US Chart Talk: 9/6/08

[thebigham]

HITS building album sales chart:

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[thebigham]

HITS:

YOUR WEAKEND TOP 10 PREVIEW: The guns of August continue to fire, topped by the Jonas Brothers (Hollywood), who should generate 160-175k in week two, distantly followed by Kid Rock (Atlantic), riding his old-school summertime single toward 100-105k territory.

Nothing else appears to have a shot at six figures. Staind (Atlantic) will lead next week’s three Top 10 debuts with an expected 85-90k, good for #3, Ice Cube (Lench Mob/EMI) will be next with 60-65k, which should secure #6, and Shwayze (Suretone/Interscope) is on his way from Malibu to #10 with 45-50k.

Yup, it looks like 50k will be all you’ll need to make next week’s Top 10. The rest of the biggest sellers are the new standbys: #4, Mamma Mia (Decca), 85-90k; #5, Miley Cyrus (Hollywood), 70-75k; #7, Sugarland (Mercury Nashville) 55-60k; #8, Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 55-60k; and #9, Camp Rock (Walt Disney) 50-55k. Once again, Bob Cavallo’s crew will lead the way with three titles, as he enjoys a hot summer indeed. (8/22a)

[thebigham]

ONE year ago:

1 1 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 366,574 -41%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 2 TALIB KWELI WARNER BROS. 57,074 --

EAR DRUM

2 3 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 54,238 -34%

SOUNDTRACK

5 4 HAIRSPRAY NEW LINE 54,002 -16%

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

4 5 NOW 25 UTV 52,599 -20%

VARIOUS ARTISTS

6 6 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 49,837 -5%

THE DUTCHESS

-- 7 SWIZZ BEATZ UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 44,192 --

ONE MAN BAND MAN

-- 8 AS I LAY DYING METAL BLADE 39,488 --

AN OCEAN BETWEEN US

12 9 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 39,166 +8%

ALL THE RIGHT REASONS

8 10 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 35,653 -14%

[Guest nothingfails0603]

damn, is the Kid Rock album ever gonna run out of steam?

[HolidayGuy]

Whenever "All Summer Long" does, I imagine.

[thebigham]

CHART DATE: 08/25/2008

NOW IN: FINAL

1 1 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 152,867 -70%

A LITTLE BIT LONGER

3 2 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 100,349 -2%

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

-- 3 STAIND ATLANTIC 92,276 --

ILLUSION OF PROGRESS

2 4 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 87,421 -19%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 5 ICE CUBE LENCH MOB 69,234 --

RAW FOOTAGE

4 6 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 62,726 -24%

BREAKOUT

5 7 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 56,985 -15%

LOVE ON THE INSIDE

6 8 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 56,479 -10%

THA CARTER III

7 9 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 49,447 -1%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 10 SHWAYZE SURETONE 48,142 --

SHWAYZE

8 11 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 44,518 -10%

VIVA LA VIDA

9 12 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 39,364 -7%

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

-- 13 CHEETAH GIRLS WALT DISNEY RECORDS 33,837 --

ONE WORLD

14 14 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 25,067 +4%

ONE OF THE BOYS

-- 15 ACADEMY IS... FUELED BY RAMEN 23,872 --

FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH

11 16 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 23,827 -15%

TAYLOR SWIFT

12 17 NOW 28 CAPITOL 23,622 -16%

VARIOUS ARTISTS

15 18 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 22,069 -5%

SPIRIT

20 19 DISTURBED REPRISE 19,648 -1%

INDESTRUCTIBLE

10 20 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 18,917 -40%

JONAS BROTHERS

24 21 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 18,516 +17%

WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS

19 22 DUFFY MERCURY 18,397 -9%

ROCKFERRY

17 23 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,737 -20%

LESSONS IN LOVE

13 24 DADDY YANKEE MACHETE MUSIC 16,403 -34%

TALENTO DE BARRIO

22 25 NAS DEF JAM/COLUMBIA 15,594 -16%

NAS

16 26 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 15,522 -29%

KIDZ BOP 14

27 27 THIRD DAY PROVIDENT/REUNION 14,780 +5%

REVELATION

25 28 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 14,630 -8%

3 DOORS DOWN

33 29 JOURNEY FRONTIERS 13,330 0%

REVELATION

-- 30 BLACK STONE CHERRY ROADRUNNER 13,269 --

FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION

23 31 HEIDI NEWFIELD CURB 13,090 -29%

WHAT AM I WAITING FOR?

30 32 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 11,857 -13%

35 BIGGEST HITS

32 33 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 11,672 -12%

SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC

-- 34 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 11,417 --

CARNIVAL RIDE

26 35 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 11,123 -27%

BEAUTIFUL EYES

34 36 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 10,951 -16%

HERE I STAND

37 37 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 10,714 -7%

DEFINITION OF REAL

44 38 M.I.A. INTERSCOPE 10,649 +4%

KALA

36 39 DAVID BANNER SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 10,520 -11%

GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

-- 40 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 10,325 --

TROUBADOUR

38 41 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 10,292 -11%

EXCLUSIVE

21 42 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK LEGACY 10,243 -45%

GREATEST HITS

31 43 KEITH ANDERSON SBMG NASHVILLE 10,131 -25%

C'MON!

28 44 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 10,021 -27%

WHERE THE LIGHT IS: LIVE IN L.A.

-- 45 KARINA DEF JAM/IDJMG 9,738 --

FIRST LOVE

-- 46 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 9,447 --

LAST 2 WALK

49 47 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,264 -6%

COCO

45 48 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 9,263 -8%

METRO STATION

50 49 FLOBOTS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,174 -5%

FIGHT WITH TOOLS

-- 50 TOADIES KIRTLAND 9,085 --

NO DELIVERANCE

[thebigham]

bks at Pulse:

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

-- 1 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE 205241 999 0 205241

2 2 RIHANNA DISTURBIA 148074 6 140248 1202263

4 3 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES 124538 3 121342 1011541

-- 4 PINK SO WHAT 116611 999 0 116611

32 5 HIT MASTERS ALL SUMMER LONG 95715 158 37051 132766

1 6 ARCHULETA*DAVID CRUSH 89472 -46 166247 255719

7 7 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 85903 2 84616 2027452

8 8 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL 85760 4 82345 2280473

12 9 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP 76626 20 64076 1080386

13 10 MRAZ*JASON I'M YOURS 74242 21 61412 917838

9 11 BROWN*CHRIS FOREVER 71064 -8 77057 1517526

10 12 JONAS BROTHERS BURNIN' UP 67920 -4 70901 969214

15 13 OFFISHALL*KARDINAL DANGEROUS 61103 7 57233 770290

14 14 YOUNG JEEZY FEAT. KANYE WEST PUT ON 59443 -3 61397 435972

19 15 FLO RIDA FEAT. WILL.I.AM IN THE AYER 58623 11 52701 535302

18 16 SPARKS*JORDIN ONE STEP AT A TIME 58494 8 54252 491528

3 17 SWIFT*TAYLOR CHANGE 57837 -56 131410 204101

-- 18 METALLICA DAY THAT NEVER COMES 57508 999 0 57508

17 19 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU 57330 5 54614 613504

5 20 BROWN*CHRIS DREAMER 56478 -44 101407 162958

11 21 GAME*THE FEAT. LIL WAYNE MY LIFE 54870 -18 66969 209237

26 22 LEWIS*LEONA BETTER IN TIME 51829 20 43309 379181

20 23 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATURING PROJEC LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY) 50858 -1 51239 794145

23 24 NE-YO CLOSER 50716 3 49395 713214

25 25 T-PAIN FEATURING LIL WAYNE CAN'T BELIEVE IT 50438 7 47217 210358

21 26 METRO STATION SHAKE IT 49707 -1 50278 1367311

24 27 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS 43961 -8 47854 788257

36 28 SHWAYZE CORONA AND LIME 43072 25 34441 301161

42 29 PERRY*KATY HOT N' COLD 42864 46 29399 228783

28 30 LIL WAYNE MILLI 38866 -7 41844 816875

29 31 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW 38292 -6 40870 1638481

22 32 CYRUS*MILEY 7 THINGS 38187 -24 50108 978222

30 33 MCCARTNEY*JESSE LEAVIN' 37170 -7 40141 1213840

31 34 LIL WAYNE FEAT. T-PAIN GOT MONEY 36324 -9 39865 522237

86 35 TING TINGS*THE SHUT UP AND LET ME GO 35239 103 17334 368159

64 36 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 33982 56 21807 207808

49 37 ROSSDALE*GAVIN LOVE REMAINS THE SAME 33511 22 27379 322185

37 38 BANNER*DAVID FEAT. CHRIS BROWN GET LIKE ME 33104 5 31615 531357

34 39 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 32691 -8 35655 1976284

56 40 ENUR CALABRIA 2008 32489 34 24184 605890

35 41 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 32156 -8 34766 3057883

41 42 REHAB BARTENDER SONG (AKA SITTIN' AT 30818 5 29415 483867

-- 43 STUDIO ALL-STARS AMERICAN BOY - (TRIBUTE TO EST 30605 999 17 30622

33 44 LIL WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAJOR LOLLIPOP 29831 -18 36416 2768850

27 45 COOK*DAVID TIME OF MY LIFE 29343 -32 43170 822001

38 46 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME 28857 -7 31131 883631

43 47 DJ KHALED FEAT. AKON, PLIES OUT HERE GRINDIN 28270 -2 28803 302030

44 48 DUFFY MERCY 27390 -4 28643 701679

59 49 WE THE KINGS CHECK YES JULIET (RUN BABY RUN 27134 17 23180 435393

58 50 SAVAGE FEAT. SOULJA BOY TELL'E SWING 27133 17 23210 386965

A FEW BONUSES:

67 53 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND 25562 23 20746 131191

6 59 ESTELLE FEAT. KANYE WEST AMERICAN BOY 22352 -75 89406 934523

89 76 HILSON*KERI ENERGY 18044 6 16997 92023

-- 78 GYM CLASS HEROES COOKIE JAR 17932 156 7010 51804

-- 79 SHWAYZE DON'T BE SHY 17589 999 0 17589

129 115 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU 11903 10 10772 203059

-- 118 FRANZ FERDINAND LUCID DREAMS 11780 999 3 11783

156 149 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT 9417 7 8834 78272

141 152 CAREY*MARIAH I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONG TIME 9037 -6 9664 75492

-- 161 DAUGHTRY WHAT ABOUT NOW 8626 24 6955 300633

-- 173 VERONICAS*THE UNTOUCHED 7974 11 7176 104659

-- 187 HEATH*BRANDON GIVE ME YOUR EYES 7580 20 6299 38136

Here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:

No. 1 - Chris Brown (-1.1 million)

No. 2 - Ne-Yo (+3.1 million)

No. 3 - Kardinal Official (+8.0 million)

No. 5 - Kid Rock (+3.2 million)

No. 9 - Coldplay (+0.7 million)

No. 14 - Rihanna (+5.8 million)

No. 20 - T.I. (+6.9 million)

No. 25 - Estelle (-0.3 million)

No. 26 - Jordin Sparks (+2.4 million)

No. 28 - David Cook (+1.9 million)

No. 36 - Leona Lewis (+2.8 million)

No. 42 - Robin Thicke (+0.7 million)

No. 46 - Jennifer Hudson (+2.1 million)

No. 52 - Mariah Carey (-2.7 million)

No. 60 - M.I.A (+6.4 million)

No. 61 - Ne-Yo (+4.9 million) Miss Independent

No. 87 - Daughtry (+3.9 million)

No. 95 - Metallica (+16.5 million)

No. 101 - Artists Stand Up (+15.7 million)

No. 105 - Jason Mraz (+0.7 million)

No. 114 - Pink (+5.1 million)

No. 119 - David Archuleta (+2.1 million)

No. 176 - Katy Perry (+3.3 million)

No. 200 - Brandy (+3.9 million)

Over on R&B airplay, Jazmine Sullivan jumps to No. 1 while T.I. is at 8, Jennifer Hudson at 10, Ne-Yo at 20 (w/ Miss Independent), Alicia Keys at 24 and Keri Hilson at 34. Mariah drops to 45.

And for those intersted in how Estelle's album did following American Boy's removal from itunes -- it dropped 34 spots on the album chart to No. 158 with a 16% loss in sales.

[Guest Hafo]

Wonder if BKS could include Madonna instead of Mariah and Jennifer Hudson

Huge fall for the Jonas Brothers in HITS and Estelle in digital!

[HolidayGuy]

Include Madonna rather than they? And why would he do that, with Madge's irrelevant airplay and sales tallies these days?

4M likely dopped out of the top 75 (it dropped 55-69 on the 8/30 chart). If 4M dropped out, both it and "Hung Up" spent 21 weeks on Hot Digital Songs.

[Guest Hafo]

Well, sales of Mariah are irrelevant as well Posting some totals would be nice --- anyway, no complaints, I am happy we can get sales of the Top 50.

[thebigham]

Billboard Chart Alert:

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_dis...225ea2d79c1ee88

[thebigham]

Billboard.com:

Jonas Brothers Begin Second Week At No. 1

August 27, 2008

by Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Despite a huge drop-off from the gaudy numbers it posted last week, the Jonas Brothers begin a second week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "A Little Bit Longer." The Hollywood set sold 147,000 units in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, 72% less than its debut total of 525,000.

Kid Rock's "Rock'n'Roll Jesus" (Atlantic) continues to motor toward the summit, rising 3-2 on a barely perceptible sales decline to 101,000. Labelmate Staind's "The Illusion of Progress" opens at No. 3 with 92,000. The band's last three albums had all debuted at No. 1, with 2001's "Break the Cycle" shifting a whopping 716,000 copies in its opening week.

The "Mamma Mia!" soundtrack (Decca) falls 2-4 on a 20% drop to 87,000, followed by a No. 5 debut for Ice Cube's "Raw Footage" (Lench Mob) with 70,000. His prior album, 2006's "Laugh Now, Cry Later," debuted at No. 4 with 144,000.

Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) slides 4-6 on a 27% sales decline to 62,000, while Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) is down 6-7 after a 7.8% slide to 57,000. Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville) drops 5-8 after selling 56,000 (-15.5%) and Disney's "Camp Rock" soundtrack falls 8-9 on a 5.5% decline to 47,000.

Shwayze's self-titled Interscope debut lands at No. 10 with 47,000. The group has enjoyed big visibility in the past month thanks to its MTV reality show, "Buzzin'." New at No. 13 is the Cheetah Girls' TV movie soundtrack "One World" (Hollywood) with 34,000, while the Academy Is... starts at No. 17 with its third album, "Fast Times at Barrington High." The Fueled by Ramen set sold 23,000.

Further down the chart are new entries from Black Stone Cherry's "Folklore and Superstition" at No. 28 (Roadrunner, 14,000), Family Force Five's "Dance or Die" at No. 30 (Transparent Media Group, 13,000), GZA/Genius' "Pro Tools" at No. 52 (Babygrande, 9,000), Karina's "First Love" at No. 57 (Def Jam, 9,000) and Toadies' "No Deliverance" at No. 59 (Kirtland, 9,000).

Album sales are down 4.7% from last week at 7 million units and 13% from the same week a year ago.

[HolidayGuy]

True, Sir Hafo- but Mimi has an active chart single, whereas Madge doesn't. So that's why bks doesn't report M's sales.

[Kurt420]

Why did Estelle pull her song/album from itunes??

[HolidayGuy]

A move of strategy, probably- that happened with Fergie and Missy Elliott at one point, and then the music was back on iTunes. But, it didn't work last week, as her album dropped in sales. What's happening with Kid Rock and his album (album sales getting big boost from non-digital availability) isn't going to happen to every album out there.

[HolidayGuy]

bks at Pulse:

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

71 1 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE

1 2 RIHANNA DISTURBIA

3 3 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER

4 4 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL

7 5 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS

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

5 7 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA

9 8 NE-YO CLOSER

-- 9 PINK SO WHAT

8 10 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

15 11 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP

13 12 YOUNG JEEZY PUT ON

12 13 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP

14 14 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'

2 15 DAVID ARCHULETA CRUSH

17 16 BANNER*DAVID VGET LIKE ME

21 17 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME

19 18 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY

65 19 HIT MASTERS ALL SUMMER LONG

18 20 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE

20 21 JONAS BROTHERS BURNIN' UP

30 22 T-PAIN FEATURING LI CAN'T BELIEVE IT

24 23 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER

32 24 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS

25 25 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG

23 26 METRO STATION SHAKE IT

22 27 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATU LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY)

33 28 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME

29 29 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU

27 30 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE(REMIXES)

-- 31 METALLICA THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES

31 32 THE GAME FEATURING MY LIFE

36 33 YUNG BERG FEATURING THE BUSINESS

26 34 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP REMIX

28 35 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE

34 36 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL

11 37 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY

37 38 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME

10 39 TAYLOR SWIFT CHANGE

35 40 TAYLOR SWIFT SHOULD'VE SAID NO

16 41 CHRIS BROWN DREAMER

47 42 JAZMINE SULLIVAN NEED U BAD

39 43 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR

46 44 RICK ROSS FEATURING HERE I AM

38 45 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2

48 46 KEITH URBAN YOU LOOK GOOD IN MY SHIRT

68 47 KATY PERRY HOT N COLD

42 48 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT

51 49 DARIUS RUCKER DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOU

40 50 SUGARLAND ALL I WANT TO DO

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS

53 51 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME

59 56 L.L. COOL J BABY/ROCKIN' WITH THE G.O.A.T.

60 57 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM

69 60 SHWAYZE CORONA AND LIME

67 66 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES

83 70 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND

-- 72 THE TING TINGS SHUT UP AND LET ME GO

-- 74 LADY GAGA,COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP

58 75 CAREY*MARIAH I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONDON

87 82 KERI HILSON ENERGY

-- 83 STAIND BELIEVE MP3

-- 85 STUDIO ALL-STARS AMERICAN BOY

-- 86 LIL WAYNE FEATURING MRS. OFFICER

94 92 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU

-- 94 DAUGHTRY WHAT ABOUT NOW

-- 98 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT

BUBBLING UNDER

-- 6 GYM CLASS HEROES FE COOKIE JAR

-- 12 SHWAYZE DON'T BE SHY

-- 14 MILEY CYRUS FLY ON THE WALL

-- 19 SELENA GOMEZ TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW

-- 20 ARTISTS STAND UP TO JUST STAND UP!

R&B 100

4 1 JAZMINE SULLIVAN NEED U BAD

2 2 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT

1 3 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

3 4 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP

5 5 YOUNG JEEZY PUT ON

6 7 THICKE*ROBIN MAGIC

13 8 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE

12 10 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES

26 20 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT

35 23 L.L. COOL J BABY/ROCKIN' WITH THE G.O.A.T.

27 24 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN

40 34 KERI HILSON ENERGY

41 45 CAREY*MARIAH I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONDON

70 56 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)

78 75 MONICA STILL STANDING

-- 77 JOHN LEGEND FEATURI GREEN LIGHT

90 78 JANET CAN'T B GOOD

-- 83 ARTISTS STAND UP TO JUST STAND UP!

-- 98 MARIAH CAREY I'M THAT CHICK

[Ciccone's Cheeks]

at Estelle plummeting w. out ever hitting the Top 10. wtf.

[HolidayGuy]

^ It's because the label removed "American Boy" from iTunes. There;sa cover version on iTunes (like there is with "All Summer Long"). It looks like it will debut on the Hot 100 next week.

[thebigham]

Ed Sadtler for the 9/06 charts:

Full trajectories below. Some changes to the update this week. I am removing "The Immaculate Collection" as it seems unlikely to return to the Top Pop Catalog chart in connection with the "Hard Candy" project. Singles will remain in this update so long as they (i) appear on at least one chart or (ii) have charted on one or more charts and remain under consideration for release as singles (as is the case with "Miles Away" and "Beat Goes On"). I will be moving the most active single to the top of the listing (in this case "Give It 2 Me", although it is on its last legs in the US on all but the singles sales and dance charts). We'll see if the launch of the "Sticky and Sweet" tour in Europe fuels any increased sales on next week's chart.

Madonna - "Hard Candy" [Gold]

The Billboard 200 - 1*-3-8-9-11-14-31-36-46-57-63-69-85-95-110-116-130

Billboard Comprehensive Albums - 1*-3-8-9-11-14-32-36-47-60-67-73-92-103-118-131-146

Top Digital Albums -1-2-6-11-13-20-23 (off 7-5-08)

Top Internet Albums - 1-4-7-5-7-15-12-23 (off 7-12-08)

Tastemakers - 2*-2-9-12 (off 6/13/07)

Top Canadian Albums - 1*-1-2-2-2-5-7-15-14-13-14-13-15-14-13-18-21

European Top 100 Albums - 1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-8-7-N/A

Madonna - "Give It 2 Me"

The Billboard Hot 100 - 57* (off 5/24/08)

Hot Singles Sales - 4*-7-12-3*-3-3

Hot Digital Tracks - 28*-74 (off 5/31/08)

Hot Digital Songs - 66* (off 8/9/08)

Pop 100 - 41*-84-off-off-off-off-off-95*-95-90*-85*-64*-75-80-84-95-off

Pop 100 Airplay - 74*-72*-67*-65*-70*-72 (off 8/30/08)

Hot Dance Club Play - 28*-15*-7*-2*-1*-2-7-7-13

Hot Dance Airplay - 11*-7*1*-2-5*-6-7-8*-5*-6-6

Hot Dance Singles Sales - 2*-3-5--1*-1-2

Canadian Hot 100 - 8*-13-67-off-off-off-88*-78*-56*-41*-32*-19*-17-16*-14*-18

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 4*-22-39-67-off-off-off-off-off-66*-36*-18*-16-17-27-24*-22-27

Japan Hot 100 - 91-89 (off 8/30/08)

Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland - "4 Minutes" [Double Platinum]

The Billboard Hot 100 - 68*-3*-3*-7-6*-4*-6-7-7-8-10-10-15-22-28-31-39-44-54-60-69 (off 8/23/08)

Hot 100 Airplay - 51*-41*-30*-27*-16*-13*-11*-13*-12*-12*-12-13-31-65-69 (off 7/26/08)

Hot Singles Sales - 1*-2-1-4-4-5*-8-6-5-3-10-14*-11-10*-16-22-21*

Hot Digital Tracks - 2*-1-2-1*-3-4-5-5-8-8-9-9-16-17-24-27-30-36-45 (off 8/23/08)

Hot Digital Songs - 2*-1*-2-1*-2-2-5-5-8-9-9-10-17-18-22-29-32-36-47-55-69-

Hot 100 Recurrent Singles - 11* (off 8/30/08)

Pop 100 - 32*-3*-2*-3*-3*-3*-3-5-6-7-6-11-15-17-24-27-30-37-47-46-51 (off 8/23/08)

Pop 100 Airplay - 22*-15*-12*-11*-10*-9*-7*-6*-6*-6*-7-8-13-17-21-30-34-37-50 (off 8/23/08)

Hot Dance Club Play - 54-32*-12*-5*-1*-1*-2-5-8-12-21-32-44 (off 7/19/08)

Hot Dance Airplay - 5*-5-4*-4-4*-3*-2*-2-2*-1*-2-4-4-16-25 (off 7/19/08)

Hot Dance Singles Sales - 1*-2-1-1-2-2*-3-2-2-2-6-8*-5-4*-6-6-6*

Mainstream Top 40 - 23*18*-13*-12*-11*-7*-8*-6*-5*-6-6-10-15-18-24-29-33-35-37-39 (off 8/23/08)

Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks -39*-35*-35*-29*-26*-24*-22*-23*-21*-20*-20-21-22-24-25-28-32-38-40-39 (off 8/30/08)

Rhythmic Top 40 - 39*-31*-28*-28*-30*-31*-30-33-34 (off 6/20/08)

Latin Pop Airplay - 39*-off-32*-29*-27*-28-33 (off 6/27/08)

Hot Videoclip Tracks - 10-10-5-1-5-6-5 (off 6/20/08)

Canadian Hot 100 - 27*-1*-1*-1-1-1-1-2-1*-1-1-3-4-5-8-11-16-18-20-25-26-33-38

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 1*-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-5-6-9-12-14-17-16-15-18-30-29-37

Japan Hot 100 - 6-16-47-63 (off 6/20/08)

Madonna - "Miles Away"

Canadian Hot 100 - 90* (off 5/24/08)

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 65* (off 5/24/08)

Japan Hot 100 - 36-7-11-12-18-14-27-39-66-92-86 (off 8/9/08)

Madonna - "Beat Goes On"

Pop 100 - 97* (off 5/24/08)

Canadian Hot 100 - 82* (off 5/24/08)

Hot Canadian Digital Singles - 51* (off 5/24/08)

[Braby]

^ It's because the label removed "American Boy" from iTunes. There;sa cover version on iTunes (like there is with "All Summer Long"). It looks like it will debut on the Hot 100 next week.

WHY? Has her album been released?

[HolidayGuy]

Estelle's album has been out as long as Madge's (17 weeks on the BB 200).

Take a deep breath, you'll be OK- really.

[thebigham]

HITS:

YOUR LABOR DAY WEAKEND TOP 10 PREVIEW: Believe it or not, it’s still too close to call for #1 next week. Of course, over the next two (wildly unpredictable) days, anything can happen. Here’s how thing are shaping up as of late Thursday:

The Game (Geffen) 230-250k

Slipknot (Roadrunner) 230-250k

Kid Rock (Atlantic) 80-85k

Jonas Brothers (Hollywood) 80-85k

Mamma Mia! (Decca) 70-75k

Lil' Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 50-55k

Coldplay (Capitol) 45-50k

Sugarland (Mercury Nashville) 45-50k

Now Country (UMe) 35-40k

Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 35-40k

Staind (Atlantic) 35-40k

[HolidayGuy]

Estelle's album is $6.99 at amazon.com, per as posted on her myspace page. Wonder if there are similar price slashes at non-Internet outlets.

[promise to try]

wow, Pink is already in the top ten!!