Billboard 200: 10/16/10: Kenny Chesney #1: 183k

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Kenny Chesney Claims Sixth No. 1 Album With 'Whiskey'
October 06, 2010

Editor: Keith Caulfield; Editorial Director: Silvio Pietroluongo

Kenny Chesney earns his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as his "Hemingway's Whiskey" bows atop the list with 183,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan . . . Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" bows at No. 2 off the strength of a digital-only first week . . . Two more top 10 entries grace the chart this week from Gucci Mane and Eric Clapton . . . On Digital Songs, Far*East Movement's "Like a G6" moves into the No. 1 slot, selling 216,000 downloads.


FLASH POINTS

• Kenny Chesney easily grabs his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Hemingway's Whiskey" bows atop the list with 183,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The singer's last studio effort, 2008's "Lucky Old Sun," also entered at No. 1, but with a slightly smaller number: 176,000.

• Among country acts, Chesney is now in second place for the most No. 1s on the big chart: Only Garth Brooks, with eight, has more.

• Dating back to 2002's "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems," Chesney has notched nine top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. In that span, only one charting set missed the region—the 2003 holiday release "All I Want for Christmas Is a Really Good Tan."

• Last week's No. 1, Zac Brown Band's "You Get What You Give," falls to No. 3 with 70,000 (down 54%).

• Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" takes a digital-only bow at No. 2 with 110,000, marking the jailed rapper's eighth top 10 album. It follows the No. 2 debut and peak earlier this year of his "Rebirth," which landed with 176,000 back in February. "Being" was initially intended as a digital-exclusive release. However, the CD version (with three additional tracks) will street on Oct. 12.

• "Being" is just the second set to reach the top two rungs on the chart solely on the strength of digital downloads. In January, the charity compilation "Hope for Haiti" spent two weeks in the top two, including one week at No. 1. "Haiti" was also never issued in a physical configuration.

• Gucci Mane earns his second top 10 album as "The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted" bows at No. 4 with 60,000. He notched his first top 10 with last year's "The State Vs. Radric Davis" when it debuted and peaked at No. 10 with 90,000.

• Rock icon Eric Clapton claims his lucky 13th top 10 set with the simply titled "Clapton" bowing at No. 6 with 47,000. He last visited the region with 2004's "Me and Mr. Johnson" at No. 6. Clapton has now racked up top 10s in five consecutive decades stretching back to 1972's No. 6 hit "History of Eric Clapton."

• Eminem's "Recovery" slips one spot to No. 5 (59,000; down 10%), Trey Songz' "Passion, Pain and Pleasure" holds at No. 7 (42,000; down 36%), Linkin Park's "A Thousand Suns" falls three spots to No. 8 (42,000; down 40%), Maroon 5's "Hands All Over" descends seven spots to No. 9 (41,000; down 71%), and Selena Gomez and the Scene's "A Year Without Rain" drops six to No. 10 (38,000; down 42%).

• Over on the Digital Songs chart, Far*East Movement moves into No. 1 spot for the first time with "Like a G6," selling 216,000 downloads (up 20%). Last week's topper, Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are," slips to No. 2 with 178,000 (down 6%). Making their top 10 debuts this week are the Glee Cast's take on Britney Spears' "Toxic" (No. 9 with 109,000) and Lil Wayne's "Gonerrhea" (featuring Drake) (No. 10 with 107,000).

• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 3) totaled 5.3 million units, up 6% compared with the sum last week (5 million) and down 23% compared with the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.9 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 221.1 million, down 13% compared with the same total at this point last year (254.9 million).

• Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.4 million downloads, up 1% compared with last week (19.2 million) and up less than 1% stacked next to the comparable week of 2009 (19.4 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 860.2 million, down 1% compared with the same total at this point last year (866.3 million).



MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 5.3 million units
• Up 6% from last week's charts: 5 million units
• Down 23% from the comparable week in 2009: 6.9 million units
• This week: The top two albums each sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: Barbra Streisand's "Love Is the Answer" debuted at No. 1 with 180,000 while Paramore's "Brand New Eyes" started at No. 2 with 175,000. The previous week's No. 1, Pearl Jam's "Backspacer," fell to No. 10 with 58,000 (down 69%).


A LOOK AHEAD

• Among the albums released this week, due on next week's charts: Toby Keith's "Bullets in the Gun," KT Tunstall's "Tiger Suit," Bruno Mars' "Doo Wops and Hooligans" and David Archuleta's "The Other Side of Down."

• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: Michael Buble's "Crazy Love" started at No. 1 with 132,000 while Kiss' "Sonic Boom" blew up at No. 2 in its first week with 108,000. The previous week's No. 1, Barbra Streisand's "Love Is the Answer," slipped to No. 4 with 75,000 (down 58%).

[HolidayGuy]

I had not realized that Chesney had racked up that many No. 1 albums. Good for him.

[Pappa-D!]

6 Number 1 albums from Chesney yet I haven't heard a single song from him.

[areyoureadytojump]

Ouch!

• Down 23% from the comparable week in 2009: 6.9 million units

[3m3r7c]

Damn that is a rough drop from the same week last year...anybody have any predictions on when they think album sales will level out? Or does everybody think they will just keep dropping until the CD becomes obsolete?

[tsw2008]

what's the year to year drop so far ?

[HolidayGuy]

^The article reports that the year-to-year decline is 13%.

[areyoureadytojump]

And we have a weak release week this week.

Toby Keith might do 90k. Archuletta 50k? Bruno Mars 50k? KT Tunstall 25k?

[slicknickshady]

59,000 for Eminem. :)

[tsw2008]

If anyone is interested IFPI's "Recording Industry in Numbers 2010" report leaked a few days ago.

[Deleted]

Oct 6, 2010 10:19:42 GMT -5 Pappa-D! said:

6 Number 1 albums from Chesney yet I haven't heard a single song from him.

Not a country music fan I see

[pokepikalem]

Oct 6, 2010 10:52:43 GMT -5 tsw2008 said:

If anyone is interested IFPI's "Recording Industry in Numbers 2010" report leaked a few days ago.

I am can you gimme the soft copy (url) please? If not I have to purchase it :(

[Enigma.]

This BB article is a mess. According to last week's chart, Eminem doesn't slip but climbs 6-5 and Linkin Park drops five 3-8, not three.

Or am I just misreading five times in a row.

[areyoureadytojump]

Country Numbers from UKMix:

Here's some numbers:

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total

NEW 1 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 183,469 183,549
1 3 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 70,065 223,771
9 21 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 24,232 69,132
12 23 Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song 20,917 113,648
21 33 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 15,916 2,657,006
22 41 Zac Brown Band The Foundation 11,820 2,292,369
41 47 Miranda Lambert Revolution 10,194 869,463
31 48 Various Now Country 3 9,908 35,351
50 61 Little Big Town The Reason Why 7,208 93,200
65 62 Carrie Underwood Play On 7,112 1,747,795
54 56 Trace Adkins Cowboy's Back In Town 6,693 122,803
56 78 Taylor Swift Fearless 5,993 6,020,739
84 91 Jerrod Niemann Judge Jerrod/Hung Jury 4,926 133,909
97 105 Blake Shelton All About Tonight 4,310 85,815
82 108 Brad Paisley American Saturday Night 4,223 652,030
117 109 Eric Church Carolina 4,152 278,746
101 115 Jason Aldean Wide Open 3,925 1,294,194
75 116 Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar 3,891 140,342
43 118 Randy Houser They Call Me Cadillac 3,840 12,839
96 121 Eason Corbin Easton Corbin 3,710 248,264
NEW 122 Rhonda Vincent Taken 3,596 4,619
83 128 Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing 3,491 442,828
86 153 Joey+Rory Album Number Two 2,930 14,244
154 168 Dierks Bentley Up On The Ridge 2,753 153,997
164 177 Josh Turner Haywire 2,618 319,605

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Week Ending Oct. 3, 2010: America's Most Popular Inmate

Posted 11 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Lil Wayne's fans are remaining loyal as the rap star nears the end of his prison sentence on a weapons possession charge. His latest album, I Am Not A Human Being, enters The Billboard 200 at #2, just behind the latest by country superstar Kenny Chesney. Lil Wayne also has 11 songs on the Hot Digital Songs chart. This puts him second only to the cast of Glee, which has 12 this week..

I Am Not A Human Being, which is a digital-only release for its first two weeks of release, is the second digital-only album to reach the top two. Hope For Haiti Now hit #1 in January. Haiti, which has sold 371,000 digital copies, has yet to be released as a CD. I Am Not A Human Being was originally also slated to be a digital exclusive, but a CD version, with three additional tracks, will be released next week..

Lil Wayne's album sold 110,000 digital copies. This is the second time that Lil Wayne has sold 100K digital copies of an album in one week. Tha Carter III sold 100K digital copies in its first week in June 2008. Only two other hip-hop artists have hit 100K in digital sales with two or more albums. They are Eminem (Relapse and Recovery) and Kanye West (Graduation and the pop-oriented 808s & Heartache)..

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I Am Not A Human Being has to be the most negative album title ever to appear in the top 10. I guess you can't expect Up With People from an artist who's in solitary on Riker's Island..

Kenny Chesney lands his sixth #1 album on The Billboard 200 with Hemingway's Whiskey. Only one other country artist, Garth Brooks, has topped the chart six or more times. (Brooks lassoed eight #1 albums between 1991 and 2001.) Chesney has amassed all six of his #1 albums in the nine years since Brooks released his most recent studio album, Scarecrow..

Chesney has reached #1 with six of his last seven studio albums. His only studio album during this streak to miss the top spot was Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, which debuted (and peaked) at #3 in 2007. This surpasses Brooks' streak from 1991 to 2001, when he reached #1 with five out of seven consecutive studio albums..

Chesney has already tied another of Brooks' most prized records. These are the only two performers to have won the Country Music Assn.'s award for Entertainer of the Year four times. Brooks, like many top artists, has a strong competitive streak. As he sees Chesney approach his old records, he may get back in the game and seek to add to his hit tallies..

Hemingway's Whiskey sold 183,000 copies in its first week, which is the biggest total for a country album since Lady Antebellum's Need You Now bowed with sales of 481,000 in January. Hemingway's Whiskey displaces the Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give, which falls from #1 to #3. This marks the first time that country albums have been #1 in back-to-back weeks since August 2009, when Reba McEntire's Keep On Loving You followed George Strait's Twang into the top spot..

This is Chesney's ninth top 10 album. That's his entire output since 2002 except for his 2003 holiday album All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, which peaked at #42. (Here, Brooks is still king. Two of his Christmas albums have made the top 10.).

Eric Clapton's Clapton debuts at #6. It's Clapton's 18th top 10 album, counting four albums with Cream, one with Blind Faith and one collabo with B.B. King. Clapton first made the top 10 with Cream in January 1968. This gives the rock legend a nearly 43-year span of top 10 albums. Even more impressive, he has appeared in the top 10 in each of the past six decades. (The Rolling Stones and Santana can make the same claim.).

"Like A G6" by Far East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev jumps from #2 to #1 on Hot Digital Songs, displacing Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are." "Like A G6" sold 216,000 copies this week, bringing its 15-week total to 952,000. The electro house smash jumped from #10 to #6 on last week's Hot 100 and may take over the top spot when the chart is released later today..

Song Scorecard: "Empire State Of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys tops the 4 million mark in paid downloads this week. It's the biggest hit by either artist..

Eminem this week becomes the first hip-hop artist with three songs at or above the 3 million mark in paid downloads (combining lead and featured credits). He achieves the feat as his Oscar-winning anthem "Lose Yourself" hits the 3 million mark. It follows "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) and Akon's "Smack That," on which Em was featured. Flo Rida, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T.I. all have two songs at or above the 3 million mark..

"Lose Yourself," which Eminem introduced in his 2002 film 8 Mile, is the third movie hit to top 3 million in digital sales. It follows M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes," which was featured in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, and Miley Cyrus' "The Climb," which she sang in Hannah Montana: The Movie. Unlike "Lose Yourself," neither of those other songs was written for the movie..

Bruno Mars and Nicki Minaj have sold a combined total of nearly 11 million digital downloads, as either lead or featured artist, so far in 2010. And they rang up all those sales before releasing their debut albums. Mars' debut, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, was released yesterday and will chart next week. Minaj's solo debut, Pink Friday, is scheduled for release on Nov. 23. (Minaj was featured on the multi-artist We Are Young Money compilation, which debuted and peaked at #9 in December.).

Mars has sung lead on three smashes this year which have sold a combined total of 6,523,000 digital copies. Here are the exact figures: "Nothin' On You," the #1 hit by B.o.B, has sold 2,535,000 copies. "Billionaire," the top five hit by Travie McCoy, has sold 2,471,000 copies. Mars' own hit, "Just The Way You Are," has sold 1,517,000 copies..

Minaj is credited on seven songs that are listed on Nielsen/SoundScan's running tally of the 200 best-selling songs so far in 2010. These seven songs have sold a combined total of 4,298,000 copies. Here's the breakdown: Her own hit "Your Love" has sold 775,000 copies. She is also featured on Ludacris' "My Chick Bad" (1,246,000), Lil Wayne's "Knockout" (519K), Trey Songz's "Bottoms Up" (518K), Usher's "Lil Freak" (508K), Sean Kingston's "Letting Go (Dutty Love)" (377K) and Jay Sean's "2012 (It Ain't The End") (355K). In addition, Rolling Stone chose Minaj to kick off its annual "Hot List" in the current issue. She is the dubbed the Hot "Superfreak" (a compliment, I think)..

The fact that these two artists have had so many digital hits and have achieved such high profiles even before their debut albums are released is a sign of how the industry is changing..

Here's the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. Far East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev's "Like A G6" jumps from #2 to #1 (216K). Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" slips from #1 to #2 (178K). Nelly's "Just A Dream" jumps from #4 to #3 (169K). Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World) dips from #3 to #4 (145K). Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" holds at #5 for the second week (130K). Usher featuring Pitbull's "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" holds at #6 for the second week (125). Flo Rida featuring David Guetta's "Club Can't Handle Me" jumps from #8 to #7 (121K). Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" dips from #7 to #8 (110K). The Glee cast's rendition of Britney Spears' "Toxic" debuts at #9 (109K). Lil Wayne featuring Drake's "Gonorrhea" debuts at #10 (107K)..

"Just A Dream" and "Club Can't Handle Me" both topped the 1 million mark in paid downloads this week, as did Taylor Swift's "Mine." It's Swift's 11th song to top the 1 million mark..

Three of the albums in this week's top 10 are by acts who have had the best-selling album of the year in the Nielsen/SoundScan era. Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory was the #1 album of 2001. Eminem's The Eminem Show was the top-seller of 2002. Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III was #1 for 2008..

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

1. Kenny Chesney, Hemingway's Whiskey, 183,000. This new entry is Chesney's ninth top 10 album; his sixth to reach #1. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Boys Of Fall" jumps from #51 to #43. "Live A Little" debuts at #73..

2. Lil Wayne, I Am Not A Human Being, 110,000. This new entry is Lil Wayne's ninth top 10 album (counting one with the Hot Boys and a collabo with Birdman). Ten songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Gonorrhea" (featuring Drake), which debuts at #10..

3. Zac Brown Band, You Get What You Give, 70,000. The former #1 album drops from #1 to #3 in its second week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "As She's Walking Away" (featuring Alan Jackson), which drops from #50 to #60..

4. Gucci Mane, The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted, 60,000. This new entry is the rapper's second top 10 album. The State Vs. Radric Davis hit #10 in 2009. "Haterade" (featuring the very busy Nicki Minaj) enters Hot Digital Songs at #125..

5. Eminem, Recovery, 59,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #6 to #5 in its 15th week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna), which dips from #9 to #11..

6. Eric Clapton, Clapton, 47,000. This new entry is the18th top 10 album of Clapton's career..

7. Trey Songz, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, 42,000. The album holds at #7 in its third week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Bottoms Up" (featuring Nicki Minaj) holds at #15. "Can't Be Friends" drops from #119 to #126..

8. Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns, 42,000. The former #1 album drops from #3 to #8 in its third week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Catalyst" drops from #43 to #70. "Waiting For The End" drops from #147 to #200..

9. Maroon5, Hands All Over, 41,000. The album drops from #2 to #9 in its second week. "Misery" drops from #16 to #28 on Hot Digital Songs..

10. Selena Gomez & the Scene, A Year Without Rain, 38,000. The album drops from #4 to #10 in its second week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "A Year Without Rain" drops from #26 to #52. "Round & Round" drops from #85 to #141..

Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 drops from #10 to #15, ending a 26-week run in the top 10. As I pointed out last week, this was the first album to spend its first 26 weeks in the top 10 since *NSYNC's 2000 blockbuster No Strings Attached..

Three other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Santana's Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time drops from #5 to #16. John Legend and the Roots' WAKE UP! falls from #8 to #12, and Billy Currington's Enjoy Yourself drops from #9 to #21..

Jimmy Eat World's Invented debuts at #11. This just missed becoming the band's third top 10 album...Lil Boosie's Incarcerated bows at #13. This is the rapper's fourth album to make the top 20 (counting one with Webbie & Foxx)..

Neil Young's Le Noise debuts at #14. This is Young's 21st album to reach the top 20, counting three albums with Crazy Horse and four as part of the iconic foursome Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...LeCrae's Rehab debuts at #17. It's the first top 20 album for the Christian rapper..

The soundtrack to The Social Network debuts at #20. The album, featuring music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, is the week's #1 soundtrack. Reznor has amassed five top 10 albums as the focal point of Nine Inch Nails. The soundtrack sold 24,000 copies, 84% them digitally. The acclaimed movie, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake, was #1 at the box-office over the weekend..

Soundgarden's Telephantasm bows at #26. The retrospective sold 19,000 copies in its first week. The album is also available inside the new videogame Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, which was released on Sept. 28. According to the Recording Industry Assn. of America, this "marks the first time a newly released music album has been simultaneously bundled with a videogame launch." The RIAA gave Soundgarden a special platinum plaque to recognize the sale of 1 million units to a gaming company, as opposed to a traditional retailer..

Counting Crowns' 2007 album The Altar And The Door holds at #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the fifth week. The album drops from #46 to #57 on The Billboard 200..

The Script's sophomore album, Science & Faith, returns to #1 in the U.K. The album has yet to be released in the U.S. Tinie Tempah's "Written In The Stars" debuts at #1 on the U.K. singles chart..

Michael Bolton came across like a bit of a wuss last week when he complained that a judge on Dancing With The Stars was mean to him. (Michael, if Florence Henderson can take it, so can you.) Bolton was once the king of the charts. His album Time, Love & Tenderness was #1 the week (May 25, 1991) that Billboard first used Nielsen/SoundScan data to power The Billboard 200..

Song Scorecard II: "Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris tops the 3 million mark in paid downloads. It's the biggest hit by either artist...Britney Spears' "3" tops the 2 million mark. It's Spears' third song to reach this level, following "Womanizer" and "Circus" (though many of her biggest hits pre-dated the digital revolution)..

Heads Up: Toby Keith will vie for his 11th top 10 album next week with Bullets In The Gun. Also due: Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans, David Archuleta's The Other Side Of Down, KT Tunstall's Tiger Suit, Finger Eleven's Life Turns Electric, Waka Flocka Flame's Flockaveli and Guster's Easy Wonderful.

[areyoureadytojump]

Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrow's chart?

Numbers are from the 10/2/10 chart except where noted:

Eminem 2,656,184 - 10/9 chart
Katy Perry 409k - 10/9 chart
B.O.B. 411k - 10/9 chart
Now 34 406k - 10/9 chart
Rick Ross 405k - 10/9 chart
Kid Cudi 456k
Prince 476k
Iron Man 2 Sdtk 404k
Twilight Eclipse Sdtk 446k
Brooks & Dunn 431k
Rascal Flatts GH 916k

[Diego]

Looks like Bieber did hold onto #15. Woot

[HolidayGuy]

Noweekly sales news as of yet, but Paul Grein posted that Britney Spears' The Singles Collection is up to 153K (meaning it's scanned roughly 8 K in the last 9 weeks), and Greatest Hits: My Prerogative is up to 1.387 million (meaning it's scanned roughly 5K in the last 9 weeks).

[fullonrainstorm]

Oct 6, 2010 15:02:56 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrow's chart?

Numbers are from the 10/2/10 chart except where noted:

Eminem 2,656,184 - 10/9 chart
Katy Perry 409k - 10/9 chart
B.O.B. 411k - 10/9 chart
Now 34 406k - 10/9 chart
Rick Ross 405k - 10/9 chart
Kid Cudi 456k
Prince 476k
Iron Man 2 Sdtk 404k
Twilight Eclipse Sdtk 446k
Brooks & Dunn 431k
Rascal Flatts GH 916k

What about Taylor Swift,Taylor's debut album? Isn't it eligible for 5X platinum certification?

[pnobelysk]

i dont think thats on the top 200 list rite now plus usually he only posts that if the album is selling pretty well still. a lot of albums are under certified, cant put them all on that list would be huge

[pnobelysk]

Oct 6, 2010 10:43:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

And we have a weak release week this week.

Toby Keith might do 90k. Archuletta 50k? Bruno Mars 50k? KT Tunstall 25k?

toby is predicted for a little under that. archuletas about half of what u said. i think u got bruno right, and no idea about Kt

[pnobelysk]

i though wed get more of a mention of brit this week besides 3 passing the 2 million mark. toxic got a pretty good increase this week along with other songs/albums

[Caviar]

How much did Perry scan?

[HolidayGuy]

Billboard ran an article on the effect of "Glee" on Madonna's album sales and digital songs sales on that Wednesday when sales were released- maybe it will have something tomorrow regarding Spears' sales.

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The Billboard 200
-- Kenny Chesney: The country king took home his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Hemingway's Whiskey" arrived in the top slot with 183,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's up a little over the 176,000 that greeted his last studio set in 2008, "Lucky Old Sun," when it started at No. 1. Chesney's set was one of four debuts in the top 10 this week.

But let's take a look at the rest of the chart's movers and shakers...

-- AC/DC: Weirdly, just five albums earned jumps of at least 10 positions or more this week, thanks to a large number of debuts that push many sets backwards down the list. AC/DC's companion album to "Iron Man 2" has the largest leap on the tally, moving 51 spots from No. 121 to No. 70. The film's DVD arrived in stores last week, sparking the album's 96% sales increase (7,000 sold total for the week).

-- David Bowie: The legend re-enters at No. 142 with a reissue of his "Station to Station" album (3,000). (Surprisingly, it's his highest charting album ever -- No. 3 for two weeks in 1976). It was available in either a special edition ($35) or deluxe package ($165). Each came with an unreleased (but often bootlegged) 1976 live concert at Nassau Coliseum in New York.

-- Rob Zombie: Just in time for Halloween gift-giving, a deluxe reissue of the his "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" album last week (with three new songs, plus a bonus DVD) jolts the set with a 343% gain, scaring up its re-entry at No. 169.

-- Serj Tankian: The System of a Down star takes the biggest fall this week as his "Imperfect Harmonies" collapses 141 rungs from No. 35 to No. 176 in its second stanza on the chart. It arrived last week with 10,000 but drops to 3,000 with a 72% decline in sales. It's one of four albums that descend at least 100 rungs this week. The others: Twiztid's "Heartbroken & Homicidal" (29-159, down 130), Luis Miguel's "Luis Miguel" (69-194, down 125) and Black Country Communion's "Black Country Communion" (54-179, down 125).

[slicknickshady]

System of a Down needs to get back together now.

[fullonrainstorm]

Oct 6, 2010 19:21:15 GMT -5 pnobelysk said:

i dont think thats on the top 200 list rite now plus usually he only posts that if the album is selling pretty well still. a lot of albums are under certified, cant put them all on that list would be huge

I was under the impression Taylor's debut was still in the BB200.It's still selling about 4000/week?

[melody56]

1 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 183,469 999 64 183,549
2 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 110,246 999 5 110,251
3 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 70,065 -54 153,402 223,771
4 GUCCI MANE APPEAL: GEORGIA'S MOST WANTED 60,058 999 187 60,245
5 EMINEM RECOVERY 59,459 -10 65,846 2,715,643
6 CLAPTON*ERIC CLAPTON 47,382 999 171 47,566
7 SONGZ*TREY PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE 41,913 -36 65,722 347,988
8 LINKIN PARK THOUSAND SUNS 41,592 -40 69,680 352,861
9 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 40,793 -71 141,585 182,546
10 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 38,324 -42 66,238 105,076
11 JIMMY EAT WORLD INVENTED 37,838 999 190 38,028
12 LEGEND*JOHN WAKE UP! 30,583 -51 62,765 93,823
13 LIL BOOSIE INCARCERATED 30,382 999 108 30,495
14 YOUNG*NEIL LE NOISE 30,219 999 340 30,561
15 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 30,105 -9 32,982 1,841,485
16 SANTANA GUITAR HEAVEN: THE GREATEST GU 29,789 -55 65,932 96,041
17 LECRAE REHAB 27,619 999 131 22,343
18 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 27,326 -8 29,823 436,685
19 VARIOUS NOW 35 26,479 -12 30,000 266,181
20 SOCIAL NETWORK TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROS 24,285 0 24,285
21 CURRINGTON*BILLY ENJOY YOURSELF 24,232 -46 44,889 69,132
22 ICE CUBE I AM THE WEST 22,282 999 60 22,342
23 JOHNSON*JAMEY GUITAR SONG 20,917 -30 29,838 113,648
24 SOUNDGARDEN TELEPHANTASM 19,820 999 186 20,007
25 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 19,708 13 17,488 259,807
26 SMITH*MICHAEL W WONDER 19,149 999 159 7,210
27 JEREMIH ALL ABOUT YOU 17,964 999 66 18,030
28 JONES*DONELL LYRICS 17,242 999 83 17,326
29 FANTASIA BACK TO ME 17,074 -13 19,674 248,703
30 DISTURBED ASYLUM 16,988 -23 22,027 307,205
31 SEAL 6: COMMITMENT 16,748 999 26 16,774
32 PLANT*ROBERT BAND OF JOY 16,270 -36 25,355 91,071
33 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 15,916 8 14,715 2,657,006
34 COLLINS*PHIL GOING BACK 15,856 999 21 15,884
35 BAD RELIGION DISSENT OF MAN 15,668 999 115 15,784
36 FOLDS*BEN & NICK HORNBY LONELY AVENUE 14,464 999 79 14,562
37 DEERHUNTER HALCYON DIGEST 14,395 999 205 14,601
38 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 13,694 -10 15,137 1,099,650
39 DOOBIE BROTHERS WORLD GONE CRAZY 12,570 999 20 12,590
40 LADY GAGA FAME 12,551 -11 14,121 3,799,237
41 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 11,820 -18 14,364 2,292,369
42 USHER VERSUS 11,790 -10 13,148 128,577
43 KEM INTIMACY 11,587 -8 12,595 185,014
44 MUSHROOMHEAD BEAUTIFUL STORIES FOR UGLY CHI 11,486 999 75 11,561
45 BAREILLES*SARA KALEIDOSCOPE HEART 11,244 -26 15,165 143,590
46 ROSS*RICK TEFLON DON 10,215 -3 10,554 416,079
47 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 10,194 10 9,302 869,463
48 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY V3 9,908 -7 10,669 35,351
49 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 18 9,596 -9 10,601 232,891
50 ARCADE FIRE SUBURBS 9,544 2 9,334 328,723
51 AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIGHTMARE 9,202 -8 9,990 336,666
52 USHER RAYMOND V RAYMOND 9,069 -13 10,473 1,095,565
53 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 8,797 -19 10,834 170,997
54 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 8,747 -3 9,005 315,014
55 KE$HA ANIMAL 8,418 -4 8,739 963,880
56 SOUNDTRACK CAMP ROCK 2: FINAL 8,401 -15 9,881 174,281
57 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR 8,310 1 8,268 474,339
58 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V3 8,156 -25 10,911 468,174
59 LAMONTAGNE*RAY & THE PARIAH DO GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T 7,570 -19 9,304 156,852
60 WEEZER HURLEY 7,373 -48 14,086 67,160
61 BREWSTER*LINCOLN REAL LIFE 7,309 999 24 2,330
62 LITTLE BIG TOWN REASON WHY, THE 7,208 -3 7,448 93,200
63 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 7,112 26 5,632 1,747,795
64 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 7,036 -4 7,306 2,797,777
65 VARIOUS NOW 34 6,994 -7 7,492 413,367
66 YORN*PETE PETE YORN 6,858 999 76 6,935
67 FRANTI*MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD SOUND OF SUNSHINE, THE 6,842 -61 17,619 24,480
68 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 6,823 -2 6,981 484,632
69 STONE SOUR AUDIO SECRECY 6,810 -24 8,933 77,729
70 AC/DC IRON MAN 2 6,775 96 3,450 414,618
71 ADKINS*TRACE COWBOY'S BACK IN TOWN 6,693 -11 7,489 122,803
72 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 6,586 -7 7,070 1,563,645
73 GIN BLOSSOMS NO CHOCOLATE CAKE 6,580 999 50 6,630
74 B.O.B B.O.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES 6,490 -19 8,052 418,456
75 FLOWERS*BRANDON FLAMINGO 6,461 -40 10,740 58,369
76 CAMP*JEREMY WE CRY OUT:THE WORSHIP PROJECT 6,427 27 5,077 19,996
77 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 6,343 -23 8,201 985,458
78 JOHNSON*JACK TO THE SEA 6,342 -13 7,292 652,080
79 LENNON*JOHN REMEMBER 6,184 -11 6,940 110,434
80 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 5,993 -13 6,924 6,020,739
81 RONSON*MARK & BUSINESS INTL RECORD COLLECTION 5,736 999 41 5,777
82 CELTIC THUNDER CHRISTMAS 5,659 -126 22,750
83 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 5,603 -17 6,751 1,305,749
84 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS MOJO 5,464 -10 6,081 313,489
85 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 5,448 4 5,259 2,929,486
86 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 5,217 4 4,996 335,714
87 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 5,084 -15 6,009 1,157,071
88 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE EUPHORIA 5,083 -16 6,065 153,244
89 JENNINGS*LYFE I STILL BELIEVE 5,036 -25 6,670 71,932
90 GAITHER*BILL & GLORIA COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS 5,025 999 23 503
91 PARAMORE BRAND NEW EYES 4,960 28 3,881 613,584
92 KING*CAROLE & JAMES TAYLOR LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR 4,942 -17 5,960 457,971
93 NIEMANN*JERROD JUDGE JERROD & THE HUNG JURY 4,926 12 4,382 133,909
94 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 4,897 -8 5,341 1,578,075
95 GAITHER*BILL & GLORIA GIVING THANKS 4,832 999 22 443
96 MY DARKEST DAYS MY DARKEST DAYS 4,749 -50 9,448 14,202
97 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 4,733 -2 4,843 4,356,771
98 GODSMACK ORACLE 4,707 -2 4,798 370,190
99 LADY GAGA REMIX 4,690 -11 5,286 108,472
100 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V2 4,682 -20 5,851 745,933
101 HOUGHTON*ISRAEL LOVE GOD LOVE PEOPLE 4,656 1 4,591 17,990
102 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 4,643 -4 4,818 465,852
103 NO AGE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN 4,475 999 28 4,504
104 NEW MEDICINE RACE YOU TO THE BOTTOM 4,438 0 4,438
105 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC-JOURNEY TO REG 4,393 -26 5,946 324,101
106 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 4,391 2 4,300 1,815,898
107 DOWNING*WILL LUST, LOVE & LIES 4,333 7 4,041 17,839
108 MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 4,321 -14 5,004 1,044,428
109 SHELTON*BLAKE ALL ABOUT TONIGHT 4,310 11 3,889 85,815
110 NEWSBOYS BORN AGAIN 4,253 41 3,019 33,802
111 SKILLET AWAKE 4,233 9 3,867 396,985
112 PAISLEY*BRAD AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT 4,223 -6 4,498 652,030
113 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 4,152 26 3,303 278,746
114 SHEPHERD*KENNY WAYNE LIVE! IN CHICAGO 4,067 999 66 4,135
115 EMINEM RELAPSE 4,047 -3 4,167 2,062,222
116 SPEARS*BRITNEY SINGLES COLLECTION 3,982 678 512 152,886
117 HEART RED VELVET CAR 3,961 -15 4,686 51,733
118 INTERPOL INTERPOL 3,929 -25 5,210 57,748
119 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 3,925 3 3,808 1,294,194
120 BROWN*ZAC BAND PASS THE JAR-ZAC BROWN BAND & 3,891 -19 4,820 140,342
121 AUGUST BURNS RED HOME 3,854 0 3,855
122 HOUSER*RANDY THEY CALL ME CADILLAC 3,840 -57 8,998 12,839
123 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3,806 6 3,607 4,817,429
124 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 3,789 -7 4,059 280,126
125 LEWIS*JERRY LEE MEAN OLD MAN 3,777 -6 4,005 25,409
126 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3,774 -3 3,900 3,186,146
127 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3,750 -3 3,848 10,356,542
128 PINK FLOYD WALL 3,742 69 2,210 1,496,645
129 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 3,736 -1 3,775 1,486,962
130 CORBIN*EASTON EASTON CORBIN 3,710 -6 3,941 248,264
131 VINCENT*RHONDA TAKEN 3,596 259 1,002 4,619
132 BUN B TRILL O.G. 3,595 -4 3,759 99,827
133 MONSTER MASH & OTHER TERRIFYIN MONSTER MASH & OTHER TERRIFYIN 3,590 15 3,130 18,345
134 ANDERSON*COFFEY COFFEY ANDERSON 3,573 999 285 526
135 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 3,564 -15 4,199 831,408
136 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 3,559 2 3,492 1,755,767
137 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 3,525 5 3,369 3,191,701
138 IRON MAIDEN FINAL FRONTIER 3,516 -15 4,148 114,151
139 CRUZ*TAIO ROKSTARR 3,503 -8 3,828 120,987
140 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 3,491 -21 4,433 442,828
141 P!NK FUNHOUSE 3,484 -4 3,634 1,800,801
142 BOWIE*DAVID STATION TO STATION 3,444 999 70 63,002
143 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 3,405 -10 3,788 2,012,061
144 MUSE RESISTANCE 3,393 -1 3,422 571,571
145 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 3,384 1 3,360 2,124,842
146 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 3,339 -3 3,433 5,763,019
147 AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU 3,320 20 2,770 235,828
148 GRINDERMAN GRINDERMAN 2 3,308 -10 3,679 17,354
149 GOO GOO DOLLS SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF US 3,294 -18 4,014 58,167
150 ERNA*SULLY AVALON 3,230 -36 5,046 21,985
151 ANBERLIN DARK IS THE WAY. LIG 3,218 -26 4,355 45,198
152 STAPLES*MAVIS YOU ARE NOT ALONE 3,203 -37 5,112 14,757
153 LEVERT*GERALD BEST OF GERALD LEVERT 3,201 -1 3,238 22,015
153 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 3,201 13 2,828 3,494,484
155 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 3,176 -2 3,246 501,373
156 KEYS*ALICIA ELEMENT OF FREEDOM 3,173 -6 3,369 1,436,169
157 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 3,155 14 2,776 672,580
158 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 3,152 -8 3,426 737,778
159 TWIZTID HEARTBROKEN AND HOMI 3,133 -71 10,781 13,954
160 HALFORD HALFORD IV - MADE OF 3,129 999 55 3,184
161 WALKMEN LISBON 3,125 -31 4,519 20,852
162 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3,078 0 3,089 4,854,743
163 XX,THE XX 3,072 -10 3,422 202,837
164 NEON TREES HABITS 3,062 2 2,992 70,804
165 PRINCE LOTUS FLOW3R 3,054 -12 3,461 483,392
166 SANCTUS REAL PIECES OF A REAL HEART 3,050 -3 3,142 34,397
167 OSBOURNE*OZZY SCREAM 3,045 7 2,854 211,812
168 HALL*CHARLIE RISING 3,022 999 7 1,659
169 ZOMBIE*ROB HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 2,988 343 675 162,625
170 MONICA STILL STANDING 2,973 -2 3,030 511,266
171 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 2,961 0 2,962 766,349
172 MOTLEY CRUE GREATEST HITS 2,931 5 2,798 172,334
173 JOEY + RORY ALBUM NUMBER TWO 2,930 -32 4,328 14,244
174 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 2,911 0 2,904 922,297
175 BIG BOI SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: THE SO 2,901 -20 3,621 177,500
176 TANKIAN*SERJ IMPERFECT HARMONIES 2,899 -72 10,205 13,128
177 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 2,895 4 2,779 245,119
178 DERULO*JASON JASON DERULO 2,891 6 2,723 233,710
179 BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION 2,878 -60 7,127 10,065
180 CROW*SHERYL 100 MILES FROM MEMPHIS 2,866 -28 3,960 155,682
181 UNCLE KRACKER HAPPY HOUR:THE SOUTH RIVER ROA 2,846 4 2,742 55,608
182 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 2,819 28 2,199 711,213
183 GORILLAZ PLASTIC BEACH 2,809 27 2,208 339,131
184 NORMAN*BEBO OCEAN 2,805 999 38 2,077
185 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE KISS AND TELL 2,789 -26 3,785 683,608
186 SAPP*MARVIN HERE I AM 2,784 -3 2,856 304,022
187 SONGZ*TREY READY 2,763 -12 3,147 817,555
187 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 2,763 -11 3,100 1,109,665
189 BENTLEY*DIERKS UP ON THE RIDGE 2,753 4 2,644 153,997
190 KASKADE DANCE. LOVE 2,749 0 2,749
191 TIRED PONY PLACE WE RAN FROM 2,748 999 65 2,814
192 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 2,680 19 2,246 107,977
193 CASTING CROWNS UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS 2,675 18 2,260 220,932
194 MIGUEL*LUIS LUIS MIGUEL 2,667 -50 5,333 16,890
195 ATKINS*RODNEY RODNEY ATKINS (CRACKER BARREL 2,663 -26 3,595 15,245
196 MELLENCAMP*JOHN NO BETTER THAN THIS 2,642 -17 3,165 54,631
197 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 2,635 0 2,634 2,016,375
198 DIRTY HEADS ANY PORT IN A STORM 2,629 1 2,591 106,855
199 TURNER*JOSH HAYWIRE 2,618 2 2,558 319,605
199 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE ORIGINA SOUNDTRACK 2,618 -7 2,818 452,041

[#LisaRinna]

Trey is holding up better than Linkin Park. 'Bottoms Up' being played on Pop radio will give him some nice exposure.

[asg4]

Oct 6, 2010 10:55:00 GMT -5 @2m said:

Oct 6, 2010 10:19:42 GMT -5 Pappa-D! said:

6 Number 1 albums from Chesney yet I haven't heard a single song from him.

Not a country music fan I see

I dont even know what he looks like or sounds like. most ppl r not into country. Its not mainstream