HITS 2/22-23: Sade 175-185k

[musicrocks]

Feb 19, 2010 15:30:41 GMT -5 lugus15 said:

Feb 19, 2010 14:56:34 GMT -5 tsw2008 said:

Can a mainstream pop artist go gold without a hit ?

Please, artists with Top 5 singles, like:

Jay Sean (with a #1 single)
Kid Cudi (with a #3 single)
Jeremih (with a #4 single)
you get the point ;)

can´t even reach 400,000 copies sold of their albums.

I wouldn't call Hudson´s album a flop. I bet it sits at 700,000 plus copies nowadays.

U forgot the biggest one: Flo Rida

Low and Right Round were #1 for 10 and 6 weeks, respectively and Low was the biggest song of 2008. Here's a quote from a Chart Watch article by Paul Grein, posted at the end of last year.

"Flo Rida is what used to be called a "singles artist." "Low" and "Right Round" have sold a combined total of 9,378,000 downloads. But Flo's two albums, Mail On Sunday and R.O.O.T.S. (Route Of Overcoming The Struggle), have sold a combined total of just 663,000 copies."

[Mpol]

Kid Cudi's album is AMAZING! Masterpiece.

[jgizzle89]

^ agreed, but it still barley sold over 300k. it's really a shame.

[Brazilian Guy]

Yeah, pop artists have the toughest time to sell albums. Lots of r&B, soul, ac, rock acts can sell lots of albums without a hit but when it comes to pop, you need your song on the radio and downloads blazing.

Of course these "names" are already famous and with a big fanbase but even when you apply that to pop, there`s trouble. LOL.

[Rodze]

CHART DATE: 02/22/2010
LAST UPDATE: 02/22/2010 11:12:09
NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 SADE EPIC 114,349
SOLDIER OF LOVE
2 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 105,144
NEED YOU NOW
6 3 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 35,805
FAME
8 4 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 31,070
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
9 5 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 30,473
I DREAMED A DREAM
4 6 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 28,996
REBIRTH
12 7 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 25,390
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
3 8 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 24,372
ANOTHER ROUND
16 9 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 23,515
FAME MONSTER (EP)
5 10 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 23,014
HAYWIRE
17 11 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 22,280
MY WORLD
10 12 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 21,448
FEARLESS
13 13 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 21,149
STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
18 14 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 17,825
THE SQUEAKQUEL
14 15 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 17,265
FOUNDATION
11 16 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 17,175
CRAZY LOVE
35 17 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 16,210
RATED R
19 18 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 15,840
ANIMAL
23 19 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 14,968
PLAY ON
29 20 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 13,514
LADY ANTEBELLUM
30 21 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 13,346
WIDE OPEN
33 22 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 11,282
KISS & TELL
26 23 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,186
KIDZ BOP 17
41 24 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 10,816
NOW 32
37 25 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 10,472
THE BRIDGE
39 26 YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 10,275
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
20 27 VALENTINE'S DAY WATERTOWER MUSIC 10,152
SOUNDTRACK
22 28 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 9,609
THIS IS IT
50 29 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 9,479
READY
32 30 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,403
OCEAN EYES
46 31 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 9,304
NUMBER ONES
27 32 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 9,045
FUNHOUSE
-- 33 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 8,837
DARK HORSE
25 34 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 8,769
VARIOUS ARTISTS
28 35 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 8,649
WHO I AM
40 36 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 8,577
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
48 37 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,442
LEARN TO LIVE
-- 38 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 8,088
TIME OF OUR LIVES
44 39 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 8,000
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 40 GUCCI MANE WARNER BROS. 7,373
STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS
43 41 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 7,279
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
-- 42 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 7,152
REVOLUTION
-- 43 TIM MCGRAW CURB 7,085
SOUTHERN VOICE
49 44 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 7,007
SEX THERAPY
-- 45 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 6,743
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
31 46 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE CAPITOL/EMI 6,615
VARIOUS ARTISTS
38 47 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 6,456
BATTLE STUDIES
-- 48 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 6,284
LEAVE THIS TOWN
-- 49 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 5,857
RELAPSE
42 50 ROB ZOMBIE ROADRUNNER 5,684
HELLBILLY DELUXE 2

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

go Melanie Fiona.

The Bridge is the Shit...

[vandj4ever]

Feb 19, 2010 15:13:25 GMT -5 tsw2008 said:

Feb 19, 2010 15:07:43 GMT -5 Tanisha Thomas. said:

Yes.

A commercial, mainstream pop artist ? Can you name a few that have done so recently ?

Recently maybe not. Britney had a hit with her last album but I suspect she could even without one. Justin probably could.

Others like Gaga it's hard to say. She hasn't been in that situation since the public discovered her. Of the new pop stars she's probably the only one I could see maybe doing so.

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS' building album sales chart:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 62,523 -32%
FEARLESS
-- 2 CHARLIE WILSON JIVE/JLG 57,606 --
UNCLE CHARLIE
2 3 THE FRAY EPIC 53,798 -27%
THE FRAY
11 4 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 42,776 -24%
DARK HORSE
12 5 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 41,032 -24%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
14 6 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 32,982 -16%
INTUITION
15 7 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 32,166 -11%
808S & HEARTBREAK
26 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 32,082 +12%
FAME
4 9 INDIA.ARIE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 31,528 -56%
TESTIMOY VOL. 2: LOVE & POLITICS
3 10 PLANT/KRAUSS ROUNDER 30,791 -58%
RAISING SAND

[Choco]

GaGa will be higher this week than last year!
I remember when the album first came out and it was struggling a lot. Great for her!

[fridayteenage]

Wow, Glee is the #1 album in the UK. It peaked at #4 in the US.

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Feb 22, 2010 19:41:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

GaGa will be higher this week than last year!
I remember when the album first came out and it was struggling a lot. Great for her!

That's because she wasn't quite known then. Many albums used to do that years ago. No one really cared about first week sales as much, just overall sales and longevity. Boy has time changed...

[Choco]

Feb 22, 2010 20:59:25 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Wow, Glee is the #1 album in the UK. It peaked at #4 in the US.

Glee is really big in the US, but it has been massive in the UK. Even the songs have all peaked higher there than in the US.

[slw84]

Feb 22, 2010 21:01:29 GMT -5 Tanisha Thomas. said:

Feb 22, 2010 19:41:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

GaGa will be higher this week than last year!
I remember when the album first came out and it was struggling a lot. Great for her!

That's because she wasn't quite known then. Many albums used to do that years ago. No one really cared about first week sales as much, just overall sales and longevity. Boy has time changed...

That is primarily because how an album fares in the first 4-6 weeks can determine how much push a record company puts on the artist.

I think record companies believed more in their artist to develop them and give them more chances...now if you make one or two wrong turns it can be a career kill

[lyrichord]

CHART DATE: 02/22/2010
LAST UPDATE: 02/23/2010 13:11:07
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 SADE EPIC 191,189 -60%
SOLDIER OF LOVE
2 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 144,442 -31%
NEED YOU NOW
8 3 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 66,871 +2%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
6 4 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 63,403 -16%
FAME
4 5 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 59,070 -29%
REBIRTH
9 6 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 52,605 -2%
I DREAMED A DREAM
12 7 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 39,878 -1%
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
3 8 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 35,107 -69%
ANOTHER ROUND
5 9 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 34,285 -57%
HAYWIRE
10 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 32,283 -34%
FEARLESS
17 11 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 32,125 -11%
MY WORLD
16 12 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 32,111 -13%
FAME MONSTER (EP)
13 13 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 31,218 -20%
STRONGER WITH EACH TEAR
19 14 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 30,244 +2%
ANIMAL
7 15 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT RECORDS 28,292 -57%
TONIGHT
35 16 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 26,327 +27%
RATED R
14 17 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 26,080 -33%
FOUNDATION
11 18 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 25,831 -47%
CRAZY LOVE
18 19 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 22,135 -30%
THE SQUEAKQUEL
23 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 21,570 -14%
PLAY ON
39 21 YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 20,408 +5%
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
34 22 CRAZY HEART NEW WEST RECORDS 20,050 -4%
SOUNDTRACK
32 23 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,260 -10%
OCEAN EYES
20 24 VALENTINE'S DAY WATERTOWER MUSIC 18,041 -36%
SOUNDTRACK
29 25 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 17,772 -24%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
27 26 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 17,762 -26%
FUNHOUSE
50 27 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 17,173 +5%
READY
30 28 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 16,390 -27%
WIDE OPEN
26 29 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 16,308 -32%
KIDZ BOP 17
45 30 VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL/BEGGARS 15,033 -15%
CONTRA
44 31 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 16,003 -11%
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 32 K.D. LANG NONESUCH 15,932 --
RECOLLECTION
33 33 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 15,898 -25%
KISS & TELL
37 34 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 15,859 -22%
THE BRIDGE
36 35 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL/EMI 15,542 -24%
THE SEA
49 36 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 15,255 -8%
SEX THERAPY
22 37 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 15,150 -43%
THIS IS IT
25 38 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES CAPITOL/EMI 14,840 -39%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 39 GUCCI MANE WARNER BROS. 14,777 --
STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS
-- 40 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 14,559 --
THE FALL
43 41 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 14,351 -21%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
38 42 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 14,231 -27%
BATTLE STUDIES
41 43 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 13,764 -26%
NOW 32
40 44 BEYONCE MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 13,761 -27%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 45 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 13,721 --
RELAPSE
-- 46 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 13,061 --
DARK HORSE
46 47 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 12,743 -25%
NUMBER ONES
42 48 ROB ZOMBIE ROADRUNNER 12,394 -33%
HELLBILLY DELUXE 2
28 49 NICK JONAS & THE ADMINISTRATION HOLLYWOOD 12,302 -48%
WHO I AM
-- 50 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 11,712 --
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

[Deleted]

This stands out in a fairly down week:

35 16 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 26,327 +27%
RATED R

What caused her increase?

[Tanisha Thomas.]

YAY for Sade! 2nd week at #1 and approaching the 1 million mark! They should be at about 700k.

[#LisaRinna]

yay @ Melanie!!

[nighttime]

Rude Boy's been taking off, I suppose. I think they also aired a pre-taped performance of Rude Boy from the week before on Ellen.

[Mark]

Great for BEP! Their album is really good.

And Taylor still in the top 10 and Rihanna has a nice increase! Awesome!

[Soldado de Juguete]

Wooho! Animal still in the top 20 =D
150.000 / 65.000 / 30.000 / 30.000 / 30.000 / 30.000 / 30.000 ha! Very Nice!

[Creme de la Creme]

Sade is pulling away. It was pretty close for a while.

[Music Fan]

BEP, Kesha, Rihanna, Young Money and Trey Songz the only ones with an increase...

[slicknickshady]

Glad to see EMINEM Relapse in the Top 50.

[Choco]

What caused Eminem's surge?

[cartman2002]

This week again, the top 10 albums sold more than the top 10 from last year by at least 2,000 copies.

[musicrocks]

Feb 23, 2010 21:04:08 GMT -5 Music Fan said:

BEP, Kesha, Rihanna, Young Money and Trey Songz the only ones with an increase...

The ones that re-enter the top 50 (Eminem and Nickelback) also got an increase

[fridayteenage]

Hmm, 10-13 are very close.

[slicknickshady]

Feb 23, 2010 22:00:52 GMT -5 Choco said:

What caused Eminem's surge?

I have no clue. Maybe the false rumors of him getting back with Kim, IDK.

My guess is it's for no paticular reason though.

[chopped89]

Feb 24, 2010 2:58:37 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

Feb 23, 2010 22:00:52 GMT -5 Choco said:

What caused Eminem's surge?

I have no clue. Maybe the false rumors of him getting back with Kim, IDK.

My guess is it's for no paticular reason though.

He's gonna takeover fuse march 1st, maybe thats not the reason!!he just sells good!!maybe its because he announced a European tour!!anyways glad to see him, i want him to hit 2milli!!