Billboard 200: 10/6/12: Pink #1 280k Kanye #2 205k

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HipHopDX.com:

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/23/2012

Current Albums:

#2. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer - 205,000 (206,000)

#22. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story - 17,000 (288,000)

#30. Tech N9ne - E.B.A.H. - 14,000 (14,000)

#41. Lecrae - Gravity - 11,000 (103,000)

#43. Brother Ali - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - 10,000 (10,000)

#46. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't - 10,000 (408,000)

#55. DMX - Undisputed - 7,500 (25,000)

#74. Nas - Life Is Good - 5,800 (301,000)

#83. Slaughterhouse - welcome to: Our House - 5,000 (76,000)

#104. Kreayshawn - Something 'Bout Kreay - 3,900 (3,900)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

Will Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 take the #1 that Cruel Summer missed? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.

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Billboard.com:

Pink Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | September 26, 2012

GOOD Music, The Killers, Carly Rae Jepsen and Ben Folds Five all score Top 10 debuts.

After debuting more than 12 years ago on the Billboard 200 chart, pop superstar P!nk gets her first No. 1 album this week as "The Truth About Love" debuts with 280,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

That's the best debut sales week for the singer, whose previous highest start came when "M!ssundaztood" launched with 220,000 at No. 6 in 2001. Also, "The Truth About Love's" opening is the third-biggest debut this year, following Justin Bieber's bow with "Believe" (374,000) and Madonna's "MDNA" (359,000).

P!nk's new album performed stronger than anticipated, as some industry sources last week were initially thinking that it would sell around 220,000 to 230,000. However, the set kept on blowing past expectations on a daily basis, and by the weekend, was on its way to passing up 250,000.

The album was supported by a major promotional campaign by Target, which offered an exclusive version of the set and created a TV commercial starring P!nk. Last week, P!nk performed on NBC's "Today" show, while the album itself was sale priced at Amazon MP3 for $5. Earlier in the month she took the stage on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and the MTV Video Music Awards.

"The Truth About Love" becomes P!nk's sixth top 10 set, following "M!ssundaztood" (No. 6), "Try This" (No. 9), "I'm Not Dead" (No. 6), "Funhouse" (No. 2) and "Greatest Hits . . . So Far!!!" (No. 5). Her 2000
debut album "Can't Take Me Home" topped out at No. 26.

Her new album hits No. 1 the same week she claims her eighth leader on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on billboard.biz) with the single "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)." It's her third No. 1 in a row on the airplay chart, following "Raise Your Glass" in 2010 and "F**kin' Perfect" in 2011. Among all acts in the 20-year history of the Pop Songs chart, only Rihanna and Katy Perry have had more No. 1s -- they each have nine.

But, P!nk isn't the only star making a splash on the Billboard 200 this week, as five more albums debut in the top 10.

Trailing her at No. 2 is the "Cruel Summer" compilation, presented by Kanye West, starting with 205,000. Featuring hits like "Mercy" (West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz) and "Clique" (West, Jay-Z, Big Sean), the set also bows at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It's the second various artists collection to reach the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally this year, following "Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made 2."

Back on the Billboard 200 -- at No. 3 this week is the latest from the Killers, as the band's "Battle Born" bows with 113,000. The group's last studio release, 2008's "Day & Age," debuted and peaked at No. 6 with
193,000 sold over the busy Thanksgiving shopping week.

Last week's No. 1, Dave Matthews Band's "Away From the World," falls to No. 4 with 62,000 (down 77%) while Little Big Town's "Tornado" slides 2-5 with 50,000 (down 55%).

Carly Rae Jepsen, who owns the year's second-biggest selling digital song with "Call Me Maybe," debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with her "Kiss" album (46,000). Her smash No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single "Call Me Maybe" has sold 5.7 million this year, second only to Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (6.4 million).

One step behind Jepsen on the Billboard 200 is an act that's never had a Hot 100 hit single, Grizzly Bear. The rock band's new "Shields" enters at No. 7 with 39,000 -- its highest chart position and best sales week yet. During release week, the act played "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (Sept. 21) and saw its album streamed in its entirety via National Public Radio's First Listen program.

Bob Dylan's "Tempest" shuffles 3-8 in its second week (35,000; down 38%) and the Avett Brothers' "The Carpenter" slips 4-9 (30,000; down 69%).

Lastly, Ben Folds Five snares its first top 10 as "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" debuts at No. 10 with just under 30,000. (It's also the first top 10 for Ben Folds, with or without the Five.) "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" is group's first album since 1999's "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" debuted and peaked at No. 35.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 9) totaled 5.42 million units, up 6% compared with the sum last week (5.11 million) and up 3% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.28 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 212.72 million, down 5% compared with the same total at this point last year (222.93 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: J. Cole's "Cole World: The Sideline Story" debuted at No. 1 with 217,000 sold and Blink-182's "Neighborhoods" launched at No. 2 with 151,000.

[Alejoqg]

Wow!! :O

They did not even mentioned Nelly's album... :O

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^Billboard never mentions any album debuts below #10.

There's been so many cutbacks at Billboard. Remember when they used to do a long Chart Alert each week? Now we just get a short article each week.

[d.t.m]

I wouldn't be surprised if Nelly gets dropped after this. Parking Lot was pure trash and it seems she's lost her spark.

^Re: BB, that's not true. They mention low-key debuts from time to time depending on the artist. JLO's Brave comes to mind.

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-23-2012-albums-not-bad-151919568.html

Week Ending Sept. 23, 2012. Albums: Not “Bad,” But Not Great
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad re-enters The Billboard 200 at #23, while a deluxe 25th anniversary edition debuts at #46. The two albums sold a combined total of 27K copies, about one-sixth of the number (166K) that a 25th anniversary release of Jackson's most famous album, Thriller, sold in its first week in February 2008. (That was 16 months before Jackson's untimely death, so sympathy wasn't a factor.) Thriller 25 would have ranked #2 for two weeks if catalog albums had been eligible to make The Billboard 200 (as they are now).

In a way, this week's so-so debut for Bad is fitting: In its time, Bad was seen by many as a somewhat disappointing follow-up to Thriller. Was that judgment fair or unfair? You decide.
Bad entered The Billboard 200 at #1 in September 1987 (when that was still a rare event. It was only the sixth album to achieve the feat.) It was the first album in chart history to spawn five #1 singles, a feat not duplicated until last year, when Katy Perry's Teenage Dream did it. For all its success, Bad didn't sell as well as Thriller or enjoy the near-universal acclaim that Thriller did. Where Thriller was #1 for 37 weeks, Bad was #1 for just six weeks. Where Jackson went home with a record-setting eight Grammys in February 1984, he went home empty-handed in February 1988. (U2's The Joshua Tree took Album of the Year.)

Deluxe reissues of a few other classic albums also got off to faster starts than Bad did this week. The Beatles' Abbey Road sold 89K copies in its first week in September 2009. The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St. sold 76K copies in its first week in May 2010. Pearl Jam's Ten sold 60K in its first week in March 2009.

Bad re-enters Top Catalog Albums at #1. It's Jackson's fourth album to top this chart. Thriller logged 11 weeks at #1 in 2008. The Essential Michael Jackson spent one week at #1 in March 2009 (again, before Jackson's death). Number Ones logged 28 weeks at #1 in 2009 and 2010 (beginning the week after his death).

Michael Jackson Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 enters Top Music Videos at #1 this week, displacing One Direction's Up All Night—The Live Tour. Details below.

P!nk finally lands her first #1 album with her sixth studio album, The Truth About Love. The album sold 280K copies, which constituted the year's third biggest opening. It trails only Justin Bieber's Believe (374K) and Madonna's MDNA (359K). Madonna's album, you may recall, was boosted by an album/ticket bundle. P!nk earned her sales the old-fashioned way: by recording an album that fans actually wanted to buy.

The Truth About Love is P!nk's sixth top 10 album. She has reached the top 10 with her last five studio offerings as well as her 2010 compilation, Greatest Hits…So Far!!!. P!nk's highest-charting album before this week was Funhouse, which debuted and peaked at #2 in November 2008.
P!nk's album sold 141K digital copies (a little more than half of its total), which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums.

Cruel Summer, a compilation of artists signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music imprint, debuts at #2. The album sold 205K copies, the highest first-week total for an album that wasn't #1 since Maroon 5's Overexposed debuted and peaked at #2 in July with sales of 222K. Cruel Summer sold 122K digital copies, which is considerably more than half of its total.

Two songs from the album have reached the top 15 on the Hot 100. "Clique" by West, Jay-Z, Big Sean reached #12 last week. "Mercy" by West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz has climbed as high as #13.

Other label/imprint compilations to reach the top 10 in the past 20 years include Dr. Dre Presents…The Aftermath (#6 in 1996), P. Diddy & Bad Boy Records Present…We Invented The Remix (#1 in 2002), Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary…The Hits (#2 in 2004), Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (#2 in 2006) and Maybach Music Presents: Self Made: Vol. I (#5 in 2011) and Vol. II ( #4 in 2012).

The Killers' Battle Born debuts at #3. This is the band's second to make the top five. Sam's Town debuted and peaked at #2 in October 2006. All four of the band's studio albums have made the top 10. The band has done even better in the U.K., where all four of its studio albums have reached #1. Battle Born debuts at #1 there this week.

Carly Rae Jepsen's monster hit "Call Me Maybe" has sold 5,783,000 copies—and it's still selling about 80K a week. So you would think Jepsen's U.S. debut album, Kiss, would have sold at least, say, 100K copies in its first week, right? No such luck. The album sold 46K copies, to debut at #6.
It's possible that the album would have sold more copies in its first week if it had been released in May when the song was at its peak. (The irresistable smash busted the 300K mark in the week ending May 27.) But a larger factor is probably that, while just about everybody likes the song, most want more proof that Jepsen is going to stick around before they spring for an album.

Ben Folds Five's The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind debuts at #10. This is Ben Folds' first top 10 album, either on his own or with his cheekily-named trio. Folds reached #11 with 2008's solo album Way To Normal. Ben Folds Five's previous highest-charting album was The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner, which reached #35 in 1999. The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (what a clunky title) is the trio's fourth studio album—and first since 1999.

Psy's "Gangnam Style" jumps to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. It sold 301K copies, which is the greatest one-week tally for a novelty song in digital history. Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" is the week's top new entry at #10. It sold 103K copies. Will "Gangnam Style" also jump to #1 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.

The Top Five: P!nk's sixth studio album The Truth About Love debuts at #1 (280K). It's P!nk's sixth top 10 album; her first #1…The GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer debuts at #2 (205K)… The Killers' fourth studio album Battle Born debuts at #3 (113K). It's the band's fourth top 10 album…Dave Matthews Band's Away From The World drops from #1 to #4 in its second week (62K)…Little Big Town's Tornado drops from #2 to #5 in its second week (50K). It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the second week.

The Second Five: Carly Rae Jepsen's U.S. debut album Kiss debuts at #6 (46K)…Grizzly Bear's fourth studio album Shields debuts at #7 (39K). It's the band's second top 10 album in a row. Veckatimest hit #8 in 2009… Bob Dylan's Tempest drops from #3 to #8 in its second week (35K).… Avett Brothers' The Carpenter drops from #4 to #9 in its second week (30K)…Ben Folds Five's The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind debuts at #10 (30K). This is the trio's first top 10 album.
Six albums drop out of the top 10 this week. The xx's Coexist drops from #5 to #15, ZZ Top's La Futura dives from #6 to #37, Imagine Dragons' Night Visions drops from #7 to #16, Matchbox Twenty's North drops from #8 to #19, Now 43 drops from #9 to #21 and Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra's Theatre Is Evil plummets from #10 to #154.

Three acts that made the top 10 last time out fell short this time. Easton Corbin's sophomore album All Over The Road debuts at #11. Easton Corbin hit #10 in 2010…Band Of Horses' fourth studio album Mirage Rock debuts at #13. The band's last studio album, Infinite Arms, hit #7 in 2010…Big & Rich's fourth studio album Hillbilly Jedi debuts at #25. The duo's first three albums all reached the top 10.

Dwight Yoakam lands his highest-charting album to date as 3 Pears debuts at #18. The country star's highest-charting album before this was This Time, which hit #25 in 1993. Yoakam first charted in April 1986.

Britney 2.0, an EP of Glee versions of Britney Spears songs from an episode that aired last week, debuts at #43. Two previous Glee EPs built around recording stars' songs debuted at #1: The Power Of Madonna achieved the feat in April 2010; the Journey-dominated Journey To Regionals scored that June. There are two differences. This was a digital-only release. And Glee is hardly the record-selling (or cultural) force it once was. This is, nonetheless, the week's #1 soundtrack, displacing Austin & Ally.

The Project X soundtrack drops from #155 to #192 in its 14th week. Even with that tepid showing, it's the week's highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie. It was the #1 soundtrack for two weeks in March.

Michael Jackson Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 is Michael Jackson's seventh video to reach #1 on Top Music Videos (which debuted in March 1985 as Top Music Videocassettes). It follows Moonwalker (22 weeks at #1 in 1989), Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (two weeks in 1989), Video Greatest Hits—HIStory (seven weeks in 1995), HIStory Vol. 2 (two weeks in 1997), Number Ones (one week in 2004 and 13 additional weeks following his death in 2009) and Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (five weeks in 2009-2010).

Jackson had reason to be feeling good at the time of the Wembley show. Just two weeks earlier, Bad had made history as the first album to spawn five #1 singles on the Hot 100. ("Dirty Diana" claimed the top spot on July 2.) The album ranked #20 on The Billboard 200 on July 16, not "bad" for an album in its 43rd week on the chart.

Live At Wembley is the first DVD by an American artist to reach #1 on Top Music Videos since Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour At Madison Square Garden in November. The top spot has since been dominated by Adele (for 24 weeks) and One Direction (for 16 weeks), with one-week interruptions by George Harrison and Sade.

End Of Watch was #1 at the box-office over the weekend.

Coming Attractions: Mumford & Sons' Babel is a lock to debut at #1 next week, with first-week sales in the 450K to 525K range. Three other albums are expected to open in the top five: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1, Green Day's Uno! and No Doubt's Push And Shove. Also due: deadmau5's >album title goes here<.

[HolidayGuy]

While Grein mentioned MDNA, he did not mention that it makes a nice move on the Billboard 200 this week. Position not known yet, though- but, it jumped 40 or so spots on Current Albums.

[d.t.m]

Ooooh at the Madonna shade in that article lol.

[Verisimilitude]

Sept 26, 2012 11:04:05 GMT -5 d.t.m said:

Ooooh at the Madonna shade in that article lol.

I was just about to say... he doesn't hold ANYTHING back.

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^Especially with Lady GaGa's 99 cent deal and Billboard not allowing catalog albums on the BB20...

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Sept 26, 2012 10:55:18 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

While Grein mentioned MDNA, he did not mention that it makes a nice move on the Billboard 200 this week. Position not known yet, though- but, it jumped 40 or so spots on Current Albums.

new concert ticket sales?

[HolidayGuy]

^There could have been some benefit from tickets that went on sale for the second Madison Square Garden date (they went on sale 9/14, which was part of the 9/29 chart tracking week)- but, it re-entered last week at No. 140 and was not fueled by that for that particular week (as it didn't rank in the top 25 on Top Internet Albums, where it would- maybe this week).

I believe Neil Young's album re-entered some weeks ago after receiving a bundle boost.

[chartfreak]

But how do you know for sure those sales through Ticketmaster are counted as Internet?

[Mikal]

Nelly Furtado #79 in the US with 5,731 sold.

Oh dear...

[HolidayGuy]

chartfreak- when the album debuted, it ranked No. 1 on Internet Albums with 180,000- a VERY high sum for that chart. The bulk were from physical copies that consumers took action to redeem, while a small portion was from online outlets like Amazon.com and others. Any digital redemptions went to the digital chart.

So, I'm concluding that any new redemptions would mostly be physical units. o rank i nthe top 25 of Internet Albums, an album needed 650 units a few charts back. Last week's sales of 3K or so were not fueled by redemptions, apparently.

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Sept 26, 2012 11:54:43 GMT -5 Mikal said:

Nelly Furtado #79 in the US with 5,731 sold.

Oh dear...

My god...

[Agent Yoncé]

Sept 26, 2012 11:54:43 GMT -5 Mikal said:

Nelly Furtado #79 in the US with 5,731 sold.

[Enigma.]

How dare Paul say Bad spent JUST six week #1? How many albums spend six weeks at #1 in general? Jesus.

(Maybe I'm biased because I prefer Bad to Thriller)

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Pre-soundscan charts were slower. Albums stayed on top longer

JUST 6 weeks btw is being compared to 37 weeks that the album before it did

[Enigma.]

But it also debuted at #1 and sold very well right away. In that situation 6 weeks is very good.

I do see your point though.

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Paul was must have been grumpy when he wrote his article this week. He was a little hard on Bad.

5 #1 singles in a row. 7 Top 11 hits. 6xp. It was a big success.

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New RIAA certifications:

Kelly Clarkson 1xp

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Great for Kelly :)

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keelyskorner.com/2012/09/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/23/12)

1) Pink – Truth About Love – 280,128
2) Various – Good Music Cruel Summer -205,434
3) Killers – Battle Born – 113,297

Other Debuts

6) Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss – 45,607
7) GrizzlyBear – Shields – 38,883
10) Ben Folds Five – Sound of The Life of The Mind – 29,866
11) Easton Corbin – All Over The Road – 28,664
13) Band of Horses – Mirage Rock – 24,534
18) Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears – 18,807
24) Big & Rich – Hillbilly Jedi – 16,457
30) Tech N9ne – E.B.A.H. – 14,040

[HolidayGuy]

I thought Idol Chatter posts Billboard 200 positions, but it looks like it posted Current Albums rankings this week.

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The Billboard 200

1 NEW 1 The Truth About Love, P!nk
2 NEW 1 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists
3 NEW 1 Battle Born, The Killers
4 1 2 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band
5 2 2 Tornado, Little Big Town
6 NEW 1 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen
7 NEW 1 Shields, Grizzly Bear
8 3 2 Tempest, Bob Dylan
9 4 2 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers
10 NEW 1 The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind, Ben Folds Five
11 NEW 1 All Over The Road, Easton Corbin
12 12 83 21, Adele
13 NEW 1 Mirage Rock, Band Of Horses
14 11 13 Overexposed, Maroon 5
15 5 2 Coexist, The xx
16 7 3 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
17 17 25 The Lumineers, The Lumineers
18 NEW 1 3 Pears, Dwight Yoakam
19 8 3 North, matchbox twenty
20 15 28 Up All Night, One Direction
21 9 7 NOW 43, Various Artists
22 13 6 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz
23 RE-ENTRY 96 Bad: 25, Michael Jackson
24 18 31 Some Nights, fun.
25 NEW 1 Hillbilly Jedi, Big & Rich
26 26 59 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan
27 20 14 Believe, Justin Bieber
28 24 21 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood
29 30 131 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
30 25 11 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
31 NEW 1 E.B.A.H., Tech N9ne
32 16 4 Eye On It, tobyMac
33 NEW 1 Charmer, Aimee Mann
34 46 109 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
35 NEW 1 The Purple EP, Down
36 NEW 1 Tomorrowland, Ryan Bingham
37 6 2 La Futura, ZZ Top
38 21 5 Chapter V, Trey Songz
39 31 61 Chief, Eric Church
40 41 32 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes
41 35 25 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men
42 14 3 Gravity, Lecrae
43 NEW 1 Glee: Season Four: Britney 2.0 (EP), Soundtrack
44 NEW 1 Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color, Brother Ali
45 29 11 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
46 NEW 1 Bad: 25, Michael Jackson
47 28 8 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross
48 151 85 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
49 33 23 California 37, Train
50 27 2 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch
51 NEW 1 I Bet On Sky, Dinosaur Jr.
52 22 2 Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album, Various Artists
53 34 13 Living Things, Linkin Park
54 NEW 1 Close The Distance, Go Radio
55 52 42 El Camino, The Black Keys
56 36 10 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids
57 19 2 Undisputed, DMX
58 NEW 1 Place Of Freedom, Highlands Worship
59 45 99 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
60 40 12 Fortune, Chris Brown
61 64 19 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare
62 37 6 Best Days, Tamela Mann
63 55 58 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert
64 58 15 +, Ed Sheeran
65 23 2 Love This Giant, David Byrne & St. Vincent
66 49 15 Looking 4 Myself, Usher
67 56 4 Live Across America, Josh Turner
68 32 3 Sun, Cat Power
69 NEW 1 Floral Green, Title Fight
70 50 14 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney
71 138 233 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15
72 54 23 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz
73 65 47 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine
74 47 7 Declaration Of Independence, Colt Ford
75 NEW 1 Keep Your Eyes Open EP (Songs From The Reckoning Sessions), Needtobreathe
76 71 34 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey
77 63 10 Life Is Good, Nas
78 NEW 1 Keith Harkin, Keith Harkin
79 NEW 1 The Spirit Indestructible, Nelly Furtado
80 80 153 19, Adele
81 NEW 1 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling
82 75 12 Wild Ones, Flo Rida
83 132 122 Brothers, The Black Keys
84 57 5 Dustin Lynch, Dustin Lynch
85 NEW 1 The Experience, Le'Andria Johnson
86 67 7 Perfectly Imperfect, Elle Varner
87 85 25 Changed, Rascal Flatts
88 51 4 Welcome To: Our House, Slaughterhouse
89 78 25 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
90 59 18 Born And Raised, John Mayer
91 82 25 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
92 97 51 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION
93 38 42 And If Our God Is For Us..., Chris Tomlin
94 140 11 MDNA, Madonna
95 NEW 1 Live In New York City, Paul Simon
96 77 45 Take Care, Drake
97 76 22 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice
98 87 23 Pluto, Future
99 79 6 Blood, In This Moment
100 74 241 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10
101 88 39 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex
102 90 38 Making Mirrors, Gotye
103 69 53 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta
104 89 48 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
105 NEW 1 Epicloud, The Devin Townsend Project
106 61 4 Havoc And Bright Lights, Alanis Morissette
107 143 60 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk
108 100 5 The Midsummer Station, Owl City
109 95 5 The Struggle, Tenth Avenue North
110 70 5 Kiss The Ring, DJ Khaled
111 104 54 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum
112 NEW 1 Somethin' 'Bout Kreay, Kreayshawn
113 86 44 Talk That Talk, Rihanna
114 109 101 Hands All Over, Maroon 5
115 96 68 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex
116 81 5 Last Of A Dyin' Breed, Lynyrd Skynyrd
117 99 15 Clockwork Angels, Rush
118 160 59 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West
119 68 3 Beacon, Two Door Cinema Club
120 39 2 Prestige, Daddy Yankee
121 84 21 NOW 42, Various Artists
122 125 13 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman
123 62 3 4th Street Feeling, Melissa Etheridge
124 93 13 Write Me Back, R. Kelly
125 116 23 Picture Show, Neon Trees
126 146 94 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys
127 102 159 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
128 117 4 Created4This, VaShawn Mitchell
129 RE-ENTRY 150 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Diamond Certification) 19
130 RE-ENTRY 109 Funhouse, P!nk
131 111 19 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm
132 105 14 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney
133 118 22 Up All Night, Kip Moore
134 NEW 1 An Awesome Wave, alt-J
135 73 3 Centipede Hz, Animal Collective
136 94 15 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists
137 134 63 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton
138 53 2 New To This Town, Kix Brooks
139 127 200 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
140 130 121 Lungs, Florence + The Machine
141 113 100 Speak Now, Taylor Swift
142 91 6 Jesus At The Center: Live, Israel & New Breed
143 120 26 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
144 129 57 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies
145 121 38 Unbroken, Demi Lovato
146 122 50 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch
147 108 9 Gossamer, Passion Pit
148 115 26 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie
149 60 2 Music @ The Speed Of Life, Mint Condition
150 NEW 1 Moms, Menomena
151 48 22 Blunderbuss, Jack White
152 RE-ENTRY 37 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Diamond Certification) 14
153 133 15 Punching Bag, Josh Turner
154 10 2 Theatre Is Evil, Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
155 128 4 Exiliados Es La Bahia: Lo Mejor de Mana, Mana
156 150 101 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
157 NEW 1 Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It, Grateful Dead
158 119 16 Thirty Miles West, Alan Jackson
159 107 43 xx, The xx
160 124 13 Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made 2, Various Artists
161 112 4 Beautiful Surprise, Tamia
162 136 105 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
163 157 47 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert
164 103 26 Amaryllis, Shinedown
165 153 85 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
166 126 7 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems, Various Artists
167 NEW 1 Esprit de Four, Fourplay
168 145 56 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne
169 171 14 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than..., Fiona Apple
170 152 94 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan
171 72 2 Algiers, Calexico
172 141 34 Lights, Ellie Goulding
173 158 24 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt
174 NEW 1 Cinematics, Set It Off
175 147 118 Recovery, Eminem
176 RE-ENTRY 115 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5
177 166 53 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen
178 149 22 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance: Music From The Disney Channel Series, Soundtrack
179 156 102 The Band Perry, The Band Perry
180 168 18 The Hurt & The Healer, MercyMe
181 139 48 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
182 NEW 1 Aftermath Of The Lowdown, Richie Sambora
183 42 2 Self/Entitled, NOFX
184 167 52 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore
185 92 21 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones
186 RE-ENTRY 7 Live: Cornerstone, Hillsong
187 RE-ENTRY 13 Americana, Neil Young With Crazy Horse
188 175 171 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem
189 174 70 Torches, Foster The People
190 NEW 1 The Devil You Know, Rickie Lee Jones
191 169 23 What If We Were Real, Mandisa
192 154 21 Project X, Soundtrack
193 165 196 Fearless, Taylor Swift
194 200 138 Mothership, Led Zeppelin
195 181 9 Synthetica, Metric
196 NEW 1 It'z Just What We Do, Florida Georgia Line
197 44 2 Elysium, Pet Shop Boys
198 NEW 1 Reach The Sky, Marlene Brehm
199 189 4 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes, The Countdown Singers And Orchestra
200 155 12 American Idol: Season 11: Highlights (EP), Phillip Phillips

[Enigma.]

#94 is actually quite good for MDNA.

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Sept 27, 2012 11:43:17 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

I thought Idol Chatter posts Billboard 200 positions, but it looks like it posted Current Albums rankings this week.

The idol Chatter sites is one of the most wonky "professional" blogs out there. He confuses his charts every time, it's annoying.

[areyoureadytojump]

45 albums debut this week. Only 7 albums re-enter!

27 Catalog albums are on the Billboard 200 this week. Usually there are 40+ plus.

[areyoureadytojump]

*happy happy*