Billboard 200: 7/2/11:Bad Meets Evil No. 1-171,000

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Eminem & Royce da 5'9" Debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 with Bad Meets Evil EP

by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | June 22, 2011 11:00 EDT

Bad Meets Evil -- the hip-hop duo of Eminem and Royce da 5'9" -- bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as its "Hell: the Sequel" launches with 171,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set beats out 11-year old Jackie Evancho's first major-label full-length effort, "Dream With Me," which arrives at No. 2 with 161,000.

Eminem has previously topped the chart six times as a solo act, and twice as part of D12. He last reigned when his own "Recovery" spent seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 last year. Until this week, Royce da 5'9" had never gone higher than No. 110 with 2009's "Street Hop."

As for Evancho, the young singer -- who gained fame after finishing in second place on "America's Got Talent" -- earns her second No. 2 hit. "Dream" follows her EP release "O Holy Night," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 late last year with 239,000. (It was stuck behind Susan Boyle's "The Gift," which was in its second week atop the tally.)

Adele's "21" slips two rungs to No. 3 (115,000; up less than 1%), Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" slides two to No. 4 (68,000; down 33%) and Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" rises two to No. 5 (51,000; up 26%).

Owl City's third full-length album, "All Things Bright and Beautiful" debuts at No. 6 with 48,000. The act's last effort, 2009's "Ocean Eyes," started with 18,000 (No. 27) on its way to an eventual No. 8 peak. Right behind Owl City at No. 7 is Barry Manilow's new "15 Minutes" (36,000) -- his first studio album of original songs since 2001. It's his 13th top 10 -- reaching back to "Barry Manilow II," which hit No. 9 in 1975.

"Pieces of Me," the fifth studio album from R&B singer Ledisi, starts at No. 8 with 36,000 -- her first top 10 album and best sales week. Her last set, 2009's "Turn Me Loose," debuted and peaked at No. 14 with 27,000 sold in its first week.

Brad Paisley's "This Is Country Music" drops one spot to No. 9 (35,000; down 8%) and the original Broadway cast recording of "The Book of Mormon" descends seven rungs to No. 10 (34,000; down 45%).

Outside the top 10 this week are a bevy of albums that climb thanks to Father's Day-driven purchases, including Journey's "Greatest Hits," which flies 101-18 (23,000; up 374%). The title -- which returns to the top 20 for the first time since 1989 -- was included in an iTunes Store promotion where many dad-friendly titles were sale priced at $6.99. Other sets seeing gains thanks to the one-two punch of Father's Day and iTunes: Frank Sinatra's "Nothing But the Best" (a re-entry at No. 23; 19,000 - up 632%) and Bob Marley's "Legend" (111-26; 17,000 - up 292%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" parties its way 28-1 with 235,000 downloads sold (up 259%) -- following a full week's worth of impact from the song's video premiere. It's her sixth No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart -- and fifth from her "Teenage Dream" album.

LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock), climbs a spot to No. 2 (209,000; up 11%) while Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer) slips a position to No. 3 (200,000; down 5%). Last week's No. 1, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," tumbles four slots to No. 5 with 188,000 (down 16%).

Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" is steady at No. 4 (189,000; up 12%), Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" falls one to No. 6 (151,000; down 2%) and Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" gets pushed back a space to No. 7 despite a gain (150,000; up 5%).

The highest new entry on Digital Songs is Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars). The track -- from the former act's No. 1-debuting album this week -- starts with 132,000.

Closing out the top 10: Lil Wayne's "How to Love" falls 8-9 (131,000; down 2%) and Mars' "The Lazy Song" also slips a notch to No. 10 (123,000; down 7%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 19) totaled 6.30 million units, up 14% compared to the sum last week (5.51 million) and up 1% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (6.14 million). Year to date album sales stand at 143.20 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (142.36 million). It is the fourth week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.11 million downloads, up 2% compared to last week (24.58 million) and up 17% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (21.44 million). Year to date track sales are at 610.06 million, up 10% compared to the same total at this point last year (554.39 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when Eminem's "Recovery" flew in at No. 1 with 741,000, easily bumping Drake's "Thank Me Later" to No. 2 with 157,000 (down 65%).

Year-to-tear sales still in the green- though next week, they may fall back to the red, as it's competing with Eminem's 741K start.

Album and single sales from Idol chatter

Idol albums

Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (7,000, -4%, 356,000) (#94 Billboard 200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (3,000, +47%, 45,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -6%, 2.011 million)
Daughtry, Daughtry (2,000, +40%, 4.812 million)
Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery (2,000, -36%, 35,000)

Idol-related albums

Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (51,000, +26%, 1.362 million) (#5 Billboard 200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (35,000, -8%, 278,000) (#9 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 4 (feat. Carrie Underwood's Undo It) (27,000, debut, 27,000) (#14 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (11,000, -10%, 195,000) (#54 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (7,000, -65%, 26,000) (#89 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (5,000, +17%, 119,000) (#111 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (5,000, -5%, 519,000) (#115 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, +2%, 290,000) (#167 BB200)
Glee Cast, Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 (2,000, +6%, 1.184 million)
Aerosmith, Big Ones (2,000, +126%, 4.155 million)
Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2,000, +15%, 5.312 million)
Aerosmith, Devil's Got a New Disguise (2,000, +8%, 636,000)


track sales

Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull, On the Floor (89,000, -17%, 2.325 million)
Brad Paisley, Remind Me (Duet with Carrie Underwood) (70,000, +69%, 112,000)
Scotty McCreery, I Love You This Big (30,000, -18%, 317,000)
Jason Aldean w/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (29,000, 0 change, 1.368 million)
Jennifer Lopez feat. Lil Wayne, I'm Into You (12,000, +5%, 153,000)
Steven Tyler, (It) Feels So Good (12,000, -14%, 169,000)
Lauren Alaina, Like My Mother Does (11,000, -35%, 199,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (6,000, +1%, 63,000)

Nice! Go Em.

So with this week in the books is Adele up around 2.2 million or has she passed it?

Why are the Civil Wars listed as Idol related?

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Week Ending June 22, 2011. Albums: Eminem's Side Projects
Posted by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel enters The Billboard 200 at #1. Bad Meets Evil is a collabo featuring Eminem and Royce da 5'9''. This is Eminem's third side project to reach #1, following two albums with D12, Devil's Night (2001) and D12 World (2004).

Eminem has been a superstar since the release of his first album in 1999. His colleagues in these side projects have had far less success. Royce da 5'9" dented the chart with Death Is Certain (#161 in 2004) and Street Hop (#110 in 2009). The other members of D12 were even less successful on their own prior to the D12 releases. Bizarre and Proof finally made the chart in 2005, after the release of the second D12 album.

Jackie Evancho's Dream With Me bows at #2. It's the formal debut album by the 11-year-old vocal prodigy who also debuted (and peaked) at #2 in November with O Holy Night. That EP spent its first six weeks in the top five during the busiest sales season of the year.

Evancho is the youngest female artist ever to land a 10 album. Only two 11-year old boys have made the top 10, and both scored as members of family groups. Michael Jackson was 11 in April 1970 when the Jackson 5 landed their first top 10 album (Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5). Zac Hanson was 11 in May 1997 when Hanson's Middle Of Nowhere debuted in the top 10.

Grammy winner David Foster produced Evancho's album, which includes two notable guest stars. Susan Boyle (whose The Gift blocked O Holy Night from the top spot) is featured on A Mother's Prayer.) Barbra Streisand appears on "Somewhere." Foster produced Streisand's classic recording of the song, which appeared on her Grammy-winning 1985 album The Broadway Album.

Adele's 21 drops from #1 to #3 in its 17th week. It's the first album to spend its first 17 weeks in the top three since Usher's Confessions accomplished the feat in 2004.

Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party jumps from #7 to #5. It also returns to #1 on Top Country Albums. This is its 10th week on top, which is the longest run by a male solo artist since Kenny Chesney's When The Sun Goes Down logged 14 weeks at #1 in 2004.

Owl City's All Things Bright And Beautiful debuts at #6. Owl City's 2009 album, Ocean Eyes, took 15 weeks to crack the top 10. It peaked at #8 in October, the week "Fireflies" began a two-week run at #1 on the Hot 100. "Fireflies" has sold 4,257,000 copies, a hefty total for such a modest, unassuming record.

Barry Manilow's 15 Minutes bows at #8. It's Manilow's 13th top 10 album. He first made the mark in February 1975 with Barry Manilow II. Manilow has been kept busy in recent years releasing Greatest Songs compilations. 15 Minutes is Manilow's first pop album of new material since Here At The Mayflower in 2001. That album peaked at #90, which suggests that all those Greatest Songs albums raised his pop profile. Manilow first gained notice as a co-producer of Bette Midler's debut album The Divine Miss M, which went top 10 in March 1973.

The Book Of Mormon drops from #3 to #10, in its first full week of sales since the musical swept the Tony Awards. The show has provoked both laughs and controversy for its depiction of the Mormon church. This week, the push-back begins: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's This Is The Christ debuts at #118. The 375-voice choir has had numerous hit albums over the years, most notably The Lord's Prayer, a 1959 release that hit #1 in January 1960.

This week marks two years since Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. He has sold more than 10 million albums in this time, which has enabled him to jump from #47 to #15 on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the best-selling album artists since 1991.

Jackson had sold 21,737,000 albums as of June 20, 2009, which was the last chart released before his death on June 25 of that year. He sold 9,066,000 albums in the next year, which pushed him to #18 on the Nielsen SoundScan running list.

He has sold 1,540,000 albums in the past year, which brings him up to #15. In the past year, he pushed ahead of Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and AC/DC in total, post-1991 sales.

Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" vaults from #28 to #1 on Hot Digital Songs in the wake of the release of the appealing video. It's the fifth consecutive #1 from Perry's Teenage Dream album. Will it duplicate the feat when the Hot 100 is published later today? Check back later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

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

1. Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel, 171,000. This new entry is Eminem's third "side project" to reach #1. The album sold 89K digital copies, which puts it #1 on the Digital Albums chart. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars), which debuts at #8.

2. Jackie Evancho, Dream With Me, 161,000. This new entry is Evancho's second top 10 album. Her EP O Holy Night debuted and peaked at #2 in November.

3. Adele, 21, 115,000. The former #1 album drops from #1 to #3 in its 17th week. It has been in the top three the entire time. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rolling In The Deep," which drops to #5 after six weeks on top.

4. Lady Gaga, Born This Way, 68,000. The former #1 album drops from #2 to #4 in its fourth week. It has been in the top five the entire time. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "The Edge Of Glory," which dips from #5 to #6.

5. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party, 51,000. The album jumps from #7 to #5 in its 33rd week. This is its 11th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Dirt Road Anthem," which holds at #4 for the second week.

6. Owl City, All Things Bright And Beautiful, 48,000. This new entry is Owl City's second top 10 album. Adam Young's sophomore album, Ocean Eyes, peaked at #8 in 2009. "Real World" enters Hot Digital Songs at #96.

7. Barry Manilow, 15 Minutes, 36,000. This new entry is Manilow's 12th top 10 album. It's his first album of new material to crack the top 10 since One Voice in November 1979.

8. Ledisi, Pieces Of Me, 36,000. This new entry is Ledisi's first top 10 album. Turn Me Loose hit #14 in 2009. Ledisi was a Grammy finalist as Best New Artist of 2007.

9. Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music, 35,000. The album dips from #8 to #9 in its fourth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Remind Me" (a duet with Carrie Underwood) jumps from #43 to #23. "Old Alabama" (featuring Alabama) drops from #75 to #79.

10. Original Cast, The Book Of Mormon, 34,000. The album drops from #3 to #10 in its second week. It has been fun seeing a cast album in the top 10. I hope we don't have to wait another 42 years for the next one.

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Tech N9ne's All 6's & 7's drops from #4 to #25, Ronnie Dunn's Ronnie Dunn drops from #5 to #20, All Time Low's Dirty Work plummets from #6 to #63, Now 38 drops from #9 to #11, and Death Cab for Cutie's Codes And Keys drops from #10 to #22.

Now Country 4 debuts at #14. The first two installments in this series made the top 10. The third peaked at #22 in September...Black Veil Brides' Set The World On Fire debuts at #17.

Several greatest hits albums move up the chart thanks to a $6.99 Father's Day sale at the iTunes store. Journey's Greatest Hits (from 1988) vaults from #101 to #18, Frank Sinatra's Nothing But The Best (from 2008) re-enters the chart at #23 and Bob Marley & the Wailers' Legend (from 1984) vaults from #111 to #26. These albums, in that order, hold down the top three spots on this week's Catalog Albums chart, bumping Adele's 19 down to fourth place. This is the ninth week at #1 for Journey's album.

Neil Young & the International Harvesters' A Treasure, a compilation of 1980s tracks, bows at #29. The International Harvesters are the fifth backing group to receive billing on a Young album, following Crazy Horse, the Bullets, the Shocking Pinks and the Bluenotes...Lemonade Mouth dips from #31 to #34. It's the #1 soundtrack for the sixth week.

The soundtrack to Transformers: Dark Of The Moon bows at #81. The soundtracks to all three movies in this series have been chart hits. Transformers reached #21 in 2007. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen hit #7 in 2009. Linkin Park is the series' lucky charm. The band has had the opening track on all three of these soundtracks. The new album opens with a remix of "Iridescent" (which also appeared on the band's 2010 album A Thousand Suns). The movie opens June 29. And, yes, this is the week's top-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released feature.

The cast album from Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark debuts at #86. The troubled musical has been a humbling experience for Bono and The Edge, but quite possibly a useful one. U2 has achieved so much success and been so lauded (22 Grammys) that it's probably healthy for the members to encounter resistance for a change.

Take That's Progress returns to #1 in the U.K, thanks to the release of a two-CD package featuring the original album plus eight new tracks. The album spent six weeks on top late last year. It was the top-selling album in the U.K. for 2010. The album hasn't been released in the U.S.

Green Lantern was #1 at the box-office over the weekend, bumping off Super 8.

Foo Fighters' Back & Forth debuts at #1 on the Top Music Videos chart. It displaces AC/DC's Live At River Plate, which spent a total of four weeks on top. This is Foo Fighters' first #1 music video. Dave Grohl topped the chart in January 1995 with Nirvana's Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!!

Coming Attractions: Jill Scott's The Light Of The Sun is expected to be among next week's top new entries. Also due: Bon Iver's Bon Iver, Pitbull's Planet Pit, "Weird Al" Yankovic's Alpocalypse, Jagged Edge's Remedy, Matt Nathanson's Modern Love and LMFAO's Sorry For Party Rockin.'

Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrows chart?

Numbers are from the 5/28/11 chart except where noted:

Katy Perry 1,536,400 (6/25 chart)
Now 37 616k (6/25 chart)
Eminem 3,892,400 (6/25 chart)
Rascal Flatts 865k (6/25 chart)
Black Eyed Peas 668k
Arcade Fire 591k - 4/16 chart
Justin Bieber 592k - 4/16 chart
Avenged Sevenfold 504k - 4/16 chart
Rascal Flatts GH 1,035,769 - 4/16 chart
Burlesque Soundtrack 407k

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k

www.mediatraffic.de and on the left, click on "chart archive" or w/e, it shows year end charts worldwide since 2004.

22 18 Taylor Swift Speak Now 21,589 3,489,646

Nice to see Speak Now back in the top 20! :)

18, 19, tomato, tomahto... :)

UKMix:

1 - Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel - 170,868 - DEBUT
2 - Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me - 161,397 - DEBUT
3 - Adele - 21 - 114,540 - 2,324,073
4 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 67,590 - 1,452,903
5 - Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party - 51,245 - 1,362,217
6 - Owl City - All Things Bright And Beautiful - 48,322 - DEBUT
7 - Barry Manilow - 15 Minutes - 36,339 - DEBUT
8 - Ledisi - Pieces Of Me - 36,229 - DEBUT
9 - Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music - 34,697 - 278,120
10 - Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Book Of Mormon - 33,532 - 114,067

GothamJungle.com:

Weeks on Da Charts / This Weeks Charting / Artist / Album title / This Weeks Sales / Total Sales

1 1 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 170868 171135
1 2 JACKIE EVANCHO DREAM WITH ME 161397 158762
17 3 ADELE 21 114540 2324073
4 4 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 67590 1452903
33 5 JASON ALDEAN MY KINDA PARTY 51245 1362217
1 6 OWL CITY ALL THE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL 48322 48437
1 7 BARRY MANILOW 15 MINUTES 36399 36422
1 8 LEDISI PIECES OF ME 36229 36298
4 9 BRAD PAISLEY THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 34697 278120
5 10 BOOK OF MORMON ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 33532 114067

7 11 VARIOUS NOW 38 31192 389739
10 12 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 29853 476295
70 13 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 28531 1561698
1 14 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY 4 26760 26772
39 15 ZAC BROWN BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 24447 993161
43 16 KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM 23380 1559837
1 17 BLACK VEIL BRIDES SEE THE WORLD ON FIRE 22948 23382
34 18 TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW 21589 3489646
2 19 RONNIE DUNN RONNIE DUNN 20661 66090
3 20 EDDIE VEDDER UKULELE SONGS 20508 118773