Billboard 200: 2/6/10: Hope for Haiti #1: 171k

Good debut for Motion City Soundtrack, both in sales and in position. :)

I would think Coldplay sold more digitally in its first week, but have to check (and, that was almost a full week, compared to the Haiti album's 1 1/2 days or so). Kanye West at one time had the biggest week (133,000).

^ 100,000 for Lil' Wayne.

"• The "Hope for Haiti Now" charity album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 171,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, becoming the first digital-exclusive set to top the tally in its nearly 54-year history."

I love how this is written. This over-dramatizes the achievement a bit and implies that digital has been around a long time.

What number is Katharine McPhee's "Unbroken" this week and how much did it sell??

Fearless sold 129,000 first week.

Now we are down 9% this week.

325k for Lady Antebellum is great.

Week Ending Jan. 24, 2010: Hope For Haiti Makes History
Posted 13 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Hope For Haiti Now makes history this week on two fronts. It's the first album ever to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 solely through digital sales. And it's the first album from a charity concert or telethon ever to reach the top. (It surpasses The Concert For Bangla Desh, George Harrison's 1971 album which single-handedly created the charity album genre. It logged six weeks at #2.)

Until this week, the #1 album with the highest percentage of digital sales was Ke$ha's Animal, which debuted two weeks ago with digital sales accounting for 76% of its weekly total. That record didn't last long, a sign of just how fast the music industry is changing.

Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Telethon For Earthquake Relief sold 171,000 digital copies between Friday night, when the telethon aired, and Sunday night, the close of the tracking period. Only one album has ever sold more digital copies in one week. That was Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, which sold 288,000 digital copies in its first week in June 2008.

Hope For Haiti Now is the third charity album to reach #1, following two collections of studio tracks: 1985's We Are The World, which raised money for the USA for Africa organization, and 2001's God Bless America, which raised money for the Twin Towers Fund. (Shameless Plug: I've made a list of all charity albums that have made the top 40. It will run as a Chart Watch Extra sometime this week.)

George Clooney and MTV Networks organized the Hope For Haiti telethon, which resulted in this album. This is the second time that Clooney has been associated with a #1 album. He starred in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which spawned a chart-topping soundtrack in March 2002. (Incidentally, Clooney's aunt, the legendary pop and jazz singer Rosemary Clooney, never had a #1 album. She came close in 1952, when Hollywood's Best, an album she recorded with bandleader Harry James, hit #3.)

Hope For Haiti Now has climbed far higher than such past albums from telethons as America: A Tribute To Heroes, which peaked at #27 in 2001. The advent of digital has made a big difference in this regard. In the old days, it would take a few months to get a physical album into the marketplace. By that time, the momentum had cooled. With digital, fans can be downloading the album while the telethon is still fresh in their minds.
(Let's use America: A Tribute To Heroes as an example. The telethon aired on Sept. 21, 2001.

The album was finally released on Dec. 4. And that was a rush-job.)
More than 83 million people tuned in for at least a portion of the Hope For Haiti Now telethon. The telethon had an average audience of more than 24 million viewers. Compared to those numbers, the 171,000 who paid to download the album may seem like a drop in the bucket. But there's always a big difference between watching something on TV for free and paying to own it.

Eight songs from Hope For Haiti Now are listed on this week's top 200 Hot Digital Songs chart. The three most popular are Jay-Z's "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (with Bono, The Edge and Rihanna), which debuts at #8; Justin Timberlake's "Hallelujah" (with Matt Morris), which opens at #24; and Sheryl Crow's "Lean On Me" (with Kid Rock and Keith Urban), which opens at #79.

The Fine Print: Beyonce's "Halo" sold 25,000 copies this week to rebound to #76, but only 11,000 of those copies were the Haiti-specific version she sang on the telethon...Jeff Buckley's 1995 version of "Hallelujah" also re-enters the chart at #174. It has sold 1,048,000 downloads to date.

Taylor Swift tops the Hot Digital Songs chart for the first time as "Today Was A Fairytale" debuts at #1. It sold 325,000 copies in its first week. That's the second biggest weekly tally ever for a country crossover hit. The biggest? Swift's "Love Story," which sold 360,000 copies during Christmas week 2008.

"Today Was A Fairytale" is the first single from the Valentine's Day soundtrack, which is due Feb. 9. Swift appears in the romantic comedy, which is slated to open on Feb. 12. The movie stars Julia Roberts, heading an all-star cast. (Swift has another song, "Jump Then Fall," on the soundtrack.)

Ke$ha's "TiK ToK," which slips to #2 on Hot Digital Songs, tops the 3 million mark in paid downloads this week. The song took just 18 weeks to top the 3 million mark. That's the second fastest that an act's initial Hot 100 single has reached 3 million in digital sales. The champ is Flo Rida's "Low" (featuring T-Pain), which hit the mark in its 17th week.

Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream becomes the first album to spend its first nine weeks in the top two spots on The Billboard 200 since Usher's Confessions in 2004. You might assume that Confessions sold far more copies in those nine weeks than I Dreamed A Dream did. After all, Usher's blockbuster was nearly six years ago, before the bottom fell out of the music industry. But Boyle is surprisingly close behind. After nine weeks, Confessions had sold 3,575,000 copies. After nine weeks, I Dreamed A Dream has sold 3,357,000. The only problem for Boyle: Her album was boosted by holiday gift-giving, while Usher's was driven by a string of smash singles. And Christmas comes around just once a year, while Usher had a new chart-topping hit every couple of months.

Lady Gaga's The Fame jumps from #4 to #3. This is the album's 31st week in the top 10. That's the longest run by a debut album since Norah Jones' Come Away With Me logged 36 weeks in the top 10 in 2003. The two artists couldn't be more different, but that's the fun of the music business. ("Paparazzi" tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. It's Lady Gaga's fourth song to hit this threshold.)

The 2010 Grammy Nominees CD opens at #5. This marks the ninth time that an installment in this series has reached the top 10. The series bowed in 1995. The best seller to date was the 2000 edition, which has sold 873,000 copies. The poorest seller was last year's volume, which has sold 215,000 copies. This year's edition includes all five nominees for Record of the Year.

Incidentally, if you haven't read my annual Grammy predictions yet, here's a link.
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Various Artists. Hope For Haiti Now, 171,000. This new entry is the first digital-only album to reach #1. Eight songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by Jay-Z's "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (with Bono, The Edge and Rihanna), which debuts at #8.

2. Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream, 86,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the third straight week. It's the first album to spend its first nine weeks at #1 or #2 since Usher's Confessions. (See item above.)

3. Lady Gaga, The Fame, 62,000. The album rebounds from #4 to #3. This is its 31st week in the top 10. Six songs from the expanded version of the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Bad Romance," which drops from #2 to #6.

4. Spoon, Tranference, 53,000. This new entry is the band's second straight top 10 album. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga debuted at #10 in July 2007. Digital sales account for slightly more than half of this week's tally (27,000 copies).

5. Various Artists, 2010 Grammy Nominees, 49,000. This new entry marks the ninth time that the annual Grammy Nominees CD has made the top 10. This is the 14th consecutive year that the franchise has made the top 15.

6. Vampire Weekend, Contra, 43,000. The album drops from #1 to #6 in its second week. "Horchata" drops from #90 to #135 on Hot Digital Songs.

7. Alicia Keys, The Element Of Freedom, 40,000. The album drops from #5 to #7. This is its sixth week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart," which drops from #57 to #71.

8. Ke$ha, Animal, 35,000. The former #1 album drops from #3 to #8 in its third week. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "TiK ToK," which dips to #2 after five weeks at #1.

9. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 35,000. The former #1 album inches up from #10 to #9 in its 33rd week. This is its 20th week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Imma Be," which jumps from #13 to #7.

10. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 32,000. The former #1 album drops from #8 to #10 in its 63rd week. This is its 54th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "You Belong With Me," which holds at #44.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster EP drops from #6 to #11, Mary J. Blige's Stronger Witheach Tear drops from #7 to #14 and Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel drops from #9 to #12. The latter album is the #1 theatrical movie soundtrack for the fourth straight week.

Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life debuts at #15. This is the rock band's highest-charting album to date. Even If It Kills Me debuted and peaked at #16 in September 2007...Michael Jackson's Number Ones dips from #31 to #32. It's the #1 catalog album for the 22nd time in the past 31 weeks.

The Crazy Heart soundtrack bows at #38. The soundtrack features the Golden Globe winning "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)," which was written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett. Will this song go on to win the Oscar? It's too early to say. Last year's Golden Globe winner, Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from the movie of the same name, wasn't even nominated for the Oscar.

Avatar made headlines last week for passing Titanic as the all-time worldwide box-office champ. (It will probably surpass Titanic as the all-time domestic box-office leader within two weeks.) The Avatar soundtrack isn't keeping pace. The album dips from #47 to #48 in its sixth week.

Avatar was #1 at the box-office for the sixth weekend. That's the longest run by any movie since Titanic topped the box-office for 15 weekends in 1998. But even that isn't the modern-era record. E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) was #1 for 16 weekends in 1982. (That's the record since January 1982, which is the start date for the indispensable www.boxofficemojo.com site.)

Song Scorecard: The Pussycat Dolls' 2006 hit "Buttons" (featuring Big Snoop Dogg) tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. It's the group's third song to reach this threshold, following "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes) (2,226,000) and "When I Grow Up" (2,180,000). No other all-female group in digital history has amassed three 2 million sellers.

Heads Up: Lady Antebellum's sophomore album, Need You Now, is expected to debut at #1 next week, with a sales tally in the range of 325,000 copies. Also due on next week's chart: Corinne Bailey Rae's The Sea, Magnetic Fields' Realism, Kidz Bop 17 and a raft of albums timed for Valentine's Day gift-giving. These include Celtic Woman's Straight From The Heart, Barry Manilow's The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time and the Now That's What I Call Love compilation.

it sold 3000 this week. total is 23k now

Top 20: gothamjungle.com/GothamBlog/?p=7225

1 1 VARIOUS HOPE FOR HAITI 171026 171026
9 2 SUSAN BOYLE I DREAMED A DREAM 85759 3357403
65 3 LADY GAGA FAME 61712 2578829
1 4 SPOON TRANSFERENCE 53277 53696
1 5 VARIOUS 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES 48766 48806
2 6 VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONTRA 43264 167456
6 7 ALICIA KEYS ELEMENT OF FREEDOM 39902 928423
3 8 KE$HA ANIMAL 35303 254085
33 9 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 34634 1889741
63 10 TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS 31836 5432484
9 11 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8TRK) 31243 668425
8 12 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL 29897 380658
10 13 JUSTIN BEIBER MY WORLD 29279 822194
5 14 MARY J. BLIGE STRONGER 28570 504065
1 15 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK MY DINOSAUR LIFE 26899 27103
93 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 23537 1422691
13 17 MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 23457 1349161
16 18 MICHAEL BUBLE CRAZY LOVE 22425 1294703
9 19 RIHANNA RATED R 21999 571733
28 20 OWL CITY OCEAN EYES 21208 720986

Until 2m puts up his "clean" version:

The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2010-02-06

1 1
Hope For Haiti Now, Various Artists
MTV Networks DIGITAL EX | 7.98 1
2 2 2 9 I Dreamed A Dream, Susan Boyle 4
SYCO/Columbia 59829 | Sony Music | 11.98 1
3 4 3 65 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope 011805* | IGA | 12.98 2
4 NEW 1 Transference, Spoon
Merge 365* | 15.98 4
5 NEW 1 2010 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists
Grammy 07880 | Capitol | 18.98 5
6 1 2 Contra, Vampire Weekend
XL 429* | 14.98 1
7 5 4 6 The Element Of Freedom, Alicia Keys
MBK/J 46571* | RMG | 13.98 2
8 3 1 3 Animal, Ke$ha
Kemosabe/RCA 49209 | RMG | 9.98 1
9 10 8 33 The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Interscope 012887* | IGA | 13.98 1
10 8 7 63 Fearless, Taylor Swift 5
Big Machine 0200 | 18.98 1
11 6 10 9 The Fame Monster (EP), Lady Gaga
Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope 013872* | IGA | 10.98 5
12 9 6 8 Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Soundtrack
Fox 522421 | Rhino | 18.98 6
13 11 9 10 My World (EP), Justin Bieber
SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island 013719 | IDJMG | 9.98 6
14 7 5 5 STRONGER withEach Tear, Mary J. Blige
Matriarch/Geffen 013722 | IGA | 13.98 2
15 NEW 1 My Dinosaur Life, Motion City Soundtrack
Columbia 19074* | Sony Music | 9.98 15
16 14 17 93 Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum
Capitol Nashville 03206 | 12.98 4
17 17 23 13 Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack), Michael Jackson 2
MJJ/Epic 76067 | Sony Music | 17.98 1
18 12 12 16 Crazy Love, Michael Buble
143/Reprise 520733 | Warner Bros. | 18.98 1
19 13 11 9 Rated R, Rihanna
SRP/Def Jam 013736 | IDJMG | 19.98 4
20 15 14 28 Ocean Eyes, Owl City
Universal Republic 013141* | UMRG | 10.98 8
21 35 40 9
For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert
19/RCA 54801 | RMG | 13.98 3
22 20 21 12 NOW 32, Various Artists
EMI/Universal/Zomba 58647 | Sony Music | 18.98 5
23 18 13 5 We Are Young Money, Young Money
Cash Money/Universal Motown 013795 | UMRG | 13.98 9
24 16 18 12 Play On, Carrie Underwood
19/Arista Nashville 49923 | SMN | 13.98 1
25 24 25 62 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
Roar/Bigger Picture/Home Grown/Atlantic 516931 | AG | 13.98 11
26 21 19 10 Battle Studies, John Mayer
Columbia 53087* | Sony Music | 13.98 1
27 22 15 7 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2, Soundtrack
20th Century Fox TV/Columbia 61705 | Sony Music | 11.98 3
28 30 28 42 Wide Open, Jason Aldean
Broken Bow 7637 | 18.98 4
29 27 20 12 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 1, Soundtrack
20th Century Fox TV/Columbia 54090 | Sony Music | 11.98 4
30 23 16 36 Relapse, Eminem
Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope 012863* | IGA | 13.98 1
31 26 22 20 The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
Roc Nation 520856* | AG | 18.98 1
32 31 35 41 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 3
MJJ/Epic 88998 | Sony Music | 14.98 13
33 34 26 70 Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon
RCA 32712 | RMG | 13.98 4
34 32 30 17 Kiss And Tell, Selena Gomez & The Scene
Hollywood 002831 | 18.98 9
35 28 24 6 Sex Therapy: The Session, Robin Thicke
Star Trak/Interscope 013708 | IGA | 13.98 9
36 36 33 62 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
Roadrunner 618028 | 18.98 2
37 37 37 21 Ready, Trey Songz
Song Book/Atlantic 518794 | AG | 18.98 3
38 NEW 1 Crazy Heart, Soundtrack
Fox/Fox Searchlight 6184 | New West | 17.98 38
39 38 38 7 The State Vs. Radric Davis, Gucci Mane
Brick Squad/Asylum 520540* | Warner Bros. | 18.98 10
40 39 32 62 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 2
Music World/Columbia 19492 | Sony Music | 11.98 1
41 25 2 Total Club Hits 4, DJ Poet Name Life
Thrive 90825 | IDJMG | 18.98 25
42 33 29 10 The Fall, Norah Jones
Blue Note 99286* | BLG | 18.98 3
43 29 42 22 The Time Of Our Lives (EP), Miley Cyrus
Hollywood 004719 EX | 10.98 2
44 41 41 17 Revolution, Miranda Lambert
Columbia (Nashville) 46854 | SMN | 12.98 8
45 44 39 71 Learn To Live, Darius Rucker
Capitol Nashville 85506 | 18.98 5
46 46 45 36 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
Loyaute 0105* | Glassnote | 11.98 37
47 42 46 12 The Bridge, Melanie Fiona
SRC/Universal Motown 013150 | UMRG | 10.98 42
48 47 31 6 Avatar, Soundtrack
Fox/Atlantic 521681 | AG | 18.98 31
49 52 48 14 Southern Voice, Tim McGraw
Curb 79152 | 18.98 2
50 48 55 10 Until The Whole World Hears, Casting Crowns
Beach Street/Reunion 10135 | Sony Music | 11.98 4
51 45 44 7 Malice N Wonderland, Snoop Dogg
Doggystyle/Priority 08942* | Capitol | 18.98 23
52 72 89 43 Defying Gravity, Keith Urban
Capitol Nashville 35751* | 18.98 1
53 51 53 17 Dear Agony, Breaking Benjamin
Hollywood 002398* | 18.98 4
54 53 59 28 Leave This Town, Daughtry
19/RCA 53744 | RMG | 18.98 1
55 55 49 170 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 4
Big Machine 079012 | 18.98 5
56 79 86 22 Awake, Skillet
Ardent/INO/Atlantic 519927 | AG | 13.98 2
57 50 34 15 The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Soundtrack
Summit/Chop Shop/Atlantic 519421* | AG | 18.98 1
58 63 51 65 Funhouse, Pink
LaFace 36759 | JLG | 13.98 2
59 65 61 7 Timbaland Presents Shock Value II, Timbaland
Mosley/Blackground/Interscope 013645* | IGA | 13.98 36
60 59 65 16 WOW Hits 2010, Various Artists
Word-Curb/Provident-Integrity 14857 | EMI CMG | 17.98 33
61 54 54 25 Speaking Louder Than Before, Jeremy Camp
BEC 26780 | 17.98 38
62 73 64 10 Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
DGC/Interscope 013783* | IGA | 13.98 12
63 69 75 16 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 2
Epic/Legacy 94287 | Sony Music | 19.98 54
64 70 74 83 The Sound Of Madness, Shinedown
Atlantic 511244 | AG | 18.98 8
65 NEW 1 The 99 Most Essential Brahms Masterpieces, Various Artists
X5 DIGITAL EX | 5.98 65
66 NEW 1 End Times, eels
e works 567* | Vagrant | 13.98 66
67 71 60 64 Twilight, Soundtrack 2
Summit/Chop Shop/Atlantic 515923* | AG | 18.98 1
68 66 58 8 Untitled, R. Kelly
Jive 31136 | JLG | 13.98 4
69 74 114 11 Save Me, San Francisco, Train
Columbia 07736 | Sony Music | 12.98 17
70 67 63 19 The Resistance, Muse
Helium-3 521130 | Warner Bros. | 18.98 3
71 64 67 15 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi
Dream On/G.O.O.D./Universal Motown 013195* | UMRG | 13.98 4
72 75 68 19 So Far Gone (EP), Drake
Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown 013456 | UMRG | 9.98 6
73 68 57 10 Before I Self-Destruct, 50 Cent
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope 012393* | IGA | 13.98 CD/DVD 5
74 60 43 7 Graffiti, Chris Brown
Jive 61434 | JLG | 13.98 7
75 19 2 Ollusion, Omarion
Starworld 58135 | Musicworks | 18.98 19
76 76 83 11 Memento Mori, Flyleaf
A&M/Octone 013512 | IGA | 13.98 8
77 62 50 9 She Wolf, Shakira
Epic 61695 | Sony Music | 13.98 15
78 89 76 29 BLACKsummers'night, Maxwell
Columbia 89142 | Sony Music | 11.98 1
79 81 56 16 (500) Days Of Summer, Soundtrack
Fox/Sire 518909 | Warner Bros. | 13.98 42
80 61 36 5 Nine, Soundtrack
Geffen 013801 | IGA | 13.98 26
81 77 70 9 All Or Nothing, Jay Sean
Cash Money/Universal Republic 013683 | UMRG | 13.98 37
82 93 111 132 Thriller, Michael Jackson (Diamond Certification) 29
Epic/Legacy 17986* | Sony Music | 17.98 1
83 95 88 37 Cage The Elephant, Cage The Elephant
DSP 49658* | Jive | 13.98 67
84 78 73 12 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters
Roswell/RCA 36921* | RMG | 11.98 11
85 RE-ENTRY 4 My One And Only Thrill, Melody Gardot
Verve 012563* | VG | 13.98 42
86 109 120 16 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan
Capitol Nashville 65833 | 18.98 6
87 NEW 1 Ando Bien Pedo, Banda Los Recoditos
Disa 721423 | UMLE | 10.98 87
88 90 90 17 Black Gives Way To Blue, Alice In Chains
Virgin 67159* | Capitol | 18.98 5
89 NEW 1 Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening, Aziz Ansari
Comedy Central 083 | 12.98 89
90 83 78 17 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, Mariah Carey
Island 013226* | IDJMG | 19.98 3
91 85 69 17 Brand New Eyes, Paramore
Fueled By Ramen 518250* | AG | 18.98 2
92 88 84 18 Life Starts Now, Three Days Grace
Jive 46256 | JLG | 13.98 3
93 87 79 22 Breakthrough, Colbie Caillat
Universal Republic 013194 | UMRG | 13.98 1
94 106 112 21 The Man I Want To Be, Chris Young
RCA Nashville 22818 | SMN | 10.98 19
95 101 118 102 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15
Columbia 44493 | Columbia | 13.98 10
96 82 80 18 Backspacer, Pearl Jam
Monkeywrench 8274* | 18.98 1
97 97 94 42 Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts
Lyric Street 002604 | 18.98 1
98 80 62 7 This Is War, Thirty Seconds To Mars
Immortal/Virgin 65111* | Capitol | 18.98 19
99 NEW 1 When Everything Breaks Open, Matt Morris
Tennman 40700 EX | 13.98 99
100 103 106 16 American Ride, Toby Keith
Show Dog-Universal 027 | 18.98 3
101 84 97 10 Kris Allen, Kris Allen
19/Jive 54802 | JLG | 13.98 11
102 96 82 13 Full Circle, Creed
Wind-up 13187 | 13.98 2
103 86 71 5 Mudvayne, Mudvayne
Epic 62153* | Sony Music | 11.98 53
104 104 137 16 Still, BeBe & CeCe Winans
B&C 31105 | Malaco | 14.98 12
105 105 107 23 Keep On Loving You, Reba
Starstruck M0100 | Valory | 18.98 1
106 111 103 44 Hannah Montana: The Movie, Soundtrack
Walt Disney 003101 | 18.98 1
107 127 113 144 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 4
Geffen 001714 | Interscope | 16.98 3
108 143 141 23 Party Rock, LMFAO
Party Rock/will.i.am/Cherrytree/Interscope 012932 | IGA | 10.98 33
109 91 77 11 The Circle, Bon Jovi
Island 013700 | IDJMG | 13.98 1
110 110 96 9 Pricele$$, Birdman
Cash Money/Universal Motown 013090 | UMRG | 13.98 33
111 112 98 7 xx, The xx
Young Turks 450* | 14.98 98
112 130 132 119 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10
Tuff Gong/Island 422-846-210 | IDJMG | 13.98/8.98 72
113 114 119 81 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 3
Cash Money/Universal Motown 011977* | UMRG | 13.98 1
114 100 72 8 The Hangover, Soundtrack
New Line 39150 | 16.98 72
115 128 116 12 I and Love and You, The Avett Brothers
American/Columbia 35099 | Sony Music | 12.98 16
116 126 102 15 Manners, Passion Pit
Frenchkiss 43886 | Columbia | 12.98 51
117 98 93 10 Good Evening New York City, Paul McCartney
MPL/Hear 31857 | Concord | 19.98 CD/DVD 16
118 138 121 6 Believe, Orianthi
Tal/Geffen 013502 | IGA | 9.98 118
119 102 91 7 Buffet Hotel, Jimmy Buffett
Mailboat 2121 | 14.98 17
120 140 101 110 Gold -- Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
Polydor 517007 | A&M | 18.98/12.98 63
121 108 95 30 American Saturday Night, Brad Paisley
Arista Nashville 47352 | SMN | 13.98 2
122 113 125 31 The Last, Aventura
Premium Latin 20800 | Sony Music Latin | 14.98 5
123 121 127 30 NOW 31, Various Artists
EMI/Universal/Zomba 28617 | Sony Music | 18.98 1
124 NEW 1 Astro Coast, Surfer Blood
Kanine 50048* | 16.98 124
125 135 148 77 That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
Mercury Nashville 011237* | UMGN | 13.98 28
126 115 99 9 Waking Up, OneRepublic
Mosley/Interscope 013607 | IGA | 13.98 21
127 134 123 35 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 8
Fantasy 2* | Concord | 17.98/12.98 123
128 122 124 79 Love On The Inside, Sugarland 2
Mercury Nashville 011273* | UMGN | 13.98 1
129 145 149 13 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch
Prospect Park 50100* | 13.98 7
130 40 2 Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, OK Go
Capitol 82437 | 12.98 40
131 56 82 The Best Of Sade, Sade 4
Epic 85287 | Sony Music | 9.98 9
132 144 115 34 Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
Bama Rags/RCA 48712* | RMG | 18.98 1
133 118 109 12 Raditude, Weezer
DGC/Interscope 013510* | IGA | 13.98 7
134 117 104 13 Soulbook, Rod Stewart
J 30256 | RMG | 13.98 4
135 119 5 With Love, Kenny Rogers
onQ 0371 | Madacy | 2.98/4.98 119
136 58 2 Y Not, Ringo Starr
Hip-O 013792* | UMe | 13.98 58
137 132 110 139 Abbey Road, The Beatles (Diamond Certification) 12
Apple SJ 383 | Capitol | 18.98 1
138 43 47 3 Elvis 75, Elvis Presley
RCA/Legacy 60626 | Sony Music | 11.98 43
139 141 136 83 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz
Atlantic 448508* | AG | 18.98 3
140 129 117 747 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 15
Harvest SMAS 11163 | Capitol | 18.98/10.98 91
141 125 81 7 The Princess And The Frog, Soundtrack
Walt Disney 004585 | 18.98 80
142 183 21 Tri-Polar, Sick Puppies
RMR/Virgin 28631 | Capitol | 12.98 31
143 157 164 16 The Script, The Script
Phonogenic/Epic 33450 | Sony Music | 12.98 91
144 131 153 114 It's Time, Michael Buble 3
143/Reprise 48946 | Warner Bros. | 18.98 7
145 139 128 42 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Decca Broadway 001682 | Decca | 18.98 128
146 149 154 5 Greatest Hits, The Who
Geffen 013800 | UMe | 13.98 146
147 133 108 21 I Look To You, Whitney Houston
Arista 10033 | RMG | 13.98 1
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I'd like to see 'The Fame' break 3 million! I think it can!

The Fine Print: Beyonce's "Halo" sold 25,000 copies this week to rebound to #76, but only 11,000 of those copies were the Haiti-specific version she sang on the telethon.
Well this is not totaly true...I mean Halo sold 36.000 copies this week but only 11,000 of those copies were the Haiti version...

There's absolutely no question that will happen. Look for it to break 3 million sometime in March (or maybe even February if she wins big at the Grammys).