Billboard 200: 1/28/12: Adele No. 1- 104,000

[HolidayGuy]

Starting with info from Idol Chatter Hip Hop DX, the latter which posts Current Albums rankings (shown in parentheses).

4. Drake, Take Care: 32,000 (1.321 million)

(6). Young Jeezy, TM 103: Hustler's Ambition: 24,000 (361,000)

(7). Rihanna, Talk That Talk: 22,000 (563,000)

10. Various, Now That's What I Call Music 40: 17,000 (-28%; 591,000)

(11). LMFAO, Sorry For Party Rocking: 16,000 (566,000)

(12). Yo Gotti, Live From The Kitchen: 16,000

14. Kelly Clarkson, Stronger: 16,000 (-14%; 486,000 total)

25. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party: 13,000 (-21%; 2.293 million)

(25). Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch The Throne: 13,000 (1.261 million)

(28). Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV: 12,000 (1.947 million)

34. Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day: 10,000 (-28%; 879,000)

36. Daughtry, Break the Spell: 9,000 (-30%; 338,000)

(37). Common, The Dreamer/The Believer: 8,500 (106,000)

(57). Wale, Ambition: 6,100 (339,000)

68. David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat: 6,000 (-5%; 191,000)

76. Tony Bennett, Duets II: 5,000 (-35%; 733,000)

79. Various, Now That's What I Call Music 39: 5,000 (-30%; 558,000)

90. Various, WOW Hits 2012: 5,000 (-18%; 201,000))

(98). Schoolboy Q, Habits & Contradictions: 3,900

123. James Durbin, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster: 4,000 (+12%; 81,000)

125. Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music: 4,000 (-15%; 621,000)

133. Lauren Alaina, Wildflower: 3,000 (-16%; 228,000)

181. Various, Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 4: 3,000 (-20%; 249,000)

184. Aerosmith, Best Of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection: 3,000 (-18%; 403,000)

Others:
Mandisa, What If We Were Real: 1,000 (-20%; 139,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry: 1,000 (-16%)

[wavey.]

Rap sales are decent this go-around.

[HolidayGuy]

I updated the first post with Idol Chatter info.

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/news/adele-matches-titanic-s-no-1-run-atop-billboard-1005904952.story

Adele Matches 'Titanic's' No. 1 Run Atop Billboard 200
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | January 18, 2012

As expected, Adele's "21" spends its 16th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (104,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan; down 16%). Its reign is the longest since the "Titanic" soundtrack also earned 16 weeks at No. 1 in 1998.

Since SoundScan's sales data began powering the Billboard 200 tally in May of 1991, "21" is one of only five sets to notch at least 16 weeks atop the list. Aside from "21" and "Titanic," the other three are: the Whitney Houston-driven soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" (20 weeks in 1992-1993), Garth Brooks' "Ropin' the Wind" (18 in 1991-1992) and Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" had 17 in 1992.

In the Billboard 200 chart's nearly 56-year history, "21" becomes only the 20th album to score at least 16 weeks at No. 1.

And with 104,000 sold last week, "21" notches its 33rd week of 100,000-plus sales. The last album to do so was Usher's "Confessions," which also racked 33 stanzas of 100,000 sales in 2004-2005.

At No. 2 this week is a debut from David Crowder Band with its "Give Us Rest" selling a larger-than-expected 50,000 copies. It's the best chart rank and sales week for the Christian act, who had previously gone as high as No. 11 with 2009's "Church Music" (36,000 in its debut). The recently disbanded group played its final show at the Passion 2012 conference on Jan. 2 in Atlanta.

The Black Keys' "El Camino" holds at No. 3 (36,000; down 13%) while Drake's "Take Care" falls 2-4 (32,000; down 25%).

Snow Patrol's "Fallen Empires" debuts at No. 5 with 31,000. It's a new peak for the band, but not its largest sales week. The latter came when "Eyes Open" moved 70,000 in a non-debut week over the busy Christmas shopping period of 2006 (when it ranked way down at No. 55).

Young Jeezy's "T M:103 Hustlerz Ambition" slips 4-6 (24,000; down 33%), Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" moves 6-7 (22,000; down 20%), Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" descends 5-8 (20,000; down 30%). Nickelback's "Here and Now" returns to the top 10 (11-9) with 19,000 (down 18%) and the "Now 40" compilation dips 9-10 (17,000; down 28%).

As the Nos. 8-10 albums all sell less than 20,000 this week -- this marks the first time in SoundScan history that it takes less than 20,000 in sales to rank among the top 10 albums of the week.

Previously, the record low figure required to reach the top 10 came on the list dated June 19, 2010, when Ke$ha's "Animal" moved just a few hundred copies more than 20,000 at No. 10.

In better news, over on the Digital Songs chart, Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" hits No. 1 for the first time, jumping 3-1 with 193,000 downloads sold (down 5%). It's her third Digital Songs chart-topper, following "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You."

Last week's No. 1 Digital Song, Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up," falls to No. 9 with 127,000 (down 44%). That's the biggest positional fall from the top since "I Need a Doctor" by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem & Skylar Gray collapsed 1-14 on the chart dated Feb. 26, 2011.

Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" rises 5-2 (163,000; down 3%), Tyga's "Rack City" makes a big jump, flying 13-3 with 160,000 (up 41%) and LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" falls 2-4 (156,000; down 26%). The music video for "Rack City" premiered last week (Jan. 10) and has claimed over 2 million views thus far on his YouTube channel.

Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free" (featuring Bruno Mars) climbs 8-5 (151,000; down 6%), Rihanna's "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) drops 4-6 (140,000; down 24%) and David Guetta's "Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj) blasts 21-7 with 137,000 (up 43%). The latter made a big jump on the Pop Songs airplay chart this week, zipping 27-20 in its fifth week on the tally. It's Guetta's fifth top 10 on the Digital Songs chart and Minaj's seventh.

Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Ni**as In Paris" moves down one to No. 8 with 130,000 (down 20%) while Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" holds at No. 10 with 120,000 (down 22%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 15) totaled 5.10 million units, down 12% compared to the sum last week (5.80 million) and up 6% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (4.85 million). Year to date album sales stand at 10.90 million, up 5% compared to the same total at this point last year (10.29 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 28.56 million downloads, down 13% compared to last week (32.77 million) and up 4% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (27.45 million). Year to date track sales are at 61.32 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (57.23 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: the entire top five titles were debuts, led by the Decemberists' "The King is Dead" at No. 1 with 94,000 and the "Kidz Bop 19" album at No. 2 with 70,000.

[HolidayGuy]

Note: First time it takes less than 20K to make the top 10 on the Billboard 200. However, even with that dubious distinction, overall album sales for the first two weeks of the year are ahead of last year. :)

[musicrocks]

Jan 18, 2012 11:12:20 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Note: First time it takes less than 20K to make the top 10 on the Billboard 200. However, even with that dubious distinction, overall album sales for the first two weeks of the year are ahead of last year. :)

And better yet, even without Adele, it would have still been ahead of last year

[forg]

Nice to see the overall sales are still ahead of last year. 33 weeks of 100k+ sales for 21, amazing! Will likely end next week though as I expect the album to sell 85-95k but still pretty awesome

[neverduplicated]

Jan 18, 2012 11:35:48 GMT -5 forg said:

Nice to see the overall sales are still ahead of last year. 33 weeks of 100k+ sales for 21, amazing! Will likely end next week though as I expect the album to sell 85-95k but still pretty awesome

Yes, she probably will fall below 100k next week, but I would expect at least one more if not 2+ more weeks after the Grammys. I'm pretty sure she's going to clean up and she may perform as well.

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Week Ending Jan. 15, 2012. Albums: Good News & Bad News
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 6 minutes ago

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-15-2012-albums-good-news-164954026.html

The good news this week is very good: Adele's 21 tops the 6 million mark in U.S. sales in its 48th week. It's the first album to reach 6 million that quickly since Usher's Confessions hit that plateau in its 29th week in October 2004. Five other albums that have been released since Confessions have sold 6 million or more copies, but they all took much longer to hit the 6 million mark. Taylor Swift's Fearless took 96 weeks to cross that threshold, Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts took 104 weeks, Nickelback's All The Right Reasons took 105 weeks, Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway took a little more than 3-1/2 years and Green Day's American Idiot took six years and four months.

Alas, there is also bad news this week, and it's very bad: Three albums made the top 10 this week with lower sales totals than any top 10 album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. Those albums, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, Nickelback's Here And Now and Now 40, sold 20K, 19K and 17K copies this week, respectively. The previous low for a top 10 album was Ke$ha's Animal, which sold 20K in June. (Nielsen SoundScan rounds off its tallies to the nearest thousand, but Ke$ha's tally that week was higher than Coldplay's is this week.)

The slumping market for album sales makes Adele's achievement all the more amazing.

21 tops The Billboard 200 for the 16th week, which is the longest run since the Titanic soundtrack spent 16 consecutive weeks on top in 1998. It's the longest run for a regular studio album (excluding soundtracks) since Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All logged 17 consecutive weeks at #1 in 1992.

This is the longest run at #1 for an album by a female artist since Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack logged 20 weeks on top in 1992-1993. It's the longest run for an album by a British artist since the Police's Synchronicity was #1 for 17 weeks in 1983.

Adele will probably log several more weeks at #1. It's a foregone conclusion that she'll sweep the Grammys on Feb. 12. Also, "Set Fire To The Rain" may reach #1 on the Hot 100 this week, dethroning "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris. The song jumps to #1 on Hot Digital Songs this week.

21 sold 34K digital copies this week, putting it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the 11th week. It will soon become the first album to sell 2 million digital copies. (Its tally right now stands at 1,879,000 digital copies.) Eminem's Recovery was the first album to sell 1 million digital copies. It crossed that threshold in July.

David Crowder Band's Give Us Rest debuts at #2. This is the second time in three months that Adele has blocked a Christian pop or rock group from the #1 spot. In September, her album held Casting Crowns' Come To The Well to a #2 peak.

Oddly, no Christian group has ever topped The Billboard 200. Casting Crowns also debuted and peaked at #2 with its 2007 album The Altar And The Door. Three other albums by Christian pop or rock groups have debuted and peaked at #2: Underoath's Define The Great Line, Skillet's Awake and Red's Until We Have Faces.

It's odd that no Christian pop or rock groups have reached #1. The weekly Billboard 200 tally includes sales from Christian retail outlets, online Christian retail sites and churches, as tracked by Christian SoundScan; as well as conventional music outlets, as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan.

Give Us Rest is the first top 10 album for the David Crowder Band, which first hit The Billboard 200 in 2003 with Illuminate. The highest-charting album before this for the Texas-based band was 2009's Church Music, which reached #11. The ensemble has announced that this is its final album.

Snow Patrol's Fallen Empires debuts at #5. It's the Scottish group's second top 10 album. A Hundred Million Suns hit #9 in 2008. Snow Patrol is the first Scottish group to land two top 10 albums since Franz Ferdinand scored with 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better and 2009's Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. The last Scottish group to have more than two top 10 albums was Average White Band, which scored with three straight in 1975-1976: AWB, Cut The Cake and Soul Searching.

Train's "Drive By," Van Halen's "Tattoo," Snow Patrol's "Called Out In The Dark" and Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" are among the songs vying to enter the Hot 100 this week. Which ones will make it? 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. Adele, 21, 104,000. The album logs its 16th week at #1. This is its 47th week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which jumps from #3 to #1.

2. David Crowder Band, Give Us Rest, 51,000. This new entry is the band's first top 10 album.

3. The Black Keys, El Camino, 36,000. The album holds at #3 in its sixth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. "Lonely Boy" jumps from #88 to #70 on Hot Digital Songs.

4. Drake, Take Care, 32,000. The former #1 album drops from #2 to #4 in its ninth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Headlines," which drops from #29 to #31.

5. Snow Patrol, Fallen Empires, 31,000. This new entry is the Scottish group's second top 10 album. A Hundred Million Suns hit #9 in 2008. "Called Out In The Dark" enters Hot Digital Songs at #64.

6. Young Jeezy, TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, 24,000. The album drops from #4 to #6 in its fourth week. "I Do" (featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000) drops from #171 to #177 on Hot Digital Songs.

7. Rihanna, Talk That Talk, 22,000. The album dips from #6 to #7 in its eighth week. This is its sixth week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) drops from #4 to #6. "You Da One" drops from #23 to #25.

8. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto, 20,000. The former #1 album drops from #5 to #8 its 12th week. This is its eighth week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Paradise" jumps from #32 to #29. "Princess Of China" (featuring Rihanna) inches up from #158 to #157.

9. Nickelback, Here And Now, 19,000. The album rebounds from #11 to #9 in its eighth week. This is its sixth week in the top 10.

10. Various Artists, Now 40, 17,000. The album dips from #9 to #10 in its ninth week. This is its seventh week in the top 10.

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. SafetySuit's These Times plummets from #7 to #57. LMFAO's Sorry For Party Rocking drops from #8 to #11. Florence + the Machine's Ceremonials drops from #10 to #15.

Yo Gotti's Live From The Kitchen debuts at #12. It's the rapper's highest-charting album to date. His previous best was his 2006 album Back 2 Da Basics, which hit #84…Rebelution's Peace Of Mind debuts at #13...Adele's 2008 album 19 drops from #13 to #16 this week. The album holds at #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 31st week…Lady Antebellum's Own The Night drops from #12 to #17 in its 18th week. It's #1 on Top country Albums for the ninth week...The Lana Del Rey EP bows at #20.

The soundtrack to Joyful Noise debuts at #21. It's the week's #1 soundtrack. The feel-good gospel-themed movie stars Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, both of whom have had notable success with movie music. Parton topped the Hot 100 in 1981 with her title song from 9 To 5. Latifah was featured on the Chicago soundtrack, which reached #2 in 2003. Parton received an Oscar nomination for writing "9 To 5" (and for writing 2005's "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica). Latifah was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing Matron Mama Morton in Chicago.

Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans drops from #35 to #40 in its 67th week. It's doing even better in the U.K., where it returns to #1 for a second week. (It peaked at #3 in the U.S.) It's the first album by an American artist to log two weeks at #1 in the U.K. since Beyonce's 4 last July.

If you're a Green Day fan, you have lots of company. The band's career album sales reach the 25 million mark this week. The band's best-selling albums are its 1994 breakthrough smash Dookie, which has sold 8,082,000 copies, and American Idiot, which has sold 6,047,000 copies since its release in 2004. The latter album features "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams," which is the only hit ever to win both a Grammy for Record of the Year and an MTV Video Music Award for Music Video Of The Year. You can read more about that in an "And The Winner Is" piece which I shamelessly plug below. (It's the second of two Shameless Plugs.)

Adele's DVD Live At The Royal Albert Hall is #1 on Top Music Videos. It sold 19K copies this week, bringing its seven-week total to 494K.

Contraband was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. Clinton Shorter scored the movie. Velvet Revolver had a #1 album titled Contraband in 2004.

Coming Attractions: Kidz Bop Kids' Kidz Bop 21 is expected to be next week's top new entry. Also due: Attack Attack's This Means War.

Shameless Plug I: Adele is nominated for six Grammys. If she wins them all, which is likely, she'll tie Beyonce's record for most Grammys won in one night by a female artist and Eric Clapton's record for most Grammys won in one night by a British artist. I wrote a blog for the "And The Winner Is" folder in which I look at everybody who has won five or more Grammys in one night. It is chock-full of Grammy lore. If you missed it, here's a link.

Shameless Plug II: Who does a better job of honoring the year's best music: the Grammys or MTV's Video Music Awards? One way to find out would be to compare the winners of their top awards: the Grammy for Record of the Year and the VMA for Music Video of the Year. I did just that in another "And The Winner Is" blog. I picked my favorite in each of these showdowns for the past 28 years. I invite you to do the same. If you missed that one, here's a link.

[HolidayGuy]

Adele should hang on for a 17th week next week (2/4 chart). Then, these are the challengers/"big" release thereafter (per HITS).

With Nicki Mianj releasing her album that week, Adele may not return to No. 1?

2/11 chart (1/24 releases)
Tim McGraw
Skrillex
Kellie Pickler Grammy Nominees

2/18 chart (1/31 release)
Lana Del Rey (not sure how "big" this is, but...)
Metallica (physical CD of EP)

2/25 chart (2/7 releases)
The Fray
Van Halen
Paul McCartney
Now 41

3/3 chart (2/14 releases; major Grammys impact week)
Nicki Minaj
Faith Hill

[Verisimilitude]

Jan 18, 2012 12:04:49 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

3/3 chart (2/14 releases; major Grammys impact week)
Faith Hill

For some reason, I fear a "Bionic" performance for Faith.

[HolidayGuy]

^Possible- Adele's album should see bigger sales than Faith's album (hubby Tim's last album opened to 137K). But, Nicki Minaj's should top the week, I'd think (unless it ends up below expectations- it is a brand-new album, after all, and not a deluxe edition of the first).

[HolidayGuy]

Courtesy of DG1 at ATRL:

Billboard 200 Albums- 1/28/12 Chart
Week Ending January 15, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Album Title TW % CHG LW Total
47 1 1 1 ADELE 21 104047 -16 124498 6052173
1 2 * CROWDER BAND*DAVID GIVE US REST OR (REQUIEM MASS 50509 999 186 30707
6 7 3 3 BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 36251 -13 41902 506974
9 2 2 4 DRAKE TAKE CARE 31674 -25 42184 1320632
1 5 * SNOW PATROL FALLEN EMPIRES 30920 999 167 31196
4 3 4 6 YOUNG JEEZY TM 103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION 23925 -33 35597 360857
8 9 6 7 RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 21882 -20 27218 563168
12 8 5 8 COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO 19558 -30 27889 1053799
8 12 11 9 NICKELBACK HERE AND NOW 19405 -17 23516 628938
10 10 9 10 VARIOUS NOW 40 17167 -28 23810 590877
30 5 8 11 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 16475 -35 25366 565712
1 12 * YO GOTTI LIVE FROM THE KITCHEN 16243 999 89 16350
1 13 * REBELUTION PEACE OF MIND 16225 0 16232
12 17 16 14 CLARKSON*KELLY STRONGER 15926 -14 18493 485628
11 6 10 15 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS 15289 -36 23781 453212
54 11 13 16 ADELE 19 15150 -23 19792 1774675
18 4 12 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 14863 -31 21391 1239894
23 23 19 18 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 13972 -18 17101 682337
3 19 15 19 SKRILLEX BANGARANG 13838 -28 19349 56909
1 20 * DEL REY*LANA LANA DEL RAY - EP 13804 0 13804
1 21 * VARIOUS ARTISTS JOYFUL NOISE: ORIGIN 13497 999 27 13408
12 32 14 22 KEITH*TOBY CLANCY'S TAVERN 13489 -31 19503 368719
5 40 27 23 HAMILTON*ANTHONY BACK TO LOVE 13141 -2 13413 146787
66 38 26 24 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 13103 -5 13811 1089780
63 18 21 25 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 13062 -21 16557 2292577
23 15 20 26 JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 12730 -23 16581 1260987
1 27 * NIGHTWISH IMAGINAERUM 12368 999 151 12620
8 20 24 28 BLIGE*MARY J. MY LIFE II...THE JOURNEY CONTI 12249 -15 14392 427417
20 13 18 29 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 12221 -30 17465 1946595
95 28 23 30 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 11692 -19 14456 2072565
6 16 17 31 WINEHOUSE*AMY LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES 11393 -37 18050 308980
34 14 22 32 FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 11309 -25 15012 682524
29 22 31 33 BEYONCE 4 10591 -11 11895 1080778
15 21 25 34 MCCREERY*SCOTTY CLEAR AS DAY 9908 -28 13840 879257
34 25 28 35 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 9005 -31 13054 2122944
8 31 29 36 DAUGHTRY BREAK THE SPELL 8897 -30 12795 338104
38 30 33 37 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 8653 -22 11126 936853
4 26 42 38 COMMON DREAMER THE BELIEVER 8510 -10 9483 106100
73 29 32 39 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 8336 -29 11730 2022991
67 49 35 40 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 8302 -18 10072 1454319
18 66 47 41 GILBERT*BRANTLEY HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 8106 -9 8918 413169
8 46 50 42 SEGER*BOB & THE SILVER BULLET ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK & ROLL NEV 8013 -7 8637 201336
25 65 39 43 CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 7897 -19 9764 561481
86 91 63 44 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 7749 5 7390 945397
1 45 * LITTLE WILLIES FOR THE GOOD TIMES 7690 999 40 7730
10 37 34 46 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN-P SOUNDTRACK 7587 -26 10225 385967
81 59 37 47 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 7515 -23 9805 914197
54 134 54 48 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 7432 -11 8331 536366
6 42 44 49 KORN PATH OF TOTALITY 7412 -19 9186 142279
14 47 38 50 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH AMERICAN CAPITALIST 7370 -25 9800 281871
11 57 46 51 LAMBERT*MIRANDA FOUR THE RECORD 7345 -19 9018 385955
32 51 49 52 SKRILLEX SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITE 7192 -17 8691 231406
64 34 41 53 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 7029 -26 9534 3944300
69 50 57 54 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 6967 -15 8158 1376746
82 69 65 55 EMINEM RECOVERY 6929 -5 7309 4170415
16 52 40 56 J COLE COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY 6867 -28 9562 514794
2 7 57 SAFETYSUIT THESE TIMES 6786 -74 26368 33155
2 59 58 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC BY BURT BACHARACH 6708 -13 7723 14690
1 59 * AOKI*STEVE WONDERLAND 6578 0 6578
2 133 60 * GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 6486 58 4115 24911
1 61 * DAILEY AND VINCENT THE GOSPEL SIDE OF DAILEY AND 6453 0 6453
4 107 73 62 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 6229 -7 6665 8007361
95 82 77 63 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 6181 -7 6628 3070232
11 63 58 64 WALE AMBITION 6097 -24 7975 339116
10 35 45 65 MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 5911 -35 9035 268118
9 48 43 66 BOCELLI*ANDREA CONCERTO:LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK 5713 -39 9421 475529
14 39 30 67 EVANESCENCE EVANESCENCE 5712 -52 11899 337802
17 68 82 68 GUETTA*DAVID NOTHING BUT THE BEAT 5711 -5 6031 191121
49 78 69 69 CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW 5699 -19 7015 270197
8 43 36 70 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS CHIPWRECKED-OFFICIAL MOTION PI 5654 -42 9818 97901
4 27 68 71 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 5600 -20 7039 4716901
6 79 66 72 CHEVELLE HATS OFF TO THE BULL 5594 -22 7149 99056
6 45 56 73 DIAMOND*NEIL VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND 5591 -32 8257 95522
30 98 64 74 PITBULL PLANET PIT 5571 -24 7361 319721
21 90 78 75 PISTOL ANNIES HELL ON HEELS 5448 -17 6603 244167
17 41 51 76 BENNETT*TONY DUETS II 5430 -35 8348 733293
17 95 70 77 MINDLESS BEHAVIOR #1 GIRL 5333 -23 6890 205625
6 64 53 78 THICKE*ROBIN LOVE AFTER WAR 5326 -36 8340 108456
23 60 60 79 VARIOUS NOW 39 5304 -30 7569 558120
27 94 80 80 SHELTON*BLAKE RED RIVER BLUE 5296 -14 6188 519137
29 53 71 81 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 5161 -25 6877 548388
11 67 55 82 BOYLE*SUSAN SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 5145 -38 8298 491303
4 185 75 83 SHELTON*BLAKE LOADED: THE BEST OF BLAKE SHEL 5130 -23 6648 484276
3 167 91 84 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 5058 -6 5359 6073527
60 71 67 85 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 5026 -29 7075 1739985
166 83 72 86 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 4987 -26 6766 6480457
10 117 91 87 SANTOS*ROMEO FORMULA VOL. 1 4979 -7 5359 167826
13 104 84 88 CASTING CROWNS COME TO THE WELL 4975 -16 5896 143994
5 54 52 89 SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA MAC & DEVIN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL 4861 -42 8341 84508
16 120 86 90 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2012 4727 -18 5731 63946
103 114 100 91 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 4679 -7 5010 3798757
11 106 97 92 TYRESE OPEN INVITATION 4589 -11 5141 223044
8 101 112 93 YELAWOLF RADIOACTIVE 4530 -1 4567 95093
31 74 89 94 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 4464 -19 5545 675887
9 154 88 95 TOMLIN*CHRIS HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD: ESSENTIA 4395 -21 5562 41927
6 75 62 96 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 7 4383 -42 7495 150048
26 105 96 97 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 20 4362 -17 5233 365089
17 77 83 98 LOVATO*DEMI UNBROKEN 4348 -26 5904 255209
6 73 81 99 BON IVER BON IVER 4304 -29 6079 357811
8 113 98 100 JACKSON*MICHAEL IMMORTAL 4234 -17 5080 138958
40 88 93 101 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 4223 -21 5338 672707
2 128 102 VARIOUS JAZZ IMPRESSIONISTS 4205 1 4158 10924
3 118 106 103 M83 HURRY UP,WE'RE DREAMING 4180 -15 4914 87804
2 130 104 VARIOUS ARTISTS WIND DOWN 4164 0 4152 8472
8 70 95 105 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR LIVE 4163 -21 5268 260249
18 99 101 106 OWEN*JAKE BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHT 4126 -17 4981 205391
48 132 94 107 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 4124 -22 5285 2668999
3 136 105 108 AWOLNATION MEGALITHIC SYMPHONY 4092 -17 4926 136937
8 58 87 109 BIG TIME RUSH ELEVATE 3964 -31 5718 190334
3 200 132 110 HEAD AND THE HEART HEAD AND THE HEART 3956 -4 4125 127175
1 111 * SCHOOLBOY Q HABITS & CONTRADICTIONS 3940 0 3940
6 92 89 112 T-PAIN REVOLVER 3910 -29 5545 82971
5 128 151 113 SKILLET AWAKE 3900 5 3716 681619
9 161 107 114 SINATRA*FRANK SINATRA: BEST OF THE BEST 3895 -20 4872 117364
8 102 104 115 CHILDISH GAMBINO CAMP 3882 -21 4937 108268
20 72 99 116 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS I'M WITH YOU 3871 -24 5076 498936
164 141 125 117 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 3801 -10 4223 2832519
3 116 118 STRAIT*GEORGE ICON 3794 -14 4430 74052
6 76 79 119 ROOTS UNDUN 3790 -41 6401 104847
3 80 111 120 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 3784 -17 4576 2009441
8 93 61 121 MURPHY*LANDAU EUGENE JR. THAT'S LIFE 3751 -50 7537 130499
8 81 85 122 SOUNDTRACK MUPPETS 3719 -36 5769 119479
8 181 178 123 DURBIN*JAMES MEMORIES OF A BEAUTIFUL DISAST 3701 12 3301 80974
30 116 124 124 MOORE*JUSTIN OUTLAWS LIKE ME 3660 -14 4233 351001
34 122 120 125 PAISLEY*BRAD THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 3646 -15 4294 621195
2 167 126 3BALLMTY INTENTALO 3628 7 3376 24085
24 109 102 127 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 3601 -28 4975 2539878
8 119 109 128 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3595 -24 4723 5151802
61 112 113 129 RIHANNA LOUD 3520 -22 4539 1593361
19 157 127 130 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 3493 -16 4171 1048384
4 44 103 131 REZNOR*TRENT & ATTICUS ROSS GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 3492 -30 4954 42333
19 187 126 132 STRAIT*GEORGE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME 3489 -16 4178 330661
14 124 131 133 ALAINA*LAUREN WILDFLOWER 3482 -16 4139 228275
10 86 110 134 DISTURBED LOST CHILDREN 3447 -26 4684 124158
4 153 122 135 TEMPTATIONS, THE VOL. 1-BEST OF TEMPTATIONS 60' 3446 -19 4270 1120685
4 89 115 136 WIZ KHALIFA ROLLING PAPERS 3442 -23 4446 658086
9 117 137 PINK FLOYD BEST OF PINK FLOYD 3394 -22 4358 68018
2 171 138 MCDOWELL*WILLIAM ARISE 3383 1 3349 47676
3 176 139 139 RICHIE*LIONEL BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3365 -14 3920 572232
1 139 * BELL*JOSHUA FRENCH IMPRESSIONS 3365 999 43 3413
3 61 187 141 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3344 4 3225 5119366
3 168 135 142 THREE DOG NIGHT MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 3329 -18 4057 925551
3 149 190 143 DEGRAW*GAVIN SWEETER 3326 5 3153 105720
2 154 144 ELI YOUNG BAND LIFE AT BEST 3238 -11 3649 156943
26 166 137 145 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 3234 -19 3969 418683
4 150 146 ATKINS*RODNEY TAKE A BACK ROAD 3206 7 3010 126430
4 97 123 147 PERRI*CHRISTINA LOVESTRONG. 3186 -25 4261 277452
3 130 108 148 OF MONSTERS & MAN INTO THE WOODS - EP 3178 -33 4770 20160
14 151 166 149 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 3155 -7 3383 9260124
7 103 114 150 HOT CHELLE RAE WHATEVER 3151 -30 4489 56359
167 111 119 151 LADY GAGA FAME 3124 -28 4347 4392559
1 152 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. GREATEST HITS 3118 19 2621 586386
4 140 156 153 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3083 -15 3615 3492467
3 177 150 154 WHITE*BARRY BEST OF BARRY WHITE-MILLENNIUM 3078 -17 3717 875208
3 62 165 155 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3075 -9 3389 10660746
3 179 144 156 BOYZ II MEN BEST OF BOYZ II MEN-MILLENNIUM 3066 -20 3829 711778
5 157 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 3063 8 2837 2160052
2 163 158 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 3061 -10 3412 1167422
5 55 76 159 BEATLES BEATLES 1 3035 -54 6632 11994919
4 191 160 160 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 3034 -12 3453 9130406
12 100 136 161 MA*YO-YO GOAT RODEO SESSIONS 3023 -25 4024 130752
2 181 162 JAMES*ETTA BEST OF ETTA JAMES 3016 -8 3283 880828
3 137 148 163 YOUNG THE GIANT YOUNG THE GIANT 2992 -20 3722 125020
3 164 118 164 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 2982 -31 4349 496633
5 56 48 165 METALLICA BEYOND MAGNETIC 2974 -67 8884 68940
25 172 172 166 YOUNG*CHRIS NEON 2953 -12 3337 263436
4 135 153 167 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 2938 -20 3662 1541951
10 171 121 168 IL DIVO WICKED GAME 2934 -31 4272 182273
2 157 169 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 2927 -19 3608 8934064
3 145 134 170 DEADMAU5 4X4 2923 -28 4064 262603
14 127 147 171 BLINK-182 NEIGHBORHOODS 2911 -22 3733 282151
4 115 142 172 BIG SEAN FINALLY FAMOUS 2888 -25 3842 300670
2 169 173 QUEEN GREATEST HITS-WE WILL ROCK YOU 2872 -15 3367 1049761
2 182 174 JOHNSON*LE'ANDRIA AWAKENING OF LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 2831 -14 3277 114583
14 110 138 175 A.N.T. FARM SOUNDTRACK 2825 -28 3935 114395
1 176 * DESCENDANTS DESCENDANTS 2820 78 1584 13439
1 177 HALL & OATES VERY BEST OF DARYL HALL & JOHN 2803 19 2365 749911
5 160 176 178 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 2796 -16 3310 943755
3 184 189 179 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2768 -12 3159 10542498
3 188 129 179 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 2768 -33 4156 891565
30 147 161 181 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY 4 2764 -20 3437 249437
2 168 182 NELSON*WILLIE SUPER HITS 2760 -18 3374 2263315
3 185 152 183 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 2741 -26 3714 541016
2 173 184 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 2740 -18 3334 402801
3 170 179 184 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 2740 -17 3292 616623
5 199 192 186 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 2730 -13 3120 1034282
1 187 NAKED AND FAMOUS PASSIVE ME AGGRESSIVE YOU 2714 -3 2795 84988
24 126 170 188 VICTORIOUS CAST FEAT. VICTORIA VICTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM THE HIT 2700 -19 3350 220522
1 189 * PURE '80S: #1S PURE '80S: #1S 2699 41 1917 198343
3 184 190 CASH*JOHNNY VH1 STORYTELLERS WITH WILLIE N 2697 -17 3268 529235
3 192 182 191 TURNER*JOSH ICON 2690 -18 3277 125521
3 159 191 192 AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIGHTMARE 2687 -14 3138 653553
1 193 YOUNG*NEIL GREATEST HITS 2683 -5 2829 1340424
3 196 177 194 CURRINGTON*BILLY ICON 2665 -19 3303 125961
1 195 SBCMG 2007 ELVIS BEST OF LOVE 2657 -5 2792 220676
3 199 196 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 2629 -14 3049 1469741
1 197 JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2597 -13 2998 953107
2 162 198 HAYES*HUNTER HUNTER HAYES 2592 -6 2772 71933
2 183 199 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2587 -13 2964 3182918
3 200 159 200 TAYLOR*JAMES GREATEST HITS 2573 -26 3478 6993184

[HolidayGuy]

And:

Top Catalog Albums- 1/28/12 Chart
Week Ending January 15, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Album Title TW % CHG LW Total
59 1 1 1 ADELE 19 15150 -23 19792 1774675
9 13 3 2 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 7749 5 7390 945397
17 5 2 3 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 7515 -23 9805 914197
5 8 4 4 EMINEM RECOVERY 6929 -5 7309 4170415
49 14 7 5 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 6229 -7 6665 8007361
15 10 10 6 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 6181 -7 6628 3070232
315 2 5 7 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 5600 -20 7039 4716901
891 32 11 8 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 5058 -6 5359 6073527
50 11 6 9 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 4987 -26 6766 6480457
9 18 13 10 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 4679 -7 5010 3798757
2 21 11 VARIOUS JAZZ IMPRESSIONISTS 4205 1 4158 10924
54 21 12 12 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 4124 -22 5285 2668999
16 24 19 13 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 3801 -10 4223 2832519
4 9 16 14 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 3784 -17 4576 2009441
26 16 14 15 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 3601 -28 4975 2539878
97 19 15 16 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3595 -24 4723 5151802
54 28 20 17 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 3493 -16 4171 1048384
29 27 18 18 TEMPTATIONS, THE VOL. 1-BEST OF TEMPTATIONS 60' 3446 -19 4270 1120685
51 35 25 19 RICHIE*LIONEL BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3365 -14 3920 572232
270 6 44 20 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3344 4 3225 5119366
53 33 23 21 THREE DOG NIGHT MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 3329 -18 4057 925551
54 31 24 22 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 3234 -19 3969 418683
16 26 36 23 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 3155 -7 3383 9260124
19 17 17 24 LADY GAGA FAME 3124 -28 4347 4392559
2 66 25 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. GREATEST HITS 3118 19 2621 586386
160 23 29 26 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3083 -15 3615 3492467
52 36 27 27 WHITE*BARRY BEST OF BARRY WHITE-MILLENNIUM 3078 -17 3717 875208
72 7 35 28 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3075 -9 3389 10660746
52 37 26 29 BOYZ II MEN BEST OF BOYZ II MEN-MILLENNIUM 3066 -20 3829 711778
19 83 54 30 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 3063 8 2837 2160052
90 69 34 31 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 3061 -10 3412 1167422
19 4 9 32 BEATLES BEATLES 1 3035 -54 6632 11994919
26 65 41 33 JAMES*ETTA BEST OF ETTA JAMES 3016 -8 3283 880828
5 22 28 34 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 2938 -20 3662 1541951
18 47 30 35 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 2927 -19 3608 8934064
4 171 38 36 QUEEN GREATEST HITS-WE WILL ROCK YOU 2872 -15 3367 1049761
3 109 91 37 HALL & OATES VERY BEST OF DARYL HALL & JOHN 2803 19 2365 749911
89 39 45 38 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2768 -12 3159 10542498
5 40 22 38 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 2768 -33 4156 891565
34 50 37 40 NELSON*WILLIE SUPER HITS 2760 -18 3374 2263315
46 46 39 41 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 2740 -18 3334 402801
28 34 40 41 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 2740 -17 3292 616623
2 140 43 PURE '80S: #1S PURE '80S: #1S 2699 41 1917 198343
51 49 42 44 CASH*JOHNNY VH1 STORYTELLERS WITH WILLIE N 2697 -17 3268 529235
4 82 55 45 YOUNG*NEIL GREATEST HITS 2683 -5 2829 1340424
50 88 58 46 SBCMG 2007 ELVIS BEST OF LOVE 2657 -5 2792 220676
30 62 47 47 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 2629 -14 3049 1469741
27 77 51 48 JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2597 -13 2998 953107
62 38 52 49 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2587 -13 2964 3182918
4 44 32 50 TAYLOR*JAMES GREATEST HITS 2573 -26 3478 6993184
54 59 49 51 VAUGHAN*STEVIE RAY MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE B 2549 -16 3034 360852
29 89 56 52 HOLLY*BUDDY BEST OF BUDDY HOLLY-MILLENNIUM 2510 -11 2825 488379
4 29 50 53 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 2461 -19 3028 681399
3 190 71 54 CASH*JOHNNY 16 BIGGEST HITS (201 2453 -4 2565 3104013
17 51 48 55 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED EXTENDED VERSIONS 2417 -21 3042 216669
3 137 46 56 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 2406 -22 3089 4519558
317 110 75 57 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 2401 -4 2507 2190998
54 55 53 58 WILLIAMS*HANK JR. VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 2368 -19 2916 2940125
4 74 64 59 SIMON & GARFUNKEL GREATEST HITS 2362 -12 2670 3169259
34 43 68 60 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2336 -10 2590 1956721
42 96 85 61 CASH*JOHNNY BEST OF 2334 -3 2412 508642
53 71 57 62 STRAIT*GEORGE BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 2317 -18 2823 1389713
5 105 77 63 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 2310 -7 2496 928373
11 75 101 64 GILBERT*BRANTLEY MODERN DAY PRODIGAL SON 2301 3 2228 46301
18 64 59 65 BENNETT*TONY DUETS: AMERICAN CLASSIC 2289 -17 2768 1791599
3 123 60 66 SIMON & GARFUNKEL BEST OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL 2288 -17 2767 1480472
50 92 70 67 JOPLIN*JANIS SUPER HITS 2277 -12 2578 828515
5 145 67 68 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 2272 -13 2618 866351
8 91 62 69 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE KISS AND TELL 2270 -15 2678 861938
4 102 72 70 MCGRAW*TIM VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 2252 -11 2527 2412708
139 68 78 71 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 2213 -11 2492 1626866
35 104 74 72 CASH*JOHNNY SUPER HITS 2189 -13 2512 1821829
357 45 69 73 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 2156 -17 2587 7598635
160 52 63 74 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 2133 -20 2675 1908108
4 158 162 75 BLACK KEYS ATTACK & RELEASE 2123 18 1792 348063
4 95 79 76 ALABAMA 16 BIGGEST HITS 2115 -14 2463 279418
4 101 112 77 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS 2112 -1 2141 7933112
172 70 83 78 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 2092 -14 2424 7562366
114 73 92 79 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 2084 -9 2296 1018384
2 87 80 COLDPLAY PARACHUTES 2078 -13 2391 3041384
4 98 84 81 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 2076 -14 2419 6171442
2 106 82 WHO 20TH CENTURY MASTERS 2074 -4 2164 1200269
36 58 80 83 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 2065 -16 2459 536306
2 176 84 SADE BEST OF SADE 2063 20 1717 1826856
16 63 73 85 PINK FLOYD WALL 2056 -18 2516 1664896
5 87 86 86 METALLICA METALLICA 2052 -14 2393 15739409
16 53 88 87 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 2051 -14 2386 1385575
3 118 93 88 JAMES*TOMMY & SHONDELLS ESSENTIALS 2050 -10 2283 188682
3 115 90 89 STYX GREATEST HITS 2031 -14 2375 2582815
4 76 98 90 PEARL JAM TEN 2030 -10 2264 9914496
3 138 136 91 BERRY*CHUCK BEST OF CHUCK BERRY-MILLENNIUM 2024 3 1963 307068
3 107 76 92 BOSTON BOSTON 2012 -20 2504 413094
2 177 93 TENTH AVENUE NORTH LIGHT MEETS THE DARK 2008 17 1713 89386
3 165 89 94 JOPLIN*JANIS GREATEST HITS 1989 -17 2384 1755137
4 113 102 95 JENNINGS*WAYLON 16 BIGGEST HITS 1988 -10 2206 668831
3 163 94 96 CARPENTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 1985 -13 2280 117243
317 25 43 97 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 1982 -39 3252 4796968
50 120 134 98 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 1980 1 1970 1966646
3 140 109 99 SCORPIONS BEST OF THE SCORPIONS-MILLENNI 1953 -9 2152 713687
8 42 65 100 ROLLING STONES SOME GIRLS 1945 -27 2665 134461
3 135 81 100 DRIFTERS, THE ALL-TIME GRTS HITS 1945 -20 2442 229592
3 149 108 102 BOSTON GREATEST HITS 1930 -11 2159 2074838
3 200 31 103 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 1929 -46 3565 2921026
3 78 96 104 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO 1927 -15 2275 408485
50 130 96 105 WHITESNAKE BEST OF WHITESNAKE-MILLENNIUM 1925 -15 2275 645218
3 119 61 106 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 1906 -30 2717 2811798
254 84 82 107 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 1904 -22 2435 3621189
48 157 107 108 STEPPENWOLF BEST OF STEPPENWOLF-MILLENNIUM 1873 -13 2163 864052
3 161 131 109 DION*CELINE LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 1868 -6 1988 9544181
2 171 110 ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND BEST OF ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-M 1863 7 1749 706507
4 48 95 111 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1838 -19 2277 10030828
4 146 115 112 AEROSMITH GREATEST HITS 1832 -13 2112 5357313
2 110 113 AIR SUPPLY GREATEST HITS LIVE...NOW & FOR 1823 -15 2147 393526
57 66 117 114 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 1822 -13 2106 3156170
3 117 100 114 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 1822 -18 2230 6202316
2 116 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS 30 NO. 1 HITS 1814 22 1482 4791735
52 132 116 117 ORBISON*ROY SUPER HITS 1799 -15 2110 1234850
4 90 126 118 MOTLEY CRUE GREATEST HITS 1794 -12 2043 345786
3 139 169 119 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 1787 2 1754 2211661
3 197 118 120 KEITH*TOBY BEST OF TOBY KEITH-MILLENNIUM 1783 -15 2103 930314
40 79 129 121 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 1781 -11 1998 645318
3 126 144 122 JONES*NORAH COME AWAY WITH ME 1764 -7 1901 10789026
2 147 123 PETTY*TOM FULL MOON FEVER 1754 -7 1882 1324012
4 57 105 123 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 1754 -19 2169 3700623
4 56 113 125 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 1752 -18 2140 867142
142 125 123 126 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 1744 -16 2073 1084467
2 138 127 VALLI*FRANKIE & THE FOUR SEASO VERY BEST OF FRANKIE VALLI 1742 -9 1924 116003
2 127 128 TWAIN*SHANIA GREATEST HITS 1734 -15 2041 4129849
3 196 159 129 BENATAR*PAT 10 GREAT SONGS 1731 -5 1824 98253
5 182 128 130 DISNEY VOL. 1-CHILDREN'S FAVORITES 1720 -15 2022 191220
33 127 125 131 JOURNEY CAPTURED (LIVE) 1689 -18 2068 98400
3 148 99 132 COLDPLAY RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 1687 -25 2247 4812306
3 81 139 133 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 1682 -12 1919 6922361
3 100 156 134 LINKIN PARK HYBRID THEORY 1681 -9 1841 9918095
65 94 161 135 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 1679 -7 1796 1504448
134 121 157 136 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 1677 -9 1837 6055901
3 187 143 137 HORTON*JOHNNY GREATEST HITS 1663 -13 1905 884991
1 138 AMERICA HORSE WITH NO NAME & OTHER 1656 10 1505 216284
2 164 139 MILLER*STEVE BAND GREATEST HITS 1974-78 1652 -7 1768 5464975
3 61 124 140 LMFAO PARTY ROCK 1645 -20 2069 266105
2 163 141 EARTH WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS 1630 -9 1790 1488567
2 196 142 LEWIS*HUEY & THE NEWS GREATEST HITS 1625 0 1620 555233
4 147 194 142 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 1625 0 1621 546008
15 124 122 144 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS COUNTRY 1624 -22 2078 84831
4 134 130 145 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 1619 -19 1992 1121528
1 146 COUNTDOWN KIDS*THE 50 SILLY SONGS 1616 -10 1795 149957
3 160 103 147 COLDPLAY X&Y 1615 -27 2203 3459989
4 144 142 148 DIXIE CHICKS PLAYLIST: THE VERY B 1606 -16 1913 106160
2 193 149 BOWIE*DAVID BEST OF DAVID BOWIE 1605 -2 1639 1304244
34 136 121 150 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 1604 -23 2079 2073041
1 151 CLINE*PATSY PATSY CLINE GREATEST 1601 10 1456 4314148
3 86 147 152 THREE DAYS GRACE THREE DAYS GRACE 1592 -15 1882 1719264
2 183 153 ARCADE FIRE SUBURBS 1588 -6 1682 710796
2 164 154 BEACH BOYS*THE 10 GREAT SONGS 1580 -11 1768 88101
3 156 145 155 REO SPEEDWAGON HITS 1571 -17 1891 839270
3 111 152 156 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE GREATEST HITS 1564 -15 1845 4320792
3 179 168 156 PARTON*DOLLY ULTIMATE DOLLY PARTON 1564 -11 1755 348198
4 178 120 158 SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK 1557 -25 2086 843614
28 183 155 159 PRESLEY*ELVIS GOSPEL / AN EVENING 1556 -16 1842 132212
2 167 160 REDDING*OTIS VOL. 1-VERY BEST OF 1553 -12 1764 1834737
2 166 161 KING*B.B. BEST OF B.B. KING-MILLENNIUM C 1543 -13 1767 853800
4 200 162 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 1541 -4 1602 2942323
3 193 150 163 MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 1540 -18 1873 4791828
3 167 178 164 COE*DAVID ALLAN FOR THE RECORD/FIRST 10 YEARS 1539 -10 1709 806028
24 165 POISON 10 GREAT SONGS 1529 -4 1595 101435
3 198 137 166 DIAMOND*NEIL AS TIME GOES BY-MOVIE ALBUM 1526 -21 1930 626812
2 180 166 BEE GEES ULTIMATE BEE GEES (THE 50TH AN 1526 -10 1696 265676
3 174 152 168 MEATLOAF BAT OUT OF HELL 1524 -17 1845 858180
10 114 152 169 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 1523 -17 1845 2711410
3 198 133 170 JACKSON*ALAN DRIVE 1517 -23 1980 3592898
2 187 170 CREED GREATEST HITS 1517 -9 1659 2300870
3 154 158 172 EVANS*SARA GREATEST HITS 1514 -17 1831 486364
2 152 173 SUBLIME SUBLIME 1507 3 1460 6254383
1 173 VAN HALEN VAN HALEN 1507 23 1223 2244163
3 180 169 173 SKID ROW SKID ROW 1507 -14 1754 1180961
1 176 DENVER*JOHN BEST OF JOHN DENVER LIVE 1503 44 1043 452232
2 173 177 CARS CARS 1502 -13 1735 845036
3 189 198 178 XX,THE XX 1496 -7 1606 322934
3 162 141 179 JACKSON*ALAN 16 BIGGEST HITS 1481 -23 1916 398649
4 169 189 180 RUSH MOVING PICTURES 1480 -11 1657 1438725
3 93 160 181 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 1472 -18 1799 1733963
12 182 BROWN*ZAC BAND PASS THE JAR-ZAC BROWN BAND & 1465 6 1378 335475
2 119 182 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 1465 -30 2091 492512
1 184 ABBA GOLD-GREATEST HITS 1459 -6 1552 5319220
3 153 191 185 ALICE IN CHAINS ALICE IN CHAIN'S GREATEST HITS 1440 -12 1643 941247
1 186 CROCE*JIM PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORIES 1437 13 1276 1713234
5 72 151 187 KE$HA ANIMAL 1434 -23 1865 1357193
29 179 188 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS ROCK 1430 -16 1698 140987
2 188 189 LYNYRD SKYNYRD CANM-LYNYRD SKYNRD-EXTENDED VE 1428 -14 1658 884071
16 174 190 EARTH*WIND & FIRE SUPER HITS 1426 -18 1732 586469
2 134 191 HILL*FAITH HITS 1423 -28 1970 389080
1 192 OAK RIDGE BOYS BEST OF OAK RIDGE BOYS-MILLENN 1417 -11 1598 419880
3 149 182 193 ALABAMA AMERICAN FAREWELL TOUR 1409 -16 1687 389493
1 194 BEACH BOYS SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF 1408 16 1210 2951086
3 129 185 194 BRYAN*LUKE I'LL STAY ME 1408 -15 1663 366721
2 189 196 KISS BEST OF KISS-MILLENNIUM COLLEC 1402 -15 1657 384328
1 197 AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU 1398 -7 1509 397637
2 142 197 DR. DRE DR. DRE 2001 1398 -7 1499 7512830
2 131 199 MOORE*JUSTIN JUSTIN MOORE 1396 -7 1502 416061
2 172 200 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 1385 -20 1741 657485

[divasummer]

Why is Bruno's album still in the Top 5 in the UK?
Did they re release it or something?

[allow that]

So Adele passes 6m this week.

Good to see Phoenix still holding on at #200!

[Enigma.]

1 27 * NIGHTWISH IMAGINAERUM 12368 999 151 12620

Where did this came from? I thought it was released before Christmas like everywhere else.
(Shame on me, as they're Finnish...)

[HolidayGuy]

Someone has asked if 2,573 is a low for No. 200 on the BB 200. No- last fall, No. 200 was at 2,466- not sure if even that was a low.

[Deleted]

Now if this still used the TCA chart like it did through 2009

you would find #200 a lot lower than this, many times over

[HolidayGuy]

^Indeed. I wouldn't be surprised if that also factored into the decision to let catalog titles appear on the BB 200 (aside from complaints that stemmed from the Michael Jackson albums not appearing after his passing).

[Hotlantan]

Fully 40% of the albums ranked 101-200 are CATALOG albums!
Jazz Impressionists is #11 Catalog and #102 Main
James Taylor is #50 Catalog and #200 Main

Without the catalog "filler," the #200 current album would likely have sold under 2000 copies...

:'(

[Deleted]

Can someone identify this for me?

2 173 177 CARS CARS 1502 -13 1735 845036

Is this Cars - the soundtrack? or Cars the 80s pop group?

[HolidayGuy]

2m, I'd guess that that would be the group, The Cars. Its debut album was titled The Cars- and there was a CD reissue with bonus tracks. The album's probably priced well at Walmart or something. Plus, it would say "Soundtrack" if it were for the movie. ;)

[Deleted]

Judging by the numbers I thought it might be the Soundtrack. Most Cars stuff was pre-soundscan, They have been on the published catalog chart 3 times (3 separate greatest hits compilations - 1 week each)

The Cars soundtrack has even been in the top 50.

845K seems high for a 70s album that hasn't charted well enough in any given week to make a published catalog chart

[slicknickshady]

Albums i have bought...

2 142 197 DR. DRE DR. DRE 2001 1398 -7 1499 7,512,830
4 48 95 111 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1838 -19 2277 10,030,828
5 8 4 4 EMINEM RECOVERY 6929 -5 7309 4,170,415
160 23 29 26 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3083 -15 3615 3,492,467
38 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2768 -12 3159 10,542,498
31 74 89 94 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 4464 -19 5545 675,887
2 152 173 SUBLIME SUBLIME 1507 3 1460 6,254,383
139 68 78 71 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 2213 -11 2492 1,626,866
357 45 69 73 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 2156 -17 2587 7,598,635
3 86 147 152 THREE DAYS GRACE THREE DAYS GRACE 1592 -15 1882 1,719,264
14 39 30 67 EVANESCENCE EVANESCENCE 5712 -52 11899 337,802
60 71 67 85 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 5026 -29 7075 1,739,985

[asg4]

Jan 18, 2012 11:12:20 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Note: First time it takes less than 20K to make the top 10 on the Billboard 200. However, even with that dubious distinction, overall album sales for the first two weeks of the year are ahead of last year. :)

Last yrs sales gain of 1% was manipulated I read an article about that 1% gain was achieved. 14mill of the gain was due to the higher then normal discount on veteran albums. add 440k to the gaga saga

[slw84]

Jan 19, 2012 1:47:03 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

Albums i have bought...

2 142 197 DR. DRE DR. DRE 2001 1398 -7 1499 7,512,830
4 48 95 111 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1838 -19 2277 10,030,828
5 8 4 4 EMINEM RECOVERY 6929 -5 7309 4,170,415
160 23 29 26 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3083 -15 3615 3,492,467
38 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2768 -12 3159 10,542,498
31 74 89 94 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 4464 -19 5545 675,887
2 152 173 SUBLIME SUBLIME 1507 3 1460 6,254,383
139 68 78 71 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 2213 -11 2492 1,626,866
357 45 69 73 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 2156 -17 2587 7,598,635
3 86 147 152 THREE DAYS GRACE THREE DAYS GRACE 1592 -15 1882 1,719,264
14 39 30 67 EVANESCENCE EVANESCENCE 5712 -52 11899 337,802
60 71 67 85 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 5026 -29 7075 1,739,985

Wait. You bought pink Friday :o was it Romans revenge with eminem that made you get it?
Wow, I'm surprised you didn't seem to fond of her at the beginning of the era...I guess she won you over. Minajesty slaying the fairweather/ nonfans over to her side. I love it.

[HolidayGuy]

Well, catalog albums did see a sales increase last year, and they usually see robust gains with discounting. So, no "manipulation" going on there.

RE Cars- it may be a SoundScan error, neglecting to list "Soundtrack." I fouind this from a Google search, 2007:

45 DBV 155 131 196 CARS SOUNDTRACKS 4,490 -47 8,529 872,250
(Note the "s" on Soundtrack)

I imagine the DBV stands for "Disney Buena Vista." It's a higher amount than what's on the current chart.

[Deleted]

The growing acceptance of digital as an album format was probably the biggest driver of the 2011 - 2010 increase

Catalog sales was another

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certifications:

Adele 6xp
Scotty McCreery 1xp
Maroon 5 1xp
Tm McGraw, Number One Hits 1xp
Taylor Swift, Speak Now 4xp
Andrea Bocelli, Gold
Bob Seger, GH 9xp