HITS: 5/31: Lady GaGa #1: 1,110,420

[Honeymoon]

With %

CHART DATE: 05/30/2011
LAST UPDATE: 05/31/2011 13:59:55
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 1,110,420 --
BORN THIS WAY
-- 2 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 154,254 --
THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC
1 3 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 126,415 -7%
21
-- 4 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 78,075 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 6
-- 5 MMG PRESNTS: SELF MADE, VOL. 1 MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP 53,133 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 6 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 46,094 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 7 NKOTBSB COLUMBIA/JIVE/LEGACY 38,000 --
NKOTBSB
4 8 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 33,258 +17%
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 9 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 32,517 --
TORCHES
5 10 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 23,853 -8%
SIGH NO MORE
-- 11 SCOTTY MCREERY 19 RECORDINGS, INC. 23,785 --
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10
2 12 SEETHER WIND-UP 22,251 -61%
HOLDING ONTO STRINGS BETTER LEFT
16 13 LEMONADE MOUTH WALT DISNEY 19,223 +3%
SOUNDTRACK
9 14 IL VOLO GEFFEN 19,031 -16%
IL VOLO
33 15 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 18,510 +45%
FAME
-- 16 JOURNEY NOMOTA 17,925 --
ECLIPSE
7 17 BEASTIE BOYS CAPITOL/EMI 17,664 -24%
HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PT. 2
10 18 JENNIFER LOPEZ ISLAND/IDJMG 17,521 -21%
LOVE?
14 19 FLEET FOXES SUB POP 17,233 -12%
HELPLESSNESS BLUES
17 20 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 17,204 -8%
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
15 21 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 17,050 -12%
19
31 22 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 16,262 +26%
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
24 23 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 16,185 +6%
TEENAGE DREAM
11 24 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 16,140 -25%
NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES
45 25 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 16,047 +54%
NOTHING LIKE THIS
25 26 WIZ KHALIFA ATLANTIC 14,838 +1%
ROLLING PAPERS
6 27 LONELY ISLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 14,740 -37%
TURTLENECK AND CHAIN
13 28 CHRISTINA PERRI ATLANTIC 14,493 -27%
LOVESTRONG.
20 29 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/JLG 14,207 -12%
F.A.M.E.
29 30 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 14,074 +6%
SPEAK NOW
19 31 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 13,935 -21%
WASTING LIGHT
36 32 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 13,816 +12%
LOUD
34 33 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 12,521 -1%
PINK FRIDAY
35 34 KIRK FRANKLIN GOSPOCENTRIC 12,264 -3%
HELLO FEAR
32 35 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/JLG 12,148 -5%
FEMME FATALE
37 36 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 12,136 +3%
GLEE PRESENTS THE WARBLERS
22 37 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 12,126 -24%
MY WORLD 2.0
41 38 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 12,051 +10%
THE BAND PERRY
-- 39 LAUREN ALAINA 19 RECORDINGS, INC. 11,318 --
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10
30 40 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 10,933 -15%
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
-- 41 JADAKISS DEF JAM/IDJ 10,834 --
I LOVE YOU: A DEDICATION...
44 42 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,460 0%
NEED YOU NOW
43 43 THE CARS HEAR MUSIC 9,903 -6%
MOVE LIKE THIS
48 44 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 9,863 -1%
RECOVERY
-- 45 SARA EVANS RCA NASHVILLE 9,828 --
STRONGER
42 46 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION ROUNDER 9,816 -7%
PAPER AIRPLANE
8 47 MICHAEL GRIMM EPIC 9,719 -58%
MICHAEL GRIMM
23 48 STEVIE NICKS REPRISE 9,529 -39%
IN YOUR DREAMS
26 49 PAUL SIMON HEAR MUSIC 9,472 -35%
SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT
46 50 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 37 CAPITOL/EMI 9,086 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS

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May 31, 2011 16:01:39 GMT -5 Honeymoon said:

-- 1 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 1,110,420 --
BORN THIS WAY

Taylor who?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Stop.

[nightshade]

Flop This Way.

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May 31, 2011 16:03:51 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Stop.

... 'kay. Really though, good for Gaga!

[HolidayGuy]

Will album sales hit the positive for the first time in years?

[Deleted]

Britney is safe :'D

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

I'm ready to see the SS #s.

[worldwide]

Adele down only 7%.

[jink]

Amazing numbers. Really good for The Fame too.

[Deleted]

10th biggest and biggest since 2005

[Envoirment]

1 3 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 126,415 -7% 21

15 21 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 17,050 -12%
19

Woo go Adele

30 40 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 10,933 -15% GREATEST HITS SO FAR

Keep going P!nk! Hopefully your label with give Heartbreak Down a release to help push the digital sales of this album up! :)

[Wave.]

Yeaah Brit! ;)

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33 15 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 18,510 +45%
FAME

:o I knew that would happen though.

Good for Gagsy.

[#LisaRinna]

Get it GaGa!

[cube84]

-- 1 OIDIA 1,319,193 (female record)

Still there

[Arabella21]

-- 11 SCOTTY MCREERY 19 RECORDINGS, INC. 23,785 --

-- 39 LAUREN ALAINA 19 RECORDINGS, INC. 11,318 --

[HolidayGuy]

Barring any outrageously discounted pricing for more than two days, that record from 2000- when record sales were at or near their highest point- is unlikely to be broken.

[hitseeker.]

Gaga :'( astounded at her sales, hope SS has them above 1.1 mil.

[Deleted]

I wonder Gaga's 2nd week will be like though. I wonder if it'll be a situation where the first week is so big that the long run sales are hurt.

[Deleted]

Gaga would have needed 2 more BTW give away days to beat Britneys record.

[Deleted]

Expect in the 300K range for week 2

[Deleted]

Taylor Swift had 320K in week 2

[hitseeker.]

May 31, 2011 16:33:45 GMT -5 @2m said:

Expect in the 300K range for week 2

Exactly, that's what I was thinking as well, she'll probably pull like 350k next week, which isn't bad at all.

[cube84]

May 31, 2011 16:33:36 GMT -5 Codex said:

Gaga would have needed 2 more BTW give away days to beat Britneys record.

Lol

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

May 31, 2011 16:33:36 GMT -5 Codex said:

Gaga would have needed 2 more BTW give away days to beat Britneys record.

Please, save it! Record sales in general are on a fraction of what they were when Britney did 1.3 million of her second album.

[HolidayGuy]

Don't be surprised if the second-week tally is less than 300K- not saying it will be, but it's possible. Based on HITS' numbers, a 75% dip would be around 275K. An 80% dip would be around 220K. With a good amount of sales coming from the Amazon promo, the percentage drop could be bigger than that seen by Taylor Swift's album.

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May 31, 2011 16:44:19 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

May 31, 2011 16:33:36 GMT -5 Codex said:

Gaga would have needed 2 more BTW give away days to beat Britneys record.

Please, if this had been 2000 when album sales were at their peak.... Gaga would've done N'Sync like numbers. Don't hate!

Maybe, maybe not.

Times are different period. Whose to say an act like Gaga would'ave even been popular in 2000. The music climate is much different now than it was back then and what's widely acceptable now wasn't back then.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

May 31, 2011 16:45:50 GMT -5 @swella said:

May 31, 2011 16:44:19 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

Please, if this had been 2000 when album sales were at their peak.... Gaga would've done N'Sync like numbers. Don't hate!

Maybe, maybe not.

Times are different period. Whose to say an act like Gaga would'ave even been popular in 2000.

That's a very good point. However, the point I am making is that album sales in general are a fraction of what they were in 2000. So to compare the highest sales year in the history of album sales to the lowest sales year in the last 10 years history of albums is a FAILED comparison. Let's do an apples to apples comparison that's all i am saying. In the digital era Gaga has the highest first week sales of anyone.

[HolidayGuy]

We don't know anything for sure- Stefani's music is pop, when all is said and done, and it could have done very well at that time. However, she would not be lumped in with the Backstreet Boys, N Syncs, Britney Spears, etc. who were seeing those kinds of numbers. Then again, there were non-teen-pop acts who also saw 1m+ in sales.

One thing that can pretty much be set in stone- Born This Way more than likely would not have topped 1m without Amazon's 99-cent promotion.