Billboard 200: 9/29/12 D. Matthews Band #1-266K

[HolidayGuy]

DMB on top with 266K, and Little Big Town at No. 2 with 113K.

Some info from Hip Hop DX
(Top Current Albums positions)

13. 2 Chainz, Based On A T.R.U. Story: 21,000 (271,000)
14. Lecrae, Gravity:19,000 (92,000)

19. DMX, Undisputed: 17,000

21. Trey Songz, Chapter V: 16,000 (217,000)

25. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange: 14,000 (309,000)

28. Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don't: 12,000 (398,000)

38. Daddy Yankee, Prestige: 8,200

50. Slaughterhouse, welcome to: Our House: 6,600 (72,000)

62. Nas, Life Is Good: 5,800 (295,000)

69. DJ Khaled, Kiss The Ring: 5,200 (68,000)

[HolidayGuy]

Was last week's 4.76 million albums a SoundScan-era low?

www.billboard.com/news/dave-matthews-band-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-1007951642.story#/news/dave-matthews-band-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-1007951642.story

Dave Matthews Band Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | September 19, 2012

For only the second time in history, the entire top six albums on the Billboard 200 chart are debuts. Led by Dave Matthews Band's "Away From the World" at No. 1, the top six are new arrivals for the first time since the Oct. 11, 2003 chart.

That week, OutKast snared its first No. 1 with "Speakerboxx/The Love Below." The duo's smash album was followed by new entries at Nos. 2-6 by, respectively, Dave Matthews' "Some Devil," Limp Bizkit's "Results May Vary," R. Kelly's "The R. in R&B Collection," Obie Trice's "Cheers" and Nickelback's "The Long Road."

On this week's chart: Dave Matthews Band's "Away From the World" is trailed by arrivals from Little Big Town's "Tornado," Bob Dylan's "Tempest," the Avett Brothers' "The Carpenter," the xx's "Coexist" and ZZ Top's "La Futura."

Dave Matthews Band's "Away From the World" shifted 266,000 in its first week -- according to Nielsen SoundScan -- easily securing the top slot. It's a record sixth straight No. 1-debuting studio album for the band. The act's last album, 2009's "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King," started with a more robust sales sum: 424,000. In fact, "Away From the World's" opening figure is the band's smallest launch for a studio release since 1996's "Crash" bowed at No. 2 with 254,000.

Little Big Town's "Tornado" No. 2 start gives the country quartet its highest charting album ever -- and its best sales week (113,000). Hot off the success of its first No. 1 Country Songs hit "Pontoon," the act also nets its second No. 1 on the Country Albums chart with "Tornado."

Bob Dylan nets his fifth consecutive top 10 studio album as "Tempest" starts at No. 3 with 110,000. It follows 1997's "Time Out of Mind" (No. 10), 2001's "Love and Theft" (No. 5), 2006's "Modern Times" (No. 1) and 2009's "Together Through Life" (No. 1). The latter debuted with 125,000.

The Avett Brothers grab its best week ever on the Billboard 200 as "The Carpenter" climbs in with 98,000 at No. 4. Until this week, the act hadn't reached the top 10 with five previous entries. Their high-water mark came with 2009's "I and Love and You," which debuted and peaked with its then-biggest sales week: 40,000.

Rock act the xx also bulldozes past its previous biggest week thanks to the 73,000 racked by its sophomore album "Coexist" and its No. 5 entry. The band's self-titled debut reached No. 92 in 2010 and spent 41 weeks on the tally.

Rounding out the top six debuts is legendary ZZ Top with its highest debuting album ever, "La Futura" (No. 6; 31,000). The set -- the band's first studio release since 2003's "Mescalero" -- gives the trio its best rank since 1990's "Recycler" reached No. 6. It's also ZZ Top's first visit to the top 10 since 1992, when "Greatest Hits" went to No. 9. The band's 31,000 debut is its largest sales week since early 1994, when "Antenna" moved 38,000 in its fifth week on the chart.

The new album is ZZ Top's first for American Recordings after four studio efforts for RCA between 1994 and 2003.

Three holdovers populate the top 10 this week: Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" falls 2-7 (29,000; down 65%), Matchbox Twenty's "North" tumbles 1-8 (28,000; down 71%) and the "Now 43" compilation dips 4-9 (24,000; down 31%).

Rounding out the top 10 is the seventh and final new arrival to the region: Amanda Palmer's "Theatre is Evil," debuting at No. 10 with 24,000. Of the set's first week, 93% of its sales came from digital downloads or via Internet retailers. That huge share isn't surprising: Much of those sales are owed to a Kickstarter campaign mounted by Palmer to fund the making of the album. Many of those who pledged a certain amount of money to the project also received either a download or physical copy of the album.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift again leads the tally with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," selling 226,000 downloads. But, rising fast up the list is "Clique" by Kanye West (featuring Jay-Z and Big Sean). The tune vaults 16-2 with 209,000 (up 182%). The cut is the latest single release from the GOOD Music "Cruel Summer" compilation, which should debut near the top of the Billboard 200 next week.

Steady at No. 3 is Maroon 5's "One More Night" (192,000; down 2%) while Psy's "Gangnam Style" flies 25-4 with 188,000 (up 210%). The song profits from Psy's appearances during the tracking week on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," NBC's "Today" and "Saturday Night Live."

fun.'s "Some Night" falls a slot to No. 5 (153,000; down 4%), Alex Clare's "Too Close" holds at No. 6 (131,000; up 3%) and P!nk's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" slips 7-8, but with a gain in sales (117,000; up 3%).

Taylor Swift's charity single "Ronan" slides 2-7 (116,000; down 45%), Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me" (featuring Big Sean) is down two to No. 9 (112,000; down 2%) and Flo Rida's "Whistle" descends five spots to No. 10 (110,000; down 27%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 16) totaled 5.11 million units, up 7% compared with the sum last week (4.76 million) and down 8% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.58 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 207.29 million, down 5% compared with the same total at this point last year (217.64 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 22.88 million downloads, down 2% compared with last week (23.25 million) and up 9% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (21.01 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 962.43 million, up 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (910.60 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Tony Bennett earned his first No. 1 album with "Duets II," as it bowed atop the list with 179,000. The previous week's leader, Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night," fell to No. 2 with 125,000 (down 64%).
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From RCA Records' MySpace blog:
www.myspace.com/rcarecords/blog

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND IS NO. 1

With Debut Of Away From The World, They Become The First Band To Have Six Consecutive Studio Albums Enter The Billboard 200 At No. 1

With its new album, Away From The World (RCA Records), bowing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Dave Matthews Band reaches a new milestone, becoming the first group in chart historyto have six straight studio albums debut atop the chart. Away From The World, the band's eighth studio album, sold 266,000 units in its first week of release. It is the follow-up to 2009's Platinum-certified Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which was nominated for two GRAMMY® awards.

Dave Matthews Band celebrated the release of Away From The World with a show at the historic Hollywood Bowl last Wednesday. "'Mercy' [is] full of potential to become as captivating a pace-changer as 'The Space Between' was last night, when Matthews played a beautiful, stripped down version of the 2001 song solo under one spotlight," observed Entertainment Weekly. The Hollywood Reporter praised the band's renditions of new songs such as "the soft, melodic 'Gaucho'; 'Snow Outside'; 'Mercy,' which featured an effectively slow buildup; and 'The Riff,' a compelling standout …after more than two decades on the road, there isn't a stage built yet he [Matthews] can't make feel like home."

[areyoureadytojump]

^Billboard did not mention it. I was wondering....

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-16-2012-albums-dmb-ties-145034273.html#more-2755

Dave Matthews Band lands its sixth #1 album on The Billboard 200 with Away From The World. This puts DMB in a tie with Eagles for the most #1 albums by an American band in chart history. (Matthews was born in South Africa, but he formed the band in Virginia. Eagles came together in Southern California.)

Four other groups have notched six or more #1 albums, but they're not from the U.S. The Beatles have amassed 19 #1 albums, followed by the Rolling Stones with nine and Led Zeppelin and U2, with seven each.

Eagles' six #1 albums extended from 1975's One Of These Nights to 2007's Long Road Out Of Eden. DMB landed its first #1 album, Before These Crowded Streets, in 1998. (Here's an aside that will make Don Henley and Glenn Frey feel old: Dave Matthews was just five years old in June 1972 when Eagles first made the album chart.)

Away From The World sold 266K copies in its first week, which is the largest tally for a rock album since Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto opened with sales of 447K in October. Most of the albums were sold digitally, which constitutes a first for DMB. The album sold 146K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. The band's last album, 2009's Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, sold 134K digital copies in its first week (out of 424K total). Its previous studio album, 2005's Stand Up, sold a mere 23K digital copies in its first week (out of 465K total).

Away From The World is DMB's sixth studio album in a row to debut at #1, which sets a new record for a group. DMB had been tied with Metallica, whose last five studio albums have debuted at #1. This represents DMB's entire studio output since Before These Crowded Streets; Metallica's entire studio output since 1991's Metallica.

But Metallica remains (by far) the American band that has sold the most albums since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. Metallica has sold 53,532,000 albums in this period (and many more in the eight years before that). Pearl Jam is second (31,324,000), followed closely by DMB (31,151,000), Aerosmith (31,105,000), Backstreet Boys (31,039,000) and Eagles (30,863,000).

Little Big Town's fifth studio album Tornado debuts at #2. It's the second top five album for the co-ed country quartet. The Reason Why reached #5 in August 2010. Tornado enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Carrie Underwood's Blown Away. (I detect a theme with these titles.) It's Little Big Town's second #1 country album. The Reason Why spent one week atop the country chart. "Pontoon," the lead single from Tornado, has ranked #1 on Hot Country Songs for the past two weeks. "Pontoon" has sold 1,261,000 copies, which tops "Boondocks" (1,183,000) as the group's best-selling song to date.

Bob Dylan's Tempest debuts at #3. Dylan, 71, is the third oldest artist in chart history to land a top five album. Tony Bennett was 85 in September 2011 when he debuted at #1 with Duets II. Frank Sinatra was 78 in December 1993 when he last appeared in the top five (in his lifetime) with Duets.

Dylan first climbed as high as #3 in November 1965 with his landmark album Highway 61 Revisited.

Tempest is Dylan's 20th top 10 album. Dylan had six top 10 albums in the 1960s, eight in the 1970s, none in the 1980s, one in the 1990s, four in the 2000s and now one in the 2010s. (His highest-charting album in the 1980s, Infidels, reached #20 in December 1983.)

Tempest is Dylan's fifth consecutive studio album to make the top 10, which is his entire output since 1997's Time Out Of Mind, which won a Grammy as Album of the Year. This is Dylan's longest run of consecutive top 10 albums since he made the top 10 with 11 consecutive studio albums from 1965's Bringing It All Back Home to 1976's Desire. (This nugget also demonstrates how much more prolific artists used to be. Dylan released 11 studio albums in that 11-year span, compared to just five in the last 15 years.)

Tempest also debuts at #3 on the Official U.K. Chart. It's Dylan's 34th album to reach the top 10 in the U.K. His first was The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1964.

Avett Brothers' The Carpenter debuts at #4. This is the first top 10 album for the band, which peaked at #16 in 2009 with I and Love and You. The band, which is fronted by brothers Seth and Scott Avett, memorably performed in a segment on contemporary folk music at the Grammys in February 2011. They were joined in the segment by Dylan and Mumford & Sons.

The xx's Coexist debuts at #5. This is the English pop trio's first top 10 album. Its eponymous debut album reached #92 in 2009. Coexist enters the Official U.K. Chart at #1. xx reached #3 in the U.K.

ZZ Top's La Futura debuts at #6. This gives the Texas-based trio a 38-year span of top 10 albums. ZZ Top first cracked the top 10 in August 1974 with Tres Hombres. This is the band's seventh top 10 album; its first since Greatest Hits in May 1992. La Futura (Spanish for "The Future") is the fifth ZZ Top album with a title in Spanish. It follows Tres Hombres ("Three Men"), Tejas ("Texas"), Deguello ("Beheading," or, idiomatically, "A Fight To The Death") and El Loco ("The Crazy One"). And I'm not even counting Fandango! (a Spanish dance), Mescalero (the name of an Apache tribe) and The Very Best Of ZZ Top: Rancho Texicano (a made-up phrase that suggests TexMex Ranch).

Taylor Swift's "We Will Never Ever Get Back Together" is #1 on Top Digital Songs for the fifth straight week. It's the first song to spend its first five weeks as the nation's top-seller since "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna achieved the feat for its first six weeks in 2010. "Love The Way You Lie" would have been #1 for its first eight weeks, but its run was interrupted for one week by (wait for it) Taylor Swift's "Mine." Will "We Will Never Ever…" also hold 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.

The Top Five: Dave Matthews Band's Away From The World debuts at #1 (266K). It's the group's 12th top 10 album (not counting three albums Matthews recorded by himself or with Tim Reynolds)… Little Big Town's Tornado debuts at #2 (113K). It's the country group's second top five album…Bob Dylan's Tempest debuts at #3 (110K). It's Dylan's 20th top 10 album… Avett Brothers' The Carpenter debuts at #4 (98K). It's the group's first top 10 album…The xx's Coexist debuts at #5 (73K). It's the band's first top 10 album.

The Second Five: ZZ Top's La Futura debuts at #6 (31K). It's the trio's seventh top 10 album…Imagine Dragons' Night Visions drops from #2 to #7 in its second week (29K)…Matchbox Twenty's North heads south from #1 to #8 in its second week (28K)…Now 43 drops from #4 to #9 in its sixth week (24K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra's Theatre Is Evil debuts at #10 (24K). It's Palmer's first top 10 album. She first charted in 2008 with Who Killed Amanda Palmer.

Seven albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Lecrae's Gravity drops from #3 to #14, Carrie Underwood's Blown Away drops from #5 to #24, Maroon 5's Overexposed drops from #6 to #11, 2 Chainz' Based On A T.R.U. Story drops from #7 to #13, tobyMac's Eye On It drops from #8 to #16, Trey Songz's Chapter V drops from #9 to #21 and Cat Power's Sun drops from #10 to #32.

DMX's seventh studio album, Undisputed, debuts at #19. This is DMX's first studio album to fall short of the top five. DMX is the only act in chart history to reach #1 with his first five albums. The streak extended from It's Dark And Hell Is Hot in 1998 to Grand Champ in 2003. The rapper's sixth studio album, Year Of The Dog…Again, hit #2 in 2006. Why has DMX faded while such other veteran rappers Nas and Jay-Z stay strong? Discuss amongst yourselves.

Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album debuts at #22. EL James, who wrote the erotic novel that has become a global publishing phenomenon, selected the works on the album. The collection includes compositions by Chopin, Debussy, Bach and Pachelbel.

Love This Giant by David Byrne & St. Vincent debuts at #23. Byrne has been charting since 1977, when he scored with the Talking Heads' Talking Heads: 77. St. Vincent, who was born Annie Clark, first charted in 2009 with Actor. Love This Giant is Byrne's highest-charting album to date as a solo artist. It tops My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, a 1981 collabo with Brian Eno, which peaked at #44. With the Talking Heads, Byrne amassed seven top 30 albums, from 1978's More Songs About Buildings And Food to 1988's Naked.

The soundtrack to the Disney Channel's Austin & Ally debuts at #27. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks. The set consists primarily of music by the show's 16-year-old co-star Ross Lynch…Chris Tomlin's 2010 album And If Our God Is For Us… drops from #27 to #38 in its 41st week. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the third straight week.

Kix Brooks' New To This Town, his first album since the break-up of Brooks & Dunn, debuts at a disappointing #53. Brooks' former partner Ronnie Dunn debuted and peaked at #5 last year with his first solo album, Ronnie Dunn. Brooks & Dunn was formed in 1991. The pair notched nine top 10 albums, more than any other duo in history.

The Sparkle soundtrack dives from #55 to #138 in its seventh week. It is, nonetheless, the highest-charting soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the seventh week.

One Direction's Up All Night: The Live Tour is #1 on Top Music Videos for the 16th week. It sold 6K copies this week, bringing its 16-week total to 296K.

Resident Evil: Retribution was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. It's the fourth consecutive movie in this franchise to open at #1. The first installment in the series, Resident Evil, bowed at #2 in 2002.

Coming Attractions: Kanye West's GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer and P!nk's The Truth About Love are locked in a tight race for #1 week. Who will prevail? Place your bets. (Possible clue: "Clique" by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean jumps from #16 to #2 in its second week on Hot Digital Songs.) Also due: The Killers' Battle Born, Carly Rae Jepsen Kiss, the 25th anniversary release of Michael Jackson's Bad, Easton Corbin's All Over The Road, Big & Rich's Hillbilly Jedi, Band Of Horses' Mirage Rock, Grizzly Bear's Shields, Dwight Yoakam's 3 Pears and Aimee Mann's Charmer.

[Agent Yoncé]

So is P!nk projected to dp around 150k now or GOOD Music doing 200k?

[areyoureadytojump]

^We'll find out later today.

[areyoureadytojump]

MOST #1 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Beatles 19

Jay-Z 12

Elvis Presley 10
Bruce Springsteen 10

Rolling Stones 9
Barbra Streisand 9

Garth Brooks 8
Madonna 8

Elton John 7
Paul McCartney/Wings 7
Led Zeppelin 7
U2 7

Janet Jackson 6
The Eagles 6
Mariah Carey 6
Michael Jackson 6
Britney Spears 6
Eminem 6
Nas 6
Dave Matthews Band 6 *new*

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 31 "What Matters Most"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Madonna 20 "MDNA"
Bob Dylan 20 "Tempest" *new*

Paul McCartney 18 "Kisses on the Bottom"

Elton John 17 "The Union"
George Strait 17 "Here For A Good Time"
Bruce Springsteen 17 "Wrecking Ball"
Neil Diamond 17 "Hot August Night"

Johnny Mathis 16
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Rod Stewart 15 "Soulbook"
Dave Matthews 15 "Away From The World" *new*

Garth Brooks 14 "Ultimate Hits"
Prince 14 "Lotus Flow3r"
Tim McGraw 14 "Emotional Traffic"
Van Halen 14 "Different Kind of Truth"
The Beach Boys 14 "That's Why God Made the Radio"
R Kelly 14 "Write Me Back"

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Jay Z 13 "Watch The Throne"

Eric Clapton 12
Chicago 12
Alan Jackson 12 "Thirty"

[chartfreak]

Sept 19, 2012 10:27:50 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^We'll find out later today.

GOOD is not at iTunes. Advantage: Pink?

GOOD is currently #1 on Itunes. Not sure what caused the delay.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thanks. I didn't read the updated news.

[peterca]

Where does DMB's debut sales number rank for 2012 album releases?

[areyoureadytojump]

Biggest debuts in 2012 all over 200k:

01 358,653 MDNA Madonna

01 253,057 PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED Nicki Minaj

01 267,338 BLOWN AWAY Carrie Underwood

01 219,478 BORN AND RAISED John Mayer

01 374,264 BELIEVE Justin Bieber

01 223,420 LIVING THINGS Linkin Park

02 222,201 OVEREXPOSED Maroon 5

01 234,289 UNCAGED Zac Brown Band

01 218,492 GOD FORGIVES I DON'T Rick Ross

01 266,000 AWAY FROM THE WORLD Dave Matthews Band

[peterca]

Thanks areyoureadytojump!

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Sept 19, 2012 11:33:39 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Sept 19, 2012 10:27:50 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^We'll find out later today.

GOOD is not at iTunes. Advantage: Pink?

GOOD is currently #1 on Itunes. Not sure what caused the delay.

Kanye wanted it pulled to "tweak" a couple things at the last minute

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IT’S AN OLD-FASHIONED SHOWDOWN: Will the absence of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music compilation album Cruel Summer from iTunes on the day of release affect his chart showdown next week with P!nk’s RCA release, The Truth About Love? That’s what insiders are asking after West’s perfectionism had him pull the album from the Apple site for some production tweaks, even though it remains #1 at Amazon MP3. The album returned to iTunes this afternoon and can now be purchased here. Will the glitch eliminate the slight edge Kanye was given going into next week’s chart? We’ll soon see. (9/18p)

[singingsparrow]

Those are strong figures for Dave Matthews Band at any rate, but one point must be made.

The 266K figure IS notably down from the 424,000 figure its predecessor sold. That is an approximately 35% album-to-album decline, which isn't brutal really, but still a sharper drop-off compared to their previous efforts.

This doesn't diminish at all its success, but it does indicate some of their longtime fans are finally absconding from supporting the band outside their tours.

Namaste,
Noah Hibiscus Eaton

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Production tweaks? What about us "suckers" that got the CD version?

DMB third highest numbers of the year!

[pnobelysk]

Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (15,000, -49%, 794,000) (#24 Billboard 200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (4,000, -14%, 929,000) (#89 BB200)
Phillip Phillips, American Idol (3,000, -13%, 80,000) (#156 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, +41%, 212,000) (#170 BB200)
Bucky Covington, Good Guys (2,000, debut, 2,000) (#178 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, -3%, 7.235 million)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (2,000, -10%, 1.111 million)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (1,000, -4%, 2.136 million)
Skylar Laine, American Idol (1,000, -13%, 32,000)
Casey James, Casey James (1,000, +7%, 51,000)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (1,000, +3%, 3.28 million)
Casey Abrams, Casey Abrams (less than 1,000, +33%, 15,000)
Hollie Cavanagh, American Idol (less than 1,000, -15%, 13,000)

Idol-related albums

One Direction, Up All Night (19,000, -16%, 1.22 million) (#15 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (7,000, -6%, 2.754 million) (#45 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (5,000, +19%, 387,000) (#69 BB200)
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded (5,000, -18%, 658,000) (#78 BB200


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Bucky has an awful debut coming from an album that has sold over 400k :/ I know he has lable problems though

[Enigma.]

Sept 19, 2012 17:19:37 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Production tweaks? What about us "suckers" that got the CD version?

According to the artists and media who are all about digital era we shouldn't exist but hey what can you do

As a part time DJ who BUYS cd's to play them, that's almost insulting.

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The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-09-29

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 NEW 1 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band 1
2 NEW 1 Tornado, Little Big Town 2
3 NEW 1 Tempest, Bob Dylan 3
4 NEW 1 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers 4
5 NEW 1 Coexist, The xx 5
6 NEW 1 La Futura, ZZ Top 6
7 2 - 2 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
8 1 - 2 North, matchbox twenty 1
9 4 4 6 NOW 43, Various Artists 1
10 NEW 1 Theatre Is Evil, Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra 10
11 6 6 12 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
12 13 10 82 21, Adele 1
13 7 7 5 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz 1
14 3 - 2 Gravity, Lecrae 3
15 12 12 27 Up All Night, One Direction 1
16 8 1 3 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
17 14 11 24 The Lumineers 11
18 11 9 30 Some Nights, fun. 3
19 NEW 1 Undisputed, DMX 19
20 15 13 13 Believe, Justin Bieber 1
21 9 3 4 Chapter V, Trey Songz 1
22 NEW 1 Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album, Various Artists 22
23 NEW 1 Love This Giant, David Byrne & St. Vincent 23
24 5 8 20 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 1
25 21 45 10 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
26 20 18 58 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
27 NEW 1 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch 27
28 19 14 7 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross 1
29 22 16 10 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
30 32 26 130 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
31 30 29 60 Chief, Eric Church 1
32 10 - 2 Sun, Cat Power 10
33 26 27 22 California 37, Train 4
34 24 21 12 Living Things, Linkin Park 1
35 35 19 24 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
36 28 22 9 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids 3
37 33 33 5 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
38 27 20 41 And If Our God Is For Us..., Chris Tomlin 17
39 NEW 1 Prestige, Daddy Yankee 39
40 31 25 11 Fortune, Chris Brown 1
41 37 37 31 Hunter Hayes 18
42 NEW 1 Self/Entitled, NOFX 42
43 NEW 1 Bright Black Heaven, Blaqk Audio 43
44 NEW 1 Elysium, Pet Shop Boys 44
45 44 55 98 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
46 39 44 108 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
47 42 36 6 Declaration Of Independence, Colt Ford 5
48 67 121 21 Blunderbuss, Jack White 1
49 36 24 14 Looking 4 Myself, Usher 1
50 41 41 13 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney 2
51 23 2 3 Welcome To: Our House, Slaughterhouse 2
52 34 39 41 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
53 NEW 1 New To This Town, Kix Brooks 53
54 43 43 22 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 2
55 51 59 57 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
56 50 48 3 Live Across America, Josh Turner 48
57 47 34 4 Dustin Lynch 13
58 45 58 14 +, Ed Sheeran 5
59 25 28 17 Born And Raised, John Mayer 1
60 NEW 1 Music @ The Speed Of Life, Mint Condition 60
61 29 5 3 Havoc And Bright Lights, Alanis Morissette 5
62 18 - 2 4th Street Feeling, Melissa Etheridge 18
63 40 38 9 Life Is Good, Nas 1
64 74 108 18 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare 48
65 75 64 46 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine 6
66 NEW 1 Fight Or Flight, Hoobastank 66
67 49 51 6 Perfectly Imperfect, Elle Varner 4
68 17 - 2 Beacon, Two Door Cinema Club 17
69 80 83 52 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta 5
70 38 17 4 Kiss The Ring, DJ Khaled 4
71 58 65 33 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
72 NEW 1 Algiers, Calexico 72
73 16 - 2 Centipede Hz, Animal Collective 16
74 46 35 240 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10 18
75 79 84 11 Wild Ones, Flo Rida 14
76 72 73 21 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 5
77 59 47 44 Take Care, Drake 1
78 57 56 24 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj 1
79 64 69 5 Blood, In This Moment 15
80 86 91 152 19, Adele 4
81 56 42 4 Last Of A Dyin' Breed, Lynyrd Skynyrd 14
82 55 62 24 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 8
83 NEW 1 Pure And Simple, Gaither Vocal Band 83
84 70 60 20 NOW 42, Various Artists 3
85 77 75 24 Changed, Rascal Flatts 3
86 62 93 43 Talk That Talk, Rihanna 3
87 78 71 22 Pluto, Future 8
88 68 72 38 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex 14
89 71 74 47 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson 2
90 69 77 37 Making Mirrors, Gotye 6
91 65 76 5 Jesus At The Center: Live, Israel & New Breed 32
92 143 158 20 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones 2
93 73 66 12 Write Me Back, R. Kelly 5
94 81 78 14 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists 13
95 54 49 4 The Struggle, Tenth Avenue North 9
96 85 97 67 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex 49
97 87 116 50 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION 87
98 NEW 1 The Magic Door, Chris Robinson Brotherhood 98
99 93 117 14 Clockwork Angels, Rush 2
100 61 40 4 The Midsummer Station, Owl City 7
101 NEW 1 Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance, Patterson Hood 101
102 91 52 158 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 52
103 96 89 25 Amaryllis, Shinedown 4
104 92 98 53 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum 1
105 121 - 13 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney 5
106 48 - 2 The North, Stars 48
107 149 180 42 xx, The xx 92
108 88 101 8 Gossamer, Passion Pit 4
109 135 162 100 Hands All Over, Maroon 5 2
110 NEW 1 Observator, The Raveonettes 110
111 108 111 18 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm 15
112 53 23 3 Beautiful Surprise, Tamia 23
113 83 63 99 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
114 94 32 3 Life And Favor, John P. Kee And New Life 32
115 82 67 25 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie 1
116 110 109 22 Picture Show, Neon Trees 17
117 60 46 3 Created4This, VaShawn Mitchell 46
118 111 106 21 Up All Night, Kip Moore 6
119 106 107 15 Thirty Miles West, Alan Jackson 2
120 112 199 25 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen 1
121 118 128 37 Unbroken, Demi Lovato 4
122 114 110 49 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch 3
123 52 - 2 Silver Age, Bob Mould 52
124 90 81 12 Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made 2, Various Artists 4
125 117 122 12 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman 66
126 109 105 6 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems, Various Artists 34
127 95 90 199 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
128 84 80 3 Exiliados Es La Bahia: Lo Mejor de Mana, Mana 80
129 119 132 56 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies 5
130 76 70 120 Lungs, Florence + The Machine 14
131 115 92 7 A Thousand Miles Left Behind, Gloriana 11
132 63 68 121 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
133 113 100 14 Punching Bag, Josh Turner 4
134 148 163 62 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
135 NEW 1 Dead Silence, Billy Talent 135
136 116 99 104 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
137 66 50 7 Sparkle, Soundtrack 21
138 101 61 232 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15 10
139 89 95 47 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay 1
140 RE-ENTRY 10 MDNA, Madonna 1
141 131 102 33 Lights, Ellie Goulding 21
142 RE-ENTRY 10 Our Version Of Events, Emeli Sande 28
143 158 - 59 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
144 136 172 56 Tonight, tobyMac 6
145 122 131 55 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne 1
146 130 165 93 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
147 125 149 117 Recovery, Eminem 1
148 NEW 1 Little Victories, Chris Knight 148
149 124 177 21 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance: Music From The Disney Channel Series, Soundtrack 13
150 155 - 100 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
151 133 139 84 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
152 156 159 93 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan 6
153 134 155 84 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars 10
154 105 79 20 Project X, Soundtrack 12
155 123 129 11 American Idol: Season 11: Highlights (EP), Phillip Phillips 25
156 120 87 101 The Band Perry 4
157 126 157 46 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
158 150 152 23 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt 6
159 NEW 1 Negotiations, The Helio Sequence 159
160 144 178 58 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West 1
161 NEW 1 One Of A Kind (EP), G-Dragon 161
162 NEW 1 The Invitation Narrated By Lee Strobel, Lee Strobel 162
163 NEW 1 15th And Hope, Miggs 163
164 NEW 1 The Peace Of Wild Things, Paper Route 164
165 132 185 195 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
166 145 136 52 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen 6
167 174 166 51 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore 5
168 146 88 17 The Hurt & The Healer, MercyMe 7
169 RE-ENTRY 22 What If We Were Real, Mandisa 66
170 99 86 5 Mighty Death Pop, Insane Clown Posse 4
171 141 148 13 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than..., Fiona Apple 3
172 194 194 8 Handwritten, The Gaslight Anthem 3
173 97 54 3 A Thing Called Divine Fits, Divine Fits 54
174 159 123 69 Torches, Foster The People 8
175 164 171 170 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
176 104 118 12 Think Like A Man, Soundtrack 21
177 NEW 1 Good Guys, Bucky Covington 177
178 138 112 20 Strange Clouds, B.o.B 5
179 180 - 41 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
180 147 145 47 lovestrong., Christina Perri 4
181 RE-ENTRY 8 Synthetica, Metric 12
182 173 193 108 Save Me, San Francisco, Train 17
183 172 174 103 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd 60
184 139 161 11 Aim And Ignite, fun. 71
185 RE-ENTRY 63 Planet Pit, Pitbull 7
186 192 - 43 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns 2
187 168 176 61 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston 2
188 153 153 8 Dance Again ... The Hits, Jennifer Lopez 20
189 RE-ENTRY 3 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes, The Countdown Singers And Orchestra 99
190 152 96 254 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
191 185 - 66 4X4=12, deadmau5 47
192 171 146 816 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 15 1
193 RE-ENTRY 8 The Lion The Beast The Beat, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 17
194 100 30 3 Greater Than One, Dwele 30
195 161 120 30 Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, Tyga 4
196 RE-ENTRY 56 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
197 98 - 55 Screaming For Vengeance, Judas Priest 98
198 140 134 8 Antennas To Hell, Slipknot 18
199 RE-ENTRY 113 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch 7
200 RE-ENTRY 137 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7

[newpower]

#44 for PSB with zero promotion? Amazing.

[HolidayGuy]

PSB's last album peaked at No. 34. The duo has a sorta cult following, I suppose. It hasn't scored a top 10 U.S. album since Please in 1986. But, sicne that time, it's racked up five additional top 40 albums.

Nice to see Her Madgesty back on the chart, even if it's a brief return. This is MDNA's 14th week on Top Current Albums, which ties American Life's run on the Billboard 200 back in 2003 (when catalog titles didn't appear on the chart).

[newpower]

Sept 20, 2012 8:12:04 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

PSB's last album peaked at No. 34. The duo has a sorta cult following, I suppose. It hasn't scored a top 10 U.S. album since Please in 1986. But, sicne that time, it's racked up five additional top 40 albums.

Wow... I'm in a cult! How cool is that?

[HolidayGuy]

^Woo-hoo.

PSB is just one of those acts who usually will sell enough with a studio album to chart within a certain area- the latest album is the duo's seventh to chart in the 20-45 range on the Billboard 200- that's out of 11 studio albums.

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certifications on the Billboard 200 this week:

Now 43 Gold
fun. Gold
Carrie Underwood 1xp
Rick Ross Gold
Chris Tomlin Gold
John Mayer Gold
The Civil Wars Gold

[areyoureadytojump]

Only 33 Catalog albums are on the BB200 this week.

41 albums debut. Only 10 albums are re-entires.

[cartman2002]

if I had awarded Gold, Plantium, or Multi-Plantium album on the Billboard 200. It would these albums.

11 6 6 12 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
12 13 10 82 21, Adele 1

15 12 12 27 Up All Night, One Direction 1

17 14 11 24 The Lumineers 11[
18 11 9 30 Some Nights, fun. 3

20 15 13 13 Believe, Justin Bieber 1

24 5 8 20 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 1
25 21 45 10 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
26 20 18 58 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2

29 22 16 10 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
30 32 26 130 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
31 30 29 60 Chief, Eric Church 1

33 26 27 22 California 37, Train 4
34 24 21 12 Living Things, Linkin Park 1
35 35 19 24 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6

38 27 20 41 And If Our God Is For Us..., Chris Tomlin 17

40 31 25 11 Fortune, Chris Brown 1
41 37 37 31 Hunter Hayes 18

45 44 55 98 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
46 39 44 108 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1

48 67 121 21 Blunderbuss, Jack White 1
49 36 24 14 Looking 4 Myself, Usher 1
50 41 41 13 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney 2

52 34 39 41 El Camino, The Black Keys 2

54 43 43 22 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 2
55 51 59 57 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4

58 45 58 14 +, Ed Sheeran 5
59 25 28 17 Born And Raised, John Mayer 1

65 75 64 46 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine 6

69 80 83 52 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta 5

71 58 65 33 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2

74 46 35 240 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10 18
75 79 84 11 Wild Ones, Flo Rida 14
76 72 73 21 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 5
77 59 47 44 Take Care, Drake 1
78 57 56 24 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj 1

80 86 91 152 19, Adele 4

82 55 62 24 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 8

84 70 60 20 NOW 42, Various Artists 3
85 77 75 24 Changed, Rascal Flatts 3
86 62 93 43 Talk That Talk, Rihanna 3
87 78 71 22 Pluto, Future 8
88 68 72 38 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex 14
89 71 74 47 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson 2
90 69 77 37 Making Mirrors, Gotye 6

92 143 158 20 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones 2
93 73 66 12 Write Me Back, R. Kelly 5
94 81 78 14 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists 13

96 85 97 67 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex 4997 87 116 50 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION 87

99 93 117 14 Clockwork Angels, Rush 2

102 91 52 158 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 52
103 96 89 25 Amaryllis, Shinedown 4
104 92 98 53 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum 1
105 121 - 13 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney 5

107 149 180 42 xx, The xx 92

109 135 162 100 Hands All Over, Maroon 5 2

111 108 111 18 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm 15

113 83 63 99 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1

115 82 67 25 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie 1
116 110 109 22 Picture Show, Neon Trees 17

118 111 106 21 Up All Night, Kip Moore 6
119 106 107 15 Thirty Miles West, Alan Jackson 2
120 112 199 25 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen 1
121 118 128 37 Unbroken, Demi Lovato 4
122 114 110 49 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch 3

124 90 81 12 Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made 2, Various Artists 4

127 95 90 199 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9

129 119 132 56 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies 5
130 76 70 120 Lungs, Florence + The Machine 14

132 63 68 121 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
133 113 100 14 Punching Bag, Josh Turner 4
134 148 163 62 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1

136 116 99 104 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1

138 101 61 232 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15 10
139 89 95 47 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay 1
140 RE-ENTRY 10 MDNA, Madonna 1
141 131 102 33 Lights, Ellie Goulding 21

143 158 - 59 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
144 136 172 56 Tonight, tobyMac 6
145 122 131 55 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne 1
146 130 165 93 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
147 125 149 117 Recovery, Eminem 1

149 124 177 21 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance: Music From The Disney Channel Series, Soundtrack 13
150 155 - 100 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
151 133 139 84 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
152 156 159 93 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan 6
153 134 155 84 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars 10
154 105 79 20 Project X, Soundtrack 12

156 120 87 101 The Band Perry 4
157 126 157 46 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
158 150 152 23 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt 6

160 144 178 58 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West 1

165 132 185 195 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
166 145 136 52 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen 6
167 174 166 51 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore 5
168 146 88 17 The Hurt & The Healer, MercyMe 7

171 141 148 13 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than..., Fiona Apple 3

174 159 123 69 Torches, Foster The People 8
175 164 171 170 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1

178 138 112 20 Strange Clouds, B.o.B 5
179 180 - 41 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
180 147 145 47 lovestrong., Christina Perri 4

182 173 193 108 Save Me, San Francisco, Train 17
183 172 174 103 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd 60

185 RE-ENTRY 63 Planet Pit, Pitbull 7
186 192 - 43 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns 2
187 168 176 61 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston 2

190 152 96 254 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
191 185 - 66 4X4=12, deadmau5 47
192 171 146 816 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 15 1

195 161 120 30 Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, Tyga 4
196 RE-ENTRY 56 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
197 98 - 55 Screaming For Vengeance, Judas Priest 98

199 RE-ENTRY 113 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch 7
200 RE-ENTRY 137 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7

Red-is for albums that either spend:

10 weeks on the chart and peaked in the top 15
13 weeks on the chart and peaked between 16-18
15 weeks on the chart and peaked between 19-20
17 weeks on the chart and peaked between 21-25
20 weeks on the chart and peaked between 26-30
23 weeks on the chart and peaked between 31-35
26 weeks on the chart and peaked between 36-40
30 weeks on the chart and peaked between 41-200

Brown is for albums that spend:

30 weeks on the chart and peaked between 1-15
53 weeks on the chart and peaked between 16-200

Blue is for albums that either spend

53 weeks on the chart and peaked between 1-15
105 weeks on the chart and peaked between 16-200

Teal is for albums that we certified Gold that week during

its 10th week on the chart and peaked in the top 15
its 13th week on the chart and peaked at 16-17
its 15th week on the chart and peaked at 18-20
its 18th week on the chart and peaked at 21-25
its 20th week on the chart and peaked at 26-20
its 23rd week on the chart and peaked at 31-35
its 26th week on the chart and peaked at 36-40
its 30th week on the chart and peaked at 41-200

Beige is for albums that are certified Platnium during

ts 30th week on the chart and peaked between 1-15
its 53th week on the chart and peaked between 16-200

Navy is for albums that certified multi-platnium during

its 53th week on the chart and peaked between 1-15
its 105th week on the chart and peaked between 41-200

[areyoureadytojump]

5.112 million albums were sold in the US last week.

2.095 million were digital albums.

3.017 million were physical albums.