Billboard 200: 4/30/11: Foo Fighters No. 1, 235K

[HolidayGuy]

Foo Fighters enjoy a slightly higher tally than HITS indicated.

Starting with info from Idol Chatter, and some Hip Hop DX info sprinkled in:

1. Foo Fighters, Wasting Light (235,000)
2. Adele, 21 (93,000)
3. Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane (83,000)
4. Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What (68,000)
5. Mana, Drama y Luz (47,000)
6. Britney Spears, Femme Fatale (43,000)
7. Various, Songs for Japan (37,000)
8. Wiz Khalifa, Rolling Papers (37,000)
9. Chris Brown, F.A.M.E. (35,000)
10. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More (35,000)

13. Atmosphere, The Family Sign: 28,000

15. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party: 23,000 (+2%, 1.065 million)

17. Rihanna, Loud: 22,000 (+6%; 1.181 million)

19. Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (21,000 weekly, -32%, 273,000 total) (#19 Billboard 200)

28. Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans: 19,000 (924,000)

34. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers: 14,000 (334,000)

41. Big Time Rush, BTR: 12,000 (+6%; 450,000)

67. Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection: 9,000 (+45%; 246,000)

97. George Strait, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait: 6,000 (+57%; 1.259 million)

110.Mandisa, What If We Were Real (6,000, -24%) (#110 BB200)

155. Civil Wars, Barton Hollow: 4,000 (+23%; 73,000)

173. Bob Seger, Greatest Hits: 4,000 (-; 8.985 million)

Other Info From Hip-Hop DX, which uses Current Albums positions):
168. E-40, Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift: 3,200 (22,000)
179. Swollen Members, Dagger Mouth: 2,900


Others:
Mandisa, Freedom: 3,000 (+2%; 149,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry: 2,000 (+6%)
Grand Magnolias, Grand Magnolias: 2,000 (+212%; 8,000)

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/#/news/foo-fighters-earn-first-no-1-album-with-1005144692.story

Foo Fighters Earn First No. 1 Album with 'Wasting Light'
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | April 20, 2011 10:50 EDT

As forecasted last week, Foo Fighters finally get their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Wasting Light" debuts atop the list with 235,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The start is the band's second-largest sales week -- trumped only by the No. 2 launch of "In Your Honor" in 2005, which began with 311,000.

They have notched eight previous sets on the Billboard 200 -- with five earlier top 10s. Their last studio album, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," debuted at No. 3 in 2007 with 168,000.

The new album's first single, "Rope," debuted at No. 1 on the Rock Songs chart and continues to reign for an eighth straight week. On the Alternative Songs list, it's in its sixth week at No. 1 -- the band's eighth chart-topper.

Because of the Foo Fighters' bow, last week's No. 1, Adele's "21," is pushed back to No. 2 despite a 5% sales increase (up 4,000 units to 93,000).

Coming in at No. 3 is Alison Krauss and Union Station's "Paper Airplane," selling 83,000. Krauss has gone higher once before (and sold more), with Robert Plant on their Grammy-winning collaboration album "Raising Sand" (No. 2 in 2007 off a 112,000 bow). However, "Paper" posts Krauss' highest chart rank on her own (or with Union Station) and her second-biggest sales week. Krauss' bigger sales week, not counting the Plant collabo, came when "Lonely Runs Both Ways" shifted 86,000 over Christmas week way back in 2004.

Right behind Krauss is the legendary singer/songwriter Paul Simon, who has a career-high debut at No. 4 with "So Beautiful Or So What" (68,000). It's the icon's best sales week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991 and his highest rank on the Billboard 200 since "Rhythm of the Saints" peaked at No. 4 in 1990.

Latin rock band Mana is the fourth and final debut in the top 10, as they start at No. 5 with "Drama y Luz" (47,000). It's Mana's second top 10 effort following 2006's "Amar Es Combatir," which bowed at No. 4 with 87,000. They're currently enjoying a sixth No. 1 on the Latin Songs chart with the new set's "Lluvia Al Corazon," which debuted atop the list on April 2.


As for the rest of the top 10, Britney Spears' "Femme Fatale" falls four rungs to No. 6 with 43,000 (down 43%) and the "Songs For Japan" charity compilation holds at No. 7 with 37,000 (down 28%). Wiz Khalifa's "Rolling Papers" slips three to No. 8 with just under 37,000 (down 38%), Chris Brown's "F.A.M.E." drops three as well, to No. 9, with a little over 35,000 (down 32%) and Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" slides two positions to No. 10 with 35,000 (up 1%).

Right outside the top 10 are three new arrivals: new British singer Jessie J's debut set "Who You Are" starts at No. 11 (34,000), TV On the Radio's "Nine Types of Light" enters at No. 12 (32,000) and Atmosphere's "Family Sign" launches at No. 13 (28,000).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, there's a lot of action, as Rihanna's "S&M" jumps 3-1 with 293,000 (up 108%) -- powered by last week's release of the new "Rih-mix" featuring Britney Spears. Katy Perry's "E.T.," falls from No. 1 to No. 2 with 284,000 (down 12%). The Black Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough" also is down one rung, to No. 3 with 172,000 (down 7%).

The highest new entry comes from Lady Gaga's rush-released single "Judas," which hit retailers on Friday, April 15 after it leaked to the Web. With less than three full days of sales -- the tracking week ends at the close of business on Sunday night -- it debuts at No. 4 with 162,000.

Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" jumps 8-5 (150,000; up 21%), Jeremih's "Down On Me" (featuring 50 Cent), climbs 13-6 (131,000; up 30%) and Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" is stationary at No. 7 (130,000; up 4%). Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now" moves 6-8 (129,000; up 2%) and Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song" vaults 16-9 (124,000; up 42% following the premiere of its music video last week). Closing out the top 10 is Spears' "Till the World Ends," dancing down 5-10 (120,000; down 10%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 17) totaled 6.32 million units, up 8% compared to the sum last week (5.87 million) and up 16% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.46 million). Year to date album sales stand at 90.02 million, down 3% compared to the same total at this point last year (92.69 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 24.06 million downloads, up 4% compared to last week (23.17 million) and up 8% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (22.10 million). Year to date track sales are at 386.35 million, up 9% compared to the same total at this point last year (356.84 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: "Glee's" "The Power of Madonna" soundtrack bowed at No. 1 with 98,000 while AC/DC's companion album to "Iron Man 2" started at No. 4 with 76,000. The previous week's topper, Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0," fell to No. 3 with 81,000 (down 12%).

[HolidayGuy]

Sales up 16% compared to the same week a year ago. :o

Year-to-date sales down just 3% compared to last year at this time.

[cking33]

I see Bob Seger is back on the chart, nearly 9 million sold in Soundscan. What's his RIAA certification? Anybody know?

[Honeymoon]

Seems such a great feat to know there was a 13% drop in album sales last year compared to 2009, but now we will see a potential year-to-year increase this year. I wonder what's causing such a shift, especially since the release schedule in Q1 2010 was significantly busier than 2011's.

[HolidayGuy]

Seger's GH album was last certified at 8 million in 2006- so, just one of many albums due for a higher cert.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

there were a lot of holdovers from 2010 Q4 that had consistent sales.

[Enigma.]

Apr 20, 2011 10:20:04 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Sales up 16% compared to the same week a year ago. :o

Year-to-date sales down just 3% compared to last year at this time.

That's brilliant given the fact that there has been just one million seller so far.

[Cerbius]

Darn, Jessie J just missed the top 10; nevertheless, the numbers for her aren't too bad. An excellent year-to-year gain again. As long as the gains keep on piling up, we'll be seeing an overall increase in sales in a few weeks compared to the same point last year.

Edit: Sales for the comparable week in 2009 was 6.4 million. Sales this week are basically at 2009 levels. :o

[lugus15]

If the year-to-year decrease stays in the 1-4% range, then the increase of digital tracks, if it stays in the 8-10%, will make up the difference and overall it will be a better year than last year.

[Minor Scratch]

I think the music coming out so far in 2011 is significantly better than at this point in 2010 and its showing in consistent album sales. I am liking a lot of the new music coming out lately and its tempting me to purchase more as well.

[chopped89]

So happy for Lupe & Atmosphere :)

[floridagrl]

Damn!! Adele is kicking major @ss this era! Good for her.

[Chato]

Apr 20, 2011 12:19:01 GMT -5 chopped89 said:

So happy for Swollen Members, Lupe & Atmosphere :)

[cking33]

Apr 20, 2011 12:21:35 GMT -5 floridagrl said:

Damn!! Adele is kicking major @ss this era! Good for her.

It really couldn't be going better for her. She even gained in sales this week and "Rolling in the Deep" is just getting going at pop radio. This is the year of Adele. She could potentially have the biggest-selling album of the year and win a couple major Grammys. Tickets to see her here in Chicago are up near $200 now!

[floridagrl]

^did you buy a ticket?

[pnobelysk]

im glad mandisa's fall wansnt too hard. glad jennifer will be over 300k soon. nickolodeon is guna get its first 500k album with BTR, impressive.

[cking33]

Apr 20, 2011 14:00:42 GMT -5 floridagrl said:

^did you buy a ticket?

I did, when the tix were still around $130 or so, haha.

[maria4hitz]

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
New 3 Alison Krauss/Union Station Paper Airplane 82,987 83,240
12 15 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 23,047 1,064,607
RE-Entry 26 Original Soundtrack Country Strong 18,791 213,340
15 27 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 18,581 844,196
25 30 Taylor Swift Speak Now 15,149 3,334,637
34 35 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 13,830 763,207
28 36 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 13,709 3,432,060
32 40 Sara Evans Stronger 12,597 134,538
41 43 The Band Perry The Band Perry 10,943 499,503
40 55 Sugarland The Incredible Machine 9,590 947,486
LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
49 57 Aaron Lewis Town Line 9,275 112,157
42 58 Miranda Lambert Revolution 9,063 1,274,674
60 68 Zac Brown Band Foundation 7,580 2,583,566
58 70 Thompson Square Thompson Square 7,429 135,400
56 77 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 7,083 784,054
Re-Entry 83 Soundtrack - More Music Country Strong 6,455 55,631
74 93 Blake Shelton Loaded…Best of Blake… 5,888 230,380
80 97 Tim McGraw Number One Hits 5,722 326,985
92 111 Kenny Rogers Love of God 4,841 52,331
101 114 Darius Rukcer Charleston, SC 1966 4,747 447,116
94 118 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 4,514 297,878
123 122 Jerrod Niemann Judge Jerrod/Hung Jury 4,277 289,244
63 124 Craig Campbell Craig Campbell 4,266 11,953
97 126 Eric Church Carolina 4,184 442,423
103 136 Keith Urban Get Closer 3,857 527,301

www.roughstock.com/blog/alison-krauss-union-station-fly-to-1-on-country-album-chart

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers are from the 4/16/11 chart except where noted:

Now 37 464k
Justin Bieber 446k
Katy Perry 1,328,370
Eminem 3,773,100
Black Eyed Peas 601k
Rascal Flatts 735k
Justin Bieber 592k
Arcade Fire 591k
Five Finger Death Punch 480k
Eric Church 433k
Now 36 573k
Rascal Flatts GH 1,035,769
Avenged Sevenfold 504k
Kid Cudi 400k
Fantasia 434k

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

[ElijahWood]

Good for BTR, I actually like them, tbh.

Anyone know how much BEP sold this week, or what their grand total is thus far?

[floridagrl]

Apr 20, 2011 16:10:42 GMT -5 cking33 said:

Apr 20, 2011 14:00:42 GMT -5 floridagrl said:

^did you buy a ticket?

I did, when the tix were still around $130 or so, haha.

Oh cool. Hope you have a good time at her show!!!

[HolidayGuy]

I can't believe another Pat Benatar compilation has charted on the Billboard 200 (10 Great Songs, at No. 123). Greatest Hits, which boasts 20 tracks, has scanned more than 600k, and this latest only has "I Need a Lover" that did not appear on that one (but has on other compilation releases).

[Deleted]

28. Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans: 19,000 (924,000)

[areyoureadytojump]

No new RIAA certifications this week.

The RIAA has not updated its website since March 7.

[areyoureadytojump]

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/17/11)
1) Foo Fighters – Wasting Light – 234,527
2) Adele – 21 – 92,536 (After 8 weeks – 1,122,462)
3) Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane – 82,987

Other Debuts
4) Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What – 68,292
5) Mana – Drama Y Luz – 46,547
11) Jesse J – Who You Are – 33,599
12) TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light – 31,910
13) Atmosphere – Family Sign – 27,688
18) Lemonade Mouth – Soundtrack – 21,464
26) Various – Country Strong Soundtrack – 18,791
29) Panda Bear – Tomboy – 18,296
32) K.D. Lang – K.D. Lang & The Siss Boom Bang – 14,353

[SHOOTER]

I hope Noel Gourdin made the top 200.

[HolidayGuy]

^Not on BB 200 or Top Current Albums.

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/news/record-store-day-enjoys-banner-sales-1005148412.story#/news/record-store-day-enjoys-banner-sales-1005148412.story

Record Store Day Enjoys Banner Sales
by Glenn Peoples, Nashville | April 21, 2011 2:53 EDT

Due to Saturday's Record Store Day, independent stores' album sales were up 39% last week and contributed much of the 8% increase in total album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Independent stores' 182,000-unit bump accounted for 41% of last week's increase in unit sales, a big influence for a segment of retail that has accounted for 7.9% of total album sales year-to-date. In addition, independent stores saw a 697% increase in single (7" and 12") sales last week.

Last year's Record Store Day, help on April 17, 2010, resulted in an increase in total album sales of just 3% and an increase at the independent sector of 12%.

The impact of Record Store day extended beyond exclusive releases and appeared to help previously released titles. Sales of Adele's "21" rose 23% at independent stores last week and experienced a single-digit increase at chains and a decline at mass merchants, according to Nielsen SoundScan (demand was strong elsewhere as digital sales were up 20%). Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" rose 33% at independent retail but dropped at chains, mass merchants and digital retail. The Strokes' "Angles" rose 11% at independent retail as it dropped from 19% to 29% at other retail.

Black Keys' "Brothers" shot up 86% at independent retail but rose just 9% at chains and 5% at digital retail. R.E.M.'s "Collapse Into Now" was up 27% at independent retail but was down 5% at chains, 6% at mass merchants and 46% at digital retail. Even a country artist, Jason Aldean, seems to have benefitted. Independent retail sales of "My Kinda Party" were up 86% last week while chain store sales rose just 5% and mass merchant sales were up 8%.

Record Store Day does not appear to have helped the sales of some hip-hop albums. Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" dropped 14% at independent, chain and mass merchant retailers. Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" dropped 1% at independent retail, 8% at chains and 12% at mass merchants. In its third week of release, Wiz Khalifa's "Rolling Papers" dropped a bit less at independent retail (-26%) than it did at chains (-36%), digital retail (-37%) and mass merchants (-42%). Those numbers may appear to show a Record Store Day bump, but "Rolling Papers" also had a relatively light second-week fade at independent retail.

[SHOOTER]

Apr 21, 2011 13:46:33 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

I hope Noel Gourdin made the top 200.

I saw he debuted at #49 on R&B; that means he barely sold 1,000 copies - if that many!