Billboard 200: 9/24/11- Lil Wayne No. 1: 219,000

Year-to-date sales still doing well against 2010's totals. :)

Week Ending Sept. 11, 2011. Albums: The Beatles Are Back
Posted 45 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

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The Beatles are back in the top five on The Billboard 200, thanks to the belated digital release of their hit-studded compilation 1. The album re-enters the chart at #4, its highest ranking since February 2001. The album, which was released on CD in November 2000, sold 59,000 digital copies this week (more than any other album) and 1,000 physical copies.

The Beatles first cracked the top five in February 1964 with Meet The Beatles!, which gives the band a more than 47 year span of top five albums. Only three acts have had longer spans of top five albums. These are a pair of legends (Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand) and an amazingly durable novelty act (the Chipmunks).

Yes, I just told you that the Chipmunks have had a longer span of top five albums than the Beatles. The Chipmunks first made the top five in January 1960 with Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks. They made it most recently in April 2008 with the Alvin And The Chipmunks movie soundtrack. It's a crazy, mixed-up world when the Chipmunks rank ahead of the Beatles on any list, but there you go.

1 is the first catalog album to make the top five on The Billboard 200 since the Rolling Stones' 1972 classic Exile On Main St, which hit #2 in May 2010. On the Top Catalog Albums chart, 1 returns to #1, dethroning Adele's 19. This is the 10th week on top for 1, which was the top catalog seller for a total of nine weeks in 2003 and 2004.

1 has sold 11,821,000 copies, which makes it the sixth best-selling album in Nielsen SoundScan history. (By next week, it will be in fifth place. Right now, it's just 6K copies behind Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack.) The sales tally for 1 includes 210K cassettes (remember them?). (If you don't have this album, in one form or another, you should stop reading right now and get it. Chart Watch can wait.)

Shameless Plug: Twenty-seven greatest hits albums are listed on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling albums in its history. I just posted a Chart Watch Extra in which I count ‘em down, from #1 (the Beatles) to #27 (Eric Clapton). Check it out.

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV holds at #1 for the second straight week. It's Lil Wayne's first album to achieve that simple feat. Tha Carter III was bumped from the top spot in its second week by Coldplay's debuting Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. (It later returned to the top spot for two additional weeks.) I Am Not A Human Being spent a single frame in the top spot.

Tha Carter IV sold 219,000 copies in its second week, bringing its two-week total to 1,184,000. Only two albums have sold more copies so far this year. Adele's 21 is up to 3,419,000. Lady Gaga's Born This Way is up to 1,775,000.

Lil Wayne has sold 12,884,000 albums, which puts him at #140 on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling album artists in its history. Other artists in this neighorhood on that chart: P!nk, Michael Buble, Counting Crows and Carrie Underwood.

George Strait's Here For A Good Time enters The Billboard 200 at #3. It's Strait's 17th top 10 album, which lengthens his lead as the country artist with the most top 10 albums in chart history. Garth Brooks is in second place, with 14. Tim McGraw is in third, with 13. Strait first cracked the top 10 in November 1992 with the soundtrack to Pure Country, in which he starred.

Here For A Good Time also debuts at #1 on Top Country Albums. It's Strait's 24th #1 on that chart, which is an all-time record.

You may have read that the title track is Strait's 84th top 10 hit on Hot Country Songs, a total topped by only one artist. Eddy Arnold amassed 92 top 10 hits from 1945 to 1980. Strait notched his first top 10 country hit, "Unwound," in July 1981, just 10 months after Arnold notched his last, "That's What I Get For Loving You." I think that's what you call "the passing of the torch." Arnold was 62 when he scored his final top 10 hit. Strait is 59 now.

Maroon 5's Hands All Over rebounds from #23 to #7 in its 20th week, due to the insertion of the #1 hit, "Moves Like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera). The lead single from the set, "Misery," peaked at an OK #14, but two follow-ups didn't even make the top 40. The album debuted at #2 in September, but fell off the chart briefly in April before turning around on the strength of this nifty single.

"Moves Like Jagger" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third time in the past five weeks. Will it also return to #1 on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs. You'll also see how high Kelly Clarkson debuts with her new one, "Mr. Know It All." (I think "Mr. Know It All" and "Miss Independent" may have issues.)

Fun With Numbers: Four of this year's five recipients of Kennedy Center Honors have had, or have at least appeared on, chart-topping albums. Neil Diamond finally topped The Billboard 200 in 2008 with Home Before Dark. Meryl Streep was featured on 10 tracks on the Mamma Mia! soundtrack, which also hit #1 in 2008. Barbara Cook was featured on six tracks on The Music Man original cast album, which was #1 for 12 weeks in 1958. Sonny Rollins played sax on three tracks on the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You, which was #1 for nine weeks in 1981. The fifth recipient this year is cellist Yo-Yo Ma, whose highest-charting album, Songs Of Joy & Peace, reached #20 in 2008.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV, 219,000. The album holds at #1 for the second week. Eleven songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "How To Love," which rebounds from #20 to #10.

2. Adele, 21, 121,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #3 to #2 in its 29th week. It has been in the top five the entire time. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Someone Like You," which dips to #2.

3. George Strait, Here For A Good Time, 91,000. This new entry is Strait's 17th top 10 album. The title track vaults from #179 to #76 on Hot Digital Songs.

4. The Beatles, 1, 60,000. The former #1 album re-enters the chart at #4. This is its 18th week in the top 10. It's #1 on both Top Digital Albums and Top Catalog Albums.

5. Red Hot Chili Peppers, I'm With You, 58,000. The album drops from #2 to #5 in its second week. "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" holds at #74 on Hot Digital Songs.

6. Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch The Throne, 49,000. The former #1 album drops from #4 to #6 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Otis" (featuring Otis Redding) drops from #22 to #32. "Ni**as In Paris" jumps from #89 to #75.

7. Maroon 5, Hands All Over, 29,000. The album rebounds from #23 to #7 in its 20th week. This is its third week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Moves Like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera) logs its third week at #1. "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" jumps from #183 to #178.

8. Various Artists, Now 39, 27,000. The album rebounds from #10 to #8 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It has sold 279K copies.

9. Beyonce, 4, 25,000. The former #1 album drops from #7 to #9 in its 11th week. This is its 10th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Love On Top," which drops from #10 to #41.

10. Foster The People, Torches. The album rebounds from #12 to #10 in its 16th week. This is its second week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Pumped Up Kicks" dips from #2 to #3. "Helena Beat" bows at #193.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. David Guetta's Nothing But The Beat drops from #5 to #18, Jake Owen's Barefoot Blue Jean Night drops from #6 to #13, Game's The R.E.D. Album drops from #8 to #19 and Barbra Streisand's What Matters Most drops from #9 to #15.

Hugh Laurie's Let Them Talk debuts at #16. Laurie stars in the Fox series House, for which he has received seven Emmy nominations (six for Outstanding Lead Actor and one as executive producer of the series). Laurie joins an impressive roster of actors who have landed top 20 albums during the runs of prime-time dramatic series in which they starred. Others include Vincent Edwards (Ben Casey), Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare), Bill Cosby (I Spy), Don Johnson (Miami Vice) and Bruce Willis (Moonlighting).

Victorious: Music From The Hit TV Show holds at #41 in its sixth week. It's the #1 soundtrack for the sixth week...Country Strong drops from #83 to #87 in its 33rd week. It's the top-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the 18th week.

Lindsey Buckingham's Seeds We Sow bows at #45. Buckingham first charted in 1975 with an eponymous album by Fleetwood Mac. He first charted as a solo artist in 1981 with Law And Order.

As of this week, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits) has sold 6 million copies since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. And that impressive tally doesn't include the album's first 15 years of sales.

Doris Day's My Heart enters the U.K. album chart at #9. Day had a song in the top 10 ("Sugarbush," a duet with Frankie Laine) the week of the very first U.K. chart: Nov. 14, 1952. She landed her first top 10 hit in the U.S. in April 1945, as the featured singer on Les Brown and his Orchestra's immortal "Sentimental Journey." Day is one of the few singers from that era who is still living. Day, 89, lives in California.

Contagion was #1 at the box-office over the weekend.

AC/DC's Live At River Plate is #1 on Top Music Videos for the seventh week. It's the top-selling music video so far this year, ahead of Beyonce's I Am...World Tour and an all-star concert recording of Les Miserables.

Coming Attractions: Lady Antebellum's Own The Night is expected to be next week's top new entry. Also due: Bush's Sea Of Memories, Staind's Staind, Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn Of Events, Alice Cooper's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, Anthrax's Worship Music, Primus' Green Naugahyde, Devil Wears Prada's Dead Throne, Steve Holy's Love Don't Run, The Kooks' Junk Of The Heart and Brantley Gilbert's Halfway To Heaven.

For week ending August 21, sales of physical CDs were down just 4.5% compared to 2010 (129.698m vs. 135.868m), so that's a bit better than "dropping like a rock." :) I do agree, though, that they will keep dipping unless something major happens to revitalize the format.

Digital album sales were up 19.1% compared to where they stood at the same time in 2010.

Market watch through the 9/17 chart
CDs down 4% (143M to 137M)
Digital albums up 19.8% (55.7M to 66.7M)

or digital is up 11 million albums, CDs are down 6 million

This seems to be the first year digital is making up for the slide in physical product

Isn't that the week we get new music from Coldplay, Drake, Kelly Clarkson and Michael Buble? It likely won't total 1 million that Taylor sold but it'll definitely cushion the blow.

NEW 3 George Strait Here For A Good Time 91,414 91,521
13 10 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 24,348 1,814,774
6 12 Jake Owen Barefoot Blue Jean Night 22,309 77,797
11 13 Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines 22,246 284,799
15 21 Eric Church Chief 16,218 327,751
21 26 Pistol Annies Hell On Heels 13,255 72,131
24 27 Blake Shelton Red River Blue 12,740 301,146
35 29 Brad Paisley This Is Country Music 12,066 470,581
33 30 The Band Perry The Band Perry 11,572 751,554
30 32 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 10,573 1,174,673
29 34 Taylor Swift Speak Now 9,868 3,652,471
56 40 Lady Anthebellum Need You Now 9,804 3,644,592
42 45 Eli Young Band Life At Best 8,320 70,317
25 49 Scotty McCreery American Idol/Highlights 7,996 177,865
47 50 Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me 7,993 233,030
63 54 Zac Brown Band The Foundation 7,533 2,730,152
23 56 Glen Campbell Ghost On The Canvas 7,384 21,774
60 59 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 6,515 944,493
58 62 Blake Shelton Loaded…Best of Blake… 6,218 401,660
47 63 Various Now Country IV 6,164 146,872
53 65 Trace Adkins Proud To Be Here 5,967 100,970
67 66 Chris Young Neon 5,853 174,377
76 71 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 5,554 964,484
88 76 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 5,199 383,449
67 78 Sunny Sweeney Concrete 5,120 26,418
107 104 Ronnie Dunn Ronnie Dunn 3,773 138,750
130 105 Sara Evans Stronger 3,714 281,730
86 117 Jeff Bridges Jeff Bridges 3,573 28,768
168 125 Darius Rucker Charleston, SC 1966 3,306 516,549
176 165 Keith Urban Get Closer 2,437 639,491

www.roughstock.com/blog/september-14-2011-chart-news-george-strait-still-king-

Drake will probably top 400k.

Continuing from last week's BB200 thread...

I saw Air Supply's GH Live priced at both Walmart and Target today for $5.00.

Damn @ Maroon 5's resurgence.

So it looks like Walmart, Target and Best Buy may have some of the same albums priced at $4.99/$5. I didn't see Air Supply at Best Buy, but I did some there that I also saw in the $5 Walmart bin.

Air Supply ready to rock the charts again- Adele's ballad success will open the doors for the duo... Well, probably not, but, anyway.

Billboard 200 Albums Chart
SoundScan Week Ending September 11, 2011

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Album Title TW % CHG LW Total
2 - 1 1 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 218761 -77 963970 1184103
29 3 3 2 ADELE 21 121334 -21 154182 3419261
1 - - 3 * STRAIT*GEORGE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME 91414 999 87 91521
1 - - 4 * BEATLES BEATLES 1 60094 999 1021 11820760
2 - 2 5 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS I'M WITH YOU 57761 -75 228926 287390
5 2 4 6 JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 49325 -38 79558 836021
20 29 23 7 * MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 28564 97 14508 630244
5 6 10 8 VARIOUS NOW 39 26693 -25 35579 279263
11 12 7 9 BEYONCE 4 25475 -35 39265 764812
16 11 12 10 FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 24638 -14 28682 273955
45 9 13 11 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 24348 -14 28470 1814774
55 16 19 12 * PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 22857 29 17658 1775301
2 - 6 13 OWEN*JAKE BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHT 22309 -60 55392 77797
5 7 11 14 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 22246 -24 29172 284799
3 4 9 15 STREISAND*BARBRA WHAT MATTERS MOST BARBRA STREI 20894 -43 36929 126200
1 - - 16 * LAURIE*HUGH LET THEM TALK 19645 181 6991 33407
16 13 14 17 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 19323 -19 23884 1774624
2 - 5 18 GUETTA*DAVID NOTHING BUT THE BEAT 19050 -66 55730 74780
3 1 8 19 GAME RED ALBUM 18820 -52 38847 155546
36 25 17 20 ADELE 19 17536 -12 19919 1361044
13 15 20 21 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 17390 -1 17521 515929
77 14 16 22 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 16656 -19 20494 1788395
7 10 15 23 CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 16218 -23 21020 327751
1 - - 24 * ORTIZ*GERARDO ENTRE DIOS Y EL DIABLO 14811 999 6 14820
1 - - 25 * CELTIC THUNDER STORM 14335 999 12 14367
1 - - 26 * JOHNSON*LE'ANDRIA AWAKENING OF LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 14286 999 30 12128
12 46 47 27 * PITBULL PLANET PIT 14122 46 9690 205890
3 5 22 28 PISTOL ANNIES HELL ON HEELS 13255 -9 14636 72131
9 18 25 29 SHELTON*BLAKE RED RIVER BLUE 12740 -8 13807 301146
11 22 27 30 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 12582 -4 13166 304742
16 28 36 31 * PAISLEY*BRAD THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 12066 10 10922 470581
48 26 34 32 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 11572 1 11511 751554
8 19 29 33 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 20 11046 -13 12630 231856
51 24 31 34 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 10573 -13 12127 1174673
49 37 32 35 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 9928 -18 12118 1258458
46 27 30 36 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 9868 -20 12366 3652471
2 - 39 37 CASTING CROWNS UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS 9794 -6 10465 297437
13 23 38 38 EVANCHO*JACKIE DREAM WITH ME 9197 -13 10622 458935
3 8 21 39 VARIOUS MUPPETS: GREEN ALBUM 9195 -40 15256 55074
43 20 37 40 RIHANNA LOUD 9137 -16 10818 1452929
6 32 41 41 VICTORIOUS CAST FEAT. VICTORIA VICTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM THE HIT 9012 -14 10451 109611
85 57 58 42 * LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 9004 14 7898 3644592
42 36 33 43 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 8912 -25 11850 1573409
12 47 69 44 * BON IVER BON IVER 8897 31 6794 266015
1 - - 45 * BUCKINGHAM*LINDSEY SEEDS WE SOW 8857 999 126 8983
9 39 56 46 SOUNDTRACK SHAKE IT UP:BREAK IT DOWN 8377 3 8142 98515
4 17 43 47 ELI YOUNG BAND LIFE AT BEST 8320 -19 10244 70317
1 - - 48 * HORRIBLE CROWES ELSIE 8156 999 227 8383
1 - - 49 * HANK 3 GHOST TO A GHOST/GUTTER TOWN 8058 999 190 8248
19 31 40 50 VARIOUS NOW 38 8020 -23 10453 582363
11 30 26 51 MCCREERY*SCOTTY AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10: SCOTT 7996 -41 13541 177865
12 38 49 52 MOORE*JUSTIN OUTLAWS LIKE ME 7993 -13 9213 233030
12 56 52 53 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 7984 -8 8650 116360
3 74 51 54 MERCYME GENEROUS MR LOVEWELL, THE 7961 -9 8743 116476
64 44 56 55 EMINEM RECOVERY 7604 -7 8142 4024194
147 49 65 56 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 7533 6 7095 2730152
2 - 18 57 KRAVITZ*LENNY BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA 7409 -61 18956 26531
2 - 24 58 CAMPBELL*GLEN GHOST ON THE CANVAS 7384 -48 14264 21774
7 33 35 59 ROWLAND*KELLY HERE I AM 7266 -35 11208 158704
25 52 44 60 BROWN*CHRIS F.A.M.E. 6960 -31 10148 727706
8 40 45 61 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 6819 -32 9967 2438057
50 54 62 62 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 6515 -11 7307 944493
24 50 60 63 WIZ KHALIFA ROLLING PAPERS 6298 -17 7626 570352
9 34 46 64 CAILLAT*COLBIE ALL OF YOU 6252 -36 9803 172201
44 85 89 65 * SHELTON*BLAKE LOADED: THE BEST OF BLAKE SHEL 6218 14 5447 401660
13 61 64 66 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY 4 6164 -13 7124 146872
12 35 59 67 SCOTT*JILL LIGHT OF THE SUN 6053 -21 7666 326622
6 41 55 68 ADKINS*TRACE PROUD TO BE HERE 5967 -27 8145 100970
9 42 71 69 YOUNG*CHRIS NEON 5853 -13 6718 174377
1 - - 70 * GRIMM*MICHAEL MICHAEL GRIMM 5787 306 1425 94282
11 60 67 71 BIG SEAN FINALLY FAMOUS 5769 -17 6949 209101
2 - 28 72 SCOTT*JILL ORIGINAL JILL SCOTT FRM VAULT 5676 -56 12765 18615
24 53 54 73 SPEARS*BRITNEY FEMME FATALE 5566 -33 8297 671558
43 63 81 74 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 5554 -6 5880 964484
9 75 77 75 THEORY OF A DEADMAN TRUTH IS 5516 -9 6033 103234
22 78 74 76 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 5422 -19 6672 568086
77 79 88 77 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 5405 -1 5485 2910753
96 67 87 78 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 5335 -4 5558 876891
51 99 95 79 CURRINGTON*BILLY ENJOY YOURSELF 5199 1 5125 383449
3 102 48 80 TYLER THE CREATOR GOBLIN 5129 -47 9650 122760
3 21 70 81 SWEENEY*SUNNY CONCRETE 5120 -24 6776 26418
30 94 94 82 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 5113 -1 5158 2556276
1 - - 83 * BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 5054 142 2092 694544
1 - - 84 * MCLAUGHLIN*JON FOREVER IF EVER 4994 0 4994
7 108 104 85 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 4985 5 4762 842180
23 86 91 86 CASH*JOHNNY VH1 STORYTELLERS WITH WILLIE N 4939 -6 5277 450442
33 45 83 87 VARIOUS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIGINAL MOTIO 4927 -13 5682 343050
63 68 86 88 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 4898 -12 5592 760577
14 89 107 89 SKRILLEX SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITE 4879 5 4627 101792
3 130 42 90 YOUNG THE GIANT YOUNG THE GIANT 4763 -54 10388 63751
1 - - 91 * VA-MOST RELAXING CLASSICAL MUS MOST RELAXING CLASSICAL MUSIC 4756 999 212 168995
5 69 103 92 GLEE CAST GLEE THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE (ORI 4748 -2 4826 45499
4 - 80 93 BEIRUT RIP TIDE 4626 -22 5894 22240
8 55 78 94 3 DOORS DOWN TIME OF MY LIFE 4624 -23 5982 134499
1 - - 95 * ANUNA CHRISTMAS MEMORIES 4616 144 1894 26624
31 51 68 96 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 4532 -34 6863 7924894
35 82 85 97 MIGUEL ALL I WANT IS YOU 4479 -20 5601 292275
18 84 93 98 PERRI*CHRISTINA LOVESTRONG. 4401 -15 5184 196374
69 65 76 99 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 4360 -30 6252 836499
7 126 110 100 WHITE*BARRY BEST OF BARRY WHITE-MILLENNIUM 4347 -4 4529 795001
14 117 72 101 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 4324 -36 6716 3659465
25 91 102 102 FRANKLIN*KIRK HELLO FEAR 4304 -12 4880 349094
17 120 113 103 SEETHER HOLDING ONTO STRINGS BETTER LE 4297 -2 4400 193676
1 - - 104 * AEROSMITH ESSENTIAL AEROSMITH 3.0 4292 565 645 4942
9 70 82 105 INCUBUS IF NOT NOW, WHEN? 4261 -26 5752 154083
17 92 134 106 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 4204 10 3805 425551
6 81 100 107 KEARNEY*MAT YOUNG LOVE 4174 -15 4901 77071
43 90 112 108 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 4128 -8 4485 868974
8 152 141 109 THREE DOG NIGHT MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 4097 12 3662 844059
4 59 98 110 BREAKING BENJAMIN SHALLOW BAY: THE BEST OF BREAK 3976 -20 4947 29378
150 97 111 111 LADY GAGA FAME 3920 -13 4497 4301194
7 98 106 112 SCRIPT SCIENCE & FAITH 3917 -16 4662 207957
56 184 193 113 * RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 3903 41 2764 1111863
43 118 137 114 KID ROCK BORN FREE 3847 3 3744 997234
6 93 125 115 SOUNDTRACK RIO: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PIC 3832 -5 4043 59226
142 71 75 116 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 3815 -40 6407 4614917
41 110 115 117 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 3814 -9 4184 474946
14 100 116 118 DUNN*RONNIE RONNIE DUNN 3773 -10 4178 138750
2 - 188 119 * BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 3737 33 2809 1902608
27 115 151 120 EVANS*SARA STRONGER 3714 10 3381 281730
22 169 63 121 STORY*LAURA BLESSINGS 3711 -49 7254 31972
5 64 84 122 ACE HOOD BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS 3703 -34 5602 52035
4 72 101 123 RADIO DISNEY VOL. 15-KIDS JAMS 15TH B-DAY E 3701 -24 4884 21672
107 114 127 124 SKILLET AWAKE 3699 -6 3921 616236
1 - - 125 * RAPTURE IN THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE 3693 999 202 3895
13 134 108 126 LEDISI PIECES OF ME 3672 -20 4581 130132
6 154 130 127 RICHIE*LIONEL BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3645 -5 3837 494374
48 96 117 128 BIG TIME RUSH BTR 3624 -13 4175 582055
4 - - 129 * O.A.R. KING 3615 116 1670 40867
4 176 121 130 AWOLNATION MEGALITHIC SYMPHONY 3598 -13 4122 58819
8 83 99 131 DJ KHALED WE THE BEST FOREVER 3596 -27 4919 117580
6 171 152 132 STRAIT*GEORGE BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3583 7 3335 1325582
5 151 118 132 VARIOS PUROS TRANKAZOS 3583 -14 4171 23915
4 58 92 134 BRIDGES*JEFF JEFF BRIDGES 3573 -32 5272 28768
1 - - 135 * VARIOUS LISTEN TO ME: BUDDY 3551 999 78 3631
8 123 144 136 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 3549 1 3512 332699
38 132 140 137 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 3544 -4 3684 6001208
30 116 129 138 BIEBER*JUSTIN NEVER SAY NEVER-REMIXES 3534 -8 3840 730331
1 - - 139 * DUELO VUELA MAS ALTO 3527 0 3527
102 128 125 140 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 3505 -13 4043 1394810
1 - - 141 * SHAGGY SUMMER IN KINGSTON 3495 999 182 8753
1 - - 142 * OH SLEEPER CHILDREN OF FIRE 3482 0 3482
63 133 119 143 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 3443 -17 4143 1452562
64 125 138 144 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3439 -8 3742 3419073
148 122 135 145 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 3414 -10 3781 6366996
1 - - 146 * PEARL JAM TEN 3378 310 824 9883274
7 137 132 147 TEMPTATIONS, THE VOL. 1-BEST OF TEMPTATIONS 60' 3333 -13 3827 1040615
11 104 133 148 ALAINA*LAUREN AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10: LAURE 3321 -13 3816 74092
9 193 - 149 * RUCKER*DARIUS CHARLESTON, SC 1966 3306 25 2653 516549
3 48 109 150 CARREE*ISAAC UNCOMMON ME 3299 -27 4532 9995
4 195 - 151 * LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 3296 22 2707 1912901
32 107 143 152 CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW 3269 -10 3635 174830
2 - 199 153 * NELSON*WILLIE SUPER HITS 3258 19 2727 2194194
17 139 176 154 IL VOLO IL VOLO 3233 6 3056 130584
1 - - 155 * NEEDTOBREATHE OUTSIDERS 3228 69 1909 140136
2 - 79 156 JESSIE J WHO YOU ARE 3224 -46 5955 122240
28 147 131 157 AMBROSIUS*MARSHA LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS 3189 -17 3834 371329
34 145 148 158 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 3188 -8 3448 9061731
50 105 97 159 LIL' WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 3180 -36 4957 955915
3 161 114 160 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 3170 -27 4338 1960006
37 138 159 161 DEADMAU5 4X4 3149 -3 3253 202682
42 158 171 162 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 3147 1 3106 1203207
41 112 146 163 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 3130 -11 3509 429317
2 - 184 164 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 3114 7 2916 956236
21 - 181 165 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 3049 2 2984 329587
7 181 183 166 CURRINGTON*BILLY ICON 3022 2 2953 76084
1 - - 167 * CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 3001 51 1992 830486
4 77 161 168 BLUE OCTOBER ANY MAN IN AMERICA 2985 -8 3228 38493
5 88 122 169 GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME 1017 BRICKSQUAD PRESENTS FERRA 2966 -28 4100 35523
16 157 150 170 VARIOUS . MMG PRESENTS: SELF MADE,V1 2945 -13 3391 159991
47 136 162 171 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 2942 -8 3213 1052288
2 - 155 172 BOYZ II MEN BEST OF BOYZ II MEN-MILLENNIUM 2932 -11 3289 632215
23 141 164 173 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD AMERICAN TRAGEDY 2931 -8 3203 218775
14 160 142 174 TECH N9NE ALL 6'S & 7'S 2921 -20 3652 139561
2 - 153 175 JAMES*ETTA BEST OF ETTA JAMES 2916 -12 3328 825883
6 146 170 176 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 2910 -7 3134 557512
59 149 169 177 AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIGHTMARE 2875 -9 3149 590073
2 - 96 178 PUDDLE OF MUDD RE:(DISC)OVERED 2865 -44 5106 8200
1 - - 179 * HANK 3'S ATTENTION DEFICIT DOM ATTENTION DEFICIT DOMINATION 2849 999 132 2981
19 135 156 180 SADE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2828 -14 3275 140581
22 131 172 181 LEMONADE MOUTH SOUNDTRACK 2826 -9 3101 330275
38 127 149 182 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 2821 -17 3398 10600120
1 - - 183 * BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 2808 23 2285 4744891
6 103 146 184 VARIOUS PHINEAS & FERB ACROSS THE 1ST 2796 -20 3509 29287
2 - 50 185 COBRA STARSHIP NIGHT SHADES 2783 -70 9183 11985
6 175 - 186 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 2782 4 2665 957062
5 - 158 187 DECEMBERISTS KING IS DEAD 2770 -15 3254 285907
7 106 175 188 SOUNDTRACK THE HELP 2768 -10 3060 33156
18 195 - 189 FLEET FOXES HELPLESSNESS BLUES 2761 6 2598 250652
17 183 - 190 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 2750 6 2595 5069501
1 - - 191 WILLIAMS*HANK JR. VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 2715 4 2618 2875966
1 - - 192 KEM INTIMACY 2705 10 2469 453550
31 156 167 193 VARIOUS NOW 37 2702 -15 3178 677973
4 164 174 194 LYNYRD SKYNYRD ICON 2653 -14 3100 151978
14 170 192 195 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 2640 -5 2775 5047966
11 121 168 196 WELCH*GILLIAN HARROW & THE HARVEST 2639 -17 3177 87552
15 150 - 197 NICKS*STEVIE IN YOUR DREAMS 2597 -4 2708 152276
50 173 - 198 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 2576 -3 2646 669875
2 177 - 199 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO 2569 0 2560 372268
3 43 136 200 MALKMUS*STEPHEN & THE JICKS MIRROR TRAFFIC 2559 -32 3756 14895

CHART: Current RAP Albums Overall
SoundScan Week Ending: 09/11/2011

3 UNCM 31 1 1 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 218,761 -77 963,970 1,184,103
5 DEF 2 2 2 JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 49,325 -38 79,558 836,021
4 GEFN 1 3 3 GAME RED ALBUM 18,820 -52 38,847 155,546
14 INT 3 4 4 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 17,390 -1 17,521 515,929
12 J 6 6 5 PITBULL PLANET PIT 14,122 46 9,690 205,890
43 UNCM 4 5 6 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 8,912 -25 11,850 1,573,409
12 AAM 8 8 7 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 7,984 -8 8,650 116,360
65 INT 5 9 8 EMINEM RECOVERY 7,604 -7 8,142 4,024,194
25 ATLG 7 10 9 WIZ KHALIFA ROLLING PAPERS 6,298 -17 7,626 570,352
11 DEF 9 11 10 BIG SEAN FINALLY FAMOUS 5,769 -17 6,949 209,101
19 XLXL 14 7 11 TYLER THE CREATOR GOBLIN 5,129 -47 9,650 122,760
5 ISL 10 12 12 ACE HOOD BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS 3,703 -34 5,602 52,035
8 UNCM 12 14 13 DJ KHALED WE THE BEST FOREVER 3,596 -27 4,919 117,580
66 UNCM 16 15 14 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 3,443 -17 4,143 1,452,562
50 UNCM 15 13 15 LIL' WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 3,180 -36 4,957 955,915
43 DEF 18 20 16 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 3,147 1 3,106 1,203,207
5 WAR 13 16 17 GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME 1017 BRICKSQUAD PRESENTS FERRA 2,966 -28 4,100 35,523
16 WAR 17 18 18 VARIOUS . MMG PRESENTS: SELF MADE,V1 2,945 -13 3,391 159,991
14 SMIF 19 17 19 TECH N9NE ALL 6'S & 7'S 2,921 -20 3,652 139,561
18 UNIV 21 21 20 LONELY ISLAND TURTLENECK & CHAIN 2,459 -10 2,741 175,391
20 CAP 20 19 21 BEASTIE BOYS HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PT. 2 2,280 -29 3,199 316,915
27 ATLG 23 24 22 FIASCO*LUPE LASERS 2,041 -13 2,356 464,492
19 AVGJ 24 26 23 FORD*COLT EVERY CHANCE I GET 1,962 -7 2,118 102,084
61 DEF 25 25 24 ROSS*RICK TEFLON DON 1,884 -18 2,304 667,532
45 UNIV 26 28 25 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON 2: THE LEGEND 1,720 -6 1,828 456,035
8 AVGJ 27 30 26 MUD DIGGER VOL. 2-MUD DIGGER 1,371 -18 1,670 19,645
49 WAR 29 31 27 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME FLOCKAVELI 1,260 -23 1,644 295,993
5 GCIE 22 29 28 ROYCE DA 5'9 SUCCESS IS CERTAIN 1,247 -31 1,815 26,271
3 CNCS 11 27 29 PRO DYING TO LIVE 1,192 -35 1,834 8,257
24 RTUM 30 36 30 MILLER*MAC ON AND ON AND BEYOND - EP 1,175 -2 1,196 51,849
2 EOM 23 31 SLIM THUG PRESENTS: THE BOSS H VOL. 3-SERVE & COLLECT (IMMAHO 1,171 -51 2,388 3,579
17 CAP 35 38 32 TINIE TEMPAH DISC-OVERY 1,133 -2 1,153 54,025
1 GRDH 33 DAS RACIST RELAX 1,108 0 1,108
40 ATLG 34 34 34 T.I. NO MERCY 1,099 -16 1,303 536,357
42 INT 32 33 35 YELAWOLF TRUNK MUZIK 0-60 1,054 -21 1,335 65,138
50 RCHZ 38 39 36 LECRAE REHAB 1,048 -6 1,114 113,251
42 DEF 40 35 37 JAY-Z HITS COLLECTION 1,046 -13 1,202 170,537
11 WAR 33 32 38 CURREN$Y WEEKEND AT BURNIES 1,039 -23 1,350 45,138
42 MCHT 37 37 39 OMAR*DON DON OMAR PRESENTS: MEET THE OR 1,023 -13 1,175 85,967
11 TDWG 36 44 40 LAMAR*KENDRICK SECTION.80 1,022 11 924 19,047
3 PSO 71 62 41 TWIZTID CRYPTIC COLLECTION V4 989 67 591 1,999
2 NZE 22 42 MALONE*GLASSES BEACH CRUISER 895 -67 2,717 3,619
73 AVGJ 43 42 43 FORD*COLT CHICKEN & BISCUITS 894 -4 933 195,811
72 ATLG 41 40 44 B.O.B B.O.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES 861 -17 1,042 568,487
17 WAR 44 45 45 NEW BOYZ TOO COOL TO CARE 824 -8 892 39,351
33 MCHT 46 46 46 WISIN & YANDEL LOS VAQUEROS: EL REGRESO 747 -4 776 114,073
43 UNIV 51 48 47 NELLY 5.0 671 -7 721 293,896
26 INT 48 58 48 BARKER*TRAVIS GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME 648 1 641 79,266
48 INT 49 51 49 FAR EAST MOVEMENT FREE WIRED 613 -10 679 161,136
22 RHMS 45 50 50 ATMOSPHERE FAMILY SIGN 609 -12 689 61,609
30 AVGJ 55 52 51 LACS COUNTRY BOY'S PARADISE 606 -10 675 25,644
36 RECH 57 57 52 LECRAE REHAB: THE OVERDOSE 597 -7 644 51,372
58 AVGJ 47 47 53 VARIOUS MUD DIGGER 596 -21 756 37,643
45 SML 60 61 54 PITBULL ARMANDO 584 -3 601 69,047
8 EOM 39 43 55 WU-TANG LEGENDARY WEAPONS 579 -38 932 20,695
5 TCRE 58 64 56 BIG HUD DA HEAVYWEIGHT BENCHMARK 559 3 542 2,772
11 SUBP 70 54 57 SHABAZZ PALACES BLACK UP 553 -16 657 11,299
9 RAPA 56 55 58 PIMP C STILL PIMPING 550 -15 650 16,630
25 WAR 54 49 59 GUCCI MANE RETURN OF MR. ZONE 6 533 -23 694 78,703
68 UNIV 53 53 60 MARLEY*DAMIAN & NAS DISTANT RELATIVES 516 -22 663 254,754
8 NZE 42 56 60 KOTTONMOUTH KINGS SUNRISE SESSIONS 516 -20 649 18,167
9 FTPM 61 59 62 MELLOWHYPE BLACKENEDWHITE 503 -21 640 13,854
43 D172 78 69 63 CURREN$Y PILOT TALK II (EX) 475 -5 498 53,232
62 DEF 100 88 64 BIG BOI SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: THE SO 469 44 326 231,367
9 GRLB 52 60 65 COOL KIDS WHEN FISH RIDE BICYCLES 456 -26 616 11,935
16 DEF 68 66 66 JADAKISS I LOVE YOU (A DEDICATION TO MY 453 -15 530 31,562
24 CAP 64 68 67 SNOOP DOGG DOGGUMENTARY 449 -15 528 109,479
16 RCHZ 59 65 68 TEDASHII BLACKLIGHT 426 -20 535 22,033
44 WAR 83 70 69 LIL BOOSIE/WEBBIE/LIL TRIL ALL OR NOTHING 404 -13 463 65,042
7 SMIF 50 66 70 JAY ROCK FOLLOW ME HOME 393 -26 530 10,692
12 ISL 89 74 71 INSANE CLOWN POSSE ICON (EX) 382 -11 430 4,170
9 SPHX 80 79 72 CALI SWAG DISTRICT KICKBACK 358 0 357 7,523
13 EOM 65 71 73 GORILLA ZOE KING KONG 354 -23 458 25,858
65 ISL 76 85 74 ROOTS HOW I GOT OVER 347 4 335 207,258
50 WAR 76 75 75 LIL BOOSIE INCARCERATED 344 -13 397 108,350
42 GU1 81 77 76 BANKS*LLOYD H.F.M.2 (HUNGER FOR MORE 2) 334 -10 372 123,433
41 INT 99 89 76 SOULJA BOY DEANDRE WAY 334 3 325 80,732
50 WAR 91 96 78 GUCCI MANE APPEAL: GEORGIA'S MOST WANTED 330 13 292 170,382
3 MMG 28 73 79 APATHY HONKEY KONG 328 -24 431 2,447
9 EMRC 75 76 80 TRAE THA TRUTH STREET KING 325 -18 396 8,052
24 HT2 79 78 81 E-40 REVENUE RETRIEVIN':GRAVEYARD S 324 -13 371 37,308
8 HYTZ 74 81 82 PROJECT PAT LOUD PACK 319 -8 347 5,832
8 WAR 98 83 83 LONDON*THEOPHILUS TIMEZ ARE WEIRD THESE DAYS 302 -12 342 6,965
23 EOM 96 84 84 JONES*JIM CAPO 300 -11 337 58,988
1 D172 85 CURREN$Y PILOT TALK 288 10 263 52,462
37 CSRZ 88 98 86 FLAME CAPTURED 282 1 280 14,921
25 SML 87 81 87 ALEXIS & FIDO PERREOLOGIA 279 -20 347 19,142
30 SIEN 95 88 TITO EL BAMBINO INVENCIBLE 272 -7 294 35,279
11 RHMS 81 89 GRIEVES TOGETHER/APART 270 -1 272 12,503
23 HT2 90 86 90 E-40 REVENUE RETRIEVIN':OVERTIME SH 269 -18 330 35,221
48 VRGN 86 91 91 CHIDDY BANG PREVIEW, THE 268 -15 317 29,729
4 SOSD 67 72 92 Z-RO STRAIGHT PROFIT 267 -39 438 1,633
3 TCRE 93 RISHAD*CLEMM CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE 262 -4 274 10,151
3 OSTP 72 90 94 LIL WAYNE TEAR DROP 4 258 -20 321 1,543
38 ATLG 99 95 FLO RIDA ONLY ONE FLO [PART 1] 255 -8 277 54,933
2 TOP5 95 96 BMC BOYZ GANGSTER OF LOVE 254 2 248 1,540
1 PINA 97 PLAN B HOUSE OF PLEASURE 250 0 250 15,692
30 RCA 94 97 98 RUN-DMC S.O.U.L.: RUN DMC 247 -14 287 12,261
3 NZE 69 99 SLAINE WORLD WITH NO SKIES 2.0 245 -10 272 3,494
1 EOM 100 SLIM THUG THA THUG SHOW 243 -2 248 55,530

55 16 19 12 * PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 22857 29 17658 1775301
16 13 14 17 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 19323 -19 23884 1774624

Wow- I did not realize how close these records are !

46 27 30 36 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 9868 -20 12366 3652471
85 57 58 42 * LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 9004 14 7898 3644592

I also did not realize that Taylor recently took over Lady Antebellum's last record, but I would not surprised if Lady A. overtakes Taylor again in the new few weeks since their new record is out now.

^The album had gained a little bit after the VMAs last week, and so that combined with possible end of sale-pricing probably resulted in the decline. It is, though, an underwhelming overall performance given all of the airplay success.