed that I'll Be Loving You Long Time is nothing more than a glorified filler, yet radio is already latching onto it, while the same can't be said for GI2M, which is a track even many of the staunched critics HC has regards as one of the best tracks on it

Its funny to me that everyone I play it for immediately says its a great song and starts singing the words to it. My best friend who is not even a pop music fan is OBSESSED with it and makes me play it over and over when we're in the car.

I bought a copy of HC for my niece. A couple of weeks later, at a family barbeque, my brother-in-law had made a mix cd to play. Not only am I shocked that i hear the song come on, but i see at least four of the people there mouthing the words.

Point is, its a hit song. For some reason its not getting out to people, so no one will ever know about it. I really wish she pushed for it more. It could be a classic if she did.

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

1 1 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL

2 2 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

3 3 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP

6 4 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER

4 5 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE

7 6 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE

5 7 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA

11 8 LIL WAYNE A MILLI

10 9 MILEY CYRUS 7 THINGS

9 10 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2

13 11 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'

12 12 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP

8 13 JONAS BROTHERS BURNIN' UP

16 14 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS

15 15 RIHANNA DISTURBIA

14 16 METRO STATION SHAKE IT

27 17 NE-YO CLOSER

24 18 BANNER*DAVID VGET LIKE ME

21 19 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATU LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY)

22 20 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL

19 21 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR

20 22 COLBY O'DONIS FEATU WHAT YOU GOT

17 23 DANITY KANE DAMAGED REMIX

25 24 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME

18 25 SUGARLAND ALL I WANT TO DO

23 26 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB

26 27 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I

37 28 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT

28 29 COLBIE CAILLAT REALIZE

35 30 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY

40 31 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY

44 32 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS

32 33 GAVIN DEGRAW IN LOVE WITH A GIRL

30 34 V.I.C. GET SILLY

42 35 YOUNG JEEZY FEATURI PUT ON

33 36 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG

36 37 NEW KIDS ON THE BLO SUMMERTIME

46 38 TAYLOR SWIFT SHOULD'VE SAID NO

38 39 DJ KHALED FEAT. AKO OUT HERE GRINDIN

45 40 ALAN JACKSON GOOD TIME

41 41 BLAKE SHELTON HOME

34 42 JOHN MAYER SAY

39 43 FLO RIDA LOW/JEALOUS

31 44 MADONNA 4 MINUTES

47 45 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN

50 46 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS

62 47 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU

53 48 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER

52 49 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE

48 50 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE

INTERESTING MOVES

60 51 MAROON 5 FEATURING IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN

70 52 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME

58 54 KEYS*ALICIA TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR

80 65 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG

72 69 USHER MOVING MOUNTAINS

-- 72 TOBY KEITH SHE NEVER CRIED IN FRONT OF ME

91 86 THICKE*ROBIN MAGIC

-- 88 YUNG BERG FEATURING THE BUSINESS

-- 90 NELLY FEATURING CIA STEPPED ON MY J'Z

-- 91 DARIUS RUCKER DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOU

-- 92 WE THE KINGS CHECK YES JULIET (RUN BABY RUN

-- 94 HEIDI NEWFIELD JOHNNY & JUNE

-- 96 GARY ALLAN LEARNING HOW TO BEND

-- 97 GEORGE STRAIT TROUBADOUR

-- 99 BRAD PAISLEY WAITIN' ON A WOMAN

-- 100 MARIAH CAREY I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONG TIME

BUBBLING UNDER

10 6 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT

11 7 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU

-- 8 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD SOULMATE

20 10 JENNIFER HUDSON SPOTLIGHT

-- 16 SARA BAREILLES BOTTLE IT UP

R&B 100

1 1 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT

2 2 LIL WAYNE A MILLI

3 3 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL

5 4 KEYS*ALICIA TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR

4 5 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2

8 7 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

14 10 THICKE*ROBIN MAGIC

18 19 USHER MOVING MOUNTAINS

33 22 JENNIFER HUDSON SPOTLIGHT

43 33 NE-YO CLOSER

54 44 MARIAH CAREY I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONG TIME

87 79 SOLANGE I DECIDED

-- 95 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER

-- 97 MISSY ELLIOTT BEST, BEST

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Billboard.com:

Lil Wayne Remains King Of The Billboard 200

July 16, 2008

by Katie Hasty, N.Y.

For a third non-consecutive week, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) tops The Billboard 200. The set moved 125,000 copies during the tracking week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 20% drop in sales from the week previous.

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Capitol) sits tight at No. 2 for a second week with 113,000 (-25%) while the Jonas Brothers-led soundtrack to Disney's "Camp Rock" keeps the No. 3 spot warm with 88,000 (-23%).

Arriving at No. 4, Beck's "Modern Guilt" (Interscope) debuts with 84,000. His previous set, 2006's "The Information," bowed at No. 7 but sold 99,000.

Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" (Atlantic) continues to resurge with the help of the Hot AC/Adult Top 40 single "All Summer Long," climbing 7-5 with 61,000 (+34%). The multi-label "Now 28" compilation stays at No. 6 with a 17% decrease to 48,000.

The Decca soundtrack to "Mamma Mia!," the film adaptation of the hit theatrical musical based on ABBA's songbook, debuts at No. 7 on The Billboard 200 with 48,000. The film hits theaters in the U.S. on Friday, so there's a good chance the album could see a sizable gain on next week's chart.

In its 58th week on the chart, Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" (SRP/Def Jam) ascends 9-8 with 47,000, a 17% increase. G-Unit's sophomore set, "T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight)" (G-Unit/Interscope) sold 36,000 (-64%), slipping 4-9. John Mayer's "Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles" falls 5-10 in its second week to 34,000 (-64%).

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis' "Two Men with the Blues" (Blue Note) opens at No. 20 (22,000) and also becomes Nelson's first No. 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart. Other debuts include Los Temerarios' "Si Tu Te Vas" at No. 26 (Fonovisa, 17,000) and pop-punk act the Maine's "Can't Stop Won't Stop" at No. 40 (Fearless, 12,000).

At 7.33 million units, sales this week are down 3% from last week's sum and off 11.7% from the same week last year.

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