Billboard 200: 5/19/12: Carrie Underwood #1: 267k

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Carrie Underwood this week becomes the first American Idol alumnus to land three #1 albums on The Billboard 200. Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry's band Daughtry have each had two. Underwood scores with her fourth album, Blown Away, which follows 2007's Carnival Ride and 2009's Play On.

Clarkson was the first Idol alum to land a #1 album and also the first to land two. But she missed out on the chance to become the first to log three when her current album, Stronger, debuted and peaked at #2 in October. (Chris Daughtry likewise missed out on the chance to become first Idol alum to land three #1 albums when his band's Break The Spell debuted and peaked at #8 in November.)

Underwood and Clarkson are, by far, the biggest stars that Idol has produced. Oddly, neither artist reached #1 with her best-selling album. Underwood's 2005 debut, Some Hearts, peaked at #2. Clarkson's 2004 sophomore album, Breakaway, peaked at #3.

Underwood has won more Grammys (five) than any other Idol alum. Clarkson is second with three. Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia have each won one. Underwood is the only Idol contestant to have won as Best New Artist (or even to have been nominated, for that matter).

In addition, Underwood becomes only the second female "core" country artist to land three #1 albums on The Billboard 200, following Faith Hill. Hill topped the chart from 1999 to 2005 with Breathe, Cry and Fireflies. (Linda Ronstadt also had three #1 albums in the 1970s, when she was a pop/rock/country powerhouse. Two of those three albums also reached #1 on the country chart. But Ronstadt was, at root, a pop/rock artist who was embraced by country, not the other way around.)

Swept Away also debuts at #1 on Top Country Albums, dethroning Lionel Richie's Tuskegee. All four of Underwood's albums have entered the country chart at #1. Underwood is just the second artist in the chart's 48-year history to debut at #1 with his or her first four albums. She follows Miranda Lambert, who achieved the feat in November. Two other acts (LeAnn Rimes and Gretchen Wilson) are runners-up, having debuted at #1 with their first three albums.

Underwood's album sold 107K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. Taylor Swift is the only other female country solo artist to top 100K in weekly digital sales. Swift has done it twice. Five songs from Underwood's album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Blown Away," which debuts at #22. Underwood performed the song on Idol last week.

Norah Jones' Little Broken Hearts enters The Billboard 200 at #2. It's Jones' fifth album in a row to make the top three. The album was produced by Danger Mouse, who has amassed five Grammy nominations for Producer of the Year. He won the award in February 2011. Little Broken Hearts is one of four albums in this week's top 10 which don't have a single song on Nielsen SoundScan's 200-deep list of the week's Hot Digital Songs. The others are Lionel Richie's Tuskegee, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Marilyn Manson's Born Villain.

You probably know that Jones is the daughter of sitar star Ravi Shankar. Jones isn't the only second-generation star to enter the chart this week. Rufus Wainwright, the son of Loudon Wainwright III and folk singer Kate McGarrigle, bows at #35 with Out Of The Game.

B.o.B's sophomore album Strange Clouds debuts at #5. His 2010 debut album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray opened at #1. The sales tallies for the two albums are pretty close. Strange Clouds sold 76K this week. …Bobby Ray sold 84K in its first week. Five songs from B.o.B's album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Both Of Us" (featuring Taylor Swift), which debuts at #8.

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee drops from #3 to #6. As of this week, the album has sold more copies than any other album released in 2012. Tuskegee has sold 679K copies, which enables it to pull ahead of Now 41 (658K). Only two albums have sold more copies so far this year. Both are holdovers from prior years. Adele's 2011 blockbuster 21, has sold 3,163,000 copies so far this year. Whitney Houston's 2000 compilation Whitney: The Greatest Hits has sold 765K so far this year.

The Music Of SMASH bows at #9. (By way of comparison, the first soundtrack from Glee debuted and peaked at #4 in November 2009.) This is the highest ranking for a TV soundtrack since Glee: The Music: Season 3: Volume 7 debuted and peaked at #9 in December. This is only the second week in 2012 that a TV soundtrack has ranked as the week's #1 soundtrack. Two songs from the SMASH album, both featuring series star (and Idol alum) Katharine McPhee, are listed on Hot Digital Songs. An original song, "Touch Me," bows at #106. A cover of "Shake It Out" by Florence + the Machine bows at #181.

Marilyn Manson's Born Villain bows at #10. It's Manson's seventh top 10 album. Manson first cracked the top 10 in October 1996 with Antichrist Superstar. Here's my weird item of the week: Manson has amassed more top 10 albums than any other male artist who has a distinctly female first name. He tops Alice Cooper, who has had five top 10 albums.

"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third week. Will it log its fourth week at #1 on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums, but first a word of explanation. For contractual reasons, I may no longer present the top 10 in a list format. Going forward, I'll present the same information in paragraph form. This new format lacks the visual punch of the old format, but I'll still be able to get the info out to you, which is the most important thing.

The Top Five: Carrie Underwood's Blown Away debuts at #1 (267K). It's the singer's fourth top five album…Norah Jones' Little Broken Hearts debuts at #2 (110K). It's the singer's fifth top five album…Now 42 debuts at #3 (95K). It's the fifth consecutive regular installment in this series to debut at #3…Adele's 21 drops from #2 to #4 in its 63rd week (77K). The former #1 album has been in the top 10 the entire time…B.o.B's Strange Clouds debuts at #5 (76K). It's the hip-hopper's second top five album.

The Second Five: Lionel Richie's Tuskegee drops from #3 to #6 in its sixth week (64K). The former #1 album has been in the top 10 the entire time…Jack White's Blunderbuss drops from #1 to #7 (56K) in its second week…One Direction's Up All Night drops from #4 to #8 in its eighth week (45K). The former #1 album has been in the top 10 the entire time… The Music Of SMASH debuts at #9 (40K)…Marilyn Manson's Born Villain debuts at #10 (38K). It's Manson's seventh top 10 album.

Six albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Lee Brice's Hard 2 Love drops from #5 to #14, Kip Moore's Up All Night drops from #6 to #16, The Wanted's The Wanted dives from #7 to #32, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded drops from #8 to #17, Gotye's Making Mirrors drops from #9 to #12, and Jason Mraz's Love Is A Four Letter Word drops from #10 to #15.

The Avengers Assemble soundtrack bows at #11. It's the week's top-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released film, displacing The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond. Marvel's The Avengers was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtrack features "Live to Rise," the first new Soundgarden track in 15 years, along with songs from such other rock acts as Shinedown, Rise Against, Scott Weiland, Evanescence and Five Finger Death Punch.

Seven Beastie Boys albums re-enter The Billboard 200 in the wake of the death last week of co-founder Adam Yauch, better known as MCA. The group's 1986 debut album Licensed To Ill re-enters at #18, its highest ranking since July 1987. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums, displacing Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits. The group's 2005 greatest hits album Solid Gold Hits re-enters at #56. The group's 1989 sophomore album Paul's Boutique re-enters at #56.

Licensed To Ill made rap history in March 1987 when it became the first rap album to reach #1. The trio had three more #1 albums: 1994's Ill Communication, 1998's Hello Nasty and 2004's To The 5 Boroughs. No other rap group has had four #1 albums. (Bone Thugs N Harmony and the collective D12 are runners-up with two each.)

In June 1995, Licensed To Ill became the first rap album in the Nielsen SoundScan era to reach #1 on Top Catalog Albums. This is its 27th week on top of that chart, which is longer, by far, any other rap album. (The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready To Die is second. It spent seven weeks at #1 on the catalog chart in 2004.)

The group has sold 19,985,000 albums in the U.S. since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. That's more than any other rap group. Bone Thugs N Harmony is second with sales of 16,867,000. Cypress Hill is third with 10,328,000.

Beastie Boys won three Grammys. Hello Nasty won for Best Alternative Music Performance. The Beasties are the only hip-hop act to win in that category.

We are just 25 years removed from 1987, but several artists (or group members) who topped The Billboard 200 that year have passed on. The roster includes Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, plus Yauch and two members of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Danny Fererici and Clarence Clemons. Albums by those four acts held the #1 spot for a combined total of 26 weeks in 1987. (In addition, Patrick Swayze, the star of Dirty Dancing, has passed on. That soundtrack was #1 for the last seven weeks of 1987.) The take-away lesson: Life is short.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World vaults from #20 to #1 in its second week on Top Music Videos, displacing Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall, which dips to #2 after 22 weeks at #1. The Harrison title sold 22K copies this week. It's his second #1 on this chart, following a re-release of The Concert For Bangla Desh, which debuted at #1 in October 2005.

Martin Scorsese directed Living In The Material World, which opened theatrically in September at the Telluride Film Festival. Scorsese has directed several acclaimed documentaries about (or concert films starring) rock titans. Others include The Band's The Last Waltz in 1978. Bob Dylan's No Direction Home in 2005 and The Rolling Stones' Shine A Light in 2008.

Scorsese is probably more plugged into to rock, and contemporary music in general, than any other major director. So it's fitting, if still somewhat surprising, that he won a Grammy before he won an Oscar or an Emmy. Scorsese won a Grammy as video director on Dylan's No Direction Home, which was voted Best Long Form Music Video of 2005. He won an Oscar for Best Director for the 2006 movie The Departed. He won an Emmy in 2011 for directing the pilot of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

Harrison had a #1 album in 1973 titled Living In The Material World. It was his first studio album following his 1970 smash All Things Must Pass. Harrison's Early Takes, Vol. 1 enters The Billboard 200 this week at #20.

Ricky Martin's eponymous 1999 album tops the 7 million mark in U.S. sales this week. The album debuted at #1 in the week ending May 16, 1999. That same week, Martin's smash single "Livin' La Vida Loca" was in its fourth (of five) weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. Martin was on the cover of TIME the week of May 24, 1999, with the cover line, "Latin Music Goes Pop!" That's called hitting it big.

Coming Attractions: Karmin's Hello is expected to be among next week's top entries. Also due: Silversun Pickups' Neck Of The Woods, Mary Mary's Go Get It, Tank's This Is How I Feel and Keane's Strangeland.

Carrie's last album opened with 317k. Blown Away opens with 267k.

Is the decrease due to Carrie's new material or the current state of the music industry?

Discuss...

^Yes, that could be it.

21 will cross 9 million sold on next week's chart.

wut

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Beastie Boys' 'Licensed to Ill' Returns to Top 20 on Billboard 200

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Following the death of Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch on May 4, the band's 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" reenters the tally at No. 18 with 19,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan (up 802%). The blockbuster set reached the top on March 7, 1987 and spent seven straight weeks at No. 1.

[...]Collectively, the trio's albums sold 55,000 last week -- up 1,235% from 4,000 the week previous.

Beastie Boys also come back to the Billboard 200 with "Solid Gold Hits" (No. 51 with 8,000; up 806%), "Paul's Boutique" (No. 56 with 8,000; up 4,287%), "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two" (No. 107 with 4,000; up 1,150%), "Ill Communication" (No. 109 with 4,000; up 2,799%), "Check Your Head" (No. 124 with 4,000; up 2,727%) and "Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science" (No. 141 with 3,000; up 3,303%).

In terms of digital songs, Beastie Boys sold a combined 151,000 downloads this past week -- up from 14,000 the week previous (a gain of 949%). Its best seller was the Billboard Hot 100 No. 48 single "Brass Monkey," with 15,000 (up 807%). The Boys' next largest was "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) with 14,000 (up 304%). "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" was third (14,000; up 1,087%), followed by "Sabotage" (14,000; up 885%), "Intergalactic" (12,000; up 953%), "Paul Revere" (11,000; up 1,114%) and "So What'cha Want" (11,000; up 1,621%). Those titles all debut on the two-and-a-half year old Rap Digital Songs chart at Nos. 32, 35, 36, 39, 45, 48 and 50, respectively.

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Her international numbers are also remarkable. She may not be the force she was, but she remains quite a force.

LOL

"Ricky Martin's eponymous 1999 album tops the 7 million mark in U.S. sales this week."

Slow and steady wins the race Seriously though, it's his career defining album so good to see it still selling at least few copies a week.

The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-05-19

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 NEW 1 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 1
2 NEW 1 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones 2
3 NEW 1 NOW 42, Various Artists 3
4 2 3 63 21, Adele 1
5 NEW 1 Strange Clouds, B.o.B 5
6 3 1 6 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie 1
7 1 - 2 Blunderbuss, Jack White 1
8 4 5 8 Up All Night, One Direction 1
9 NEW 1 Smash, Soundtrack 9
10 NEW 1 Born Villain, Marilyn Manson 10
11 NEW 1 Avengers: Assemble, Soundtrack 11
12 9 7 18 Making Mirrors, Gotye 7
13 12 10 39 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
14 5 - 2 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 5
15 10 2 3 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 2
16 6 - 2 Up All Night, Kip Moore 6
17 8 6 5 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj 1
18 RE-ENTRY 74 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
19 20 18 41 Chief, Eric Church 1
20 NEW 1 Early Takes: Volume 1 (Soundtrack), George Harrison 20
21 NEW 1 Master Of My Make Believe, Santigold 21
22 11 4 3 California 37, Train 4
23 29 24 79 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
24 14 9 4 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt 6
25 19 13 5 Changed, Rascal Flatts 3
26 13 16 22 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
27 17 11 5 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 8
28 22 21 4 Think Like A Man, Soundtrack 21
29 30 28 133 19, Adele 4
30 27 26 13 NOW 41, Various Artists 3
31 38 30 24 Talk That Talk, Rihanna 3
32 7 - 2 The Wanted 7
33 32 20 25 Take Care, Drake 1
34 18 8 3 Pluto, Future 8
35 NEW 1 Out Of The Game, Rufus Wainwright 35
36 33 22 6 Amaryllis, Shinedown 4
37 31 23 11 Some Nights, fun. 3
38 43 38 34 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum 1
39 NEW 1 Don Omar Presents MOT2: New Generation, Don Omar 39
40 34 27 5 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
41 28 35 42 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston 2
42 26 15 4 New Life, Monica 4
43 21 45 43 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
44 41 75 32 Blessings, Laura Story 41
45 25 19 7 The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond, Soundtrack 1
46 42 39 28 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson 2
47 51 44 38 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
48 39 37 7 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance: Music From The Disney Channel Series, Soundtrack 13
49 65 70 28 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay 1
50 NEW 1 Every Mother Counts: 2012, Various Artists 50
51 RE-ENTRY 13 Solid Gold Hits, Beastie Boys 42
52 57 50 24 Here And Now, Nickelback 2
53 35 31 9 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen 1
54 46 36 89 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
55 48 62 27 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine 6
56 RE-ENTRY 16 Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys 14
57 49 43 19 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex 14
58 50 41 5 I Win, Marvin Sapp 9
59 54 48 11 Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, Tyga 4
60 53 46 46 Sorry For Party Rocking, LMFAO 5
61 60 58 82 The Band Perry 4
62 59 55 27 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
63 58 52 111 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
64 16 - 2 Club Life: Volume Two: Miami, Tiesto 16
65 45 34 6 MDNA, Madonna 1
66 68 49 65 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars 10
67 61 40 4 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm 15
68 67 61 20 TM:103: Hustlerz Ambition, Young Jeezy 3
69 44 33 7 Port Of Morrow, The Shins 3
70 78 73 31 Clear As Day, Scotty McCreery 1
71 NEW 1 Crux, Hurt 71
72 55 56 102 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
73 63 47 4 Phase II, Prince Royce 16
74 69 66 48 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex 49
75 36 32 3 Impressions, Chris Botti 32
76 NEW 1 All Or Nothing, Pennywise 76
77 24 - 2 Live In London, Barry Manilow With The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra 24
78 77 72 85 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
79 23 65 81 Hands All Over, Maroon 5 2
80 75 67 83 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
81 91 98 46 Planet Pit, Pitbull 7
82 98 85 5 The Lumineers 45
83 15 - 2 Small Town Family Dream, Josh Abbott Band 15
84 66 53 14 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
85 82 81 36 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne 1
86 97 64 13 A Different Kind Of Truth, Van Halen 2
87 79 80 28 Clancy's Tavern, Toby Keith 5
88 85 63 41 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lionel Richie 63
89 139 173 13 Scars & Stories, The Fray 4
90 89 88 15 Emotional Traffic, Tim McGraw 2
91 NEW 1 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP), Red Hot Chili Peppers 91
92 87 86 80 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
93 47 165 221 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10 26
94 92 91 30 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch 3
95 99 51 18 God's Not Dead, newsboys 51
96 81 77 16 Kidz Bop 21, Kidz Bop Kids 2
97 62 17 3 Picture Show, Neon Trees 17
98 95 90 50 Torches, Foster The People 8
99 37 - 2 Nine Lives, Deuce 37
100 64 25 3 I Missed Us, SWV 25
101 80 105 29 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns 2
102 125 133 15 WOW Gospel 2012, Various Artists 30
103 107 142 139 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 67
104 129 172 182 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
105 52 12 3 Jack Johnson & Friends: Best Of Kokua Festival, Jack Johnson 12
106 NEW 1 NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits, Various Artists 106
107 RE-ENTRY 19 Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Beastie Boys 2
108 101 54 101 Lungs, Florence + The Machine 14
109 RE-ENTRY 63 Ill Communication, Beastie Boys 1
110 84 100 45 4, Beyonce 1
111 94 89 39 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West 1
112 RE-ENTRY 158 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Diamond Certification) 10 1
113 198 178 19 Sweeter, Gavin DeGraw 8
114 86 59 7 The MF Life, Melanie Fiona 7
115 71 14 3 The End Is Where We Begin, Thousand Foot Krutch 14
116 127 163 12 Hunter Hayes 18
117 114 127 213 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15 10
118 56 - 2 The Legendary Demos, Carole King 56
119 74 68 7 Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding 10
120 NEW 1 Home Again, Michael Kiwanuka 120
121 104 106 180 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
122 93 57 5 Locked Down, Dr. John 33
123 NEW 1 Fear Fun, Father John Misty 123
124 RE-ENTRY 36 Check Your Head, Beastie Boys 10
125 123 110 13 Home, Dierks Bentley 7
126 118 97 24 My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 1), Mary J. Blige 5
127 108 117 14 The Fresh Beat Band: Music From The Hit TV Show, Soundtrack 21
128 100 103 98 Recovery, Eminem 1
129 83 42 4 Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation), Counting Crows 11
130 76 135 15 2012 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 4
131 133 149 119 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum 1
132 NEW 1 Trankazos de Verano, Various Artists 132
133 110 136 32 WOW Hits 2012, Various Artists 35
134 112 124 33 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta 5
135 122 111 32 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
136 103 99 4 Stars And Satellites, Trampled By Turtles 32
137 157 185 24 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
138 RE-ENTRY 16 Take A Back Road, Rodney Atkins 8
139 175 - 155 Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood 2
140 138 93 33 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION 93
141 RE-ENTRY 18 Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science, Beastie Boys 19
142 113 128 26 Life At Best, Eli Young Band 6
143 142 138 34 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen 6
144 128 140 91 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd 60
145 NEW 1 Dave's Picks: Volume 2: Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT-7/31/74, Grateful Dead 145
146 RE-ENTRY 5 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare 82
147 116 148 37 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters The Millennium, The Temptations 73
148 111 78 5 Dedicated, Wilson Phillips 29
149 RE-ENTRY 7 Joyful Noise, Soundtrack 12
150 121 147 21 The Very Best Of Neil Diamond: The Studio Recordings, Neil Diamond 45
151 131 143 37 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies 5
152 119 134 54 Rolling Papers, Wiz Khalifa 2
153 RE-ENTRY 23 Formula: Vol. 1, Romeo Santos 9
154 106 96 17 The Muppets, Soundtrack 38
155 102 71 4 The Good Life, Trip Lee 17
156 109 116 154 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston (Diamond Certification) 17 1
157 124 150 24 Break The Spell, Daughtry 8
158 NEW 1 The Avengers (Score), Soundtrack 158
159 146 146 24 The Best Of Etta James: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Etta James 32
160 163 - 20 Back To Love, Anthony Hamilton 12
161 143 168 66 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Eric Clapton 66
162 145 155 50 Born This Way, Lady Gaga 1
163 174 157 236 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
164 136 137 89 Precious Memories, Alan Jackson 4
165 140 166 48 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Boyz II Men 70
166 186 189 111 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber 1
167 NEW 1 Nootropics, Lower Dens 167
168 154 158 70 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
169 148 108 27 Open Invitation, Tyrese 9
170 144 167 176 Whitney Houston (Diamond Certification) 13 1
171 180 191 38 I Look To You, Whitney Houston 1
172 168 181 54 The Best Of Barry White: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Barry White 78
173 165 - 159 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
174 164 192 14 Lights, Ellie Goulding 76
175 RE-ENTRY 46 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
176 RE-ENTRY 75 Play On, Carrie Underwood 1
177 141 141 130 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (Diamond Certification) 10 1
178 RE-ENTRY 31 Dream With Me, Jackie Evancho 2
179 RE-ENTRY 20 Camp, Childish Gambino 11
180 NEW 1 Come Along (EP), Vicci Martinez 180
181 192 - 110 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch 7
182 105 79 62 The Definitive Collection, Lionel Richie 19
183 147 160 38 Bon Iver 2
184 150 161 46 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Three Dog Night 109
185 156 159 27 Ambition, Wale 2
186 NEW 1 A Thousand Little Things, Point Of Grace 186
187 166 196 48 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 67
188 RE-ENTRY 139 The Wall, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 23 1
189 149 156 33 Duets II, Tony Bennett 1
190 RE-ENTRY 16 Arise: The Live Worship Expierence, William McDowell 63
191 196 - 86 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston 13
192 RE-ENTRY 34 Neon, Chris Young 4
193 179 - 149 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
194 152 154 26 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, Soundtrack 4
195 RE-ENTRY 20 The Path Of Totality, Korn 10
196 RE-ENTRY 27 I'm With You, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
197 189 - 29 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
198 RE-ENTRY 6 One Song At A Time, Jamie Grace 84
199 172 - 76 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan 6
200 RE-ENTRY 19 What If We Were Real, Mandisa 66

Top Pop Catalog
Issue Date: 2012-05-19

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 RE-ENTRY 443 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
2 2 1 84 19, Adele 1
3 1 2 17 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston 1
4 RE-ENTRY 2 Solid Gold Hits, Beastie Boys 4
5 RE-ENTRY 30 Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys 5
6 4 4 23 Brothers, The Black Keys 2
7 6 5 48 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lionel Richie 5
8 3 34 1019 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10 1
9 11 27 773 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
10 16 39 66 Fearless, Taylor Swift 6
11 NEW 1 Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Beastie Boys 11
12 8 3 33 Lungs, Florence + The Machine 2
13 RE-ENTRY 12 Ill Communication, Beastie Boys 13
14 RE-ENTRY 189 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Diamond Certification) 10 1
15 13 19 865 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15 1
16 9 13 29 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 8
17 RE-ENTRY 17 Check Your Head, Beastie Boys 11
18 7 12 21 Recovery, Eminem 4
19 18 30 25 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum 7
20 33 - 105 Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood 2
21 NEW 1 Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science, Beastie Boys 21
22 15 25 185 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd 3
23 14 29 44 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters The Millennium, The Temptations 6
24 12 16 29 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston (Diamond Certification) 17 2
25 24 28 26 The Best Of Etta James: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Etta James 2
26 22 37 77 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Eric Clapton 4
27 32 31 264 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
28 19 24 16 Precious Memories, Alan Jackson 3
29 20 35 61 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Boyz II Men 7
30 39 43 31 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber 5
31 23 36 14 Whitney Houston (Diamond Certification) 13 3
32 36 45 13 I Look To You, Whitney Houston 4
33 29 42 51 The Best Of Barry White: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Barry White 7
34 27 - 118 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 3
35 RE-ENTRY 48 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 9
36 RE-ENTRY 7 Play On, Carrie Underwood 36
37 21 26 195 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (Diamond Certification) 10 1
38 43 - 30 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch 18
39 10 7 76 The Definitive Collection, Lionel Richie 3
40 25 32 52 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Three Dog Night 11
41 28 47 52 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 5
42 49 - 475 The Wall, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 23 1
43 44 - 10 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston 6
44 35 - 51 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
45 41 - 46 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
46 31 - 19 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan 14
47 38 44 49 VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson 2
48 17 21 4 Save Me, San Francisco, Train 17
49 34 40 71 Greatest Hits Volume 1, Rascal Flatts 4
50 5 - 571 Greatest Hits, Queen 2

Vinyl Albums
Issue Date: 2012-05-19

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 - 2 Blunderbuss, Jack White 1
2 NEW 1 Early Takes: Volume 1 (Soundtrack), George Harrison 2
3 NEW 1 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones 3
4 NEW 1 Fear Fun, Father John Misty 4
5 NEW 1 Nootropics, Lower Dens 5
6 5 - 67 Abbey Road, The Beatles (Diamond Certification) 12 1
7 NEW 1 Fevers And Mirrors, Bright Eyes 7
8 NEW 1 Frkwys, Vol. 9: Sun Araw And M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos, Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras & The Congos 8
9 RE-ENTRY 4 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 1
10 NEW 1 Master Of My Make Believe, Santigold 10
11 NEW 1 Let It Enfold You, Senses Fail 11
12 7 1 21 El Camino, The Black Keys 1
13 NEW 1 All Or Nothing, Pennywise 13
14 NEW 1 There Is No Beginning To The Story (EP), Bright Eyes 14
15 RE-ENTRY 2 Locked Down, Dr. John 14

47 albums debut on the Billboard 200 this week.

23 are re-entries.

Yeah I thought it took two years before an album could chart on Catalog?

Was definitely last year, April/May time I think it was..

Chart Moves: Coldplay's 'American Idol' Gain; 'Avengers' Soundtrack Debuts; Jackie Evancho Returns to No. 1

May 10, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield (keith_caulfield), Los Angeles

The Billboard 200:
As reported earlier this week, Carrie Underwood claimed her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with "Blown Away." The effort, her fourth release overall, debuted atop the list with 267,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was a busy top 10, as six new albums debuted in the region. Norah Jones' "Little Broken Hearts" started in the runner-up slot (110,000), while the "Now 42" compilation staked its claim at No. 3 (95,000).

Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away' Debuts At No. 1 With Best Country Sales In Months

However, let's look at some of the movers and shakers farther down this week's list:

-- Coldplay: The band's first visit to "American Idol" (May 3) helps generate a 34% increase in sales for its album "Mylo Xyloto." The set, which was released last year, jumps 65-49 on the chart, selling 9,000 copies. The group was in Los Angeles (where "Idol" is filmed) for a three-show stand at the Hollywood Bowl (May 1, 2 and 4).

-- Various Artists, "Every Mother Counts": The second volume of the all-star charity compilation features 19 songs and debuts at No. 50 with 8,000 sold. The Starbucks-exclusive album includes contributions from Sting, Bono, Sade and David Bowie. Proceeds from its sales benefit the Every Mother Counts organization, which supports maternal health care worldwide.

-- Gavin DeGraw: Though dismissed from the "Dancing With the Stars" stage weeks ago, the former contestant returned to the ballroom to perform his "Sweeter" album's title track on May 1. In turn, the album's sales jump by 63% and it vaults 198-113 on the tally.

-- " Avengers: Assemble": The blockbuster movie's soundtrack just misses the top 10, as it arrives at No. 11 with 27,000 sold. It features Soundgarden's new song, "Live to Rise," which also starts at No. 39 on the Rock Digital Songs chart (9,000 downloads; up 214%).

-- Red Hot Chili Peppers: The band's iTunes-exclusive "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers" set debuts at No. 91 with 5,000 sold. The latest entry gives the Chili Peppers an even dozen chart entries in its history on the Billboard 200. The band first debuted on the Billboard 200 almost 25 years ago -- on Nov. 21, 1987 with "Uplift Mofo Party Plan."

-- Jackie Evancho: The young performer sang two songs on the May 1 (actually April 30) edition of "Dancing With the Stars," thus prompting her "Dream With Me" album's out of the blue 220% gain. With 3,000 sold, it reenters the Billboard 200 at No. 178 and returns to No. 1 on the Classical Crossover chart for the first time since Nov. 5, 2011.