Billboard 200: 9/12/09: Colbie Cailatt #1 106k

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Billboard.com:

As predicted, Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough" breaks on through to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The "Bubbly" singer/songwriter's sophomore album sold 106,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving Caillat her first topper.

Caillat's first album, 2007's "Coco," opened at No. 5 with 51,000 and has so far blown through 2 million copies in the U.S.

The Billboard 200 also greets a surprise debut from Miley Cyrus at No. 3 with "The Time of Our Lives," her Wal-Mart exclusive EP. The seven song set saw its release date move up three days to Friday (Aug. 28), and it enters the chart with 62,000.

Cyrus' performance on NBC's "Today" show the day of release likely goosed sales for the set, which enters with just three days in the market. All told, it's the eighth top 10 album for Cyrus -- including sets by her "Hannah Montana" alter-ego.

Christian-leaning rock band Skillet makes a mighty debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with "Awake," selling 68,000. That is the group's best sales week yet and highest chart position. Skillet's last album, 2006's "Comatose," has quietly sold 462,000 to date.

Two steps below Skillet is another record high, this time from Imogen Heap. Her "Ellipse" enters with 48,000 at No. 5, easily giving the singer her best week ever. Heap's last album, 2005's "Speak For Yourself," never went higher than No. 145 nor sold more than 7,000 copies in one week. Yet, it has steadily remained a draw to consumers, as its cumulative total stands at 431,000.

Kings of Leon's "Only By The Night" spends its 49th week on the chart, holding at No. 4 with 52,000 (up 15%) while Reba McEntire's "Keep On Loving You" slides from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week on the list, selling 42,000 (down 56%).

George Strait's "Twang" slips five slots to No. 7 with 41,000 (down 33%), the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." falls three rungs to No. 8 with 36,000 (down 13%) and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" moves down one position to No. 9 with 34,000 (up less than 1%). Rounding out the top 10 at No. 10 is the new "Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 2" compilation, which enters with 33,000.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending August 30) totaled 5.82 million units, up 2% compared to the sum last week (5.71 million) and down 19% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.15 million). Year to date album sales stand at 231.1 million, down 15% compared to the same total at this point last year (270.8 million).

[HolidayGuy]

Decent numbers for Colbie- I like that she moved to a more upbeat sound on this album.

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Idol Sales from USA Today's Idol Chatter:

Various, Now That’s What I Call Country Volume 2 (33,000, debut, 33,000 total/1,000 digital sales, debut, 1,000 digital total)
Daughtry, Leave This Town (33,000, -2 percent, 580,000/6,000 digital, +23 percent, 111,000 digital total)
Soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3 (17,000, -22 percent, 407,000)
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (7,000, +14 percent, 687,000/2,000 digital, +83 percent, 147,000 digital total)
Daughtry, Daughtry (4,000, +3 percent, 4.522 million/379,000 digital total)
Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler (4,000, -7 percent, 301,000)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (3,000, -17 percent, 2.957 million)
David Cook, David Cook (3,000, 11 percent, 1.230 million)
Various, American Idol Season 8 EP (3,000, -26 percent, 37,000)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, -9 percent, 6.833 million)

[Wrecking Ball]

Miley's 8th top 10 album??? wth between her own name and HM shes released 8 albums??

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Colbie Caillat's No. 1, Miley's 'Time' Comes Early, Houston's On Deck
September 02, 2009

Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Silvio Pietroluongo

Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough" opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as expected, but Miley Cyrus crashes the party at No. 3. The latter's Wal-Mart-exclusive EP "The Time of Our Lives" enters early, as the set's release date moved up by three days to Friday, Aug. 28 . . . After Caillat and Cyrus, three more albums bow in the top 10, including best-ever weeks for rock band Skillet and singer/songwriter Imogen Heap . . . In Progress Reports we have updates on AFI, Creed and Taylor Swift's latest hit singles.

FLASH POINTS

• As predicted, Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough" breaks on through to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week with 106,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving the "Bubbly" singer/songwriter her first topper.

• Now, the surprise chart news is that the Billboard 200 also greets an early debut from Miley Cyrus at No. 3 with her "The Time of Our Lives" Wal-Mart-exclusive EP. The seven-song set's release date moved up three days to Friday, Aug. 28, and it enters the chart with 62,000.

• Coincidentally, Cyrus played NBC's "Today" show Aug. 28. The performance likely goosed sales for the set, which enters with just three days in the market. All told, it's the eighth top 10 album for Cyrus—including sets by her "Hannah Montana" alter-ego.

• How will Cyrus' EP fair next week, when it nets its first full week of sales? Early prognostications suggest it could shift between 120,000 and 140,000, which should keep it near the top of the Billboard 200 on next week's chart. However, Cyrus will play second (or third) fiddle to Whitney Houston's "I Look to You," which dropped Aug. 31. Industry gurus estimate that the diva's ballyhooed comeback could sell 200,000 to 250,000 copies—or more—which should easily enable it to debut at No. 1.

• Of course, Houston isn't the only artist with an album that bowed Aug. 31: The release date also greeted new sets from the Used, Trey Songz, Pitbull, Chevelle and John Fogerty.

• But let's refocus on this week's chart, where Caillat and Cyrus aren't the only artists making waves. Christian-leaning rock band Skillet makes a mighty debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with "Awake," selling 68,000. That is the group's best sales week yet and highest chart position. The act has two singles at radio: "Hero" is No. 30 on Hot Christian Songs while "Monster" rises to No. 23 on the Active Rock tally. The group's last album, 2006's "Comatose," has quietly sold 462,000 to date.

• Two steps below Skillet is another record high, this time from Imogen Heap. Her "Ellipse" enters with 48,000 at No. 5, easily giving the singer her best week yet. Heap's last album, 2005's "Speak For Yourself," never went higher than No. 145 nor sold more than 7,000 copies in one week. Yet, it has steadily remained a draw to consumers, as its cumulative total stands at 431,000.

• And now a recap of the rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 . . . Kings of Leon's "Only by the Night" spends its 49th week on the chart, holding at No. 4 with 52,000 (up 15%), while Reba McEntire's "Keep On Loving You" slides from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week on the list, selling 42,000 (down 56%). George Strait's "Twang" slips five slots to No. 7 with 41,000 (down 33%), the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." falls three rungs to No. 8 with 36,000 (down 13%) and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" moves down one position to No. 9 with 34,000 (up less than 1%). Rounding out the top 10 at No. 10 is the "Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 2" compilation, which enters with 33,000.

• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 30) totaled 5.8 million units, up 2% compared with the sum last week (5.7 million) and down 19% compared with the same sales week of 2008 (7.2 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 231.1 million, down 15% compared to the same total at this point last year (270.8 million).

MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 5.8 million units
• UP 2% from last week's charts: 5.7 million units
• DOWN 19% from same week, 2008: 7.2 million units
• This week: Only the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and Top Comprehensive Albums sells more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: Slipknot's "All Hope Is Gone" started at No. 1 with 240,000, just ahead of a No. 2 debut from the Game's "L.A.X." (238,000). The previous week's topper, Jonas Brothers' "A Little Bit Longer," fell to No. 4 in its third frame, selling 80,000 (down 45%).

PROGRESS REPORTS

• AFI ushers in its upcoming "Crash Love" album, due Sept. 29, with the set's first single, "Medicate," debuting at No. 21 on the Alternative Airplay chart. It's the band's best bow on the tally in seven tries. Its previous best entry was in 2006 when "Miss Murder" started at No. 22 on its way to a five-week stay at No. 1.

• Also on the Alternative chart, Creed finds itself on the list for the first time in nearly seven years as "Overcome" debuts at No. 28. The recently reunited act was last seen on the Alternative chart Feb. 8, 2003, when "Weathered" spent its final week on the survey.

• Taylor Swift notches her 16th hit on the Hot Country Songs chart with the almost-appropriately named single "Fifteen." It enters at No. 41 and is the follow-up to "You Belong With Me," which spent two weeks atop the list last month.

[Wrecking Ball]

go Taylor and Fifteen

and just ugh if less then 60k ends up being the difference between Whitney and Miley

[bruno]

Sept 2, 2009 11:30:34 GMT -5 Wrecking Ball said:

Miley's 8th top 10 album??? wth between her own name and HM shes released 8 albums??

That's great!!!!!!! 8 top 10 albums in 4 years (2006 to 2009)

#1 Hannah Montana
#1 Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus
#1 Miley Cyrus – Breakout
#1 Hannah Montana: The Movie
#2 Hannah Montana 3
#3 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert
#3 Miley Cyrus – The Time of Our Lives (EP)
#7 Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Party

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

Numbers are from the 9/5/09 chart:

Black Eyed Peas 958k
Taylor Swift 3,719,857
Daughtry 547k
Now 31 566k
Eminem 1,379,589
Jonas Brothers 506k
Keith Urban 525k
Keri Hilson 431k
Kelly Clarkson 680k
U2 981k
MGMT 481k
Anthony Hamilton 436k
Rascal Flatts 708k
The Dream 444k
Akon 690k
All American Rejects 460k
Seal 476k

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

Eligible for 3xp:
Carrie Underwood 2,953,820 (2xp)

[jdanton2]

Sept 2, 2009 10:57:37 GMT -5 blurple said:

Idol Sales from USA Today's Idol Chatter:

Various, Now That’s What I Call Country Volume 2 (33,000, debut, 33,000 total/1,000 digital sales, debut, 1,000 digital total)
Daughtry, Leave This Town (33,000, -2 percent, 580,000/6,000 digital, +23 percent, 111,000 digital total)
Soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3 (17,000, -22 percent, 407,000)
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (7,000, +14 percent, 687,000/2,000 digital, +83 percent, 147,000 digital total)
Daughtry, Daughtry (4,000, +3 percent, 4.522 million/379,000 digital total)
Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler (4,000, -7 percent, 301,000)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (3,000, -17 percent, 2.957 million)
David Cook, David Cook (3,000, 11 percent, 1.230 million)
Various, American Idol Season 8 EP (3,000, -26 percent, 37,000)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, -9 percent, 6.833 million)

they forgot Jordin's numbers . she sold about 7,000 last week and should have enough this week to chart. i hope they update it later. ???

[jdanton2]

they just added the Jordin numbers.


Jordin Sparks, Battlefield (6,000, -15 percent, 99,000/1,000 digital, +65 percent, 18,000 digital total)

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Music Blogs > Chart Watch > Week Ending Aug. 30, 2009: Like Father, Like Daughter

Week Ending Aug. 30, 2009: Like Father, Like Daughter
Posted 34 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Second generation stars hold down two of the top three spots on The Billboard 200. Colbie Caillat, the daughter of Grammy-winning record producer Ken Caillat, debuts at #1 with her sophomore album, Breakthrough; Miley Cyrus, the daughter of country hit-maker Billy Ray Cyrus, bows at #3 with The Time Of Our Lives. (Cyrus' EP, a Wal-Mart exclusive, debuted a week earlier than expected because its release date was moved to Friday Aug. 28. Thus, it had only three days to ring up sales.)
Breakthrough sold 106,000 copies this week, which is more than twice the first-week sales (51,000) of Caillat's 2007 debut album, Coco. That album has sold an impressive 1,961,000 copies and spawned two top 20 hits on the Hot 100: "Bubbly" and "Realize."
The first-week tally for Breakthrough includes nearly 43,000 digital copies, which makes it the week's #1 Digital Album. Coco topped the Digital chart twice. Coco has sold 334,000 digital copies, which puts it in 12th place on Nielsen/SoundScan's all time list. Among albums by female artists, it's in third place, behind Taylor Swift's Fearless and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black.

Caillat, 24, is the second member of her family to top The Billboard 200. Ken Caillat co-produced a pair of #1 albums for Fleetwood Mac-Rumours and Mirage. Rumours topped the chart for 31 weeks, longer than any other album of the 1970s. It also won a Grammy as Album of the Year.

The Caillats are the third case of a father and daughter each landing a #1 album on The Billboard 200. The Cyruses have also achieved the feat. So, too, have Nat "King" Cole and Natalie Cole. In all three cases, the daughters followed their own paths to stardom. Where Nat "King" Cole was the master at smooth pop and jazz, Natalie gained fame, at least initially, with contemporary R&B. Where Billy Ray Cyrus was a country star, Miley hit the bullseye with teen pop. And where Ken Caillat specialized in mainstream pop/rock, Colbie has found her niche with mellow California pop.

Miley Cyrus' seven-song EP The Time Of Our Lives opens at #2, with first-week sales of 62,000 copies. This is the teen megastar's second album entirely on her own. Her first completely solo effort, Breakout, debuted at #1 in July 2008. Cyrus' single, "Party In The U.S.A." logs its third week at #1 on Hot Digital Songs. It sold 190,000 downloads this week, more than any other song, but still the slimmest tally with which a song has been #1 on this chart in 2009.

The Time Of Our Lives is the seventh album by or starring Cyrus to reach the top three on The Billboard 200 in less than three years, following three Hannah Montana TV soundtracks, a Hannah movie soundtrack, a Best Of Both Worlds Concert soundtrack and the aforementioned Breakout. That's a tremendous feat and an impressive sign of Cyrus' popularity. But that's an awful lot of product in a short space of time. I understand the concept of "strike while the iron's hot," but I also know that artists who have long careers pace themselves and don't flood the market.

Skillet's Awake enters The Billboard 200 at #2, becoming the third album by a Contemporary Christian rock band to climb this high on the chart. All three have achieved the feat in a little more than three years. Underoaths's Define The Great Line debuted at #2 in June 2006. Casting Crowns' The Altar And The Door bowed in the runner-up slot in September 2007. Skillet is a four-member band fronted by a married couple, John and Korey Cooper.
A Thought: If Casting Crowns went out on tour with Iron Maiden and Skillet, would it be called the Cast Iron Skillet tour? Sorry.
Incidentally, two of the top three albums on The Billboard 200 feature borrowed album titles. Mary J. Blige debuted at #1 in December 2005 with The Breakthrough. Josh Groban bowed at #2 in November 2006 with Awake. I'm all for recycling, but shouldn't artists wait at least wait five years before they sift through the pile of used album titles?

Michael Jackson's Number Ones sold 68,000 copies this week and would have held at #2 if catalog albums were eligible to compete on The Billboard 200. Thriller sold 39,000 copies and would have rebounded from #16 to #9. The Essential Michael Jackson sold 29,000 and would have dropped from #9 to #16. This is the 10th straight week in which Jackson has had two or more of the 10 best-selling albums in the U.S. That's a tremendous showing, but it's no match for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, which had two or more albums in the top 10 for 49 consecutive weeks from Nov. 20, 1965 through Oct. 22, 1966. As this illustrates, the TJB was one of the most phenomenally popular acts in recording history.
There is so much turnover near the top of The Billboard 200 that Kings Of Leon's Only By The Night is the only album that was in last week's top five to remain in the top five this week. The album holds at #4 in its 49th week. Only By The Night is the first album to appear in the top five after this many weeks on the chart since Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus, which was #3 in its 49th week in September. Both albums had debuted in the top five and tumbled down the chart before turning around on the strength of hit songs. Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" is a top five hit on the Hot 100. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" was never released as a single, but was a radio smash nonetheless.

Imogen Heap's 2005 breakthrough album, Speak For Yourself, never sold more than 7,000 copies in any one week and it never climbed higher than #145 on The Billboard 200. But it made a strong impression on critics, as well as the Grammy committee that nominated her as Best New Artist of 2006. Speak For Yourself eventually caught on with fans, racking up sales of 431,000 copies. It set the stage for Heap's follow-up album, Ellipse, to make a strong debut this week. Ellipse opens at #5 with first-week sales of 52,000 copies.

1. Colbie Caillat, Breakthrough, 106,000. This new entry is Caillat's second top five album in a row. Coco debuted and peaked at #5 in July 2007. "Fallin' For You" leaps from #31 to #11 on Hot Digital Songs.

2. Skillet, Awake, 68,000. This new entry is the Christian rock group's first top 10 album. The band's previous best mark was set by its 2006 album Comatose, which reached #55. "Awake And Alive" enters Hot Digital Songs at #53.

3. Miley Cyrus, The Time Of Our Lives, 62,000. This new entry is Cyrus' seventh album to make the top three in less than three years. "Party In The U.S.A." heads Hot Digital Songs for the third straight week.

4. Kings Of Leon, Only By The Night, 52,000. The album holds at #4 in its 49th week. This is its eighth week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Use Somebody," which dips from #5 to #6.

5. Imogen Heap, Ellipse, 48,000. This new entry is Heap's first album to make the top 100, much less the top 10. (See above item.) Most of the copies of the new album (29,000) were sold digitally. "First Train Home" enters Hot Digital Songs at #197.

6. Reba McEntire, Keep On Loving You, 42,000. The album slips from #1 to #6 in its second week. (Reba Duets made the same second-week move in September 2007.) It's #1 country for the second week in a row.

7. George Strait, Twang, 41,000. The former #1 album slips from #2 to #7 in its third week. "Living For The Night" drops from #151 to #196 on Hot Digital Songs.

8. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 36,000. The former #1 album slips from #5 to #8 in its 12th week. Two songs from the album are listed in the top 15 on Hot Digital Songs for the 13th straight week. "I Gotta Feeling" holds at #2.

9. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 34,000. The former #1 album dips from #8 to #9 in its 42nd week. This is its 36th week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "You Belong With Me," which dips from #8 to #10.

10. Various Artists, NOW Country 2, 33,000. This new entry is the second NOW Country volume to reach the top 10. The initial one hit #7 in August 2008. That album, which re-enters the chart at #197, has sold 372,000 copies.

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Third Eye Blind's Ursa Major plummets from #3 to #45, Neil Diamond's Hot August Night NYC dives from #6 to #23, the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack dips from #7 to #11, Daughtry's Leave This Town drops from #9 to #13 and NOW 31 falls from #10 to #14.
LeToya's sophomore album, Lady Love, debuts at #12. LeToya's eponymous solo debut album bowed at #1 in July 2006.
Arctic Monkeys' Humbug bows at #15. Favourite Worst Nightmare debuted and peaked at #7 in April 2007. Humbug debuts at #1 in the U.K. It's the band's third #1 there, following Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) and Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Three more albums debut in the top 20: Ingrid Michaelson's Everybody starts at #18, Matisyahu's Light bows at #19 and Needtobreathe's The Outsiders opens at #20.

Queen Latifah's Persona bows at #25. It's hard to believe, but it's been nearly 20 years since Queen Latifah first hit the album chart in December 1989 with All Hail The Queen. Latifah is an interesting case. None of her albums has (quite) cracked the top 10 or sold a million copies. But she is a household name; one of the biggest multi-media stars to have emerged from the recording field in the past couple of decades. Chalk it up to versatility and charisma. (In case you're wondering, Latifah's highest-charting album, Trav'lin' Light, peaked at #11. Her best-selling album, The Dana Owens Album, has sold 731,000 copies.)
Willie Nelson's American Classic opens at #43. This is the latest in a long line of albums in which Nelson dives into the "Great American Songbook." With Stardust in 1978, Nelson became one of the first contemporary artists to explore this marvelous repertoire. The success of Stardust showed the commercial and artistic potential of these projects, if done right. It paved the way for such albums as Linda Ronstadt's What's New, Barbra Streisand's The Broadway Album, Natalie Cole's Unforgettable and Rod Stewart's It Had To Be You...The Great American Songbook. All four of these albums, come to think of it, spawned hit sequels. That's an indication of just how rich this material is.
Smokey Robinson's Time Flies When You're Having Fun opens at #59. It's a fitting title. In October, Robinson will mark the 50th anniversary of his first Hot 100 single, the Miracles' "Bad Girl." Time Flies... is Robinson's 21st solo album to make The Billboard 200, which equals the number of albums Robinson and the Miracles put on the chart from 1963 through 1974.

Cheap Trick's Sgt. Pepper Live debuts at #83. This is the second time that The Beatles' 1967 classic, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has been revisited with a chart album. In 1978, Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees starred in a movie version of the album, which yielded a star-studded soundtrack. The double-disk album, which also included some non-Pepper Beatles songs, made the top five. (Despite its high ranking, the album is widely believed to have flopped. The saying in the industry for albums like this was "they shipped gold and returned platinum.")
The soundtrack to the remake of Fame debuts at #90. The original Fame soundtrack spent five weeks in the top 10 in the summer of 1980, peaking at #7.

R.I.P.: It's fitting that Neil Diamond was back in the top 10 last week when Ellie Greenwich died. Greenwich and her then husband Jeff Barry produced 13 Hot 100 hits by Diamond, including the top 10 smashes "Cherry, Cherry" and "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon." Greenwich was among the hottest songwriters of the ‘60s. She co-wrote such classics as "Be My Baby," "Chapel Of Love," "Leader Of The Pack," "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," among many others. Greenwich was 68.
Heads Up: Look for Whitney Houston to debut at #1 next week with I Look To You, her first studio album since Just Whitney... nearly seven years ago. Also due: Trey Songz's Ready, Chevelle's Sci-Fi Crimes, Pitbull's Rebelution, the Black Crowes' Before The Frost...Until The Freeze, The Used's Artwork, John Fogerty's The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, and Insane Clown Posse's Bang! Pow! Boom!.

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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/30/09)

1) Colbie Caillat – Breakthrough – 105,955
2) Skillet – Awake – 67,611
3) Miley Cyrus – Time Of Our Lives EP – 62,337

Other Debuts
5) Imogen Heap – Ellipse - 48,000 - exact figure missing
12) Letoya – Lady Love – 32,800
25) Queen Latifah – Persona – 18,371
46) Michael Jackson – Definitive Collection – 11,022
59) Smokey Robinson – Time Flies When Your Having Fun 0 9,213

[badrobot]

Wow. Miley Cyrus is 16 and has had 8 top ten albums. That's insane.

For comparison, 46-year-old Whitney Houston will be getting her 8th top ten album next week (including soundtracks).

Crazy!!

[busyboy]

Really? What happened to Rabbit? MESS!

[metalfan87]

I was happy to see Rev Theory's Light It Up re-enter the Billboard 200, most likely cuz of the success of Far From Over

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Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride has been moved to the Catalog chart.

No new RIAA certifications on the Billboard 200.

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42 albums debut this week. 3 are re-entries.

27 albums debuted last week. 4 albums re-entered.

24 albums debuted 2 weeks ago. 3 albums re-entered.

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9/12/09 chart:

Albums with over 52 weeks on the BB200:

149 Taylor Swift
145 Daughtry
78 MGMT
78 Alan Jackson
74 Theory of a Deadman
74 George Strait
72 Lady Antebellum
69 Toby Keith
68 Jason Mraz
68 Frank Sinatra

65 Disturbed
64 Lil Wayne
63 Coldplay
63 Katy Perry
62 Shinedown
60 Mamma Mia Sdtk.
58 Sugarland
56 Jamey Johnson
54 Third Day
52 Hollywood Undead

52 Chris Tomlin

Falling off:

96 Carrie Underwood - moved to the Catalog chart
70 Saving Abel
64 3 Doors Down
65 Jack Johnson
52 Slipknot

[chartfreak]

Sept 2, 2009 11:55:04 GMT -5 Wrecking Ball said:

go Taylor and Fifteen

and just ugh if less then 60k ends up being the difference between Whitney and Miley

130,000 + 62,000 = 192,000

Whitney should do close to 240,000 to 275,000 so it would not have mattered.

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OVER THE COUNTER: CAILLAT'S ON TOP, CYRUS'S EARLY, AND HOUSTON'S NEXT
September 12, 2009

KEITH CAULFIELD

With Colbie Caillat's No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 with "Breakthrough," Universal Music Group Distribution notches a sixth consecutive debut at No. 1 on the chart. It's the first time a distributor has achieved the feat in the chart's 53-year history.

The last time we came close to six in a row was when UMGD snared five back-to-back toppers in the summer of 2006 with AFI, Busta Rhymes, Nelly Furtado, India.Arie and Johnny Cash.

While this is interesting to note, it also makes one wonder just how mighty of an achievement it is. With the rapid turnover at the top of the chart—where an album is king for a week and then swiftly becomes old news—the Billboard 200 is only going to churn through titles increasingly faster as the months march on. We're waiting for a post-Thanksgiving week later this year where the entire top 10 will house new entries.



break on through: Singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat finds her way to her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her second album, "Breakthrough," selling a bigger-than-expected 106,000 copies. The "Bubbly" singer may not have the visibility level of, say, Lady GaGa, but her guitar-strumming pop certainly has won her a following.

Caillat's first week was bolstered by a deluxe version of the album carried in the iTunes store that had seven bonus tracks in addition to the album's 12 songs. In turn, downloads from all digital retailers made up 40% of the set's first week. (But iTunes had the bulk of that share.)

"Breakthrough" also starts at No. 1 on Top Digital Albums (see page 36), where the set is one of a record nine debuts in the top 10 of the 4-year-old chart. The list most recently hosted eight arrivals in the top 10 on the June 6 tally.

While Caillat's entrance at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was expected, Miley Cyrus' entry at No. 3 was not.

The entertainer's Wal-Mart-exclusive EP "The Time of Our Lives" had its release moved up three days to Aug. 28 from its original Monday street date. Thus, it enters the Billboard 200 with 62,000 sold based on just three days of sales. That's a pretty impressive number, considering the last-minute change wasn't publicized.

However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that even without announcing a shift in release date, just the mere presence of a new Cyrus album in Wal-Mart—prominently placed next to her new budget-friendly tween clothing line—will generate healthy sales. And with back-to-school shopping in full effect, one can only picture the scene during the weekend in Wal-Marts across America where little girls convinced their parents to buy them not only a new Cyrus T-shirt but her new EP too.

Cyrus' debut was also aided by her Aug. 28 chat and performance on NBC's "Today," where she promoted her clothing line, the EP and the "Hannah Montana" TV show.



HOUSTON LAUNCH: How will Miley Cyrus' EP fair next issue, with its first full week of sales? Industry prognosticators suggest it could sell between 120,000 and 140,000, which should keep it near the top of the Billboard 200 next week.

However, Cyrus will likely take a back seat to Whitney Houston, with her much heralded comeback album "I Look to You." Sources suggest the set could sell in the range of 250,000-270,000 its first week. If it hits a number that big, it will give the singer her best opening sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.



FOR THE RECORD: The Billboard Hot 100's Between the Bullets column (see page 38) should have stated that Interscope Records extends its chart record of consecutive weeks at No. 1 to 23 this issue. The label spent a week at the top with Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" in the week prior to the start of the Black Eyed Peas' current run. The Hot 100 page went to print before this correction could be rectified.

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Billboard 200 Albums - w/e 12/09/2009

01 :new: 01 Colbie Caillat, Breakthrough 105,955 106,042
02 :new: 01 Skillet, Awake 67,611 36,877
03 :new: 01 Miley Cyrus, Time Of Our Lives (EP) 62,337 62,337
04 04 49 Kings Of Leon, Only By The Night 51,969 1,227,744
05 :new: 01 Imogen Heap, Ellipse 48,025 48,170
06 01 02 Reba, Keep On Loving You 41,920 137,763
07 02 03 George Strait, Twang 41,138 257,336
08 05 12 The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. 35,597 993,773
09 08 42 Taylor Swift, Fearless 34,032 3,753,889
10 :new: 01 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country Vol. 2 33,109 33,109
11 07 23 Soundtrack, Hannah Montana: The Movie 32,830 1,439,370
12 :new: 01 LeToya, Lady Love 32,800 32,859
13 09 07 Daughtry, Leave This Town 32,692 579,998
14 10 09 Various Artists, NOW 31 28,331 594,639
15 :new: 01 Arctic Monkeys, Humbug 27,591 28,131
16 13 41 Zac Brown Band, The Foundation 27,519 890,377
17 11 08 Maxwell, BLACKsummers'night 26,970 688,341
18 :new: 01 Ingrid Michaelson, Everybody 22,554 22,598
19 :new: 01 Matisyahu, Light 22,438 22,516
20 :new: 01 Needtobreathe, The Outsiders 20,740 17,376
21 16 21 Jason Aldean, Wide Open 20,624 558,607

some others:

24 :new: 01 Collective Soul, Collective Soul 18,808
25 :new: 01 Queen Latifah, Persona 18,371
27 :new: 01 Jet, Shaka Rock 16,787
30 23 50 Darius Rucker, Learn To Live 15,852 901,311
35 21 04 Sugarland, LIVE On The Inside 12,616 134,541
36 :new: 01 Love And Theft, World Wide Open 12,534 12,538
43 :new: 01 Willie Nelson, American Classic 11,496 11,577
61 :new: 01 Jack Ingram, Big Dreams & High Hopes 9,137 9,153
134 112 23 Eric Church, Carolina 3,204 125,554
168 71 02 David Nail, I'm About To Come Alive 3,075 9,420
169 143 10 Colt Ford, Ride Through The Country 2,893 69,155

Top 5 Catalogue CDs

1. Michael Jackson/#1’s 68,204
2. Michael Jackson/Thriller 38,536
3. Michael Jackson/The Essential Michael Jackson 29,341
4. Michael Jackson/Bad 20,474
5. Michael Jackson/Dangerous 16,262

[Young Money]

Does anyone have the top 200 from this week? I don't need sales, just positions.

[Creme de la Creme]

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Positions 1-21 found in post above.

Positions 22-200:
22 17 44 Lady GaGa, The Fame
23 06 03 Neil Diamond, Hot August Night/NYC
24 - 01 Collective Soul, Collective Soul
25 - 01 Queen Latifah, Persona
26 15 08 Soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3
27 - 01 Jet, Shaka Rock
28 22 15 Eminem, Relapse
29 24 41 Nickelback, Dark Horse
30 23 50 Darius Rucker, Learn To Live
31 25 06 Demi Lovato, Here We Go Again
32 19 05 Fabolous, Loso's Way (Soundtrack)
33 29 04 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 16
34 27 62 Shinedown, The Sound Of Madness
35 21 04 Sugarland, LIVE On The Inside
36 - 01 Love And Theft, World Wide Open
37 32 72 Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum
38 14 02 Ledisi, Turn Me Loose
39 28 04 Soundtrack, Wizards Of Waverly Place
40 20 03 Justin Moore, Justin Moore
41 31 58 Sugarland, Love On The Inside
42 42 13 Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
43 - 01 Willie Nelson, American Classic
44 34 22 Keith Urban, Defying Gravity
45 03 02 Third Eye Blind, Ursa Major
46 - 01 Michael Jackson, The Definitive Collection
47 26 04 Gloriana, Gloriana
48 40 41 Beyoncé, I Am...Sasha Fierce
49 36 16 Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
50 35 09 Brad Paisley, American Saturday Night
51 38 15 Kenny Chesney, Greatest Hits II
52 12 02 Sean Paul, Imperial Blaze
53 39 21 Rascal Flatts, Unstoppable
54 45 149 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift
55 54 44 P!nk, Funhouse
56 48 43 Soundtrack, Twilight
57 33 11 Jonas Brothers, Lines, Vines And Trying Times
58 53 63 Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
59 - 01 Smokey Robinson, Time Flies When You're Having
60 64 09 Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
61 - 01 Jack Ingram, Big Dreams & High Hopes
62 - 01 Mark Schultz, Come Alive
63 51 74 Theory Of A Deadman, Scars & Souvenirs
64 44 29 Billy Currington, Little Bit Of Everything
65 49 68 Jason Mraz, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
66 - 01 Selah, You Deliver Me
67 46 07 Soundtrack, (500) Days Of Summer
68 50 04 K'Jon, I Get Around
69 52 09 Jeremih, Jeremih
70 - 01 David Guetta, One Love
71 - 01 Fun, Aim And Ignite
72 66 17 Chrisette Michele, Epiphany
73 30 03 Cobra Starship, Hot Mess
74 - 01 J Moss, Just James
75 59 09 Rob Thomas, Cradlesong
76 57 30 The Fray, The Fray
77 - 01 Various Artists, The 99 Most Essential Pieces Of The Romantic Era
78 72 07 Owl City, Ocean Eyes
79 55 04 Modest Mouse, No One's First, And You're Next (EP)
80 65 52 Hollywood Undead, Swan Songs
81 58 13 Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot
82 80 25 Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
83 - 01 Cheap Trick, Sgt. Pepper Live
84 - 01 Leeland, Love Is On The Move
85 56 41 3OH!3, Want
86 63 06 Jordin Sparks, Battlefield
87 61 07 Twista, Category F5
88 76 63 Katy Perry, One Of The Boys
89 18 02 MuteMath, Armistice
90 - 01 Soundtrack, Fame
91 68 23 Keri Hilson, In A Perfect World...
92 79 07 The Dead Weather, Horehound
93 77 60 Soundtrack, Mamma Mia!
94 74 16 Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
95 67 02 Patton Oswalt, My Weakness Is Strong
96 - 01 George Benson, Songs And Stories
97 - 01 James Roberson, everyBody danCe!
98 84 20 Cage The Elephant, Cage The Elephant
99 62 08 All Time Low, Nothing Personal
100 47 02 Otep, Smash The Control Machine
101 81 23 Various Artists, NOW 30
102 83 26 U2, No Line On The Horizon
103 75 07 Sick Puppies, Tri-Polar
104 - 01 Lil Wyte, The Bad Influence

105 78 10 Soundtrack, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: The Album
106 41 04 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Opus Collection
107 94 08 LMFAO, Party Rock
108 90 56 Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song
109 119 04 Hillsong, Faith + Hope + Love: Live
110 91 64 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
111 104 145 Daughtry, Daughtry
112 86 12 Various Artists, Vans Warped Tour: 2009 Tour Compilation
113 93 10 Regina Spektor, Far
114 73 07 Frank Sinatra, Live At The Meadowlands
115 95 14 Halestorm, Halestorm
116 102 12 Aventura, The Last
117 85 04 Dorrough, Dorrough Music
118 97 74 George Strait, Troubadour
119 89 07 Joe, Signature
120 - 01 Oh, Sleeper, Son Of The Morning
121 - 01 Vickie Winans, How I Got Over
122 - 01 Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends, Nashville Homecoming
123 107 78 MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
124 60 02 Emmure, Felony
125 116 20 Silversun Pickups, Swoon
126 105 78 Alan Jackson, Good Time
127 92 04 Phillips, Craig & Dean, Fearless
128 113 45 Mary Mary, The Sound
129 101 09 Killswitch Engage, Killswitch Engage
130 183 02 Mew, No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
131 - 01 Bill & Gloria Gaither And Their Homecoming Friends, Joy In My Heart
132 87 03 Cavo, Bright Nights Dark Days
133 117 37 Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler
134 112 23 Eric Church, Carolina
135 100 03 Britt Nicole, The Lost Get Found
136 - 01 Matt Redman, We Shall Not Be Shaken
137 118 15 Dane Cook, ISolated INcident
138 109 02 Various Artists, Monster Ballads: The Ultimate Set
139 43 02 Breathe Carolina, Hello Fascination
140 148 39 Britney Spears, Circus
141 141 15 Mat Kearney, City Of Black & White
142 135 28 Charlie Wilson, Uncle Charlie
143 136 47 Various Artists, WOW Hits 2009: 30 Of The Year's Top Christian Artists And Hits
144 120 47 Rise Against, Appeal To Reason
145 106 10 Ginuwine, A Man's Thoughts
146 132 02 Soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
147 70 03 Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse
148 115 11 Incubus, Monuments And Melodies
149 129 22 Diana Krall, Quiet Nights
150 128 15 Randy Houser, Anything Goes
151 126 44 Rascal Flatts, Greatest Hits Volume 1
152 122 41 David Cook, David Cook
153 124 12 Pleasure P, The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
154 138 68 Frank Sinatra, Nothing But The Best
155 37 02 Sister Hazel, Release
156 - 01 Smile Empty Soul, Consciousness
160 82 03 Jessie James, Jessie James
161 108 04 Soundtrack, American Idol Season 8: The 5 Song EP
162 99 05 Ashley Tisdale, Guilty Pleasure
163 137 15 Parachute, Losing Sleep
164 - 01 Joan Sebastian, Pegadito Al Corazon
165 103 02 Conjunto Atardecer, Contigo Para Siempre
166 127 14 Wisin & Yandel, La Revolucion
167 139 23 Papa Roach, Metamorphosis
168 71 02 David Nail, I'm About To Come Alive
169 143 10 Colt Ford, Ride Through The Country
170 Re 05 Rev Theory, Light It Up
199 167 28 The Airborne Toxic Event, The Airborne Toxic Event
200 98 03 Behemoth, Evangelion
171 156 37 Hinder, Take It To The Limit
172 176 14 Various Artists, Playing For Change: Songs Around The World
173 140 09 Levon Helm, Electric Dirt
174 152 52 Chris Tomlin, Hello Love
175 188 37 The All-American Rejects, When The World Comes Down
176 159 14 Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
177 150 48 T.I., Paper Trail
178 157 29 The Lonely Island, Incredibad
179 153 19 Rick Ross, Deeper Than Rap
180 146 69 Toby Keith, 35 Biggest Hits
181 133 12 Various Artists, Disney Channel Playlist
182 160 26 Tenth Avenue North, Over And Underneath
183 149 65 Disturbed, Indestructible
184 196 14 Hillsong, United: a_CROSS//the_EARTH: Tear Down The Walls
185 175 71 Saving Abel, Saving Abel
186 - 01 Soundtrack, Jennifer's Body
187 169 54 Third Day, Revelation
188 121 03 Winds Of Plague, The Great Stone War
189 145 30 Dierks Bentley, Feel That Fire
190 162 25 The-Dream, Love V/S Money
191 165 05 Michael Franti & Spearhead, All Rebel Rockers
192 158 37 Keyshia Cole, A Different Me
193 170 03 Trailer Choir, Off The Hillbilly Hook (EP)
194 168 11 George Harrison, Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison
195 151 25 Francesca Battistelli, My Paper Heart
196 130 05 Kristinia DeBarge, Exposed
197 Re 32 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country
198 Re 02 Earnest Pugh, LIVE: Rain On Us
199 167 28 The Airborne Toxic Event, The Airborne Toxic Event
200 98 03 Behemoth, Evangelion

[Young Money]

Thank you very much!