Billboard 200: 1/8/11: Taylor Swift #1, 276K

And more from Hip Hop DX:

5. Michael Jackson, Michael: 150,000 (378,000 total)
6. Jamie Foxx, Best Night of My Life: 144,000
7. Eminem, Recovery: 137,000 (3.352 million)
8. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: 133,000 (791,000)
9. Keyshia Cole, Calling All Hearts: 128,000

19. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 86,000 (824,000)
26. T.I., No Mercy: 72,000 (301,000)
43. Diddy - Dirty Money, Last Train To Paris: 39,000 (140,000)
114. Ghostface Killah, Apollo Kids: 13,000
184. David Banner & 9th Wonder, Death of a Pop Star: 7,300

from a twitter, keri is suppose to have the number 11 album with 102k sold

Billboard.com

Taylor Swift Gets Christmas Boost on Billboard 200, Jamie Foxx Earns Highest Debut

by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | December 29, 2010 11:00 EST

Last-minute Christmas shopping -- and post holiday purchases -- impact both the Billboard 200 albums chart and Digital Songs tally this week. As forecasted, Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" continues to reign on the albums tally with 276,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan, while over on the Digital Songs chart two songs notch historic sales weeks.

At No. 1 on Digital Songs, Bruno Mars' "Grenade" sells 559,000 downloads (up 164%) -- the third biggest sales week for a digital song in history. Right behind him this week at No. 2 is Katy Perry's "Firework" with 509,000 (up 165%) -- the fourth largest frame ever.

Flo Rida's "Right Round" still owns the largest single week for a download when it debuted with 636,000 (chart dated Feb. 28, 2009). In second place on the all-time list is Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" with 610,000 (Jan. 9, 2010, reflecting the 2008 week that included Christmas).

Conventional wisdom is that many Christmas gift recipients find MP3 players and iTunes gift cards under their tree, resulting in immediate digital gratification via download services. With this week's charts reflecting the week that ended on Dec. 26 -- the day after Christmas -- the tallies look especially festive. Every year we see spikes in digital download sales in the week that includes the day of (and after) Christmas.

Back on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Susan Boyle's "The Gift" stands still at No. 2, with 240,000 (down 6%). The "Glee" Christmas album rises two rungs to No. 3 (160,000; up 1%), Jackie Evancho's "O Holy Night" is steady at No. 4 (151,000; down 21%) and Michael Jackson's "Michael" slips two to No. 5 (150,000; down 34%).

The week's highest new entry comes from Jamie Foxx's "Best Night Of My Life," which parties it up at No. 6 with 144,000. It's Foxx's third straight set to see a late December release, following "Unpredictable" (issued on Dec. 20, 2005) and "Intuition" (Dec. 16, 2008). The latter set opened at No. 3 with 265,000, while the earlier album climbed in at No. 2 with 598,000 (before hitting No. 1 the week following).

Eminem's "Recovery" is right behind Foxx, flying 15 rungs to No. 7 with 137,000 (up 100%). It benefits from sale pricing in the iTunes Store and also zips 15-1 on the Digital Albums chart with a whopping 513% jump in sales.

Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" stands at No. 8 for a second week, selling 133,000 (down 36%).

Keyshia Cole's "Calling All Hearts" is the list's second biggest debut, starting at No. 9 with 128,000. Her last album, "A Different Me," was released, coincidentally enough, on the same day as Foxx's last effort, on Dec. 16, 2008. "Different" launched at No. 2 with 322,000, one step ahead of "Intuition's" 265,000. Both albums were blocked from No. 1 that week by the woman who reigns this week: Taylor Swift. Her "Fearless" set was in its third non-consecutive week atop the list, selling 330,000.

Closing out the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Rihanna's "Loud," which climbs one spot to No. 10 with 111,000 (up 33%). Right behind her at No. 11 is the debut of Keri Hilson's sophomore effort, "No Boys Allowed," with 102,000. Hilson's first release, "In a Perfect World," debuted and peaked at No. 4 in April of 2009 with 94,000.

After Hilson, you have to scroll down all the way to No. 119 to find the next highest debut: Duran Duran's new studio album, "All You Need Is Now," released exclusively last week through iTunes. The set, the iconic band's 17th to chart, begins with 14,000 sold and also arrives at No. 11 on the Digital Albums chart and No. 6 on Top Independent Albums. A deluxe physical edition of the album will drop in February of 2011.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 26) totaled 15.08 million units, up 21% compared to the sum last week (12.49 million) and down 12% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (17.14 million). Year to date album sales stand at 319.01 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (366.13 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 43.96 million downloads, up 108% compared to last week (21.18 million) and down 2% stacked next to the comparable week of 2009 (44.75 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.129 billion, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.122 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" spent its sixth and final frame atop the list, shifting 137,000 (down 73%) while Lady Gaga's "The Fame" hit its peak of No. 2 with 82,000 (though it was down 51%). The highest debut came in at No. 73, from a discount "Chopin Masterpieces" set (10,000) that was sale priced in Amazon's MP3 store.

Em, You are just a beast.

Nicki Minaj is doing spectacularly! She'll outsell Kanye soon.

And people said she her success was a fluke? HA! ;)

Huge sales for Eminem.

I'm very happy for Duran Duran. Great sales for an exclusive.

More cutbacks at Billboard...

Looks like Taylor will end the year with just over 3 million. Good for her.

Taylor has sold 2.883 million so far without a big hit single

^Yes, but most of those were blips on the chart.

Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch

Week Ending Dec. 26, 2009: What Santa Brought
Posted by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Current hit songs by Bruno Mars and Katy Perry each sold more than 500,000 copies last week. Mars' "Grenade" sold 559K. Perry's "Firework" sold 509K. This is the first time in digital history that two songs have sold 500K or more copies in the same week. In fact, only two other songs in digital history have ever sold 500K in one week. Flo Rida's "Right Round" sold 636K in its first week in February 2009. Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" sold 610K during Christmas week in 2009.

Eight songs sold 300,000 or more copies this week, more than in any previous week in digital history. Seven songs hit that plateau during Christmas week in each of the past two years.

The news was less encouraging on the album front. Taylor Swift's Speak Now (276K) and Susan Boyle's The Gift (240K) remained in the top two spots. This will be the first December in Nielsen SoundScan history in which no album topped 300K in any week during the month. The last album to sell that many copies in one week was Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which sold 496K copies in the week ending Nov. 28.

This was the fourth week at #1 for Speak Now. Only Eminem's Recovery has logged more weeks at #1 this year (seven). Three other albums (Lady Antebellum's Need You Now, Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 and Susan Boyle's The Gift) have also spent four weeks at #1 so far this year.

Until this week, Lady Gaga was the only artist with three songs that had sold 4 million or more copies: "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis), "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance." Gaga now has to share that distinction with Rihanna. T.I.'s "Live Your Life," on which Rihanna is featured, tops the 4 million mark. Rihanna previously reached the 4 million plateau with her own smash "Disturbia" and Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie," on which she is featured.

Gaga remains the only artist with top billing on three 4 million sellers, but Rihanna is so crucial to the success of these two collaborations that it seems fairest to also put them in her column.

Rihanna and Gaga each have other hits that top the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. "Only Girl (In The World)" is Rihanna's ninth song to top the 2 million mark. "Alejandro" is Gaga's seventh.

Jamie Foxx's new album, Best Night Of My Life, enters The Billboard 200 at #6, a few notches higher than Keyshia Cole's new album, Calling All Hearts. These two artists must synchronize their schedules. Their last albums also entered the chart the same week. For the week ending Dec. 21, 2008, Cole's A Different Me opened at #2, while Foxx's Intuition opened at #3.

Eminem's Recovery rebounds from #22 to #7. This is its first top 10 appearance since Nov. 7. Recovery has sold 3,352,000 copies, which is more than any album sold in 2008 or 2009. And there's still one week to go in the 2010 chart year. The last album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was Josh Groban's Noel, which sold 3,699,000 copies in 2007. The last rap album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was 50 Cent's The Massacre, which sold 4,853,000 copies in 2005. (Recovery has sold more than half again as many copies as Eminem's previous album, Relapse, which has sold 2,110,000 copies as of this week.)

One key to the success of Recovery is its strong digital sales. The album returns to #1 on the Digital Albums chart this week, with digital sales of 54K. (It was sale priced in the iTunes Store this past week.) This sales spurt pushes the album to #2 on the all-time list of albums with the most digital sales. Recovery has sold 822,000 digital copies to date, a total topped only by Lady Gaga's The Fame, which has sold 879K digital copies. (Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends slips to third place, with digital sales of 794K.)

Everything has been going Eminem's way. He received 10 Grammy nominations earlier this month, more than any other artist. I think he'll finally win for Album of the Year when the awards are presented on Feb. 16. (Here's a link to my annual Grammy nominations piece.)

In just five weeks of release, Beyonce's I Am...World Tour has become the best-selling music video of 2010. The title has sold 132,000 copies. It tops Rush's Beyond The Lighted Stage, which has sold 118,000 copies in 26 weeks and Michael Jackson's Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour, which has sold 116,000 copies during the entire year.

Shameless Plug: I've written a Chart Watch Extra in which I count down the top 20 music videos of 2010. It's chock full of video lore. On Jan. 5, when the final numbers come in, I'll update all the tallies. I'll also update my already posted recaps of the year's top 20 songs and top 10 albums.

Here's the rest of the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" jumps from #6 to #3 (411K). Rihanna featuring Drake's "What's My Name?" jumps from #5 to #4 (343K). Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" jumps from #8 to #5 (331K). P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" jumps from #7 to #6 (324K). Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" jumps from #9 to #7 (312K). Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz's "6 Foot 7 Foot" drops from #3 to #8 (308K). The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" drops from #4 to #9 (294K). Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj's "Bottoms Up" holds at #10 for the second week (291K). ("Black And Yellow" and "The Time (Dirty Bit)" both top the 1 million mark in paid downloads this week.)

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

1. Taylor Swift, Speak Now, 276,000. The album logs its fourth week at #1. This is its ninth week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Back To December" drops from #34 to #36. "Mine" rebounds from #77 to #42.

2. Susan Boyle, The Gift, 240,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the second week. This is its seventh week in the top three. The album has sold 1,835,000 copies, which puts it at #5 for the year-to-date.

3. Various Artists, Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, 160,000. The album jumps from #5 to #3. This is its sixth week in the top 10. It's the top soundtrack for the sixth week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Last Christmas" drops from #65 to #132. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" drops from #68 to #159.

4. Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night, 151,000. The EP/DVD combo holds at #4 for the second week. This is its sixth week in the top five. The hit has sold 995,000 copies, which puts it at #13 for the year-to-date.

5. Michael Jackson, MICHAEL, 150,000. The album drops from #3 to #5 in its second week. "Hold My Hand" (featuring Akon) drops from #24 to #53 on Hot Digital Songs.

6. Jamie Foxx, Best Night Of My Life, 144,000. This new entry is Foxx's third top 10 album in a row. Unpredictable logged three weeks at #1 in 2005-2006. Intuition hit #3 in 2008. "Fall For Your Type" (featuring Drake) jumps from #96 to #83 on Hot Digital Songs.

7. Eminem, Recovery, 137,000. The former #1 album jumps from #22 to #7 in its 27th week. This is its 21st week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Not Afraid," which rebounds from #50 to #25.

8. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday, 133,000. The album holds at #8 for the second week. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Right Thru Me," which jumps from #46 to #43.

9. Keyshia Cole, Calling All Hearts, 128,000. This new entry is Cole's fourth top 10 album in a row. But it debuted lower than the other three. Cole's last two albums, Just Like You and A Different Me, both debuted at #2.

10. Rihanna, Loud, 111,000. The album jumps from #11 to #10 in its sixth week. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "What's My Name?" (featuring the ubiquitous Drake) jumps from #5 to #4. "Only Girl (In The World)" jumps from #18 to #17.

Diddy Dirty Money's Last Train To Paris dives from #7 to #44, even though the act's broadly appealing "Coming Home" is a big hit. Go figure. Three other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. R. Kelly's Love Letter drops from #6 to #13. Kid Rock's Born Free drops from #9 to #15. Glee, The Music: Season Two: Volume Four drops from #10 to #17.

Keri Hilson's sophomore album, No Boys Allowed, debuts at #11. Hilson's first album, In A Perfect World..., debuted and peaked at #4 in March 2009. "Pretty Girl Rock" jumps from #41 to #30 on Hot Digital Songs. Hilson was nominated for a Grammy as Best New Artist of 2009.

Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack jumps from #33 to #27. It's the #1 soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the third straight week. The duo's "Derezzed" drops from #120 to #151 on Hot Digital Songs....Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas drops from #20 to #31. It's #1 on the Catalog Albums chart for the fourth straight week.

Duran Duran's All You Need Is Now debuts at #119. The album was released exclusively through iTunes. A deluxe physical edition is due in February. The band first charted in June 1982 with Rio.

"California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg sold 115K copies this week, enabling it to pull back ahead of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" (which sold 64K this week) as the song that has sold the most digital copies in 2010. "California Gurls" has a lead of 41,000 copies. Will that lead hold up for one more week or will Train pull ahead again? Check back next week and find out.

Song Scorecard: Bruno Mars' first solo smash, "Just The Way You Are," tops the 3 million mark in digital sales. It's Mars' first hit to reach this plateau, even counting his earlier collabos. B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" is up to 2,650,000. Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" is up to 2,685,000.

Six songs top the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. I already told you about "Alejandro" and "Only Girl (In The World)." The other four are Drake's "Best I Ever Had," Linkin Park's "New Divide," Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah" and Flo Rida featuring David Guetta's "Club Can't Handle Me."

Four songs top the 1 million mark this week. I already told you about "Black And Yellow" and "The Time (Dirty Bit)." The other two are Waka Flocka Flame featuring Roscoe Dash & Wale's "No Hands" and the Ready Set's "Love Like Woe."

Actor James Brolin had divided loyalties this week. His wife, Barbra Streisand, and his son, Josh Brolin, had movies opening the same day. His wife's movie, Little Fockers, won the weekend box-office battle. His son's movie, True Grit, came in second. (Little Fockers is as bad as the reviews indicated, though it was hardly Streisand's fault. She was probably the best thing in it.)

Take That's Progress tops the Official U.K. Chart for the sixth week. That's the longest run on top since Eminem's Recovery had seven weeks in the lead last summer. It's the first album to spend six or more consecutive weeks on top in the U.K. since Leona Lewis' Spirit, which spent seven straight weeks at #1 three years ago.

R.I.P. Teena Marie, who was one of the most successful white artists ever signed to the Motown family of labels, died on Sunday. Marie landed a top five hit in 1985 with "Lovergirl," though by that time she had moved on to Epic Records. Marie was 54. She was a protégé of Rick James, who, sadly, also died young. James was 56 when he died in 2004.

Coming Attractions: Jesse McCartney's Have It All is expected to be next week's top debut.

It took awhile for those songs though -- who knows, Speak Now could have a ginormous smash on it.

(I'm not really a Taylor fan btw... just saying I think any artist would kill to have those stats!)

Country albums

1 1 Taylor Swift Speak Now 276,142 2,883,330
19 18 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 87,804 652,921
24 22 Sugarland The Incredible Machine 71,167 565,117
16 24 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 79,952 764,698
25 25 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 75,174 3,070,310
26 29 Keith Urban Get Closer 66,783 475,468
34 32 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 54,645 601,030
35 35 Tim McGraw Number One Hits 50,982 170,224
39 37 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 47,600 581,031
44 39 Miranda Lambert Revolution 42,561 1,115,892
45 41 The Band Perry The Band Perry 40,661 317,137
44 45 Darius Rucker Charleston, SC 1966 35,791 345,711
38 49 Alan Jackson 34 Number Ones 35,048 151,423
47 53 Taylor Swift Fearless 33,441 6,207,723
53 54 Carrie Underwood Play On 30,517 1,916,823
60 60 Zac Brown Band Foundation 29,516 2,461,239
56 61 Reba McEntire All The Woman I Am 29,114 206,629
76 75 Brad Paisley Hits Alive 23,992 168,583
85 79 Toby Keith Bullets in the Gun 23,129 259,226
40 87 Lady Antebellum A Merry Little Christmas 20,431 185,649
81 90 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 18,060 198,162
101 95 Blake Shelton Loaded:The Best of… 17,429 114,460
121 104 Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song 11,664 238,516
129 118 Eric Church Carolina 12,737 358,371
144 129 Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum 11,532 1,826,368
131 141 Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar 10,508 192,813
147 142 Brad Paisley American Saturday Night 10,387 714,812
164 143 Trace Adkins Cowboy's Back In Town 10,357 184,781
128 144 Various Now Country Vol. 3 10,335 107,833
135 145 Jerrod Niemann Judge Jerrod/Hung Jury 10,139 203,100
144 150 George Strait Twang 9,782 662,023
155 161 Blake Shelton All About Tonight 8,821 149,385
161 165 Easton Corbin Easton Corbin 8,524 300,484
173 171 Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing 8,036 497,518
193 172 Little Big Town The Reason Why 7,951 150,298

www.roughstock.com/blog/final-holiday-sales-s-of-2010-are-huge-for-country-artists

Once again, terrible sales.