HITS 9/20 - 9/21 Linkin Park vs. Trey Songz

[kt1990]

Go Florence! Her album's gonna be top 20!

[speeddial]

Sept 16, 2010 20:45:49 GMT -5 Diego said:

YOUR HIGH HOLY DAYS WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW

Going into the weekend, Warner Bros.' Linkin Park is in the lead, but Atlantic's Trez Songz is right behind them. Looks like Top 10 debuts on tap for Mercury Nashville's Jamey Johnson, Epitaph's Weezer, Rounder's Robert Plant and Island/IDJ's Brandon Flowers. Meanwhile, Universal Republic's Florence + the Machine ride her show-stopping VMA performance into the Top 15. Not bad.

*Linkin Park (Warner Bros.) 250-260k
*Trey Songz (Atlantic) 230-240k
Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 75-80k
* Jamey Johnson (Mercury Nashville) 60-65k
* Weezer (Epitaph) 45-50k
* Robert Plant (Rounder) 45-50k
* Brandon Flowers (Island/IDJ) 40-45k
Now 35 (Capitol/EMI) 40-45k
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 32-37k
Sara Bareilles (Epic) 28-32k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 25-28k
Disturbed (Reprise) 25-28k
Fantasia (J/RMG) 22-25k
Florence + The Machine (Universal Republic) 20-23k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 17-20k *Debuts (9/16p)

Fantasia's album looks like it's going to be a consistent seller. Nice drop.

It will hit over 200,000 copies by the end of the weekend, and her reality show's second season starts this Sunday.

[microcuts]

So happy with the Florence prediction!

[Enigma.]

Eminem's so consistent! And third single hasn't even impacted yet.

Is it No Love?

[SWAG.]

I can't wait until the updates start!

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS' building album sales chart:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

-- 1 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 190,294 --
BACKSPACER
1 2 JAY-Z ROC NATION 130,085 -57%
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 3 THREE DAYS GRACE JIVE/JLG 83,913 --
LIFE STARTS NOW
2 4 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA/RMG 62,857 -62%
I LOOK TO YOU
5 5 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 60,583 -18%
TIME OF OUR LIVES
-- 6 BRAND NEW DGC/INTERSCOPE 44,828 --
DAISY
-- 7 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 42,021 --
WAR IS THE ANSWER
8 8 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 38,956 -21%
NUMBER ONES
-- 9 HARRY CONNICK, JR. COLUMBIA 35,719 --
YOUR SONGS
-- 10 DAVID GRAY DOWNTOWN RECORDS 35,433 --
DRAW THE LINE

[SWAG.]

CHART DATE: 09/20/2010
LAST UPDATE: 09/20/2010 12:42:26
NOW IN: 54.98%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 166,065
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
-- 2 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 132,348
A THOUSAND SUNS
2 3 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 47,498
RECOVERY
-- 4 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 35,205
GUITAR SONG
3 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 35 CAPITOL/EMI 34,030
VARIOUS ARTISTS
4 6 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 25,870
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 7 ROBERT PLANT ROUNDER 21,433
BAND OF JOY
7 8 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 18,356
MY WORLD 2.0
11 9 FANTASIA J RECORDS/RMG 18,049
BACK TO ME
-- 10 WEEZER EPITAPH 17,761
HURLEY
5 11 DISTURBED REPRISE 14,924
ASYLUM
15 12 USHER LAFACE/JLG 12,653
VERSUS
-- 13 NOW COUNTRY 3 CAPITOL/EMI 11,668
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 14 BRANDON FLOWERS ISLAND/IDJMG 11,508
FLAMINGO
13 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,232
NEED YOU NOW
16 16 KEM UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 9,770
INTIMACY
10 17 CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM WALT DISNEY 9,144
SOUNDTRACK
14 18 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 8,920
THANK ME LATER
18 19 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 8,772
FAME
22 20 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 7,857
KIDZ BOP 18
1 21 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 7,838
KALEIDOSCOPE HEART
6 22 STONE SOUR ROADRUNNER 7,818
AUDIO SECRECY
35 23 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 7,655
VARIOUS ARTISTS
29 24 USHER LAFACE/JLG 7,456
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
25 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 7,236
REVOLUTION
20 26 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 7,178
FOUNDATION
23 27 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 6,377
TEFLON DON
-- 28 WILL DOWNING PEAK 6,331
LUST, LOVE & LIES
41 29 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 6,315
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
30 30 TRACE ADKINS SHOW DOG 6,279
COWBOY'S BACK IN TOWN
26 31 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 6,027
REASON WHY
-- 32 SULLY ERNA UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,928
AVALON
40 33 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 5,569
MY WORLD
36 34 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 5,471
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
21 35 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 5,449
NIGHTMARE
24 36 LYFE JENNINGS ASYLUM 5,413
I STILL BELIEVE
33 37 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 5,342
ANIMAL
44 38 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,175
EUPHORIA
-- 39 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 4,811
FAME MONSTER (EP)
-- 40 JOEY + RORY SUGAR HILL 4,486
ALBUM NUMBER TWO
50 41 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 4,472
THE REMIX
45 42 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 4,349
LUNGS
46 43 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 4,335
FEARLESS
19 44 RAY LAMONTAGNE RCA/RMG 4,127
GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T RI
47 45 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,734
PLAY ON
27 46 TRAIN COLUMBIA 3,612
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
37 47 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 3,344
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
31 48 GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS. 3,097
SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF US
17 49 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 3,090
SIGH NO MORE
9 50 INTERPOL MATADOR 2,739
INTERPOL

[chopped89]

:O

[hazuki]

Comeon LP..

[Sure Thing]

Let's go Songz!

[slicknickshady]

Looks like Eminem will be #3

[Cerbius]

Go Linkin Park!

[Call Me Crazy]

SONGZ!!!!

[stanr]

:o
can't believe it!

[singingsparrow]

I believe it.

Trey Songz has incredible momentum in his sails right now, while morale among Linkin Park fans is lukewarm, with fans of their nu-metal sound from before feeling deflated toward their new material.

Really, competing for the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 is much like getting-out-the-vote any election season. It's all about which camp has more momentum and morale when all is said and done. Both are clearly on Trey Songz' side with his breakout single "Say Aah" recently and the commercial praise his new album is garnering. I did predict an upset was likely, and I think Trey will pull off just that.

Namaste,
Lisping Hibiscus

[SWAG.]

CHART DATE: 09/20/2010
LAST UPDATE: 09/21/2010 13:26:25
NOW IN: 55.94%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 253,685
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 2 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 244,103
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
2 3 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 89,182
RECOVERY
-- 4 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 61,151
GUITAR SONG
-- 5 ROBERT PLANT ROUNDER 48,888
BAND OF JOY
-- 6 WEEZER EPITAPH 47,845
HURLEY
3 7 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 35 CAPITOL/EMI 41,043
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 8 BRANDON FLOWERS ISLAND/IDJMG 40,143
FLAMINGO
4 9 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 39,619
TEENAGE DREAM
7 10 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 38,120
MY WORLD 2.0
5 11 DISTURBED REPRISE 32,748
ASYLUM
1 12 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 26,103
KALEIDOSCOPE HEART
11 13 FANTASIA J RECORDS/RMG 25,640
BACK TO ME
45 14 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,702
LUNGS
14 15 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 19,315
THANK ME LATER
29 16 USHER LAFACE/JLG 18,792
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
6 17 STONE SOUR ROADRUNNER 17,064
AUDIO SECRECY
18 18 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 16,945
FAME
16 19 KEM UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,395
INTIMACY
17 20 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 16,329
SIGH NO MORE
-- 21 NOW COUNTRY 3 CAPITOL/EMI 16,159
VARIOUS ARTISTS
13 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 15,739
NEED YOU NOW
9 23 INTERPOL MATADOR 14,369
INTERPOL
23 24 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 13,967
TEFLON DON
10 25 CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM WALT DISNEY 13,709
SOUNDTRACK
15 26 USHER LAFACE/JLG 13,654
VERSUS
-- 27 SULLY ERNA UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,122
AVALON
12 28 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 12,676
SUBURBS
21 29 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 11,849
NIGHTMARE
41 30 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 11,732
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
22 31 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,699
KIDZ BOP 18
32 32 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 10,865
BROTHERS
19 33 RAY LAMONTAGNE RCA/RMG 10,845
GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T RI
25 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,535
REVOLUTION
24 35 LYFE JENNINGS ASYLUM 10,153
I STILL BELIEVE
37 36 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 9,766
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
33 37 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 9,523
ANIMAL
-- 38 JOHN LENNON HEAR MUSIC 9,310
REMEMBER
35 39 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 9,275
VARIOUS ARTISTS
20 40 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 9,267
FOUNDATION
-- 41 WILL DOWNING PEAK 9,146
LUST, LOVE & LIES
30 42 TRACE ADKINS SHOW DOG 8,650
COWBOY'S BACK IN TOWN
26 43 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,629
REASON WHY
-- 44 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 8,148
FAME MONSTER (EP)
36 45 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 7,862
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
44 46 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,857
EUPHORIA
-- 47 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 7,636
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 1
40 48 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 7,532
MY WORLD
46 49 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 7,530
FEARLESS
8 50 ANBERLIN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,518
DARK IS THE WAY LIGHT IS A PLACE

[SWAG.]

CHART DATE: 09/20/2010
LAST UPDATE: 09/21/2010 13:31:02
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 253,685 --
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 2 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 244,103 --
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
2 3 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 89,182 +10%
RECOVERY
-- 4 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 61,151 --
GUITAR SONG
-- 5 ROBERT PLANT ROUNDER 48,888 --
BAND OF JOY
-- 6 WEEZER EPITAPH 47,845 --
HURLEY
3 7 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 35 CAPITOL/EMI 41,043 -37%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 8 BRANDON FLOWERS ISLAND/IDJMG 40,143 --
FLAMINGO
4 9 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 39,619 -33%
TEENAGE DREAM
7 10 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 38,120 +10%
MY WORLD 2.0
5 11 DISTURBED REPRISE 32,748 -44%
ASYLUM
1 12 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 26,103 -72%
KALEIDOSCOPE HEART
11 13 FANTASIA J RECORDS/RMG 25,640 -11%
BACK TO ME
45 14 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,702 +162%
LUNGS
14 15 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 19,315 +9%
THANK ME LATER
29 16 USHER LAFACE/JLG 18,792 +70%
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
6 17 STONE SOUR ROADRUNNER 17,064 -63%
AUDIO SECRECY
18 18 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 16,945 +9%
FAME
16 19 KEM UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,395 -1%
INTIMACY
17 20 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 16,329 0%
SIGH NO MORE
-- 21 NOW COUNTRY 3 CAPITOL/EMI 16,159 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
13 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 15,739 -14%
NEED YOU NOW
9 23 INTERPOL MATADOR 14,369 -56%
INTERPOL
23 24 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 13,967 +9%
TEFLON DON
10 25 CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM WALT DISNEY 13,709 -56%
SOUNDTRACK
15 26 USHER LAFACE/JLG 13,654 -19%
VERSUS
-- 27 SULLY ERNA UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,122 --
AVALON
12 28 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 12,676 -36%
SUBURBS
21 29 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 11,849 -15%
NIGHTMARE
41 30 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 11,732 +46%
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
22 31 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,699 -13%
KIDZ BOP 18
32 32 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 10,865 0%
BROTHERS
19 33 RAY LAMONTAGNE RCA/RMG 10,845 -29%
GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T RI
25 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,535 -11%
REVOLUTION
24 35 LYFE JENNINGS ASYLUM 10,153 -16%
I STILL BELIEVE
37 36 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 9,766 +13%
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
33 37 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 9,523 -11%
ANIMAL
-- 38 JOHN LENNON HEAR MUSIC 9,310 --
REMEMBER
35 39 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 9,275 -6%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
20 40 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 9,267 -36%
FOUNDATION
-- 41 WILL DOWNING PEAK 9,146 --
LUST, LOVE & LIES
30 42 TRACE ADKINS SHOW DOG 8,650 -21%
COWBOY'S BACK IN TOWN
26 43 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,629 -26%
REASON WHY
-- 44 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 8,148 --
FAME MONSTER (EP)
36 45 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 7,862 -15%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
44 46 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,857 +1%
EUPHORIA
-- 47 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 7,636 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 1
40 48 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 7,532 -8%
MY WORLD
46 49 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 7,530 0%
FEARLESS
8 50 ANBERLIN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,518 -77%
DARK IS THE WAY LIGHT IS A PLACE

[rockmaniac]

HOORAY FOR LINKIN PARK!

[Cerbius]

Yay for Linkin Park! :) Terrible drop for Sara, however. :'(

[SWAG.]

Amazing numbers for Trey! I never thought he'd do almost 250k. How far we've come. LMAO.

[badrobot]

Looking at Lady Gaga as opposed to Florence and Usher, it seems pretty clear that winning awards is far less helpful sales-wise than performing.

This was my guess for Gaga's best chance at another week in the top ten. I think she will probably have to settle for just missing Shania Twain's record for most top ten weeks for a non-#1.

[cking33]

Sept 21, 2010 15:50:11 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Looking at Lady Gaga as opposed to Florence and Usher, it seems pretty clear that winning awards is far less helpful sales-wise than performing.

This was my guess for Gaga's best chance at another week in the top ten. I think she will probably have to settle for just missing Shania Twain's record for most top ten weeks for a non-#1.

Performances help, but it depends on the type of award you're winning. The VMAs aren't exactly taken seriously. Plus at this point, Gaga's already sold a ton of albums.

Look at the kind of boost big winners at the Grammys get in the weeks after. Think of Norah Jones, even Amy Winehouse. Winning Grammys helps boost sales for a few weeks.

[chopped89]

EMINEM :O
Good for Trey, a little bad for LP they used to push more than 500k!

[Wavey✨️]

How'd the fuq they gain so fast.
Oh well,congrats Trey.

[badrobot]

Sept 21, 2010 15:55:27 GMT -5 cking33 said:

Sept 21, 2010 15:50:11 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Looking at Lady Gaga as opposed to Florence and Usher, it seems pretty clear that winning awards is far less helpful sales-wise than performing.

This was my guess for Gaga's best chance at another week in the top ten. I think she will probably have to settle for just missing Shania Twain's record for most top ten weeks for a non-#1.

Performances help, but it depends on the type of award you're winning. The VMAs aren't exactly taken seriously. Plus at this point, Gaga's already sold a ton of albums.

Look at the kind of boost big winners at the Grammys get in the weeks after. Think of Norah Jones, even Amy Winehouse. Winning Grammys helps boost sales for a few weeks.

Big Grammy winners also tend to be performers that night, though. I'm hard pressed to think of a big winner who didn't perform.

It's actually quite odd now that I think about it that not all of the video of the year nominees at the VMAs perform.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

go trey.

Em continues smashing..

[when the pawn...]

I think the GaGa vs. Florence thing is weird though - Lady GaGa has sold almost 4 million copies of her album (in addition to 1.2-1.3(?) million copies of the EP tagged on) while Florence has sold under 200k. If GaGa was at Florence's sales level and won 8 awards including VOTY, giving 3 acceptance speeches throughout the night without performing, her increase would be greater than what it was.

Great numbers for Linkin Park & Trey, even despite previous LP figures.

Also...Eminem...wow. I really hope he finishes 2010 with the best selling-album.

[Deleted]

Awesome for Florence :) Top 20!!!!!!!! Glad Linkin Park is number 1! And horrible drop for Sara, hopefully with King of Anything moving up on pop her album stays consistent!

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-- 1 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 253,685 --
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 2 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 244,103 --
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE

I think it's still not decided yet.

-- 4 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 61,151 --
GUITAR SONG
-- 5 ROBERT PLANT ROUNDER 48,888 --
BAND OF JOY
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 8 BRANDON FLOWERS ISLAND/IDJMG 40,143 --
FLAMINGO

Strong debuts!
Is Robert Plant considered folk music?

1 12 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 26,103 -72%
KALEIDOSCOPE HEART

Will this struggle to go gold?

45 14 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,702 +162%
LUNGS

:o :o :o

13 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 15,739 -14%
NEED YOU NOW

Lowest point so far!

12 28 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 12,676 -36%
SUBURBS
21 29 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 11,849 -15%
NIGHTMARE

LOL