Billboard 200 - 11/10/2012 Taylor 1.21 million

[areyoureadytojump]

Taylor will have a 3rd week at #1. Ne-Yo, Aerosmith and Now 44 are the big albums out next Tuesday.

A 4th week at #1 will not happen. That's One Direction's week along with Whitney, Christina, Susan, Green Day and the Rolling Sones.

[bat1990]

WOO!!!! Brandy stays in the top 10.






carry on with the Taylor discussion.

[neverduplicated]

Oct 31, 2012 10:30:00 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Oct 31, 2012 9:16:54 GMT -5 strikeleo said:

I did a little math and here's what I came up with:

Fearless sold 8,96% of its total during release week. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, sold 0,7% of its total during its release week. Speak Now, unlike her previous numbers, sold 24,97% of its total when it began its run in October of 2010.

With all that factored in, I find it hard to believe red will have a hard time reaching 4m sold, let alone 3m. Speak Now didn't have legs because it didn't produce any significant hits on pop radio, therefore, its main support came from Country radio. Unlike that, Red has promise of producing at least 3 strong pop hits and 3 strong country hits, so, I really see it reaching 5m+ when all is said and done.

if Red sold 25% of its total during this week, it would still sell 4.832.000 copies, and I dare predict it'll sell higher than that.

4.8 million in today's market? I don't think so.

Let's not get waaaay ahead of ourselves.

Are you aware of the sales totals of Taylor's albums? Speak Now has sold 4.2 million in today's market, and that's without any big pop hits. It's certainly not a given, but it's not by any means out of the question that Red could sell 5+ million in the next few years.

[peterca]

On one hand, the 1.21 million for "Red" in its first week is impressive. However, I wonder if there was the sufficient return on investment made on the dollars spent promoting it. I read somewhere the number $15 million. The total revenue generated is around $16-18 million based on $13.99/album. If the cost of the album is $4-$5, then Big Machine may have lost money during "Red" debut week. From the Billboard article on the breakdown of sales, the Papa John Pizza promotion bombed as only 8k albums were sold.

[CammyCan]

I'm highly doubtful Big Machine carried the full responsibility of that entire $15 million. During Speak Now, Target paid almost $8 million for the deluxe edition exclusivity and promotion for the album (the commercial and its tv spots and in store displays) and this go around they even sponsored her GMA concert and Ellen concert so the total was probably higher. Since they awarded iTunes first week exclusivity, they were the probably the ones to pick up the tab for the front page banners and ads (and it was a huge success for them). Walmart's edition was also an exclusive (and they were also selling other exclusive merchandise), as was all of the extra merchandise at Walgreens. And the Papa John's deal seemed to be another partnership with the way they were promoting.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if BMR ended up actively paying for very little of the promotion. Scott Borchetta is a business man unlike any other in the record business atm, it seems.

[Rodze]

^Plus the album will sell copies after its first week.

[areyoureadytojump]

Oct 31, 2012 12:48:52 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Oct 31, 2012 10:30:00 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

4.8 million in today's market? I don't think so.

Let's not get waaaay ahead of ourselves.

Are you aware of the sales totals of Taylor's albums? Speak Now has sold 4.2 million in today's market, and that's without any big pop hits. It's certainly not a given, but it's not by any means out of the question that Red could sell 5+ million in the next few years.

Let's not think in the next 2-3 years. I'm thinking of 2012 and 2013 sales.

Why do people have to "blow up" numbers?

HITS said 1.2 million and people still insisted on 1.3 million-1.5 million.

Now I keep reading that Red is going to outsell Speak Now. Let's get to that 4 million mark first before we even discuss that.

[neverduplicated]

Oct 31, 2012 14:20:43 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Oct 31, 2012 12:48:52 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Are you aware of the sales totals of Taylor's albums? Speak Now has sold 4.2 million in today's market, and that's without any big pop hits. It's certainly not a given, but it's not by any means out of the question that Red could sell 5+ million in the next few years.

Let's not think in the next 2-3 years. I'm thinking of 2012 and 2013 sales.

Why do people have to "blow up" numbers?

HITS said 1.2 million and people still insisted on 1.3 million-1.5 million.

Now I keep reading that Red is going to outsell Speak Now. Let's get to that 4 million mark first before we even discuss that.

Yes, I'm happy to wait until we get to that mark to discuss it, but if you read your original post, you dismissed the possibility altogether. All I was saying is that's it's very much possible. You were speculating. We all have the right to speculate if we wish.

[areyoureadytojump]

^And in the current overall sales climate, I think 4.8 million is doubtful.

[Enigma.]

Just listening to Red and it's amazing (although 16 songs are a bit too much). Well done Taylor! This is the album that'll make her a global superstar.

And back to chart news... This was posted by Nick F1 on Buzzjack

BIGGEST U.S. FIRST-WEEK SALES FOR FEMALE ARTISTS (Soundscan era)

1. Album: Oops!...I Did It Again
Artist: Britney Spears
Sales: 1,319,000
Year: 2000

2. Album: Red
Artist: Taylor Swift
Sales: 1,210,000
Year: 2012

3. Album: Born This Way
Artist: Lady Gaga
Sales: 1,108,000
Year: 2011

4. Album: Speak Now
Artist: Taylor Swift
Sales: 1,047,000
Year: 2010

5. Album: Feels Like Home
Artist: Norah Jones
Sales: 1,027,000
Year: 2004

6. Album: Up!
Artist: Shania Twain
Sales: 874,000
Year: 2002

7. Album: Britney
Artist: Britney Spears
Sales: 746,000
Year: 2001

8. Album: As I Am
Artist: Alicia Keys
Sales: 742,000
Year: 2007

9. Album: The Breakthrough
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Sales: 727,000
Year: 2005

10. Album: I Dreamed a Dream
Artist: Susan Boyle
Sales: 701,000
Year: 2009

11. Album: Growing Pains
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Sales: 629,000
Year: 2007

12. Album: The Diary of Alicia Keys
Artist: Alicia Keys
Sales: 618,000
Year: 2004

13. Album: In the Zone
Artist: Britney Spears
Sales: 609,000
Year: 2003

14. Album: All for You
Artist: Janet Jackson
Sales: 605,000
Year: 2001

15. Album: Fearless
Artist: Taylor Swift
Sales: 592,000
Year: 2008

16. Album: A New Day Has Come
Artist: Celine Dion
Sales: 558,000
Year: 2002

17. Album: Greatest Hits
Artist: Shania Twain
Sales: 553,000
Year: 2004

18. Album: B'Day
Artist: Beyoncé
Sales: 541,000
Year: 2006

19. Album: Carnival Ride
Artist: Carrie Underwood
Sales: 527,000
Year: 2007

20. Album: Circus
Artist: Britney Spears
Sales: 505,000
Year: 2008

I don't like separating men from women and bands from solo artists but I think this has some value of information.

[devil]

^^^So this pretty much null and voids anyones argument that Taylor's effort is 'more impressive' than Britney's due to it being 2012.

95% of this list is from 2001-2012 (ie: the decline of overall sales). Heck, three of the top 4 are 2010-2012.

Obviously overall sales are down massively since 2000, but first weeks are not.

[Deleted]

LOL - exactly when this happens every year at some point we have to stop saying that it is harder to do in this depressed market

[Rodze]

www.ourhometown.ca/news/NN0094.php

Taylor Swift's blockbuster new album RED has debuted atop the Canadian Nielsen SoundScan album chart, with a staggering 92,580 copies sold in Canada in its first week of release - the highest selling debut on the Canadian Soundscan since 2008. In the United States, RED sold a whopping 1,208,290 albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

With RED, Taylor set a new worldwide iTunes record for highest ever first week album sales, with 565,545 copies sold digitally around the globe

[when the pawn...]

Seems like this is very circular. If you listed the top opening weeks, regardless of solo/group, male/female, it'd look different. #1-#7, I believe, would all be 2000-2002.

In 2000, the 5th best sales week was above the 1 million mark. In 2012, the 5th best sales week, I believe, was less than 400,000.

Not even trying to say Taylor > Britney but the top 20 list above cant possibly PROVE anything about the two 'sales climates'.

Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Norah Jones all had extraordinary first week sales, ranging from 2000-2012.

[devil]

Oct 31, 2012 22:19:36 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Seems like this is very circular. If you listed the top opening weeks, regardless of solo/group, male/female, it'd look different. #1-#7, I believe, would all be 2000-2002.

In 2000, the 5th best sales week was above the 1 million mark. In 2012, the 5th best sales week, I believe, was less than 400,000.

Not even trying to say Taylor > Britney but the top 20 list above cant possibly PROVE anything about the two 'sales climates'.

Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Norah Jones all had extraordinary first week sales.

You're completely correct - the list above is ONE way of looking at a situation that, as many have pointed out, cannot be compared. As you indeed put across, changing from female to all artists changes this dramatically. Then again, given both are solo females, whose to say the above list isn't the best way to measure it...there are really endless arguments to it all, but ultimately, too many factors makes it near on impossible to compare.

Thus, Taylor has done extremely well. But people cannot claim 'if this was 2000 she'd have beat Britney' as it simply cannot be proved, and there is just as much data against that theory as there is for it.

[areyoureadytojump]

keelyskorner.com/2012/10/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/28/12)

1) Taylor Swift – RED – 1,208,290
2) Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid M.A.A.D City – 241,139
3) Jason Aldean – Night Train – 115,976

Other Debuts

5) Tony Bennett – Viva Duets – 35, 917
6) Gary Clark Jr. – Blak & Blu – 34,604
7) Stone Sour – House Of Gold & Bones Part One – 31,182
9) Lady Antebellum – On This Winter’s Night – 24,584
14) Swedish House Mafia – Until Now – 18,311
17) The Sword – Apocryphon – 16,835
18) Twiztid – Abominationz – 16,700

[chartfreak]

I know this Is a HITS article but...

How America's Sweetheart and Her Label Sold Over 1.2m Without Sales Gimmicks October 31, 2012

Taylor Swift’s mega-bow for Red has collected hosannas everywhere, and rightly so. But not enough notice has been paid to the fact that the superstar singer-songwriter and her team achieved this milestone without benefit of 99-cent, $2.99 or $3.99 sales, bundles or other gimmicks. Needless to say, we know from gimmicks.

This is a record that’s shattering a lot of records, so let’s get to those first. Red is the biggest first week, period, for an album since 2002 (when The Eminem Show exploded). It’s the #8 week-one seller in chart history and the second-biggest of all time for a female artist (Britney Spears' 2000 monster Oops ... is still #1). Swift is the only female artist and the fourth artist ever to chart back-to-back million-selling first weeks (we vaguely remember the other three, but we're a little baked right now. We'll get back to you.).There are undoubtedly more milestones to be tracked, but let’s get to the sales specifics.Swift’s 1.208 million first week consisted over 38% digital sales (the latter entirely via an iTunes exclusive with no preorders). In fact, Red has set a new worldwide iTunes record for first-week downloads. Four singles (one per week) were released as a countdown in the month leading up to the release--so the Complete My Album program on the Apple e-tail giant worked like layaway, with Swift’s rabid fanbase having plunked down a big chunk of the album price by street date.Target offered two versions of the album, the standard at $9.99 and a deluxe with (three exclusive studio tracks and three exclusive remixes) for $14.99; the deluxe version oustold the standard by a 3-to-1 margin.

This merits mention in part because Lady Gaga’s 1.1m forBorn This Way last year, while certainly nothing to sneeze at, achieved 40% of its total on the strength of a 99-cent blowout at Amazon, and Madonna netted over 50% of her 358k thanks to a Ticketmaster bundle.Republic ruler Monte Lipman, though running on generator power from his home (UMG’s New York offices remain closed in Sandy’s wake), was happy to chime in on this happier kind of storm—and the hyper-efficient Big Machine that helped generate it. “It’s amazing,” he says, “especially since a large majority of sales have been for the deluxe version.”“In addition to the phenomenal album Taylor delivered, Scott Borchetta and his team have been strategizing for a year now,” notes Lipman. “They’ve used innovative methods and what they’ve done is absolutely exceptional. The dynamic is that we support them at Top 40, but they are fiercely independent and competitive. This [sales achievement] is really them. By the way, do you know anyone who might be interested 235 slightly damp 'I Heart NY' T-shirts?”Lipman also emphasizes Big Machine’s superb international campaign, resulting in Swift’s biggest ex-U.S. bow so far. Red debuted at #1 in the U.K. and has seen astronomical sales worldwide; it topped the iTunes charts in the U.K., Canada, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Ireland, Argentina, New Zealand, Ireland and Australia, among other distant lands.In other news, Taylor Swift is real purdy. 

[when the pawn...]

I made a comment in another thread (or was it earlier in this thread). Lady Gaga sold 1.1 million albums. Can we stop with the astrisks. Amazon sold the album for 99 cents because they knew it'd be a huge seller and attract many buyers. Enough with the buts and notes about its 'cheating'. I've generally avoided stanning here but it's annoying for every single mention of BTW in the last month (between Babel and Red) to include its Amazon deal. B**** sold more than a million albums in a week.

P.S. this is not directed at specific pulse members. I've generally only seen this in Billboard/HITS/Yahoo articles.

[CammyCan]

Market share, to me, is the most interesting and impressive fact about this week:



Red had a 19.2% share, the new record high.

[Deleted]

How America's Sweetheart and Her Label Sold Over 1.2m Without Sales Gimmicks

Er...Papa John's wasn't a gimmick?

Not taking away from Taylor by any means but this article is acting like pricing is the only thing that counts as a gimmick or 'trick,' and that is not true. The marketing for this album was insane. That's nothing to be ashamed of so the hyperbole isn't necessary (not directed at you chartfreak, but at the writer of this article). And really they're just doing it to pick at Gaga again. I know that is a 'never live it down' moment for her but the joke's rather old now.

Oct 31, 2012 14:20:43 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Oct 31, 2012 12:48:52 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Are you aware of the sales totals of Taylor's albums? Speak Now has sold 4.2 million in today's market, and that's without any big pop hits. It's certainly not a given, but it's not by any means out of the question that Red could sell 5+ million in the next few years.

Let's not think in the next 2-3 years. I'm thinking of 2012 and 2013 sales.

Why do people have to "blow up" numbers?

HITS said 1.2 million and people still insisted on 1.3 million-1.5 million.

Now I keep reading that Red is going to outsell Speak Now. Let's get to that 4 million mark first before we even discuss that.

Only one person here said 1.5 million and when someone else brought it up she said it was just a speculative joke, not to be taken seriously. Few Taylor fans even broached the 1.3 million number, except to maybe mention it would be cool if she did it but they didn't expect it and were quite content to bask in the fact that she opened with a million twice. In fact, I was immensely more annoyed by the NON-Taylor fans who kept needling and saying "okay, cue the 'let's see if Soundscan is different/this would have been so much more than Britney if it were 2000' posts" when almost none (maybe none at all) of the Taylor fans were even doing that! For the most part the Taylor fans just don't feel the need to be extra, except for one record-obsessed person in particular; but he's just one person, not an entire fanbase.

Re: what Red will sell overall - again, not everyone is declaring Red WILL outsell Speak Now, but pointing out that it has a good chance to, or to at least match it. And they're basing this on reasonable points of comparison IMO - she has already opened with slightly larger numbers, she has the holidays to buoy her sales for the next two months just like SN did, and this album has viable country and pop hits to give it legs (unlike SN, which had no big pop hits). Of course nothing is guaranteed, but 2010 and 2012 are pretty much the same sales climate, so it is not improbable to think that if she did it once in this market that with a properly handled Red era she could do it again. I'm figuring she will be at or very close to 3 million by the end of the year so selling another 1-1.5 million over the course of 2013 isn't really that much of a stretch.

[Enigma.]

Oct 31, 2012 22:41:18 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

I made a comment in another thread (or was it earlier in this thread). Lady Gaga sold 1.1 million albums. Can we stop with the astrisks. Amazon sold the album for 99 cents because they knew it'd be a huge seller and attract many buyers. Enough with the buts and notes about its 'cheating'. I've generally avoided stanning here but it's annoying for every single mention of BTW in the last month (between Babel and Red) to include its Amazon deal. B**** sold more than a million albums in a week.

P.S. this is not directed at specific pulse members. I've generally only seen this in Billboard/HITS/Yahoo articles.

AMEN

[skizzo]

Top ten sales weeks (Soundscan era 1991->)

1 – ’N Sync – No Strings Attached (2000) – 2,416 million
2 – ‘N Sync – Celebrity (2001) – 1,880
3 – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) – 1,760
4 – Backstreet Boys – Black and Blue (2000) – 1,591
5 – Eminem – The Eminem Show (2002) – 1,322
6 – Britney Spears – Oops… I Did It Again (2000) – 1,319
7 – The Beatles – 1 (2000) – 1,259
8 – Taylor Swift – Red – (2012) – 1,208
9 – 50 Cent – The Massacre (2005) – 1,141
10 – Backstreet Boys – Millennium (1999) – 1,134

Taylor new at #8

Funny that the year 2000 has half of the top10

[fridayteenage]

As far as I can tell, the artist with the best trio of one-weeks is Garth Brooks, whose 3rd-highest album sold 897k in a week. But if you count only studio albums, it'd be Eminem, whose 3rd-highest sold 741k in a week.

So i guess I'm rooting for Taylor to at least sell around 900k in a week next album. Unless, of course, Eminem has 2 smashes upon release, in which case he could be competition.

[areyoureadytojump]

2m, can you copy and paste the BB200 here? Please.

I see some Halloween albums re-entered along with some Xams albums.

[cartman2002]

Here's my awards for this week's album chart

19.The Lumineers (Platnium)
55.My Head Is An Animal-Of Monsters And Men (Platnium)
58.Speak Now-Taylor Swift (Triple Plantium)
76.Chapter V-Trey Songz (Gold)
119.Changed-Rascal Flatts (Platnium)
131.Dustin Lynch (Gold)
139.Boys & Girls-Alabama Shakes (Platnium)
160.Stronger-Kelly Clarkson (Double Platnium)
166.Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded-Nicki Minaj (Platnium)

[Deleted]

The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-11-10

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 NEW 1 Red, Taylor Swift  1
2 NEW 1 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar  2
3 1 - 2 Night Train, Jason Aldean  1
4 2 1 5 Babel, Mumford & Sons  1
5 NEW 1 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett  5
6 NEW 1 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark, Jr.  6
7 NEW 1 House Of Gold & Bones: Part I, Stone Sour  7
8 6 8 6 The Truth About Love, P!nk  1
9 NEW 1 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum  9
10 3 - 2 Two Eleven, Brandy  3
11 8 14 7 Tornado, Little Big Town  2
12 9 15 88 21, Adele  1
13 18 18 18 Overexposed, Maroon 5  2
14 NEW 1 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia  14
15 4 - 2 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery  4
16 7 11 4 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel  3
17 NEW 1 Apocryphon, The Sword  17
18 NEW 1 Abominationz, Twiztid  18
19 15 28 30 The Lumineers  11
20 25 32 26 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood  1
21 24 30 19 Believe, Justin Bieber  1
22 21 21 33 Up All Night, One Direction  1
23 23 19 36 Some Nights, fun.  3
24 27 33 64 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan  2
25 20 29 136 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons  2
26 31 43 37 Hunter Hayes  18
27 35 31 11 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz  1
28 33 24 12 NOW 43, Various Artists  1
29 5 - 2 Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, Jamey Johnson  5
30 NEW 1 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler  30
31 NEW 1 The Man With The Iron Fists, Soundtrack  31
32 17 10 4 The 2nd Law, Muse  2
33 13 12 5 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack  12
34 11 2 3 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  2
35 29 20 6 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists  2
36 38 41 66 Chief, Eric Church  1
37 22 4 3 Lace Up, MGK  4
38 42 42 8 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons  2
39 26 9 3 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding  9
40 85 199 46 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns  2
41 14 3 3 Monster, KISS  3
42 30 16 4 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho  7
43 67 59 20 +, Ed Sheeran  5
44 41 40 5 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists  35
45 52 99 4 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton  45
46 32 26 5 Uno!, Green Day  2
47 NEW 1 We Don't Even Live Here, P.O.S.  47
48 44 52 16 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band  1
49 19 7 3 Release Me, Barbra Streisand  7
50 NEW 1 Halo 4, Soundtrack  50
51 39 38 6 Battle Born, The Killers  3
52 36 27 7 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band  1
53 28 17 4 Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall  6
54 10 - 2 Metalocalypse: Dethalbum III (Soundtrack), Dethklok  10
55 50 56 30 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men  6
56 49 45 6 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen  6
57 64 162 238 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey  (Diamond Certification) 15 10
58 76 95 105 Speak Now, Taylor Swift  1
59 43 25 4 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace  5
60 48 68 14 Rock Of Ages, Soundtrack  5
61 12 - 2 Sunken Condos, Donald Fagen  12
62 NEW 1 Penny Black, Further Seems Forever  62
63 62 37 5 Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, Lupe Fiasco  5
64 NEW 1 The Haunted Man, Bat For Lashes  64
65 56 67 114 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry  1
66 37 23 4 Born To Sing : No Plan B, Van Morrison  10
67 63 39 4 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd  9
68 78 108 201 Fearless, Taylor Swift  1
69 NEW 1 III, Shiny Toy Guns  69
70 NEW 1 So: (25th Anniversary Deluxe Ed), Peter Gabriel  70
71 46 35 5 Push And Shove, No Doubt  3
72 75 72 17 Wild Ones, Flo Rida  14
73 81 73 16 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean  2
74 NEW 1 Les Is More, Ryan Leslie  74
75 73 87 19 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney  2
76 60 58 10 Chapter V, Trey Songz  1
77 57 83 104 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean  2
78 55 49 7 Tempest, Bob Dylan  3
79 69 65 13 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross  1
80 61 47 5 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5  6
81 109 146 106 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars  3
82 54 50 9 Eye On It, tobyMac  1
83 70 75 63 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert  4
84 59 53 7 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers  4
85 80 85 39 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey  2
86 66 61 47 El Camino, The Black Keys  2
87 74 55 8 North, matchbox twenty  1
88 121 170 264 Taylor Swift  5
89 77 66 17 Fortune, Chris Brown  1
90 82 74 18 Living Things, Linkin Park  1
91 87 107 27 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice  5
92 68 60 7 Coexist, The xx  5
93 NEW 1 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat  93
94 83 79 7 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch  27
95 92 89 15 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids  3
96 89 84 28 California 37, Train  4
97 84 98 11 Best Days, Tamela Mann  14
98 65 13 3 #3, The Script  13
99 102 - 163 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty  52
100 112 - 256 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses  3
101 RE-ENTRY 11 Christmas, Michael Buble  1
102 NEW 1 God Of The Serengeti, Vinnie Paz  102
103 NEW 1 Book Burner, Pig Destroyer  103
104 107 101 24 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare  48
105 NEW 1 Local Business, Titus Andronicus  105
106 100 96 7 La Futura, ZZ Top  6
107 40 5 3 Afterman: Ascension, Coheed And Cambria  5
108 NEW 1 Recovery, Bishop Rudolph McKissick Jr. And The Word & Worship Mass Choir  108
109 95 120 27 Up All Night, Kip Moore  6
110 NEW 1 Time I, Wintersun  110
111 103 88 20 Looking 4 Myself, Usher  1
112 94 71 158 19, Adele  4
113 110 104 6 3 Pears, Dwight Yoakam  18
114 96 93 52 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine  6
115 58 6 3 Don't Panic, All Time Low  6
116 97 94 8 Gravity, Lecrae  3
117 93 92 6 All Over The Road, Easton Corbin  11
118 86 91 4 Cold Fact, Rodriguez  86
119 119 130 30 Changed, Rascal Flatts  3
120 137 154 4 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir  120
121 NEW 1 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits!, Kidz Bop Kids  121
122 105 127 6 It'z Just What We Do (EP), Florida Georgia Line  105
123 142 145 9 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes, The Countdown Singers And Orchestra  99
124 130 137 106 Hands All Over, Maroon 5  2
125 149 - 21 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley  60
126 106 103 28 Pluto, Future  8
127 159 - 89 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash  5
128 16 - 2 Vital, Anberlin  16
129 104 122 12 Declaration Of Independence, Colt Ford  5
130 34 - 2 Former Lives, Benjamin Gibbard  34
131 113 110 10 Dustin Lynch  13
132 127 136 11 Blood, In This Moment  15
133 NEW 1 The Only Solution, Cold 187um  133
134 45 - 2 Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Godspeed You Black Emperor  45
135 123 124 56 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION  87
136 158 - 2 Songs, Placido Domingo  136
137 108 69 9 Live Across America, Josh Turner  48
138 136 126 50 Take Care, Drake  1
139 131 115 30 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes  8
140 138 163 57 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore  5
141 111 64 4 Connection, Papa Roach  17
142 140 144 44 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  14
143 RE-ENTRY 3 Section.80, Kendrick Lamar  113
144 NEW 1 Make Your Mark: Ultimate Playlist, Various Artists  144
145 128 102 28 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz  2
146 118 90 5 Awakened, As I Lay Dying  11
147 114 157 51 Relentless, Jason Aldean  4
148 133 86 58 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta  5
149 139 - 67 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton  1
150 126 135 90 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars  10
151 150 151 73 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex  49
152 178 175 171 Thriller, Michael Jackson  (Diamond Certification) 29 1
153 177 - 50 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert  3
154 156 - 818 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd  (Diamond Certification) 15 1
155 90 34 3 Lonerism, Tame Impala  34
156 146 140 12 Perfectly Imperfect, Elle Varner  4
157 160 160 18 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman  66
158 151 197 20 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists  13
159 154 100 4 The Piano Guys  44
160 145 153 53 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson  2
161 120 80 6 Shields, Grizzly Bear  7
162 199 - 37 Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen  1
163 163 167 20 Clockwork Angels, Rush  2
164 164 159 246 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers  (Diamond Certification) 10 18
165 185 178 59 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum  1
166 153 143 30 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj  1
167 175 - 6 The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel  129
168 194 - 42 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix  133
169 167 - 2 Radio Exitos: El Disco del Ano 2012, Various Artists  167
170 122 77 3 The Fresh Beat Band: More Music from the Hit TV Show : Vol. 2.0, Soundtrack  77
171 157 148 27 Blunderbuss, Jack White  1
172 174 112 3 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman  112
173 166 177 205 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band  9
174 161 131 15 Life Is Good, Nas  1
175 NEW 1 Banks, Paul Banks  175
176 101 76 5 Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack), Rodriguez  76
177 RE-ENTRY 5 Lucky Ones, Pat Green  28
178 RE-ENTRY 61 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies  5
179 169 172 24 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm  15
180 NEW 1 Cloud Atlas, Soundtrack  180
181 165 158 49 Talk That Talk, Rihanna  3
182 180 196 123 Recovery, Eminem  1
183 88 - 2 Christmas With Earnest Pugh, Earnest Pugh  88
184 RE-ENTRY 9 Jesus At The Center: Live, Israel & New Breed  32
185 RE-ENTRY 9 The Struggle, Tenth Avenue North  9
186 RE-ENTRY 4 Into The Light, Matthew West  51
187 192 - 24 Greatest Hits, Neil Young  27
188 NEW 1 Colourmeinkindness, Basement  188
189 125 - 2 Mi Vida Sin Ti, Los Temerarios  125
190 RE-ENTRY 8 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems, Various Artists  34
191 NEW 1 Hillsong Chapel: Forever Reign, Hillsong  191
192 187 - 108 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band  1
193 191 - 32 God's Not Dead, newsboys  45
194 RE-ENTRY 9 Heavenly Christmas, Jackie Evancho  11
195 147 - 2 What Christmas Means, Kem  147
196 NEW 1 Momentum, Stevie Stone  196
197 148 119 101 Bad: 25, Michael Jackson  1
198 RE-ENTRY 23 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones  2
199 179 184 55 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch  3
200 NEW 1 Grandes Exitos, Calibre 50  200

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^Thank you!

42 albums debut.

10 of those albums are re-entries.

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Halloween albums:

121 NEW 1 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits!, Kidz Bop Kids 121
123 142 145 9 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes, The Countdown Singers And Orchestra 99

Christmas albums:

9 NEW 1 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 9
15 4 - 2 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery 4
45 52 99 4 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 45
93 NEW 1 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat 93
101 RE-ENTRY 11 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
125 149 - 21 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 60
172 174 112 3 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman 112
183 88 - 2 Christmas With Earnest Pugh, Earnest Pugh 88
194 RE-ENTRY 9 Heavenly Christmas, Jackie Evancho 11
195 147 - 2 What Christmas Means, Kem 147

Did I miss any?

[josh]

You forgot this one:

9 NEW 1 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 9

I see you got it now.

[slw84]

Oct 30, 2012 20:56:40 GMT -5 Eloqueen™ said:

I love that there are those who are gloating about an album released twelve years ago during perhaps one of the most lucrative times in the music industry maintaining its record against an album released during the most disastrous point for the music industry by a mere 100,000 copies. I love both girls, but do people not realize how silly that looks? lol

Yet every artist that released music during that time did not sell 1M+ copies, though. It also looks silly to downplay one's accomplishment and pass it off like they are being diplomatic. I think if someone breaks or maintains a record then people should be able to enjoy it. I mean LOL at all the Tswift fans that were 'gloating' already claiming the record because her last album started out projecting 700k and ended up with 1.1M.

Just because Tswift didn't break the record, doesn't mean people are not allowed to celebrate the female artist with the highest debut week sales. It's not easy maintaining a record.

Anyways, fanbases for Tswift and Britney should be celebrating this week.