HITS 2/15-16: SADE 425-450k

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Who is releasing albums this week?

[singingrulebritannia]

Angels & Airwaves released LOVE today. That's all I know.

edit: Or at least I thought they did. I can't find it on iTunes.

[Deleted]

Nobody of significance

[Honeymoon]

Well at least we can depend on Sade for fairly strong sales next week. We have had all 100k+ #1 weeks this year so far.

[Deleted]

The next new release capable of 100K may not come until March

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Could Sade possibly hit #1 again? They're saving half of their promo for this week. They're making a few television appearances. Sade couldn't have released an album at a better time. The timing is perfect.

[Deleted]

Much like Lady Antebellum's recent release, you will have 2 weeks at #1

The light release schedule may bring in a 3rd

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Feb 14, 2010 15:51:37 GMT -5 @2m said:

Much like Lady Antebellum's recent release, you will have 2 weeks at #1

The light release schedule may bring in a 3rd

What do you see Sade doing this week? 200-250k?

[Deleted]

Yeah - around there

[areyoureadytojump]

I guess no chart today.

HITS' building album sales chart:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

4 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 92,125 +42%
FEARLESS
1 2 THE FRAY EPIC 74,186 -61%
THE FRAY
-- 3 PLANT/KRAUSS ROUNDER 72,975 --
RAISING SAND
-- 4 INDIA.ARIE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 72,365 --
TESTIMOY VOL. 2: LOVE & POLITICS
-- 5 LILY ALLEN CAPITOL 71,066 --
IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU
15 6 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2009 RHINO 66,926 +170%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
27 7 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 63,672 +255%
VIVA LA VIDA
2 8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 63,311 -37%
WORKING ON A DREAM
24 9 ADELE COLUMBIA 57,171 +198%
19
-- 10 BOBBY VALENTINO CAPITOL 56,563 --
REBIRTH

[CookyMonzta]

Feb 12, 2010 17:56:01 GMT -5 @2m said:

The 'duo or group' part of that award means even the industry ackowledges that Sade is more than one person

Sade Adu is lead vocal of Sade

I have read that Sade is often referred to as a group and the lead vocalist alone. In one Billboard year-end chart, Sade was ranked as a solo artist; in another, a few years later, it was ranked as a group. Without Sade Adu herself, the group is known as Sweetback.

[Choco]

Feb 15, 2010 16:32:15 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

ONE year ago:

4 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 92,125 +42%
FEARLESS
1 2 THE FRAY EPIC 74,186 -61%
THE FRAY
-- 3 PLANT/KRAUSS ROUNDER 72,975 --
RAISING SAND
-- 4 INDIA.ARIE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 72,365 --
TESTIMOY VOL. 2: LOVE & POLITICS
-- 5 LILY ALLEN CAPITOL 71,066 --
IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU
15 6 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2009 RHINO 66,926 +170%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
27 7 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 63,672 +255%
VIVA LA VIDA
2 8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 63,311 -37%
WORKING ON A DREAM
24 9 ADELE COLUMBIA 57,171 +198%
19
-- 10 BOBBY VALENTINO CAPITOL 56,563 --
REBIRTH

#2-#5 were really close :o.

[Deleted]

CHART DATE: 02/15/2010
LAST UPDATE: 02/16/2010 09:44:22
NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 SADE EPIC 293,173
SOLDIER OF LOVE
1 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 159,382
NEED YOU NOW
-- 3 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 97,767
ANOTHER ROUND
-- 4 JOSH TURNER MERCURY NASHVILLE 69,237
HAYWIRE
2 5 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 65,984
REBIRTH
4 6 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 61,889
FAME
5 7 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 57,273
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
7 8 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 41,725
FEARLESS
22 9 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 37,446
CRAZY LOVE
8 10 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 34,624
I DREAMED A DREAM
10 11 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 33,834
FOUNDATION
12 12 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 32,027
FAME MONSTER (EP)
13 13 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 30,715
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
17 14 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 30,423
STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
20 15 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 30,130
MY WORLD
26 16 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 26,703
THE SQUEAKQUEL
-- 17 VALENTINE'S DAY WATERTOWER MUSIC 25,300
SOUNDTRACK
18 18 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 24,826
ANIMAL
16 19 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 21,977
PLAY ON
14 20 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 20,581
FUNHOUSE
15 21 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 20,369
THIS IS IT
32 22 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 20,210
WIDE OPEN
3 23 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 20,134
WHO I AM
21 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 18,648
LADY ANTEBELLUM
41 25 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 18,289
KISS & TELL
40 26 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE CAPITOL/EMI 18,103
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 27 DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS RCA/RMG 17,899
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
25 28 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 17,874
KIDZ BOP 17
6 29 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 17,791
VARIOUS ARTISTS
29 30 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,114
OCEAN EYES
23 31 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 16,655
RATED R
38 32 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,484
THE BRIDGE
36 33 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 15,963
BATTLE STUDIES
11 34 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 15,937
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
30 35 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 15,021
NOW 32
24 36 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 15,020
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
27 37 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 14,350
BLUEPRINT 3
28 38 YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 14,320
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
34 39 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 14,260
NUMBER ONES
33 40 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 13,021
READY
-- 41 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 12,991
SPECIAL DELIVERY
49 42 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 12,799
LEARN TO LIVE
-- 43 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 12,648
LEAVE THIS TOWN
-- 44 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT RECORDS 12,641
TONIGHT
-- 45 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 12,238
TIME OF OUR LIVES
43 46 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 11,976
DARK HORSE
9 47 ROB ZOMBIE ROADRUNNER 11,735
HELLBILLY DELUXE 2
-- 48 MASSIVE ATTACK VIRGIN/EMI 11,479
HELIGOLAND
-- 49 TIM MCGRAW CURB 10,875
SOUTHERN VOICE
-- 50 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,620
REVOLUTION

[Tanisha Thomas.]

GO SADE, GO! Please hit that 400k mark!

I'm just in awe at Melanie Fiona's increases every week. YAY Pink!

[HolidayGuy]

Look at Lady A- will it gain much with the last update? If so, an even stronger hold than projected. Some of the totals look close to what the final numbers will be.

[Donnie5]

Gaga logs another exceptional week. :)

[chopped89]

The Game is releasing an album, maybe this week, maybe the next, and i think game is capable to push 300k first week!!

[Tanisha Thomas.]

The Game has an album coming out? And you really think he will push 300k? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not this go round buddy. He might be lucky to pull BISD numbers... or half of it.

[WotUNeed]

I think the only competition Sade has in this calendar month for the number one position is Johnny Cash's first week vs. their third week, and even that I don't think is a major threat. The only other thing I could see happening is Lady Antebellum doing some kind of promotion that pushes their album ahead.

[Deleted]

Johnny Cash's latest "final recordings"?

Not as appealing, at least to me as when he actually died but, yes that is the biggest one til March

[Tanisha Thomas.]

That'd be awesome if Sade can get three weeks at numero uno.

[colson]

CHART DATE: 02/15/2010
LAST UPDATE: 02/16/2010 13:55:06
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 SADE EPIC 481,204 --
SOLDIER OF LOVE
1 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 210,057 +4%
NEED YOU NOW
-- 3 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 115,020 --
ANOTHER ROUND
2 4 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 83,034 -52%
REBIRTH
-- 5 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 80,455 --
HAYWIRE
4 6 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 75,531 -10%
FAME
-- 7 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT RECORDS 66,156 --
TONIGHT
5 8 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 65,711 -7%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
8 9 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 53,528 +15%
I DREAMED A DREAM
7 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 49,168 -6%
FEARLESS
22 11 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 48,298 +92%
CRAZY LOVE
13 12 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 40,387 +20%
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
17 13 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 39,010 +31%
STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
10 14 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 38,968 -1%
FOUNDATION
-- 15 DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS RCA/RMG 37,419 --
LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
12 16 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 36,938 +8%
FAME MONSTER (EP)
20 17 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 35,970 +25%
MY WORLD
26 18 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 31,514 +37%
THE SQUEAKQUEL
18 19 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 29,690 0%
ANIMAL
-- 20 HIM SIRE 28,076 --
SCREAMWORKS
-- 21 VALENTINE'S DAY WATERTOWER MUSIC 28,384 --
SOUNDTRACK
15 22 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 26,458 -18%
THIS IS IT
16 23 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 25,110 -22%
PLAY ON
-- 24 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 24,979 --
SPECIAL DELIVERY
6 25 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 24,228 -65%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
25 26 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 23,980 +4%
KIDZ BOP 17
14 27 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 23,924 -27%
FUNHOUSE
3 28 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 23,521 -72%
WHO I AM
21 29 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 23,441 -10%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
32 30 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 22,600 +21%
WIDE OPEN
40 31 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE CAPITOL/EMI 22,126 +43%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
29 32 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 21,380 +8%
OCEAN EYES
41 33 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 21,184 +42%
KISS & TELL
48 34 CRAZY HEART NEW WEST RECORDS 20,865 +61%
SOUNDTRACK
23 35 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 20,687 -16%
RATED R
37 36 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL/EMI 20,471 +20%
THE SEA
38 37 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 20,455 +23%
THE BRIDGE
36 38 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 19,584 +14%
BATTLE STUDIES
28 39 YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 19,400 -3%
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
11 40 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 18,773 -49%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
30 41 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 18,589 -3%
NOW 32
9 42 ROB ZOMBIE ROADRUNNER 18,368 -58%
HELLBILLY DELUXE 2
24 43 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 18,134 -24%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
27 44 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 17,885 -12%
BLUEPRINT 3
35 45 VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL/BEGGARS 17,653 0%
CONTRA
34 46 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 17,033 -5%
NUMBER ONES
-- 47 MASSIVE ATTACK VIRGIN/EMI 17,023 --
HELIGOLAND
49 48 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,621 +30%
LEARN TO LIVE
44 49 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 16,543 +19%
SEX THERAPY
33 50 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 16,382 -10%
READY

[colson]

I'm your Soldier of Love, Go Sade!!!!

[chopped89]

Feb 16, 2010 16:01:34 GMT -5 Tanisha Thomas. said:

The Game has an album coming out? And you really think he will push 300k? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not this go round buddy. He might be lucky to pull BISD numbers... or half of it.

Well, let me tell u something....
BISD didn't sell because 50 was stupid, he was supposed to release it in May, but he said that he's so loyal to eminem and he let him come out first!!thats stupid, because since then he wasn't hyping his album, and his singles didn't sell, thats why they weren't considered as singles....the same thing is happening to Game, he was supposed to release it in 2009!!but he was saying that interscope kept pushing it back...so i would say that he would have sold 300k in 09, but now maybe 150-200k...believe me the streets gives him respect more than 50 nowadays!!

[areyoureadytojump]

Lady A with an increase!

[areyoureadytojump]

What's that Buble album at #24?

[Choco]

Feb 16, 2010 17:06:06 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

What's that Buble album at #24?

An EP of previously unreleased songs, B-sides and stuff like that.

[HolidayGuy]

Lady A not even losing sales? Could change a little with SoundScan numbers, though. Either way, great third-week sales.

Was Buble on Oprah or something again last week?

Forget who was hoping Massive Attack would sell 15K- but, it did, and then some. :) Hopefully the numbers aren't too far off for SoundScan.

[hitseeker.]

great sales for the Top3, the beginning of 2010 has given us amazing album sales, considering the state of the industry

Bieber's EP is staying very consistent, I wonder if that'll change when "My World 2.0" is released next month