Billboard 200: 5/5/12: Lionel Richie #1: 114,000

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Starting with sales info from HipHopDX

#6. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - 48,000 (383,000)

#8. Future - Pluto - 41,000 (41,000)

#20. Drake - Take Care - 16,000 (1,699,000)





#46. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King - 8,300 (199,000)

#57. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition - 7,000 (567,000)

#65. Trip Lee - The Good Life - 6,000 (24,000)

#81. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne - 5,000 (1,417,000)

#93. Odd Future - OF Tape, Vol. 2 - 4,300 (69,000)



#152. Diggy - Unexpected Arrival - 2,700 (45,000)

#167. Snoop Dogg - Stoner's EP - 2,500 (2,500)

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Week Ending April 22, 2012: Richie Stands Firm
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 9 minutes ago

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee tops The Billboard 200 for the second week. It's the first album that was released in 2012 to manage a second week on top. Albums by two legends (Bruce Springsteen and Madonna) were unable to pull this off, as were the sophomore album by the red-hot Nicki Minaj, the debut album by teen dreams One Direction and the soundtrack to the year's top-grossing movie, The Hunger Games.

Adele's 21 has held the top spot for nine weeks so far this year, but it was released in February 2011.

Tuskegee, which pairs Richie with such country stars as Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean, is the first "duets" album to top the chart for multiple weeks. Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company, Reba McEntire's Reba: Duets and Tony Bennett's Duets II all spent a single frame in the top spot.

Tuskegee is the first country album to hold at #1 for a second week since Taylor Swift's Speak Now had six weeks on top in 2010-2011. It's the first country album by a male artist to spend multiple weeks in the lead since George Strait's 50 Number One Hits spent two weeks on top in 2004.

Richie's album holds at #1 on Top Country Albums for a third week. It's the first album by an African American artist to log as many as three weeks at #1 on the country chart since Charley Pride's Songs Of Love By Charley Pride, which spent four weeks on top in February and March 1973. Pride, the most successful African American artist in country music history, had 12 #1 country albums between 1968 and 1980.

Jason Mraz's Love Is A Four-Letter Word just misses out on #1 glory in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album opens at #2 in the U.S. behind Tuskegee and at #2 in the U.K. behind Adele's 21. (When Mraz learns this, he may well use a four-letter word, but I don't think it's going to be "love.")

This is Mraz's third album in a row to reach the top five. Mr. A-Z hit #5 in August 2005. We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. reached #3 in May 2008. The latter album spawned the smash "I'm Yours," which holds a unique distinction. It has sold more digital copies (6,104,000) than any other song that fell short of the #1 spot on the Hot 100. It peaked at #6 in September 2008.

The new album sold 103K copies this week, which is the highest weekly total to date for a Mraz The album sold 62K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. It contains the hit "I Won't Give Up," which tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week.

Adele's 21, which dips from #2 to #3, becomes the first album to log 61 weeks in the top 10 since Celine Dion's Falling Into You, which spent 61 weeks in the top 10 from March 1996 to June 1997. If 21 logs spends just one more week in the top 10 (I think it has a pretty good chance, don't you?), it will be the longest-running top 10 album since Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, which spent 72 weeks in the top 10 from August 1995 to January 1997. All three albums won Grammys as Album of the Year.

21 this week becomes the first album to sell 3 million copies in 2012. This is the earliest in the year that an album has sold 3 million copies since 2005, when 50 Cent's The Massacre cleared the 3 million mark in the week ending April 17.

21 logs its 23rd week at #1 in the U.K. this week, which equals the number of weeks it has spent at #1 in the U.S.

Train lands its first top five album as California 37 enters The Billboard 200 at #4. 2001's Drops Of Jupiter and 2003's My Private Nation both reached #6. (Dig the 1961 Cadillac on the cover.) California 37 is the first album with the word "California" in its title to make the top 10 since Eagles' Hotel California, which logged eight weeks at #1 in 1977. (I didn't count Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication, which reached #3 in 1999.)

Future's Pluto debuts at #8. This new entry is the hip-hop artist's debut album. It features guest appearances by Drake, T.I., R. Kelly and Snoop Dogg.

Pop Quiz: Pluto was classified as a planet for 76 years, but in 2006 was reclassified as a dwarf planet. That leaves eight planets. Seven of them have been cited in the titles of top 10 albums. How many of those album titles can you recall? Answer at the end of the column. (Hint: For those of you who haven't been in eighth grade for a while, here are the names of the eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Every planet has been cited in the title of a top 10 album except Uranus. I guess Uranus just doesn't "sing," as lyricists say.)

"Payphone" by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa enters Hot Digital Songs at #1 with sales of 493K. It dethrones "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, which dips to #2 with sales of 463K. Which will come out on top on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

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

1. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee, 111,000. The album is #1 for the second week. This is its fourth week in the top five. The album has sold 537K, which puts it at #4 for the year-to-date (#2 among albums released in 2012, behind Now 41.)

2. Jason Mraz, Love Is A Four Letter Word, 103,000. This new entry is Mraz's highest-charting album; his third to reach the top five. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "I Won't Give Up" jumps from #32 to #24. "Living In The Moment" debuts at #100.

3. Adele, 21, 88,000. The former #1 album dips from #2 to #3. This is its 61st week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rumour Has It," which moves up from #23 to #22.

4. Train, California 37, 74,000. This new entry is the group's fourth top 10 album; its first to reach the top five. "Drive By" jumps from #12 to #10 on Hot Digital Songs.

5. One Direction, Up All Night, 54,000. The former #1 album holds at #5 for the third week in its sixth week on the chart. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "What Makes You Beautiful," which drops from #3 to #6.

6. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 47,000. The former #1 album drops from #3 to #6 in its third week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Starships," which drops from #6 to #8.

7. Gotye, Making Mirrors, 42,000. The album holds at #7 for the second week in its 15th week on the chart. This is its third week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra) dips from #1 to #2. "Eyes Wide Open" jumps from #181 to #134.

8. Future, Pluto, 40,000. This new entry is the hip-hop artist's debut album. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Magic" (featuring T.I.) jumps from #125 to #107. "Same Damn Time" bows at #158.

9. Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream, 33,000. The album drops from #6 to #9 in its second week. The album has sold 100K copies in its first two weeks.

10. Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines, 28,000. The album rebounds from #13 to #10 in its 37th week. This is its fourth week in the top 10; its first since August. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Drunk On You," which dips from #17 to #18.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Monica's New Life drops from #4 to #15. Alabama Shakes' Boys & Girls drops from #8 to #11. Rascal Flatts' Changed drops from #9 to #13. Hoodie Allen's All American plummets from #10 to #121.

Best Of Kokua Festival by Jack Johnson & Friends bows at #12. It's Johnson's second live album, following 2009's En Concert, which reached #11. It's also Johnson's second album to feature the "…& Friends" billing. The first to do so was 2006's Curious George soundtrack. This is Johnson's seventh album in a row to make the top 20, though for a big star this debut is no great shakes.

Thousand Foot Krutch's End Is Where We Begin bows at #14. The Christian rock trio first charted in 2005. This is its highest-charting album to date…Neon Trees' sophomore album Picture Show debuts at #17. Habits reached #113 in 2010.

The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond drops from #14 to #19 in its fifth week. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fifth week…The Think Like A Man soundtrack jumps from #33 to #21 in its second week. The movie was #1 at the box-office over the weekend, displacing The Hunger Games.

Adele's 19 drops from #26 to #28 in its 68th week. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 37th week. I thought Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever might dislodge it, after last week's salute to the soundtrack on Glee, but it ranks #10 on Catalog Albums (that translates to #98 on The Billboard 200). For next week, I think Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits will return to #1 on Catalog Albums, following Glee's tribute to the singer last night.

Shameless Plug: Florence + the Machine's MTV Unplugged drops from #51 to #120 in its second week. It's the 34th Unplugged album to make The Billboard 200. What was the first? What was the biggest? You already know if you read my Chart Watch Extra in which I listed every last one of them. If you missed it, here's a link.

Shameless Plug: Barbra Streisand has had more #1 albums (nine) and more top 10 albums (31) than any other female artist in history. The star turned 70 yesterday. I saluted her and Doris Day, who turned 90 on April 3, in Chart Watch Extra that ran earlier this month. If you missed it, here's a link.

Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall is #1 on Top Music Videos for the 21st straight week. It's just one week away from tying Whitney Houston's The #1 Video Hits from 1986 for the longest run at #1 by a female artist in the chart's 27-year history. Adele's DVD sold 11K copies this week, bringing its total to 816K.

R.I.P. Dick Clark was the most historically important person in putting contemporary pop music on TV. That point was made abundantly clear in 1993, when two major honors came his way: He was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Television Academy Hall of Fame. A few years earlier, Clark received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Clark was 82 when he died on Wednesday.

R.I.P. Levon Helm was the only American-born member of The Band (which also included four Canadians). The band amassed six top 10 albums, including three collaborations with Bob Dylan. Two of the band's albums land on The Billboard 200 in the wake of Helm's death on Tuesday at age 71. Greatest Hits (released in 2000) finally debuts at #84. The three-disk soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's 1978 concert documentary The Last Waltz re-enters at #134. Helm's 2011 solo album, Ramble At The Ryman, re-enters at #146. The Band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. The group received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.

Coming Attractions: The Wanted's eponymous debut album and Jack White's solo debut album, Blunderbuss, are expected to debut in the top 10 next week. Also due: Kip Moore's Up All Night and Deuce's Nine Lives.

Quiz Answer: Here are top 10 albums with planet names in their titles: Wings' Venus And Mars (#1 in 1975), Sting's Mercury Falling (#5 in 1996), No Doubt's Return Of Saturn (#2 in 2000), Train's Drops Of Jupiter (#6 in 2001) and the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Valleys Of Neptune (#4 in 2010), plus, as you might imagine, a lot of "Earth" albums: Jefferson Starship's Earth (#5 in 1978), Mobb Deep's Hell On Earth (#6 in 1996), Ozzy Osbourne's Down To Earth (#4 in 2001), the Strokes' First Impressions Of Earth (#4 in 2006) and Prince's Planet Earth (#3 in 2007).

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[Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...]

Jason Mraz's Love Is A Four-Letter Word just misses out on #1 glory in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album opens at #2 in the U.S. behind Tuskegee and at #2 in the U.K. behind Adele's 21. (When Mraz learns this, he may well use a four-letter word, but I don't think it's going to be "love.")

[Fresh]

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Yes, There Are 2 One Directions on This Week's Charts

Your eyes aren't deceiving you. There are two different groups named One Direction on the Billboard charts this week.

While the U.K. pop quintet is at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with Up All Night (66,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan; down 28%), a California rock band with the same name enters the Heatseekers Albums chart at No. 48 with The Light (1,000; up 9%).

The latter album was released in the United States in August 2011 and has seen almost weekly sales growth since February. (About the same time the U.K. act started making waves on the Billboard charts.) The set's cumulative sales now stand at 6,000 copies.

"We may not have Simon Cowell's machine behind us, but we have many loyal fans," the other One Direction tells Billboard through their rep. "We thank them for supporting our albums, and we intend to stand up for the right to Rock and Roll!"

According to the California-based group's Facebook page, it has been "drawn into a legal dispute" with the U.K. act over the use of its name. As the U.S. group has been "using the name since November 2009" (a year before the British One Direction formed on "The X Factor"), its members are claiming they have first rights to the name.

In a recent interview with Australia's Herald Sun, British boy band members Harry Styles and Zayn Malik said they're "not changing their name," but added they have "no idea" what's going on with the dispute.

[Agent Yoncé]

Apr 25, 2012 10:11:47 GMT -5 Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... said:

Jason Mraz's Love Is A Four-Letter Word just misses out on #1 glory in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album opens at #2 in the U.S. behind Tuskegee and at #2 in the U.K. behind Adele's 21. (When Mraz learns this, he may well use a four-letter word, but I don't think it's going to be "love.")

He got Madonna'd in both the US & UK :'(

21 this week becomes the first album to sell 3 million copies in 2012. This is the earliest in the year that an album has sold 3 million copies since 2005, when 50 Cent's The Massacre cleared the 3 million mark in the week ending April 17.


WOW! SHe just won't stop.

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Billboard 200: Lionel Richie Holds Off Jason Mraz, Stays At No. 1
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | April 25, 2012 11:45 EDT

Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee" album holds at No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard 200 chart, shifting 114,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan (down 11%). The pop veteran blocks Jason Mraz from earning his first chart-topping, as "Love Is a Four Letter Word" starts in the No. 2 slot with 102,000.

Still, congratulations are in order for Mraz, as "Love" notches both his highest chart rank and his best sales week yet. His previous high came with 2008's "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.," which debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 73,000 in its first week.



Video: Jason Mraz Breaks Down 'Love,' Track By Track



Adele's "21" falls 2-3 with 90,000 (down 2%) while Train's "California 37" rolls in at a career-high No. 4 with a 76,000 opener. The band has claimed three previous top 10s, but this is the group's best showing yet on the tally. The album follows its last studio album, 2009's "Save Me, San Francisco," which debuted and peaked at No. 17 with a 27,000. That set spawned Train's biggest Billboard Hot 100 single, the No. 3 hit "Hey, Soul Sister."

One Direction's "Up All Night" holds at No. 5 (55,000; down 18%), Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" falls 3-6 (48,000; down 40%) and Gotye's "Making Mirrors" is steady at No. 7 (44,000; down 18%).

Rapper Future debuts at No. 8 with his first studio set, "Pluto," selling 41,000 in its first week. He's released numerous mixtapes since 2010 and has notched eight hit singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Two of those climbed all the way into the top 10: "Racks" (YC featuring Future, No. 6) and "Magic" (No. 10).

Bonnie Raitt's "Slipstream" slips 6-9 in its second week (35,000; down 45%) while Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" returns to the top 10 for the first time since September, rising 13-10 (28,000; up 11%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Maroon 5's "Payphone" rings at No. 1, debuting with a whopping 493,000 downloads in its first week. The track, featuring Wiz Khalifa, notches the best-ever sales week for a digital song by a group, surpassing the 464,000 rung up by the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" when it debuted at No. 1 on April 18, 2009.

Last week's No. 1, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra), falls to No. 2 with 463,000 (down 15%) while Fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) drops a rung to No. 3 with 251,000 (down 25%).

Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" holds at No. 4 (235,000; down 8%), Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is steady at No. 5 (221,000; down 3%) and One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" slips 3-6 (196,000; down 27%).

Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" (featuring Sia) is a non-mover at No. 7 (170,000; down 9%), Nicki Minaj's "Starships" falls 6-8 (152,000; down 25%), the Wanted's "Glad You Came" is down one to No. 9 (148,000; down 18%) and Train's "Drive By" rises 12-10 (146,000; up 23%).

The chart's second-highest debut arrives at No. 11, where Linkin Park's "Burn It Down" debuts with 115,000. It's the first single from the band's forthcoming album "Living Things," due out June 26.

Data regarding overall market volume is delayed at the present and will be added to this story at the earliest possible time.

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Adele's "21" held at No. 1 with 124,000 (down 19%) while the chart's highest debut was way down at No. 16. That was where Explosions in the Sky's "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care" bowed with 19,000.

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why are BB's numbers different than Paul's ???

[Enigma.]

No word about SWV? Their first album in 15 years made the top 40... he should've mentioned it.

[maria4hitz]

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

#1 - Lionel Richie – Tuskegee 114k (537,000)
#10 – Luke Bryan – tailgates & tanlines 28k (981,000)
#13 - Rascal Flatts - Changed 25k (195,000)
#18 – Eric Church – Chief 19k (740,000)
#24 – Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 15k (2,529,000)
#36 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night 11k (1,577,000)
#42 – Brantley Gilbert - Halfway To Heaven 9k (531,000)
#43 – Blake Shelton – Red River Blue 9k (648,000)
#52 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record 7k (526,000)
#54 – The Band Perry – The Band Perry 7k (1,261,000)
#66 – Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give 6k (1,470,000)
#67 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day 6k (1,029,000)
#70 – Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern 6k (500,000)
#102 – Eli Young Band – Life At Best 4k (203,000)
#112 – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes 3K (107,000)

www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-for-april-18-2012-lionel-richie-stays-at-1

[JamaicaFunk²]

Apr 25, 2012 12:06:10 GMT -5 maria4hitz said:

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

#1 - Lionel Richie – Tuskegee 114k (537,000)
#10 – Luke Bryan – tailgates & tanlines 28k (981,000)
#13 - Rascal Flatts - Changed 25k (195,000)
#18 – Eric Church – Chief 19k (740,000)
#24 – Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 15k (2,529,000)
#36 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night 11k (1,577,000)
#42 – Brantley Gilbert - Halfway To Heaven 9k (531,000)
#43 – Blake Shelton – Red River Blue 9k (648,000)
#52 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record 7k (526,000)
#54 – The Band Perry – The Band Perry 7k (1,261,000)
#66 – Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give 6k (1,470,000)
#67 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day 6k (1,029,000)
#70 – Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern 6k (500,000)
#102 – Eli Young Band – Life At Best 4k (203,000)
#112 – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes 3K (107,000)

www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-for-april-18-2012-lionel-richie-stays-at-1

No Taylor Swift in the top 100 albums? Is this the first time in her career that this has happened?

[maria4hitz]

^It doesn't mean she's not in the top 100, they just didn't post her sales.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Taylor was #75 last week. Since the album is now considered Catalog (78 weeks on), they might not include her in this list.

[areyoureadytojump]

Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been RIAA certified yet:

Numbers from the 4/28 chart:

Now 41 618k
Civil Wars 410k
Breaking Dawn Sdtk. 508k
Wale 411k
Now 40 696k

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

Van Halen and Bruce Springsteen are both below 400k, but they may still be certified.

[HolidayGuy]

SWV's album debuted at No. 25, with 15,000.

[Enigma.]

Thanks! Quite good.

[pnobelysk]

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (11,000, -26%, 756,000) (#39 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (6,000, -13%, 1.029 million) (#73 BB200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (3,000, -13%, 430,000) (#151 BB200)
James Durbin, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster (3,000, -48%, 109,000) (#163 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (3,000, +57%)
Casey James, Casey James (3,000, -10%, 31,000)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, +5%, 7.19 million)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (2,000, -8%, 273,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, +18%, 2.097 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (1,000, +3%, 3.255 million)
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof (1,000, -21%, 68,000)

Idol-related albums

Soundtrack, Think Like a Man (15,000, +17%, 29,000) (#21 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (15,000, -1%, 2.529 million) (#24 BB200)
Tyga, Careless World (8,000, -15%, 199,000) (#48 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (8,000, +14%, 419,000) (#49 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (4,000, -8%) (#135 BB200)
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (3,000, -9%, 314,000) (#137 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (3,000, +8%) (#138 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Music 40 (3,000, -4%, 700,000) (#177 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (3,000, -11%, 452,000) (#197 BB200)
Various, 2012 ACM Awards Zinepak (2,000, -20%, 18,000)

[ListenToItTwice]

Apr 25, 2012 12:25:20 GMT -5 JamaicaFunk² said:

Apr 25, 2012 12:06:10 GMT -5 maria4hitz said:

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

#1 - Lionel Richie – Tuskegee 114k (537,000)
#10 – Luke Bryan – tailgates & tanlines 28k (981,000)
#13 - Rascal Flatts - Changed 25k (195,000)
#18 – Eric Church – Chief 19k (740,000)
#24 – Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 15k (2,529,000)
#36 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night 11k (1,577,000)
#42 – Brantley Gilbert - Halfway To Heaven 9k (531,000)
#43 – Blake Shelton – Red River Blue 9k (648,000)
#52 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record 7k (526,000)
#54 – The Band Perry – The Band Perry 7k (1,261,000)
#66 – Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give 6k (1,470,000)
#67 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day 6k (1,029,000)
#70 – Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern 6k (500,000)
#102 – Eli Young Band – Life At Best 4k (203,000)
#112 – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes 3K (107,000)

www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-for-april-18-2012-lionel-richie-stays-at-1

No Taylor Swift in the top 100 albums? Is this the first time in her career that this has happened?

If she is, in fact, out of the top 10, it would be the first time in her five-and-a-half years on the chart. One hell of a run.

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Richie slated to lead charts again

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 – Lionel Richie will stay on top of the Billboard Top 200 chart when it is officially released Thursday with "Tuskegee." The disc, which sold 114,000 units last week - down 11 percent - will be number 1 for a second straight week on the overall and country charts.

Luke Bryan's "tailgates & tanlines" was the only other country disc in the top 10 - at 10 - with 28,000 units sold, up 11 percent.

The CD is the first country album in more than a year to spend two consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. The album's total sales are 536,967.

"I am excited, overwhelmed, and most importantly, very grateful," Richie says. "Making this album has been one of the best times I've ever had in the studio, so that in and of itself was my wonderful reward. The fact that Tuskegee is being so well received is just icing on the cake. What makes this even sweeter is that I'm sharing this success with my 13 talented friends who gave so generously of themselves to make Tuskegee the album that it is.

"I continue to thank my duet partners, to whom I will remain eternally grateful. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the support of my fans, who continue to inspire me on a daily basis."


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[chartfreak]

Thank God for country fans.

[Enigma.]

Where's the chart? Billboard is very late this week.

[neverduplicated]

Apr 25, 2012 12:25:20 GMT -5 JamaicaFunk² said:

Apr 25, 2012 12:06:10 GMT -5 maria4hitz said:

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

#1 - Lionel Richie – Tuskegee 114k (537,000)
#10 – Luke Bryan – tailgates & tanlines 28k (981,000)
#13 - Rascal Flatts - Changed 25k (195,000)
#18 – Eric Church – Chief 19k (740,000)
#24 – Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 15k (2,529,000)
#36 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night 11k (1,577,000)
#42 – Brantley Gilbert - Halfway To Heaven 9k (531,000)
#43 – Blake Shelton – Red River Blue 9k (648,000)
#52 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record 7k (526,000)
#54 – The Band Perry – The Band Perry 7k (1,261,000)
#66 – Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give 6k (1,470,000)
#67 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day 6k (1,029,000)
#70 – Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern 6k (500,000)
#102 – Eli Young Band – Life At Best 4k (203,000)
#112 – Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes 3K (107,000)

www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-for-april-18-2012-lionel-richie-stays-at-1

No Taylor Swift in the top 100 albums? Is this the first time in her career that this has happened?

The "top 10 country albums" for the week ends at #54. After that, they've only listed notable albums, so I suppose they didn't Speak Now was notable enough to mention. The album will probably still be in the top 100 this week, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it drop out of the top 100 in the next few months.

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from UKmix:

Top 10 sales

01(01) LIONEL RICHIE – TUSKEGEE 114,110 128,553 536,967
02(new) JASON MRAZ – LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD 102,127
03(02) ADELE – 21 89,744 91,683 8,825,074
04(new) TRAIN – CALIFORNIA 37 75,488
05(05) ONE DIRECTION – UP ALL NIGHT 54,504 66,491 491,397
06(03) NICKI MINAJ – PINK FRIDAY…ROMAN RELOADED 48,249 81,044 382,974
07(07) GOTYE – MAKING MIRRORS 44,385 54,150 342,114
08(new) FUTURE – PLUTO 41,224
09(06) BONNIE RAITT – SLIPSTREAM 35,166 63,946 99,677)
10(13) LUKE BRYAN – TAILGATES & TANLINES 28,125 25,419 981,082
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12(new) Jack Johnson – Jack Jackson & Friends – 25,790
14(new) Thousand Foot Krutch – End Is Where We Begin – 23,245
17(new) Neon Trees – Picture Show – 18,769
25(new) SWV – I Missed Us – 14,726
28(new) Eric Hutchinson – Moving Up Living Down – 13,700
31(new) Chris Botti – Impressions – 12,615

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The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-05-05

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 4 4 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie  1
2 NEW 1 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz  2
3 2 2 61 21, Adele  1
4 NEW 1 California 37, Train  4
5 5 5 6 Up All Night, One Direction  1
6 3 1 3 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj  1
7 7 15 16 Making Mirrors, Gotye  7
8 NEW 1 Pluto, Future  8
9 6 - 2 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt  6
10 13 11 37 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan  2
11 8 16 3 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes  8
12 NEW 1 Jack Johnson & Friends: Best Of Kokua Festival, Jack Johnson  12
13 9 3 3 Changed, Rascal Flatts  3
14 NEW 1 The End Is Where We Begin, Thousand Foot Krutch  14
15 4 - 2 New Life, Monica  4
16 39 34 20 El Camino, The Black Keys  2
17 NEW 1 Picture Show, Neon Trees  17
18 24 20 39 Chief, Eric Church  1
19 14 7 5 The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond, Soundtrack  1
20 29 28 23 Take Care, Drake  1
21 33 - 2 Think Like A Man, Soundtrack  21
22 19 10 4 Amaryllis, Shinedown  4
23 20 27 9 Some Nights, fun.  3
24 25 21 77 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean  2
25 NEW 1 I Missed Us, SWV  25
26 22 14 11 NOW 41, Various Artists  3
27 12 6 3 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men  6
28 26 17 131 19, Adele  4
29 NEW 1 Moving Up Living Down, Eric Hutchinson  29
30 40 32 22 Talk That Talk, Rihanna  3
31 31 19 7 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen  1
32 NEW 1 Impressions, Chris Botti  32
33 28 35 5 Port Of Morrow, The Shins  3
34 18 8 4 MDNA, Madonna  1
35 30 24 40 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston  2
36 41 26 87 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry  1
37 37 13 5 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance: Music From The Disney Channel Series, Soundtrack  13
38 38 18 32 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum  1
39 27 12 26 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson  2
40 15 - 2 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm  15
41 23 9 3 I Win, Marvin Sapp  9
42 11 - 2 Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation), Counting Crows  11
43 42 40 17 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  14
44 48 39 36 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert  4
45 47 36 41 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton  1
46 45 31 44 Sorry For Party Rocking, LMFAO  5
47 16 - 2 Phase II, Prince Royce  16
48 43 38 9 Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, Tyga  4
49 61 61 63 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars  10
50 44 43 22 Here And Now, Nickelback  2
51 103 72 16 God's Not Dead, newsboys  51
52 57 48 109 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons  2
53 46 47 12 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey  2
54 83 133 99 Lungs, Florence + The Machine  14
55 35 25 25 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert  3
56 67 96 100 Brothers, The Black Keys  3
57 63 33 3 Locked Down, Dr. John  33
58 52 30 80 The Band Perry  4
59 49 41 5 The MF Life, Melanie Fiona  7
60 NEW 1 Sweet Heart Sweet Light, Spiritualized  60
61 55 50 18 TM:103: Hustlerz Ambition, Young Jeezy  3
62 58 64 25 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine  6
63 68 95 39 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lionel Richie  63
64 54 44 11 A Different Kind Of Truth, Van Halen  2
65 82 54 79 Hands All Over, Maroon 5  2
66 66 62 46 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex  49
67 53 56 81 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars  3
68 59 58 5 Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding  10
69 184 167 109 Sublime  13
70 69 46 26 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay  1
71 17 - 2 The Good Life, Trip Lee  17
72 71 59 83 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band  1
73 65 23 29 Clear As Day, Scotty McCreery  1
74 NEW 1 The Power Within, DragonForce  74
75 RE-ENTRY 30 Blessings, Laura Story  63
76 21 - 2 A Wasteland Companion, M. Ward  21
77 73 22 14 Kidz Bop 21, Kidz Bop Kids  2
78 56 29 3 Dedicated, Wilson Phillips  29
79 60 194 60 The Definitive Collection, Lionel Richie  19
80 78 51 26 Clancy's Tavern, Toby Keith  5
81 70 60 34 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne  1
82 86 132 4 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare  82
83 NEW 1 Greatest Hits, The Band  83
84 RE-ENTRY 21 Best Of Bowie, David Bowie  70
85 77 45 3 The Lumineers  45
86 75 37 78 Speak Now, Taylor Swift  1
87 RE-ENTRY 19 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection, Chris Tomlin  40
88 80 49 13 Emotional Traffic, Tim McGraw  2
89 79 71 37 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West  1
90 64 52 48 Torches, Foster The People  8
91 88 73 28 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch  3
92 NEW 1 Long Gone Daddy, Hank Williams III  92
93 129 149 31 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION  93
94 198 188 7 Break It Yourself, Andrew Bird  10
95 NEW 1 Saturday Night Fever, Soundtrack  (Diamond Certification) 15 95
96 50 53 15 The Muppets, Soundtrack  38
97 100 88 22 My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 1), Mary J. Blige  5
98 93 75 44 Planet Pit, Pitbull  7
99 32 - 2 Stars And Satellites, Trampled By Turtles  32
100 89 80 43 4, Beyonce  1
101 92 - 2 Back In New Orleans, Various Artists  92
102 RE-ENTRY 110 The Eminem Show, Eminem  (Diamond Certification) 10 1
103 99 123 96 Recovery, Eminem  1
104 192 154 20 Lioness: Hidden Treasures, Amy Winehouse  5
105 104 66 27 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns  2
106 101 102 178 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band  9
107 36 - 2 True Defiance, Demon Hunter  36
108 174 186 25 Open Invitation, Tyrese  9
109 NEW 1 Live At El Morro, Puerto Rico, Yanni  109
110 107 81 11 Home, Dierks Bentley  7
111 97 104 30 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole  1
112 RE-ENTRY 84 It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5  1
113 RE-ENTRY 10 Extended Versions, Foreigner  88
114 RE-ENTRY 71 Greatest Hits, Shania Twain  2
115 76 85 7 Top 25 Praise Songs 2012 Edition, Maranatha! Praise Band  26
116 106 78 152 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston  (Diamond Certification) 17 1
117 111 42 12 The Fresh Beat Band: Music From The Hit TV Show, Soundtrack  21
118 51 - 2 MTV Unplugged, Florence + The Machine  51
119 10 - 2 All American (EP), Hoodie Allen  10
120 RE-ENTRY 99 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna  2
121 NEW 1 Graveyard Of Empires, Evans Blue  121
122 NEW 1 Marley: The Original Soundtrack (Soundtrack), Bob Marley & The Wailers  122
123 85 65 5 The OF Tape Vol. 2, Odd Future  5
124 108 108 31 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta  5
125 RE-ENTRY 46 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West  1
126 RE-ENTRY 77 Weezer  16
127 84 137 211 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey  (Diamond Certification) 15 10
128 112 103 24 Life At Best, Eli Young Band  6
129 RE-ENTRY 77 Greatest Hits, 2Pac  (Diamond Certification) 10 3
130 RE-ENTRY 101 Save Me, San Francisco, Train  17
131 RE-ENTRY 2 Rubber Factory, The Black Keys  131
132 RE-ENTRY 22 The Last Waltz, The Band  132
133 114 113 13 WOW Gospel 2012, Various Artists  30
134 120 127 52 Rolling Papers, Wiz Khalifa  2
135 113 91 13 2012 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists  4
136 146 98 30 WOW Hits 2012, Various Artists  35
137 94 76 87 Precious Memories, Alan Jackson  4
138 118 107 32 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen  6
139 NEW 1 In The Time Of Gods, Dar Williams  139
140 115 126 89 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd  60
141 158 159 128 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem  (Diamond Certification) 10 1
142 132 143 137 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty  67
143 134 125 35 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies  5
144 144 77 4 Gold, Britt Nicole  41
145 RE-ENTRY 2 Ramble At The Ryman, Levon Helm  144
146 139 164 22 The Best Of Etta James: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Etta James  32
147 170 200 19 The Very Best Of Neil Diamond: The Studio Recordings, Neil Diamond  45
148 145 163 35 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters The Millennium, The Temptations  73
149 135 128 117 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum  1
150 117 69 22 Break The Spell, Daughtry  8
151 RE-ENTRY 15 Take A Back Road, Rodney Atkins  8
152 34 - 2 Vava Voom, Bassnectar  34
153 NEW 1 Way Down Low, Kat Edmonson  153
154 123 111 24 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, Soundtrack  4
155 166 161 48 Born This Way, Lady Gaga  1
156 148 106 31 Duets II, Tony Bennett  1
157 172 - 234 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses  3
158 147 117 68 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton  18
159 130 139 25 Ambition, Wale  2
160 RE-ENTRY 36 Bon Iver  2
161 171 166 44 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Three Dog Night  109
162 72 - 10 Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster, James Durbin  36
163 RE-ENTRY 10 Hunter Hayes  18
164 RE-ENTRY 66 X&Y, Coldplay  1
165 124 162 219 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers  (Diamond Certification) 10 26
166 164 168 46 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Boyz II Men  70
167 125 99 174 Whitney Houston  (Diamond Certification) 13 1
168 154 152 64 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Eric Clapton  66
169 RE-ENTRY 22 Young The Giant  42
170 RE-ENTRY 98 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz  3
171 RE-ENTRY 12 Beyond Magnetic (EP), Metallica  29
172 141 97 180 Fearless, Taylor Swift  1
173 119 109 11 Scars & Stories, The Fray  4
174 149 174 54 Wasting Light, Foo Fighters  1
175 128 115 131 Greatest Hits Volume 1, Rascal Flatts  6
176 156 110 24 NOW 40, Various Artists  3
177 159 150 58 4X4=12, deadmau5  47
178 142 87 17 Sweeter, Gavin DeGraw  8
179 151 - 43 lovestrong., Christina Perri  4
180 127 141 99 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre  2
181 189 172 52 The Best Of Barry White: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Barry White  78
182 188 177 25 Evanescence  1
183 NEW 1 Hidden Gems, Luther Vandross  183
184 NEW 1 Curve, Our Lady Peace  184
185 173 165 22 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  19
186 RE-ENTRY 15 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming., M83.  15
187 136 124 15 Footloose (2011), Soundtrack  14
188 150 92 11 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney  5
189 182 86 109 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber  1
190 RE-ENTRY 47 VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson  56
191 122 89 36 I Look To You, Whitney Houston  1
192 165 - 12 Lights, Ellie Goulding  76
193 199 - 19 Camp, Childish Gambino  11
194 RE-ENTRY 45 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers  18
195 133 68 3 190 Proof, The Lacs  68
196 160 148 46 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith  67
197 163 147 44 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore  5
198 131 83 5 Unexpected Arrival, Diggy  13
199 RE-ENTRY 73 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys  1
200 RE-ENTRY 13 Love Like Crazy, Lee Brice  44

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Taylor Swift is at #86

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, 2m- weird that it would list Saturday Night Fever as 1 week. Versions should be combined, no? Especially since it's showing the 15m cert.

[Enigma.]

Thanks 2m

Why did El Camino climb that much, anyone know? Sale?

[thewolvesareaway]

The black keys headlined the sold out Coachella festival the past two weekends. It was the most attended coachella with 85 k a weekend plus the stream of the festival was watch by millions and over the past two weeks most media outlets covered the event. I think alot of the other bigger acts saw increases as well over the past two weeks, Dr Dre, Tu Pac etc.. There was also a record store on the festival grounds where all the artists albums were heavily stocked and Sat was Record Store day as well and im sure black keys shifted extra vinyl as well

[Enigma.]

Thanks! I didn't think Coachella could boost sales that much.

[neverduplicated]

There are a ton of re-entries this week thanks to Amazon MP3.

[areyoureadytojump]

No new RIAA certifications this week.

[manuaway]

34 18 8 4 MDNA, Madonna

Wow what a huge drop :o