Billboard 200: 10/23/10: Toby Keith #1: 71k

[Honeymoon]

Oct 14, 2010 12:29:47 GMT -5 @reidlos20 said:

^ Thank god. All we need is one for Eminem too.

They are probably waiting for it to reach 4 million (which it will probably do by early next year depending on how future singles, the Grammy's, holiday season etc pans out for Em) so they don't have to re-certify it for a good while, knowing Interscope...

[Diego]

Oct 13, 2010 12:21:59 GMT -5 melody56 said:

TOP 25 ALBUMS

1 KEITH*TOBY BULLETS IN THE GUN 70,830 999 28 70,867
2 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 65,174 -64 183,469 248,723
3 MARS*BRUNO DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 54,800 999 28 54,846
4 EMINEM RECOVERY 52,464 -12 59,459 2,768,107
5 ZAC BROWN BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 43,083 -39 70,065 266,854
6 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME FLOCKAVELI 37,000 999 200 37,200
7 LINKIN PARK THOUSAND SUNS 36,662 -12 41,592 389,523
8 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 32,025 17 27,326 468,710
9 SONGZ*TREY PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE 31,730 -24 41,913 379,718
10 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 26,623 -31 38,324 131,699
11 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 24,283 -40 40,793 206,829
12 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 24,211 -20 30,105 1,865,696
13 ARCHULETA*DAVID OTHER SIDE OF DOWN 24,209 999 12 24,226
14 VARIOUS NOW 35 23,916 -10 26,479 290,097
15 EVANS*FAITH SOMETHING ABOUT FAITH 23,423 999 163 23,586
16 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 23,099 -79 110,246 133,350
17 BRING ME THE HORIZON THERE IS A HELL BELIVE ME I'VE 20,174 999 136 20,310
18 GUCCI MANE APPEAL: GEORGIA'S MOST WANTED 20,054 -67 60,058 80,299
19 CLAPTON*ERIC CLAPTON 19,662 -59 47,382 67,228
20 SANTANA GUITAR HEAVEN: THE GREATEST GU 19,348 -35 29,789 115,389
21 LEGEND*JOHN WAKE UP! 18,653 -39 30,583 112,476
22 GUSTER EASY WONDERFUL 18,547 999 91 18,638
23 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 18,454 -6 19,708 278,261
24 LENNON*JOHN POWER TO THE PEOPLE 18,383 999 29 18,412
25 PIMP C NAKED SOUL OF SWEET JONES 17,809 999 46 17,855

26 23 4 The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
27 NEW 1 WOW Hits 2011, Various Artists
28 21 3 Enjoy Yourself, Billy Currington
29 33 37 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
30 30 6 Asylum, Disturbed
31 29 7 Back To Me, Fantasia
32 14 2 Le Noise, Neil Young
33 38 17 Thank Me Later, Drake
34 RE-ENTRY 75 Double Fantasy, John Lennon & Yoko Ono
35 32 4 Band Of Joy, Robert Plant
36 40 102 The Fame, Lady Gaga
37 NEW 1 Illuminaudio, Chiodos
38 13 2 Incarcerated, Lil' Boosie
39 NEW 1 Life Is Good (EP), Jason Mraz
40 17 2 Rehab, LeCrae
41 43 8 Intimacy: Album III, Kem
42 NEW 1 The Story Of Your Life, Matthew West
43 NEW 1 Tiger Suit, KT Tunstall
44 42 7 Versus (EP), Usher
45 NEW 1 Black Swans And Wormhole Wizard, Joe Satriani
46 26 2 Wonder, Michael W. Smith
47 41 99 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
48 47 54 Revolution, Miranda Lambert
49 45 5 Kaleidoscope Heart, Sara Bareilles
50 1 As I Call You Down, Fistful Of Mercy
51 NEW 1 Live, Volume 3, The Avett Brothers
52 46 12 Teflon Don, Rick Ross
53 54 21 Brothers, The Black Keys
54 50 10 The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
55 22 2 I Am The West, Ice Cube
56 31 2 6: Commitment, Seal
57 49 12 Kidz Bop 18, Kidz Bop Kids
58 53 19 Lungs, Florence + The Machine
59 52 28 Raymond V Raymond, Usher
60 51 11 Nightmare, Avenged Sevenfold
61 11 2 Invented, Jimmy Eat World
62 24 2 Telephantasm, Soundgarden
63 55 40 Animal, Ke$ha
64 58 21 Glee: The Music, Volume 3: Showstoppers, Soundtrack
65 27 2 All About You, Jeremih
66 79 4 Opus Collection: Remember, John Lennon
67 48 4 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 3, Various Artists
68 63 49 Play On, Carrie Underwood
69 56 9 Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Soundtrack
70 34 2 Going Back, Phil Collins
71 65 17 NOW 34, Various Artists
72 80 100 Fearless, Taylor Swift
73 78 19 To The Sea, Jack Johnson
74 62 7 The Reason Why, Little Big Town
75 64 70 The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
76 68 48 Save Me, San Francisco, Train
77 72 47 My World (EP), Justin Bieber
78 NEW 1 Jars Of Clay Presents: The Shelter, Jars Of Clay
79 71 8 Cowboy's Back In Town, Trace Adkins
80 28 2 Lyrics, Donell Jones
81 37 2 Halcyon Digest, Deerhunter
82 59 8 God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, Ray Lamontagne And The Pariah Dogs
83 74 24 B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
84 77 49 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 1, Soundtrack
85 82 4 Christmas/Celtic Thunder, Celtic Thunder
86 101 6 Love God. Love People.: The London Sessions, Israel Houghton
87 69 5 Audio Secrecy, Stone Sour
88 RE-ENTRY 46 Imagine, John Lennon
89 57 83 The Altar And The Door, Casting Crowns
90 NEW 1 Diary Of A Mad Band, Down
91 86 50 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch
92 NEW 1 Life Turns Electric, Finger Eleven
93 35 2 The Dissent Of Man, Bad Religion
94 85 99 Dark Horse, Nickelback
95 75 4 Flamingo, Brandon Flowers
96 108 47 Battle Studies, John Mayer
97 39 2 World Gone Crazy, Doobie Brothers
98 RE-ENTRY 33 Tonight, tobyMac
99 93 13 Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury, Jerrod Niemann
100 83 46 The Fame Monster (EP), Lady Gaga
101 70 25 Iron Man 2 (Soundtrack), AC/DC
102 NEW 1 El Hombre Que Mas Te Amo, Vicente Fernandez
103 84 17 Mojo, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
104 94 139 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15
105 44 2 Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children, Mushroomhead
106 87 65 Leave This Town, Daughtry
107 98 23 The Oracle, Godsmack
108 97 78 Number Ones, Michael Jackson
109 20 2 The Social Network (Soundtrack), Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross
110 88 14 Euphoria, Enrique Iglesias
111 36 2 Lonely Avenue, Ben Folds/Nick Hornby
112 102 52 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi
113 60 4 Hurley, Weezer
114 67 3 The Sound Of Sunshine, Michael Franti & Spearhead
115 111 59 Awake, Skillet
116 109 9 All About Tonight (EP), Blake Shelton
117 166 13 Pieces Of A Real Heart, Sanctus Real
118 100 44 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2, Soundtrack
119 RE-ENTRY 2 Just Love, Brian Courtney Wilson
120 96 3 My Darkest Days, My Darkest Days
121 113 41 Carolina, Eric Church
122 152 4 You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples
123 99 10 The Remix, Lady Gaga
124 106 53 Crazy Love, Michael Buble
125 123 207 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift
126 105 18 Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals (EP), Soundtrack
127 92 23 Live At The Troubadour, Carole King & James Taylor
128 112 67 American Saturday Night, Brad Paisley
129 76 7 We Cry Out: The Worship Project, Jeremy Camp
130 89 6 I Still Believe, Lyfe Jennings
131 140 53 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan
132 115 73 Relapse, Eminem
133 177 39 Waking Up, OneRepublic
134 119 79 Wide Open, Jason Aldean
135 91 54 Brand New Eyes, Paramore
136 126 89 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem
137 124 37 This Is War, Thirty Seconds To Mars
138 130 32 Easton Corbin, Easton Corbin
139 144 56 The Resistance, Muse
140 165 24 Lotus Flow3r/MPLSoUND/Elix3r, Prince/Bria Valente
141 RE-ENTRY 770 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 15
142 133 4 Monster Mash & Other Terrifying Hits, The Countdown Singers
143 129 108 Learn To Live, Darius Rucker
144 167 16 Scream, Ozzy Osbourne
145 127 156 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10
146 146 72 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival
147 137 109 Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
148 NEW 1 Signature Box, John Lennon
149 136 130 Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum
150 143 107 Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon
151 139 19 Rokstarr, Taio Cruz
152 135 104 That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
153 RE-ENTRY 21 Up From Below, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
154 145 107 Love On The Inside, Sugarland
155 128 125 The Wall, Pink Floyd (Diamond Certification) 23
156 61 2 Real Life, Lincoln Brewster
157 141 102 Funhouse, P!nk
158 183 29 Plastic Beach, Gorillaz
159 RE-ENTRY 13 Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot
160 164 6 Habits, Neon Trees
161 171 106 Nothing But The Best, Frank Sinatra
162 120 23 Pass The Jar: Live From the Fabulous Fox Theater In Atlanta, Zac Brown Band
163 NEW 1 Sonny With A Chance, Soundtrack
164 155 73 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
165 162 181 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses
166 158 46 For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert
167 163 32 xx, The xx
168 157 36 Rebirth, Lil Wayne
169 132 10 Trill O.G., Bun-B
170 NEW 1 Fight Or Flight, Emily Osment
171 118 5 Interpol, Interpol
172 107 4 Lust, Love & Lies (An Audio Novel), Will Downing
173 178 32 Jason Derulo, Jason Derulo
174 RE-ENTRY 30 Broken Bells, Broken Bells
175 153 117 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
176 138 8 The Final Frontier, Iron Maiden
177 NEW 1 Kidz Bop Halloween Party, Kidz Bop Kids
178 156 43 The Element Of Freedom, Alicia Keys
179 RE-ENTRY 12 It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith
180 188 58 Ready, Trey Songz
181 187 120 The Sound Of Madness, Shinedown
182 150 4 Avalon, Sully Erna
183 174 80 Greatest Hits Volume 1, Rascal Flatts
184 185 54 Kiss And Tell, Selena Gomez & The Scene
185 RE-ENTRY 72 Hello Love, Chris Tomlin
186 197 77 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
187 172 37 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue
188 NEW 1 Drew's Famous: Ultimate Halloween Party Favorites, The Hit Crew
189 151 5 Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place, Anberlin
190 195 5 Rodney Atkins, Rodney Atkins
191 RE-ENTRY 18 The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe
192 149 6 Something For The Rest Of Us, Goo Goo Dolls
193 170 29 Still Standing, Monica
194 117 6 Red Velvet Car, Heart
195 RE-ENTRY 106 Mothership, Led Zeppelin
196 NEW 1 Gimme Some Truth, John Lennon
197 122 3 They Call Me Cadillac, Randy Houser
198 RE-ENTRY 12 It's America, Rodney Atkins
199 147 20 I and Love and You, The Avett Brothers
200 110 13 Born Again, newsboys

[Diego]

Em's now 100K ahead of Lady A.

EMINEM Recovery 2,768,107
LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now 2,671,145
JUSTIN BIEBER My World 2.0 1,865,696

[slicknickshady]

So, Really, Swift and Boyle are the only ones left who can challenge Eminem for the highest selling album of the year. imo.

[Honeymoon]

Hopefully we can match last year in having at least two albums topping 3 million for 2010. Eminem will do it, Lady A has a fair shot and I can see Taylor reaching 3 million by year end. I think Boyle will fall a little short this year, but she should get to at least 2 million

[c0ldasfire]

Pop Catalog chart with sales please :)

*prays to the chart gods*

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Oct 14, 2010 17:54:00 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

So, Really, Swift and Boyle are the only ones left who can challenge Eminem for the highest selling album of the year. imo.

Honestly, I think the only real competition for Eminem this year is Susan Boyle. Fearless sold around 2.1 million by the first of January 09. I would be really surprised to see Speak Now hit the three million it would take to have the best-selling album of the year. However, I could definitely see Susan pulling it off with her new Christmas album (she definitely hits the right targets, in reference to audiences). It'll be an interesting race nevertheless.

[slicknickshady]

Basically...If i had to say...I'm betting Eminem ends the year at 3.3 Million and Boyle at 3.1 Million.

[Deleted]

LOL

[pnobelysk]

im thinking em or taylor will get it. i think susan will top out aound 2.5 million.

[#LisaRinna]

It would be nice to have 3 albums hit 3 million sold this year.
How much did the top 3 sell last year? 2008 had the best selling album at 2.8 million.

[HolidayGuy]

Last year's top 10:

1) “Fearless” Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2) “I Dreamed A Dream” Susan Boyle 3,103,828
3) “Number Ones” Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4) “Fame” Lady Gaga 2,238,000
5) “My Christmas” Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6) “Hannah Movie Soundtrack” Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7) “The E.N.D.” Black Eyed Peas 1,786,852
8) “Relapse” Enimen 1,735,358
9) “Blueprint 3” JayZ 1,514,800
10) “Only By the Night” Kings of Leon 1,398,000

Had MJ not passed and barring any other big-name passings, No. 10 would have been Nickelback's “Dark Horse”, 1.37 million.

[#LisaRinna]

This year we're going to have 2 albums hitting 3 million for sure (Eminem and Lady Antebellum). If Taylor and Susan can do it too, the top 5 at least will be better than last year's.

[slicknickshady]

Yep. Glad Relapse snuck in there last year. I will be really be interested in 6-10 this year.

[Cham]

Oct 14, 2010 18:48:37 GMT -5 c0ldasfire said:

Pop Catalog chart with sales please :)

*prays to the chart gods*

Yup.
I strongly believes atleast BB200 is leaked by now.,that's why we get some random numbers here.

I think Eminem has the biggest possiblility to end this year on top. I don't think Susan Boyl will be huge as last year unless she produce some good stuff. And Swift's new singles are already diminishing.,so far no hit for Swift.,so I doubt her selling 3M in 2 months. The biggest challenge will come from Michael Jackson even he is not alive! With the Game, DVD box set and the unreleased songs will make enough buzz.
If it wasn't to the MJ's death we should have already had the worst year in 2009(8M solo albums,but actually it's still the worst year considering the departure of King of Pop) and I think this year too will be somewhat good if he able to deliver like last year. Otherwise this is going to be the worst year we've seen for sometime.

[Deleted]

Susan Boyle didn't have any mainstream "hits" last year either.

Her album is not about producing hits, especially one with a Christmas theme.

[Deleted]

The Billboard 200 is available every week for free on billboard.com

As we are all learning, Soundscan numbers of any kind are hard to come by and will be posted here if any members are able to find them

In articles and blogs, some random numbers do get used but that is about it for anything of any regularity

[Deleted]

'GUN' FIRES SOUNDSCAN-ERA LOW FOR NO. 1 DEBUT
October 23, 2010

KEITH CAULFIELD

One country superstar follows another as Toby Keith replaces Kenny Chesney atop the Billboard 200 with "Bullets in the Gun" selling 71,000 in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Chesney's "Hemingway's Whiskey" slips to No. 2 with 65,000 (down 64%).

"Bullets" is Keith's 11th top 10 set and his fourth No. 1. His last studio effort, 2009's "American Ride," bowed at No. 3 with 90,000. On Top Country Albums, "Bullets" marks Keith's ninth No. 1 and 11th top 10.

The 71,000 start for "Bullets" is the smallest debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since SoundScan began powering the chart in May 1991. It surpasses the previous low, when Sugarland's Walmart-exclusive "LIVE on the Inside" began atop the Aug. 22, 2009, chart with 76,000.

That's a tricky one though, since that was one of the weeks where Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" was SoundScan's best-selling set (with 98,000), as then reflected at No. 1 on the now-defunct Top Comprehensive Albums chart. (We lifted the rule that barred catalog sets from the Billboard 200 last December.)

So, if we discount the Sugarland week, the lowest undisputed No. 1 debut week was when Chrisette Michele's "Epiphany" arrived on May 23, 2009, with 83,000.

Though "Bullets" sets a new sales low for a debuting title at No. 1, we've had penthouse-dwelling sets sell less, just not in their first week. For example, earlier this year the "Glee: The Music, Volume 3: Showstoppers" soundtrack moved 63,000 in its second week at the top, while Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" shifted a little more than 60,000 in its fourth frame at No. 1.

Even though the action atop the chart isn't very thrilling, there is a silver lining: Overall album sales didn't drop to a new low this week.

Album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 10) totaled 4.9 million units. The SoundScan-era record low came in the week ending Sept. 12, when 4.8 million were sold.

lennon legend: EMI/Capitol's celebration of what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday on Oct. 9 brings the party to both the Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums this week.

In the top 40 on the Billboard 200, his new 15-song collection "Power to the People: The Hits" debuts at No. 24 with 18,000, and he re-enters at No. 34 with "Double Fantasy" (with Yoko Ono) selling 12,000. At No. 88, he returns with "Imagine" (6,000), while at No. 148, his "Signature Box" set—an 11-CD collection of remastered albums, rarities and non-album singles—enters with 3,000. Finally, at No. 196, a four-CD themed retrospective, "Gimme Some Truth," starts with 2,000. (Lennon also continues to chart with the Starbucks-exclusive set "Opus Collection," at No. 66.)

His 1980 "Double Fantasy" set probably got the most interesting reissue treatment, as it was expanded with an additional disc of "stripped down" versions of the album's original track list. "Double" spent eight weeks at No. 1 in late 1980 and early 1981.

With six charting titles this week on the Billboard 200, it marks the first time an act has had as many concurrent albums on the list since the July 17 tally, when Michael Jackson had seven. Only one other act this year—the Beatles—has had more. On Jan. 2, the Fab Four locked up nine titles, and the next week, they upped it to 11.

On Top Pop Catalog this week, Lennon owns the entire top three with "Double," "Opus" and "Imagine," marking the 17th time that one artist has monopolized rungs 1, 2 and 3. Jackson, the Beatles and Johnny Cash have also previously done it.



fury flies: At No. 50 on the Billboard 200, Fistful of Mercy's "As I Call You Down" not only debuts on the list with 9,000 (up 846%), but also earns Heatseeker Graduate stripes. It opened at No. 31 on Heatseekers Albums last week with almost 1,000. So why the huge gain? It charted last week almost exclusively thanks to vinyl sales, as that version was released a week before CD and digital versions were issued. This week the set also flies 25-1 on Tastemakers (see page 44)—the largest leap ever to No. 1 since the list launched five years ago.

[Cham]

Oct 16, 2010 13:22:23 GMT -5 @2m said:

Susan Boyle didn't have any mainstream "hits" last year either.

Her album is not about producing hits, especially one with a Christmas theme.

True.,She has that exeption. Let's see how she will do.
And will Recovery sales boost with the 60 Minute program which aired on ABC. I saw that and it is really nice.

[areyoureadytojump]

^60 Minutes is on CBS.

[slw84]

Oct 14, 2010 17:54:00 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

So, Really, Swift and Boyle are the only ones left who can challenge Eminem for the highest selling album of the year. imo.

What were Em's sales? 600k? 700k?

I think Taylor can pull 650 or 700k or higher...
Not sure about Susan but she will do strong?

[slw84]

Oct 14, 2010 21:19:16 GMT -5 pnobelysk said:

im thinking em or taylor will get it. i think susan will top out aound 2.5 million.

Wait are we talking about Taylor's old release or her new one?

[Deleted]

Oct 17, 2010 1:46:58 GMT -5 Cham said:

Oct 16, 2010 13:22:23 GMT -5 @2m said:

Susan Boyle didn't have any mainstream "hits" last year either.

Her album is not about producing hits, especially one with a Christmas theme.

True.,She has that exeption. Let's see how she will do.
And will Recovery sales boost with the 60 Minute program which aired on ABC. I saw that and it is really nice.

Christmas themed albums generally have few new "hits" to begin with anyway since they are mostly cover versions of classics and even with freshly written songs, there is only a limited amount of time for radio to play them so that they could develop into hits

[slicknickshady]

Oct 17, 2010 9:58:22 GMT -5 slw84 said:

What were Em's sales? 600k? 700k?

Recovery debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 741,000 copies in its first week in the United States.

[Deleted]

Which is the biggest sales week since 2008 and ranks in the top 50 overall in the running list of one-week sales totals

[pnobelysk]

Oct 16, 2010 11:56:45 GMT -5 Cham said:

Oct 14, 2010 18:48:37 GMT -5 c0ldasfire said:

Pop Catalog chart with sales please :)

*prays to the chart gods*

Yup.
I strongly believes atleast BB200 is leaked by now.,that's why we get some random numbers here.

I think Eminem has the biggest possiblility to end this year on top. I don't think Susan Boyl will be huge as last year unless she produce some good stuff. And Swift's new singles are already diminishing.,so far no hit for Swift.,so I doubt her selling 3M in 2 months. The biggest challenge will come from Michael Jackson even he is not alive! With the Game, DVD box set and the unreleased songs will make enough buzz.
If it wasn't to the MJ's death we should have already had the worst year in 2009(8M solo albums,but actually it's still the worst year considering the departure of King of Pop) and I think this year too will be somewhat good if he able to deliver like last year. Otherwise this is going to be the worst year we've seen for sometime.

i agree with you on susan. disagree with taylor. mine is a hit. not a smash, but a hit. it went top 10 on 3 formats and almost top 10 on a 4th. its sold 1 million units and is still selling well and debuted at 3 on the hot 100