Billboard 200: 7/23/11: Beyonce #1: 115k

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/#/news/beyonce-s-4-stays-atop-billboard-200-lloyd-1005272752.story

Beyonce's '4' Stays Atop Billboard 200, Lloyd Snags Top by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | July 13, 2011

It's an exceptionally quiet week on both the Billboard 200 albums and Digital Songs charts. On the former, Beyonce's "4" continues to reign at No. 1 for a second week, selling 115,000 (down 63%), while LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) holds atop the Digital Songs list with 236,000 (down 9%).

The highest debut on the albums chart is R&B singer Lloyd at No. 10 with "King of Hearts," as it moves 26,000 in its opening week. It's his third top 10 set and it follows 2008's "Lessons in Love," which debuted and peaked at No. 7 off a 51,000 launch. Lloyd's new album is the lone debut within the top 40 of the Billboard 200. (Clearly, the week after the Independence Day holiday wasn't a favored one for releasing big new albums.)


On the Digital Songs chart, there isn't a single debut within the top 40, though one single makes a big move into the top 10, as OneRepublic's "Good Life" vaults 12-6 with 137,000 (up 23%). It's the song's fourth straight weekly sales gain. The tune is also rising up the Pop Songs list, climbing 13-11 this week.

Elsewhere on Digital Songs, Nos. 2-5 are stationary, as Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" (191,000; down 7%), Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (159,000; down 17%), Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" (158,000; down 7%) and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (137,000; down 10%) fill those spots, respectively. Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight" climbs 9-7 (129,000; up 1%), Lil Wayne's "How to Love" holds at No. 8 (just under 129,000; up less than 1%) and Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" rises one to No. 9 (126,000; down 1%).

Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" returns to the top 10, climbing one rung to No. 10 with 103,000 (down 15%). She also stages a return to the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as "Born This Way" ascends 12-8 with 30,000 (down 21%).


As for the rest of the top 10 albums, Adele's "21" stays put at No. 2 (79,000; down 13%) and Selena Gomez & the Scene's "When the Sun Goes Down" rises 4-3 with 44,000 (down 43%). In a weird chart quirk, Gomez's decline in sales (but rise up the chart), gives the actress/singer her highest charting album yet.

Aldean's "My Kinda Party" jumps 6-4 (42,000; down 12%), Bad Meets Evil's "Hell: the Sequel" goes 9-5 (35,000; down 16%) and Jackie Evancho's "Dream With Me" moves up two to No. 6 (34,000; down 23%). Jill Scott's "The Light of the Sun" slips 5-7 (32,000; down 41%) and Big Sean's "Finally Famous" falls 3-9 (27,000; down 69%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 10) totaled 5.34 million units, down 16% compared to the sum last week (6.34 million) and up 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.24 million). Year to date album sales stand at 160.81 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (159.20 million). It is the seventh week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.

Digital track sales this past week totaled 23.25 million downloads, down 9% compared to last week (25.45 million) and up 10% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (21.09 million). Year to date track sales are at 684.05 million, up 11% compared to the same total at this point last year (618.53 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when Eminem's "Recovery" held at No. 1 for a fourth week, selling 195,000 (down 15%). Korn's "Korn III" was the top debut, arriving at No. 2 with 63,000.

[I Wish]

Jul 13, 2011 10:03:12 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Selena Gomez & the Scene's "When the Sun Goes Down" rises 4-3 with 44,000 (down 43%). In a weird chart quirk, Gomez's decline in sales (but rise up the chart), gives the actress/singer her highest charting album yet.

An even higher hold. :'(

[maria4hitz]

Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" rises one to No. 9 (126,000; down 1%)
Aldean's "My Kinda Party" jumps 6-4 (42,000; down 12%)

[Forever ♥ Young]

4K More than what HDD predicted

[#LisaRinna]

4 is Beyoncé's 1st album to spend more than a week on top of the Billboard 200 chart.

[colson]

^And ironically it'll probably end up selling much less than the previous ones.

[#LisaRinna]

Jul 13, 2011 10:31:36 GMT -5 colson said:

^And ironically it'll probably end up selling much less than the previous ones.

[Deleted]

Jul 13, 2011 10:31:36 GMT -5 colson said:

^And ironically it'll probably end up selling much less than the previous ones.

Smh. It's sales so far are very promising, so let's wait before we start channeling Miss Cleo. ;)

[wavey.]

Jul 13, 2011 10:31:36 GMT -5 colson said:

^And ironically it'll probably end up selling much less than the previous ones.

[colson]

Jul 13, 2011 10:36:46 GMT -5 @swella said:

Jul 13, 2011 10:31:36 GMT -5 colson said:

^And ironically it'll probably end up selling much less than the previous ones.

Smh. It's sales so far are very promising, so let's wait before we start channeling Miss Cleo. ;)

Well I did say 'probably', not definitely. ;)

[badrobot]

^Erm, I'd gotta say, "4" may do decently but do even hardcore stans really believe it'll sell the 3m+ required to pass any of her previous albums??? She's coming off of 3 solo albums packed with hits, which were also released in stronger sales climates. The album could still potentially do very well but I don't know what anyone is smoking to think it would outperform the other 3.

[maria4hitz]

From Idol Chatter

Idol albums

Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery EP (14,000, -65%, 54,000) (#19 Billboard 200)
David Cook, This Loud Morning (12,000, -74%, 58,000) (#26 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina EP (11,000, -47%, 31,000) (#35 BB200)
Haley Reinhart, American Idol Season 10: Haley Reinhart EP (10,000, -29%, 24,000) (#37 BB200)
James Durbin, American Idol Season 10: James Durbin EP (10,000, -35%, 25,000) (#38 BB200)
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (4,000, -30%, 370,000) (#141 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -38%, 2.019 million)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, -14%, 51,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -5%)

Idol-related

Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (42,000, -12%, 1.492 million) (#4 Billboard 200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (20,000, -14%, 344,000) (#14 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 4 (12,000, -21%, 72,000) (#27 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (7,000, +3%, 137,000) (#66 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (6,000, -24%, 218,000) (#74 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (6,000, -15%, 538,000) (#87 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (2,000, -21%, 34,000)

[Enigma.]

"up 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.24 million)."

WOW!

[Honeymoon]

I was expecting this week to be down from last year, but I guess July 4th week sales are generally pretty awful then. Hopefully sales will improve again after this week, but yeah things are looking pretty good compared to 2010

[maria4hitz]

6 4 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 41,965 1,491,880
13 12 Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me 21,675 117,457
21 14 Brad Paisley This Is Country Music 19,582 344,240
28 18 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 15,699 1,042,836
10 19 Scotty McCreery American Idol/Selections 13,967 54,372
27 20 Taylor Swift Speak Now 13,910 3,536,746
40 23 The Band Perry The Band Perry 12,565 643,137
33 26 Various Now Country IV 12,008 72,382
24 34 Lauren Alaina American Idol/Selections 10,592 30,676
18 35 Blake Shelton Loaded…Best of Blake… 10,119 344,402
62 48 Lady Anthebellum Need You Now 8,229 3,570,807
56 49 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 8,110 903,018
63 52 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 7,676 875,216
61 61 Ronnie Dunn Ronnie Dunn 7,030 93,765
79 69 Zac Brown Band The Foundation 6,459 2,665,924
65 83 Sara Evans Stronger 5,790 242,854
49 87 Dolly Parton Better Day 5,506 16,246
158 101 Thompson Square Thompson Square 4,609 196,989
95 106 Tim McGraw Number One Hits 4,336 392,947
106 110 Alison Krauss/Union Station Paper Airplane 4,188 249,120
117 124 Colt Ford Every Chance I Get 3,649 76,943
123 127 Sugarland The Incredible Machine 3,605 1,021,921
131 130 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,500 344,835
170 131 Darius Rucker Charleston, SC 1966 3,452 489,681
Re-Entry 149 Jerrod Niemann Judge Jerrod/Hung Jury 3,156 327,564

www.roughstock.com/blog/the-country-boys-continue-to-dominate-the-charts

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers are from the 7/16/11 chart except where noted:

Lady GaGa 1,540,193
Now 38 440k
Eminem 3,932,200
Wiz Khalifa 483k
Rascal Flatts 894k
Black Eyed Peas 668k
Prince 500k
Now 37 616k - 6/25 chart
Lupe Fiasco 431k
Justin Bieber 592k - 4/16 chart
Avenged Sevenfold 504k - 4/16 chart
Burlesque Soundtrack 407k - 5/11 chart
Rascal Flatts GH 1,035,769 - 4/16 chart
Arcade Fire 591k - 4/16 chart

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

[HolidayGuy]

new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74388/week-ending-july-10-2011-albums-step-aside-boys/#mwpphu-post-form

Week Ending July 10, 2011. Albums: Step Aside, Boys
Posted Wed Jul 13, 2011 by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Pop pundits have been declaring "the year of the woman" since roughly 1972, when Helen Reddy hit #1 with the instant anthem "I Am Woman." But this might really be the year. Female solo artists have held the top spot on The Billboard 200 18 times so far this year, to just four weeks for male solo artists. (Male groups and duos held the top spot for an additional four weeks.)

Female artists or female-led groups hold down the top three spots on this week's chart for the first time since December. Beyonce's 4 and Adele's 21 repeat in the top two spots. Selena Gomez & the Scene's When The Sun Goes Down jumps from #4 to #3. In addition, females account for six of the top 10. 4 is the third album by a female artist to spend multiple weeks at #1 this year. It follows 21 (10 weeks) and Lady Gaga's Born This Way (two weeks). No male solo artist has stayed on top for multiple weeks since Eminem's Recovery a year ago.

Given the dominance of women this year, it's ironic that Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)" faltered as a single. Maybe the once-provocative idea that women run the world is almost stating the obvious at this point.

4 is Beyonce's first solo album to hold the top spot for a second week. This is largely a function of timing: Two of her three previous solo albums faced, in their second weeks, debuting albums by megastar acts. Her 2006 album B'Day had to contend with Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds. Her 2008 album I Am...Sasha Fierce faced Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak. The top new entry this week is of decidedly lower-wattage: Lloyd's King Of Hearts, which debuts at #10.

4 also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the second week. It's Beyonce's best showing in the U.K. since Dangerously In Love logged five weeks on top there.

Adele's 21 is the first album to spend its first 20 weeks inside the top three since Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, which spent its first 22 weeks inside the top three from December 1997 to May 1998. Both albums have strong adult contemporary appeal. Both housed smash #1 singles. Dion's album featured "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ‘Titanic')," which won Grammys for Record and Song of the Year. Adele's album features "Rolling In The Deep," which is the front-runner to win both awards this year.

21 sold 25K digital copies this week, which puts it back at #1 on Top Digital Albums. This brings the album's total digital sales to 1,017,000, which makes it the best-selling album in digital history. It surpasses Eminem's Recovery, which has sold 1,005,000 digital copies. 21 took just 20 weeks to sell 1 million digital copies. Recovery, which topped 1M in digital sales just last week, took 54.

Three weeks ago, Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel edged out Jackie Evancho's Dream With Me for the #1 spot by fewer than 10K copies. The two albums are still neck-and-neck. In its first four weeks, Hell: The Sequel has sold 311K copies, while Dream With Me has sold 308K.

Last week, Lady Gaga's Born This Way slipped out of the top 10 after just five weeks. This week, it returns to the top 10 for a sixth week.

Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go" vaults from #21 to #11 on Hot Digital Songs. How high will it climb on the Hot 100? And how did all the "U.S.A." songs do over the Fourth of July? You'll find out when we post Chart Watch: Songs later today.

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

1. Beyonce, 4, 115,000. The album holds at #1 for the second straight week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Best Thing I Never Had," which jumps from #26 to #21.

2. Adele, 21, 79,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the second straight week. This is its 20th consecutive week in the top three. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rolling In The Deep," which holds at #5 for the fourth straight week.

3. Selena Gomez & the Scene, When The Sun Goes Down, 44,000. The album jumps from #4 to #3 in its second week, becoming the act's highest-charting album to date. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Love You Like A Love Song" jumps from #39 to #16. "Who Says" drops from #19 to #27.

4. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party, 42,000. The album rebounds from #6 to #4 in its 36th week. This is its 14th week in the top 10. It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the 12th week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Dirt Road Anthem," which jumps from #10 to #9.

5. Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel, 35,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #9 to #5 in its fourth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars) rebounds from #44 to #25. "Fastlane" rebounds from #178 to #126.

6. Jackie Evancho, Dream With Me, 34,000. The album rebounds from #8 to #6 in its fourth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time.

7. Jill Scott, The Light Of The Sun, 32,000. The former #1 album drops from #5 to #7 in its third week. The album has sold 223K copies in three weeks.

8. Lady Gaga, Born This Way, 30,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #12 to #8 in its seventh week. This is its sixth week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "The Edge Of Glory," which jumps from #11 to #10.

9. Big Sean, Finally Famous: The Album, 27,000. The album drops from #3 to #9 in its second week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "My Last" (featuring Chris Brown), which jumps from #72 to #56.

10. Lloyd, King Of Hearts, 26,000. This new entry is the R&B star's third top 10 album, following Street Love (#2 in 2007) and Lessons In Love (#7 in 2008). "Be The One" (featuring Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) enters Hot Digital Songs at #171.

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Both are by American Idol winners. David Cook's This Loud Morning drops from #7 to #26; Scotty McCreery's American Idol Season 10 Highlights EP drops from #10 to #19.

Adele's 2008 album 19 jumps from #34 to #22. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 18th week. This is the longest that an album by a female solo artist has held the top spot on the catalog chart since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The old record was held by Enya's Watermark, which was #1 for 17 weeks in 1992. Note: This doesn't count the Grease soundtrack, which topped the catalog chart for 52 weeks. Olivia Newton-John has a front-cover credit on the soundtrack, as you can see, though it's not strictly her album. Let's give her half credit.

Lemonade Mouth leaps from #47 to #28 in its 13th week. It's the #1 soundtrack for the eighth week.... Transformers: Dark Of The Moon jumps from #60 to #55 in its fourth week. It's the top-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the fourth week. The movie was #1 at the box-office for the second straight weekend.

Pop Evil's War Of Angels opens at #43. It's the group's first chart album. Its 2008 album Lipstick On The Mirror has sold 83K, but never charted.

Pop Evil is the fifth act whose name incorporates the word "pop" to make The Billboard 200. The group follows Iggy Pop, the legendary lead singer of the Stooges; the Poppy Family, a Canadian group which scored with the featherweight 1970 smash "Which Way You Goin' Billy?;" The Pop, a new-wave band from Los Angeles which scored in 1979, and Pop Will Eat Itself, an English band which scored in 1989. (I'm not counting Blues Traveler's John Popper, because that was his real last name.)

AC/DC's Live At River Platt holds at #1 on Top Music Videos for the sixth week. The video has sold 54K copies, which makes it #1 for the year-to-date, ahead of Beyonce's 2010 hit I Am...World Tour, which has sold 49K copies since the first of the year.

Coming Attractions: Blake Shelton's Red River Blue is expected to debut at #1 next week, with first-week sales in the 115K range. Five other albums have a good shot at a top 10 debut: Incubus' If Not Now, When?, Chris Young's Neon, Colbie Caillat's All Of You,Theory Of A Deadman's The Truth Is... and Sublime With Rome's Yours Truly. Also due: Brian McKnight's Just Me, Tesla's Twisted, Pimp C's Still Pimping and Ashton Shepherd's Where Country Grows.

[Push The Button]

Wow - Adele topped Eminem just the week after he was the first to sell a million digital copies.

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Would've been great if Adele got the "first" title, but she's likely to hold the "best-selling album in digital history" title for a while. It took Em 54 weeks to get there and Adele did it in 20. I can't wait to see how much 21 does after a year.

[llires]

Jul 13, 2011 18:06:33 GMT -5 Peaches. [Ch, r. is] said:

Would've been great if Adele got the "first" title, but she's likely to hold the "best-selling album in digital history" title for a while. It took Em 54 weeks to get there and Adele did it in 20. I can't wait to see how much 21 does after a year.

True that, I would have loved if Adele got there first, but at least she is the first woman to do so. I can't imagine how much more 21 will sell if sly and sftr become hits.

[slicknickshady]

"In its first four weeks, Hell: The Sequel has sold 311K copies."

Awesome. Hopefully it can go gold.

[Honeymoon]

Jul 13, 2011 19:43:52 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

"In its first four weeks, Hell: The Sequel has sold 311K copies."

Awesome. Hopefully it can go gold.

If Eminem's label has anything to do with it, probably not

But I can see it ending up at around 600k, maybe even 700k if "Lighters" becomes as big as it looks like it has the potential to be.

[grouper6]

Jul 13, 2011 11:52:15 GMT -5 maria4hitz said:

From Idol Chatter

Idol albums

Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery EP (14,000, -65%, 54,000) (#19 Billboard 200)
David Cook, This Loud Morning (12,000, -74%, 58,000) (#26 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina EP (11,000, -47%, 31,000) (#35 BB200)
Haley Reinhart, American Idol Season 10: Haley Reinhart EP (10,000, -29%, 24,000) (#37 BB200)
James Durbin, American Idol Season 10: James Durbin EP (10,000, -35%, 25,000) (#38 BB200)
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (4,000, -30%, 370,000) (#141 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -38%, 2.019 million)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, -14%, 51,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -5%)

Idol-related

Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (42,000, -12%, 1.492 million) (#4 Billboard 200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (20,000, -14%, 344,000) (#14 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 4 (12,000, -21%, 72,000) (#27 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (7,000, +3%, 137,000) (#66 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (6,000, -24%, 218,000) (#74 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (6,000, -15%, 538,000) (#87 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (2,000, -21%, 34,000)

How is Jennifer hudson's cd #141 with 4k sold when:

131 130 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,500 344,835


is 10 spots higher and sold 5k less?

[grouper6]

Jul 13, 2011 20:27:16 GMT -5 grouper6 said:

Jul 13, 2011 11:52:15 GMT -5 maria4hitz said:

From Idol Chatter

Idol albums

Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery EP (14,000, -65%, 54,000) (#19 Billboard 200)
David Cook, This Loud Morning (12,000, -74%, 58,000) (#26 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina EP (11,000, -47%, 31,000) (#35 BB200)
Haley Reinhart, American Idol Season 10: Haley Reinhart EP (10,000, -29%, 24,000) (#37 BB200)
James Durbin, American Idol Season 10: James Durbin EP (10,000, -35%, 25,000) (#38 BB200)
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (4,000, -30%, 370,000) (#141 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -38%, 2.019 million)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, -14%, 51,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -5%)

Idol-related

Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (42,000, -12%, 1.492 million) (#4 Billboard 200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (20,000, -14%, 344,000) (#14 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 4 (12,000, -21%, 72,000) (#27 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (7,000, +3%, 137,000) (#66 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (6,000, -24%, 218,000) (#74 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (6,000, -15%, 538,000) (#87 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (2,000, -21%, 34,000)

How is Jennifer hudson's cd #141 with 4k sold when:

131 130 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,500 344,835

is 10 spots higher and sold 5k less? and

Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
has 4k sales at #118

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Jul 13, 2011 20:27:16 GMT -5 grouper6 said:

How is Jennifer hudson's cd #141 with 4k sold when:

131 130 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,500 344,835

is 10 spots higher and sold 5k less? and

Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
has 4k sales at #118

I'm guessing Brian just mad a typo on J Hud's position? Maybe he meant "114" instead of "141"

[slicknickshady]

Jul 13, 2011 19:57:22 GMT -5 Honeymoon said:

Jul 13, 2011 19:43:52 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

"In its first four weeks, Hell: The Sequel has sold 311K copies."

Awesome. Hopefully it can go gold.

If Eminem's label has anything to do with it, probably not

But I can see it ending up at around 600k, maybe even 700k if "Lighters" becomes as big as it looks like it has the potential to be.

Haha...to true. They still need to get Recovery certified. And Em also has a lot of other albums not up to date in certifications as well.

First things first...Get Recovery certified 4X Platinum.

[Honeymoon]

Jul 13, 2011 20:33:02 GMT -5 Peaches. [Ch, r. is] said:

Jul 13, 2011 20:27:16 GMT -5 grouper6 said:

How is Jennifer hudson's cd #141 with 4k sold when:

131 130 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,500 344,835

is 10 spots higher and sold 5k less? and

Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -14%, 303,000) (#118 BB200)
has 4k sales at #118

I'm guessing Brian just mad a typo on J Hud's position? Maybe he meant "114" instead of "141"

Doesn't that country chart use current albums chart positions? Hence less sales equal higher positions, Idol Chatter uses Billboard 200 positions which include catalog titles. And J-Hud could've sold as low as 3,500 too, the numbers from that site are rounded to the nearest thousand

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

I have no idea

[HolidayGuy]

Of note is that Jackie Evancho's album has a slightly higher to-date tally than Bad Meets Evil- SoundScan's to-date tally will show BME slightly ahead, but Evancho's album has some sales from Christian outlets, of course.

[3m3r7c]

Sooooo who is gonna come through with the top 200 sales for us this week....been a mighty long time.