Billboard 200: 3/27/10: Ludacris #1 136k

[areyoureadytojump]

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/14/10)

1) Ludacris – Battle Of The Sexes – 136,950
2) Gorillaz – Plastic Beach – 112,011
3) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 104,597 (After 7 weeks – 1,389,653)

Other Debuts
4) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Valleys Of Neptune – 95,319
5) Gary Allen – Get Off On The Pain – 64,981
7) Broken Bells – Broken Bells – 49,341
15) Passion – Passion Awakening – 25,424

[Rodze]

content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/idol-album-sales-danny-gokey-daughtry-kelly-clarkson-etc/1

Danny Gokey, My Best Days (24,000, -63 percent, 90,000 total)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (17,000, -7 percent, 1.394 million)
Various, Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (12,000, -12 percent, 839,000)
Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 17 (11,000, -11 percent, 137,000)
Daughtry, Leave This Town (9,000, -38 percent, 986,000)
Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (9,000, -22 percent, 561,000)
Glee Cast, Glee: The Music, Vol. 2 (6,000, no change, 548,000)
Glee Cast, Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 (6,000, -1 percent, 749,000)
Various, WOW Hits 2010 (6,000, -13 percent, 321,000)
Various, 2010 Grammy Nominees (5,000, -27 percent, 228,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (4,000, +125 percent, 6.133 million)
Kris Allen, Kris Allen (4,000, -40 percent, 283,000)
Various, Now That's What I Call Love (4,000, -26 percent, 77,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (3,000, -21 percent, 4.650 million)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 2 (3,000, -10 percent, 257,000)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, -27 percent, 6.954 million)
Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler (2,000, -25 percent, 396,000)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, -13 percent, 3.072 million)
Kellie Pickler, Small Town Girl (1,000, -19 percent, 853,000)
Jason Castro, Love Uncompromised EP (1,000, +49 percent, 12,000 total, all digital)
Various, Hope for Haiti (1,000, -28 percent, 368,000 total, all digital)
Mandisa, Freedom (less than 1,000, +12 percent, 94,000)
Katharine McPhee, Had It All (less than 1,000, -34 percent, 35,000)

[wallace]

Go Jimi Hendrix!

And this, from that Idol Chatter link:

Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway more than doubled its week-over-week numbers, surging back into the Billboard 200.

[Rodze]

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1634105/20100317/ludacris.jhtml

01) Ludacris – Battle Of The Sexes – 137,000 / 137,000
02) Gorillaz – Plastic Beach – 112,000 / 112,000
03) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 105,000 / 1,390,000
04) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Valleys Of Neptune – 95,000 / 95,000
05) Gary Allen – Get Off On The Pain – 65,000 / 65,000
06) Sade - Soldiers of Love - 52,000 / 951,000
07) Broken Bells – Broken Bells – 49,000 / 49,000
08) Lady Gaga - The Fame - 47,000 / 3,010,000
09) Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) - 43,000 / 2,271,000
10) Blake Shelton - Hillbilly Bone - 28,000 / 99,000

13) Various - Almost Alice - 27,000 / 85,000
15) Passion – Passion Awakening – 25,000 / 25,000
24) Raheem DeVaughn - Love & War MasterPeace - 19,000 / 64,000
29) Jason Derulo - Jason Derulo - 17,000 / 59,000
34) Lifehouse - Smoke & Mirrors - 15,000 / 69,000

56) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo - 10,000
107) Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks - 5,000

[Call Me Crazy]

Mar 17, 2010 9:40:59 GMT -5 wallace said:

And this, from that Idol Chatter link:

Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway more than doubled its week-over-week numbers, surging back into the Billboard 200.

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This just proves people still LOVE Kelly Clarkson

[HolidayGuy]

I imagine that Breakaway had a nice sale somewhere last week? I know it and other Idol albums have been $7.99 at iTunes for some weeks now.

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Mar 17, 2010 13:00:31 GMT -5 Call Me Crazy said:

Mar 17, 2010 9:40:59 GMT -5 wallace said:

And this, from that Idol Chatter link:

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Proves that people still love old, hot, Kelly, This just proves people still LOVE Kelly Clarkson

Go Lady A!

[wallace]

Mar 17, 2010 13:37:22 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

I imagine that Breakaway had a nice sale somewhere last week? I know it and other Idol albums have been $7.99 at iTunes for some weeks now.

$3.99 at Amazon, plus songs from it being performed on Idol in such a way as to make people want the original.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/charts/chart_alert/e3iff897d5a72be730341c49a19e7e2b010

Fourth No. 1 Album For Ludacris
March 17, 2010

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

Ludacris lands his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Battle of the Sexes" debuts atop the list with 137,000 . . . It's the first rap album to reach No. 1 in nearly six months . . . the last was Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" back in early October . . . The top 10 also welcomes new entries from Gorillaz, Jimi Hendrix and Broken Bells . . . Last week's No. 1, Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," slips to No. 3.


FLASH POINTS

• Ludacris scores his fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as "Battle of the Sexes" debuts atop the tally with 137,000 copies. It's the rapper/actor's follow-up to "Theater of the Mind," which peaked at No. 5 upon its opening week with 213,000. Counting "Battle," he's scored seven top 10 sets, including his previous No. 1s "Release Therapy" (2006), "The Red Light District" (2004) and "Chicken N Beer" (2003).

• As Ludacris notches his fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200, that ties him for the third-most No. 1s among rap acts. His total brings him up to speed with the Beastie Boys, but trails 2Pac, DMX, Eminem and Nas, who each have five No. 1s. The all-time leader among rap acts is Jay-Z, with 11.

• "Battle of the Sexes" is the first rap album to top the Billboard 200 in nearly six months. The last time a hip-hop set crowned the list was when Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" spent its second and final week at No. 1 on the Oct. 3, 2009, chart.

• One last trivia tidbit on "Battle of the Sexes": It's only the second No. 1 album to feature the word "sex" in its title. The first was Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" in 2007.

• As for the second-highest debut on the Billboard 200 this week, the animated band Gorillaz debuts at No. 2 with its third studio effort, "Plastic Beach." It's the act's highest-charting album and it arrives with its best sales week yet—112,000. Gorillaz' previous high rank came when their last studio set, "Demon Days," debuted and peaked at No. 6 with 107,000 in 2005. "Plastic Beach" settles for the runner-up slot on both sides of the Atlantic this week, for over in the United Kingdom, the album starts at No. 2 on the Official Charts Co. album chart behind Boyzone's "Brother."

• Last week's No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," slips to No. 3 with 105,000 (down 17%) in its seventh week on the list.

• The chart's next debut is Jimi Hendrix's "Valleys of Neptune," which starts at No. 4 with 95,000. It's the legendary singer/guitarist's highest-charting album since "The Cry of Love" reached No. 3 in 1971. The new release is a recently discovered collection of previously unreleased studio recordings Hendrix made before he died in 1970. Since his passing, Hendrix has been seemingly ever-present on the Billboard 200, as he's charted 34 posthumous albums, including "Valleys of Neptune."

• Country singer Gary Allan is next in the parade of debuts: His "Get Off on the Pain" arrives at No. 5 with 65,000. It's Allan's fourth straight top 10 album following "Tough All Over" (No. 5 in 2005), "Greatest Hits" (No. 5 in 2007) and "Living Hard" (No. 3 in 2007).

• The final new entry in the top 10 this week comes in at No. 7 from super duo Broken Bells, which sees its self-titled debut bow with 49,000. Broken Bells' members are Brian Burton (aka producer Danger Mouse) and the Shins' singer James Mercer. The latter band most recently charted with "Wincing the Night Away," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2007 with 118,000 in its first week.

• As for the holdovers in the top 10 this week, Sade's "Soldier of Love" is down four rungs to No. 6 with 52,000 (down 34%), Lady Gaga's "The Fame" is down one to No. 8 with 48,000 (down 3%), the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." also drops one spot to No. 9 with 43,000 (down 8%), and Blake Shelton's "Hillbilly Bone" falls seven slots to No. 10 in its second week with 29,000 (down 60%).

• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 14) totaled 6.1 million units, down 3% compared with the sum last week (6.3 million) and down 8% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.6 million).

• AND NEXT WEEK:

• As for next week's Billboard 200, it's looking like gospel singer/minister Marvin Sapp will earn the highest debut, as industry prognosticators foresee his "Here I Am" album selling as many as 70,000 copies by week's end on Sunday March 21.

• That sales figure may place the album in the top five on next week's chart. His last set, 2007's "Thirsty," peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 but spent a lengthy 81 weeks on the chart. It has sold 710,000 copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its long run on the charts and healthy sales can be attributed in part to his surprise radio hit "Never Would Have Made It," which spent a staggering 56 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart between 2008 and 2009.

• We're guessing that with the current No. 1 and No. 2 albums—Ludacris' "Battle of the Sexes" and Gorillaz' "Plastic Beach"—expected to make sizable second-week sales declines after their debuts this week, Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (No. 3 this past week) could make an encore return to No. 1 next week.

• Aside from Sapp, look for other notable new entries next week from Flobots' "Survival Story," the White Stripes' live set "Under Great White Northern Lights" and Drive-By Truckers' "The Big To-Do."



MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 6.1 million units
• DOWN 3% from last week's charts: 6.3 million units
• DOWN 8% from the comparable week in 2009: 6.6 million units
• This week: The top three albums on the Billboard 200 each sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: Kelly Clarkson netted her second No. 1 album as "All I Ever Wanted" premiered atop the chart with 255,000. The-Dream opened at No. 2 with "Love Vs. Money" (151,000) while the previous week's No. 1 album—U2's "No Line on the Horizon"—fell to No. 3 with 132,000 (down 73%).



A LOOK AHEAD

• Among the albums released this week, due on next week's charts: the White Stripes' "Under Great White Northern Lights," Marvin Sapp's "Here I Am," Drive-By Truckers' "The Big To-Do," Dropkick Murphys' "Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA," Flobots' "Survival Story," Fates Warning's "Parallels" and Julieta Venegas' "Otra Cosa."

• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: Kelly Clarkson's "All I Ever Wanted" remained at No. 1 for a second week, selling 90,000 copies (down 65%) while the chart's highest debut came from Gorilla Zoe's "Don't Feed the Animals" at No. 8 with 31,000.

[HolidayGuy]

Single-digit decline from a year ago- keep it up, album buyers.

[Creme de la Creme]

TOP 20

Wks on Chart, Rank, Artist, Album title, Sales TW, Total Sales
1 1 LUDACRIS BATTLE OF THE SEXES 136950 137272
1 2 GORILLAZ PLASTIC BEACH 112011 112317
7 3 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 104597 1389653
1 4 JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE VALLEY OF NEPTUNE 95319 96020
1 5 GARY ALLEN GET OFF ON THE PAIN 64981 65044
5 6 SADE SOLDIER OF LOVE 51991 951410
1 7 BROKEN BELLS BROKEN BELLS 49341 49681
72 8 LADY GAGA FAME 47487 3010282
40 9 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 42844 2270647
2 10 BLAKE SHELTON HILLBILLY BONE 28476 99485
17 11 JUSTIN BEIBER MY WORLD 27596 1025698
6 12 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 27150 420448
2 13 VARIOUS ALMOST ALICE 26639 84894
10 14 KE$HA ANIMAL 26566 463638
1 15 PASSION PASSION AWAKENING 25424 98641
2 16 DANNY GOKEY MY BEST DAYS 24426 88212
69 17 ZAC BROWN BAND FOUNDATION 23909 1705821
8 18 CRAZY HEART ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK CRAZY HEART ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 23841 130814
16 19 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8TRK) 23256 877191
70 20 TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS 22203 5676617

Courtesy of: gothamjungle.com/GothamBlog/

[Creme de la Creme]

Week Ending March 14, 2010: Hendrix Tops Elvis
by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Valleys Of Neptune enters The Billboard 200 at #4, putting the rock legend back in the top five nearly 40 years after he died at the tragically young age of 27. No other artist has cracked the top five this long after his death. Elvis Presley is in second place. His Elvis: 2nd To None debuted at #3 in October 2003, a little more than 26 years after his death..

Hendrix is the second music legend to make the top five posthumously in the past two weeks. Johnny Cash bowed at #3 two weeks ago with American VI: Ain't No Grave. But Cash died less than seven years ago. It's more remarkable for an artist who died four decades ago to make significant chart waves..

Valleys Of Neptune is, incredibly, Hendrix's 34th posthumous album to make The Billboard 200..

Hendrix was a star for just three years, from June 1967, when he played the Monterey International Pop Festival, to September 1970, when he died in London of a drug overdose. The guitar hero had four top five albums in his lifetime. This is his third top five album since his death. It follows The Cry Of Love, which hit #3 in 1971, and Crash Landing, which reached #5 in 1975..

Four of Hendrix's catalog albums re-enter The Billboard 200 this week. 1967's Are You Experienced? bows at #44, followed by 1968's Electric Ladyland at #60, the 1997 compilation First Rays Of The New Rising Sun at #63 and 1968's Axis: Bold As Love at #67..

Experienced? first cracked The Billboard 200 on Aug. 26, 1967. It was only the 10th highest new entry of the week (!), opening at an unimpressive #190. The album took 59 weeks to reach its #5 peak in October 1968. This week's debut of Valleys Of Neptune gives Hendrix a nearly 41-1/2 year span of top five albums..

Ludacris lands his fourth #1 album with Battle Of The Sexes. It follows Chicken*N*Beer, The Red Light District and Release Therapy. This is the first rap album to top the chart since Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 nearly six months ago. It's Ludacris' seventh top five album in a row, discounting a 2005 collabo with DTP, Ludacris Presents...Disturbing Tha Peace..

Two songs from Ludacris' album are listed in the top 20 on Hot Digital Songs. Ludacris is also featured on two big hits by other artists. He's helping out on Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart," which holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs, and Justin Bieber's "Baby," which hold at #7. "Break Your Heart" sold 202,000 copies this week, bringing its three-week total to 506,000..

Gorillaz's Plastic Beach debuts at #2 in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album sold 112,000 copies in the U.S. More than half of those copies (62,000) were sold digitally, making this the week's #1 Digital Album. In the U.K., the album debuts behind Boyzone's Brother..

Lady Antebellum's Need You Now dips from #1 to #3 on The Billboard 200, but holds at #1 for the seventh straight week on Top Country Albums. This is the longest run at #1 for an album by a group since Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden had seven weeks on top in 2007. Setting aside Eagles, which was a pop-rock powerhouse before it became a country favorite, this is the longest run at #1 for an album by a core country group since Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way had nine weeks on top in 2006-2007..

Next week, in addition to holding at #1 on Top Country Albums, Need You Now may well return to #1 on The Billboard 200. It would be the first album to have three separate runs in the top spot since Taylor Swift's Fearless. Country sells and sells and sells..

Broken Bells' Broken Bells enters The Billboard 200 at #7. This is a project by James Mercer of The Shins and Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, best known as one-half of Gnarls Barkley. Both of those acts had top five albums. The Shins' Wincing The Night Away debuted at #2 in January 2007. Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere peaked at #4 in July 2006..

Lady Gaga's The Fame dips from #7 to #8. This is its 38th week in the top 10, the longest run in the top 10 for the debut album by a female artist since Britney Spears' 1999 album ...Baby One More Time held tight for 50 weeks..

Song Scorecard: "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. It's Foxx's first 2 million seller as a lead artist, though he was featured on Kanye West's 2005 smash "Gold Digger," which has sold 2,793,000 copies..

"Bedrock" by Young Money featuring Lloyd also tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads. The song is listed in the top 20 on Hot Digital Songs for the 15th consecutive week. It climbed as high as #4..

Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" tops the 5 million mark in paid downloads this week. Of the five songs that have sold 5 million digital copies, this low-key, folkie ballad is only one that isn't squarely in the pop/dance/hip-hop center of contemporary pop music. Mraz's song took 107 weeks to reach 5 million, longer than any of the other songs to have reached this mark. That's fitting in a way: The genial ballad, which Mraz has called his "happy hippie song," is in no rush. "I'm Yours" was a Grammy finalist for Song of the Year a year ago..

Shameless Plug: This week marks the 65th anniversary of Billboard's first pop album chart. To mark the occasion, I have prepared a Chart Watch Extra revealing the top three albums in just about every category you can think of. The blog stars such all-time legends as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as well as such less obvious, but still category-leading, names as Usher, M.C. Hammer and James Horner. Check it out on Friday..

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums..

1. Ludacris, Battle Of The Sexes, 137,000. This new entry is the rapper's fourth album to reach #1. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, including "How Low," which dips from #13 to #14, and "My Chick Bad" (featuring Nicki Minaj), which jumps from #30 to #18..

2. Gorillaz, Plastic Beach, 112,000. This new entry is the animated band's second top 10 album in a row. 2005's Demon Days reached #6. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Stylo" (featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack), which vaults from #188 to #81..

3. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now, 105,000. The album drops to #3 after a total of three weeks on top. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Need You Now" dips from #5 to #6. "American Honey" jumps from #49 to #38..

4. Jimi Hendrix, Valleys Of Neptune, 95,000. This new entry is Hendrix's eighth top 10 album. The tally includes 18,000 digital sales, which shows that Hendrix's appeal is multi-generational, encompassing both old codgers who love those shiny disks and young moderns who do everything digitally..

5. Gary Allan, Get Off On The Pain, 65,000. This new entry is the country singer's fourth top five album in a row. Allan climbed as high as #3 with 2005's Tough All Over and 2007's Living Hard..

6. Sade, Soldier Of Love, 52,000. The former #1 album drops from #2 to #6 in its fifth week. "Soldier Of Love" from #151 to #188 on Hot Digital Songs..

7. Broken Bells, Broken Bells, 49,000. This new entry is the second top 10 album for both James Mercer of The Shins and Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, best known as one-half of Gnarls Barkley. More than half of these albums (27,000) were sold digitally. "October" enters Hot Digital Songs at #148..

8. Lady Gaga, The Fame, 47,000. The album dips from #7 to #8 in its 72nd week. Six songs from the expanded edition of the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, including "Telephone" (featuring Beyonce), which jumps from #14 to #11, and "Bad Romance," which holds at #17..

9. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 43,000. The former #1 album dips from #8 to #9 in its 40th week. This is its 27th week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, including "Imma Be," which dips from #3 to #5, and "I Gotta Feeling," which holds at #20..

10. Blake Shelton, Hillbilly Bone, 28,000. The EP drops from #3 to #10 in its second week. "Hillbilly Bone" (featuring Trace Adkins) dips from #66 to #72 on Hot Digital Songs..

Alice In Wonderland was #1 at the box-office for the second straight weekend. The Almost Alice soundtrack is the top-selling soundtrack for the second week, though it drops from #5 to #13 on The Billboard 200..

Four other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Danny Gokey's My Best Days drops from #4 to #16, Lifehouse's Smoke & Mirrors plummets from #6 to #34, Raheem DeVaughn's The Love & War Masterpeace drops from #9 to #24 and Easton Corbin's Easton Corbin drops from #10 to #21..

Three Contemporary Christian albums are listed in this week's top 40. Passion's Passion Awakening debuts at #15, Chris Tomlin's See The Morning vaults from #82 to #38 and Demon Hunter's The World Is A Thorn debuts at #39. Tomlin's album, which was released in 2006, is this week's #1 Catalog Album, displacing Michael Jackson's Number Ones. See The Morning is only the third non-holiday album to top the Catalog chart since Jackson's death last June. It follows Number Ones and the Beatles' Abbey Road..

The soundtrack to Crazy Heart vaults from #30 to #18, its highest ranking to date. It's this week's #2 soundtrack. Ryan Bingham's recording of "The Weary Kind," which won an Oscar for Best Original Song, jumps from #137 to #99 on Hot Digital Songs..

Ry Cooder, who has been riding the charts since 1972, lands the highest-charting album of his career with a collaboration with the Chieftains, another act that dates back to the ‘70s. Their album, San Patricio, debuts at #38. Cooder's previous highest- charting album (either solo or with the all-star group Little Village) was Borderline, which hit #43 in 1981..

The original cast album from Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Love Never Dies debuts at #82. The show had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London on March 9. It's scheduled to open in New York on Nov. 11. The show continues the story of Webber's 1987 blockbuster The Phantom Of The Opera, which spawned the best-selling original cast album in Nielsen/SoundScan history. The album has sold 4,949,000 copies since May 1991, when the company began tracking sales for Billboard. Webber has been a chart presence for nearly 40 years, since the arrival of Jesus Christ Superstar (which he wrote with Tim Rice) in November 1970..

The Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death topped the 5 million sales mark a week ago. The album was released just two weeks after the rapper was shot to death in March 1997..

The Hit Man: Taylor Swift's "Today Was A Fairytale" from Valentine's Day is just the latest in a long line of songs that were introduced in Garry Marshall movies to reach the top 10 on the Hot 100. Others include Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" from Beaches; Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love" and Go West's "King Of Wishful Thinking" from Pretty Woman; Marc Anthony's "You Sang To Me" from Runaway Bride; and Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" from The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. And if you want to go way back, you can add Pratt & McClain's "Happy Days," from the long-running TV show that Marshall created. That's seven top 10 hits, a track record that a lot of top artists would envy..

Battle Weary: Ludacris' Battle Of The Sexes is the second album with a title starting with the word "Battle" to top the Billboard 200 in less than four months. It follows John Mayer's Battle Studies. These aren't the first albums that were ready for "Battle." Rage Against The Machine's The Battle Of Los Angeles topped the chart in 1999. Five For Fighting's The Battle For Everything cracked the top 20 in 2004..

Heads Up: Marvin Sapp's Here I Am is expected to be next week's top new entry. The gospel album is expected to sell in the range of 70,000 copies, which would probably put it in the top five. Also due: Flobots' Survival Story, the White Stripes' live set Under Great White Northern Lights, Drive-By Truckers' The Big To-Do and Dropkick Murphys' Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA..

[Black Jesus]

Loving the numbers for GaGa and Lady A! Can't wait to see GaGa's sales next week with the video release!

[Creme de la Creme]

A few more sales figures:

No. 22 Rihanna's “Rated R,” sold 21,700 albums this week, bringing her total sales to 731,900.

No. 23 Alicia Keys' “Element of Freedom,” sold 19,600 albums this week, bringing her total sales to 1,146,200.

No. 24 Raheem DeVaughn's “Love & War Masterpeace,” sold 19,300 albums this week, bringing his total sales to roughly 64,000.

No. 25 Trey Songz's “Ready,” sold 19,000 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 593,600.

No. 29 Jason Derulo's self-titled album sold 16,800 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 59,100.

No. 30 Mary J. Blige's “Strong,” sold 16,400 albums this week, bringing her total sales to 689,200.

No. 33 Jaheim's “Another Round,” sold 15,100 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 209,000.

No. 35 Young Money’s compilation “We Are Young Money,” sold 14,300 albums this week, bringing their total sales to 375,600.

No. 50 Melanie Fiona's “The Bridge,” sold 11,000 albums this week, bringing her total sales to 259,200.

No. 58 Gucci Mane’s “The State Vs. Radric Davis,” sold 9,400 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 310,000.

No. 64 Eminem’s “Relapse: Refill” sold 8,800 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 1,884,000.

No. 65 DJ Khaled’s “Victory,” sold 8,700 albums this week, bringing his total sales to 37,000.

No. 118 50 Cent’s “Before I Self Destruct,” sold 5,000 this week, bringing his total sales to 421,000. In related news, head on over to MTV to read why 50 says his next album titled “New Black Magic,” will be a "totally different vibe” from his previous hip-hop albums…*singing* Curtisssss…I couldn’t resist!

No. 182 Kidz in the Hall’s “Land of Make Believe,” debuts at No. 182 this week, with 2,900 albums sold.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 14) totaled 6.1 million units, down 3% compared with the sum last week (6.3 million) and down 8% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.6 million).

Source: Billboard, Sohh and Hiphopdx

[pnobelysk]

is this the lowest fearless has been on the chart since its release?

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Wow Sade almost at a million??? A decade after her last album, astonishing! And by today's standards, selling 1 million is like selling almost 3 million back in '00.

[SHOOTER]

I'm happy Kidz in the Hall managed to chart.

Is that figure for Katharine's album or single? I can't believe the album's already down to selling less than 1k per week.

[Creme de la Creme]

Country titles in BB200:

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
1 3 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 104,597 1,389,653
New 5 Gary Allan Get Off On The Pain 64,981 65,044
3 10 Blake Shelton Hillbilly Bone 28,476 99,485
4 16 Danny Gokey My Best Days 24,426 88,212
20 17 Zac Brown Band Foundation 23,909 1,705,821
30 18 Crazy Heart Original Soundtrack 23,841 130,814
17 20 Taylor Swift Fearless 22,203 5,676,617
10 21 Easton Corbin Easton Corbin 21,884 65,121
28 28 Carrie Underwood Play On 17,082 1,393,638
21 31 Johnny Cash American VI: A..No Grave 15,720 93,427
24 32 Josh Turner Haywire 15,545 176,303
34 39 Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum 13,500 1,566,177
36 43 Jason Aldean Wide Open 12,115 1,115,024
55 62 Darius Rucker Learn To Live 8,986 1,355,563
67 73 Miranda Lambert Revolution 7,780 449,555
83 85 Chris Young Man I Want To Be 6,340 243,201
86 87 Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing 6,274 268,762
66 130 Josh Thompson Way Out Here 4,408 27,603
144 140 Justin Moore Justin Moore 4,023 210,731
Re-Enter 200 Colt Ford Ride Through The Country 2,632 145,274

[grouper6]

Does anyone have this weeks BB's Boxoffice scores?
Thanks.

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers are from the 3/13/10 chart:

Sade 899k (3/20 chart)
Ke$ha 407k
Mary J Blige 654k
Now 32 813k
Eminem 1,864,395
Adam Lambert 541k
Miley Cyrus 1,297,582
Drake 393k - close enough
Muse 418k
Colbie Caillat 430k
Rascal Flatts GH 845k
Chrisette Michele 407k
Brad Paisley 505k
Billy Currington 419k

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

[kylecburke]

Mar 18, 2010 8:13:41 GMT -5 grouper6 said:

Does anyone have this weeks BB's Boxoffice scores?
Thanks.

Ya but there are too many..Here are the top 10

1 /in-house



/
/



2 Depeche Mode O2 Arena
London, U.K.
Dec. 15-16, 2009, Feb. 20, 2010
$3,505,430
47,928 /
47,928
3 /
3
$73.14
Live Nation-U.K.

3 The X Factor Live Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester, U.K.
March 13-14, 2010
$2,369,140
56,560 /
56,560
4 /
4
$43.15, $21.95
3A Entertainment

4 Elton John & Billy Joel INTRUST Bank Arena
Wichita, Kan.
March 3, 2010
$1,706,428
14,029 /
14,029
1 /
1
$179, $53.50
Live Nation

5 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Madison Square Garden
New York, N.Y.
March 2, 2010
$1,362,821
13,586 /
13,586
1 /
1
$668.42, $35
Live Nation

6 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Verizon Center
Washington, D.C.
March 3, 2010
$1,271,352
13,612 /
13,612
1 /
1
$122, $42
Live Nation

7 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Philips Arena
Atlanta, Ga.
Feb. 27, 2010
$1,249,288
13,741 /
13,741
1 /
1
$250.50, $39.50
Live Nation/in-house

8 Lady Gaga, Alphabeat, Semi Precious Weapons O2
Dublin, Ireland
Feb. 20-21, 2010
$1,225,970
25,194 /
25,194
2 /
2
$54.09, $43.95
Aiken Promotions

9 The X Factor Live Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena
Aberdeen, U.K.
March 4-7, 2010
$1,181,680
28,608 /
28,608
6 /
6
$42.91, $21.83
3A Entertainment

10 Michael Buble St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, Fla.
March 13, 2010
$1,075,956
13,433 /
13,433
1 /
1
$89.50, $49.50
Beaver Productions

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Mar 18, 2010 3:21:18 GMT -5 Creme de la Creme said:

Country titles in BB200:

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
1 3 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 104,597 1,389,653
New 5 Gary Allan Get Off On The Pain 64,981 65,044
3 10 Blake Shelton Hillbilly Bone 28,476 99,485
4 16 Danny Gokey My Best Days 24,426 88,212
20 17 Zac Brown Band Foundation 23,909 1,705,821
30 18 Crazy Heart Original Soundtrack 23,841 130,814
17 20 Taylor Swift Fearless 22,203 5,676,617
10 21 Easton Corbin Easton Corbin 21,884 65,121
28 28 Carrie Underwood Play On 17,082 1,393,638
21 31 Johnny Cash American VI: A..No Grave 15,720 93,427
24 32 Josh Turner Haywire 15,545 176,303
34 39 Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum 13,500 1,566,177
36 43 Jason Aldean Wide Open 12,115 1,115,024
55 62 Darius Rucker Learn To Live 8,986 1,355,563
67 73 Miranda Lambert Revolution 7,780 449,555
83 85 Chris Young Man I Want To Be 6,340 243,201
86 87 Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing 6,274 268,762
66 130 Josh Thompson Way Out Here 4,408 27,603
144 140 Justin Moore Justin Moore 4,023 210,731
Re-Enter 200 Colt Ford Ride Through The Country 2,632 145,274

This is actually Current Albums chart numbers

[Deleted]

Taylot Swift's 2006 album debuts on the catalog chart this week

[Deleted]

The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2010-03-27

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 Battle Of The Sexes, Ludacris  1
2 NEW 1 Plastic Beach, Gorillaz  2
3 1 2 7 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum  1
4 NEW 1 Valleys Of Neptune, Jimi Hendrix  4
5 NEW 1 Get Off On The Pain, Gary Allan  5
6 2 1 5 Soldier Of Love, Sade  1
7 NEW 1 Broken Bells, Broken Bells  7
8 7 5 72 The Fame, Lady Gaga  2
9 8 4 40 The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas  1
10 3 2 Hillbilly Bone (EP), Blake Shelton  3
11 15 10 17 My World (EP), Justin Bieber  6
12 12 6 6 Rebirth, Lil Wayne  2
13 5 2 Alice In Wonderland: Almost Alice, Soundtrack  5
14 13 7 10 Animal, Ke$ha  1
15 NEW 1 Passion: Awakening, Passion  15
16 4 2 My Best Days, Danny Gokey  4
17 20 16 69 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band  10
18 30 25 8 Crazy Heart, Soundtrack  18
19 16 12 16 The Fame Monster (EP), Lady Gaga  5
20 17 9 70 Fearless, Taylor Swift  1
21 10 2 Easton Corbin, Easton Corbin  10
22 22 14 16 Rated R, Rihanna  4
23 19 13 13 The Element Of Freedom, Alicia Keys  2
24 9 2 The Love & War Masterpeace, Raheem DeVaughn  9
25 25 26 28 Ready, Trey Songz  3
26 18 8 16 I Dreamed A Dream, Susan Boyle  1
27 27 19 23 Crazy Love, Michael Buble  1
28 28 21 19 Play On, Carrie Underwood  1
29 11 2 Jason Derulo, Jason Derulo  11
30 29 17 12 STRONGER withEach Tear, Mary J. Blige  2
31 21 3 3 American VI: Ain't No Grave, Johnny Cash  3
32 24 18 5 Haywire, Josh Turner  5
33 23 15 5 Another Round, Jaheim  3
34 6 2 Smoke & Mirrors, Lifehouse  6
35 32 29 12 We Are Young Money, Young Money  9
36 31 22 15 Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Soundtrack  6
37 NEW 1 San Patricio, The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder  37
38 82 62 See The Morning, Chris Tomlin  15
39 NEW 1 The World Is A Thorn, Demon Hunter  39
40 34 24 100 Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum  4
41 33 20 5 Tonight, tobyMac  6
42 54 48 9 Contra, Vampire Weekend  1
43 39 30 24 Kiss And Tell, Selena Gomez & The Scene  9
44 NEW 1 Are You Experienced, The Jimi Hendrix Experience  44
45 36 32 49 Wide Open, Jason Aldean  4
46 41 33 35 Ocean Eyes, Owl City  8
47 NEW 1 Enemy Of The World, Four Year Strong  47
48 61 35 18 Save Me, San Francisco, Train  17
49 38 44 19 NOW 32, Various Artists  5
50 37 27 19 The Bridge, Melanie Fiona  27
51 45 36 7 Kidz Bop 17, Kidz Bop Kids  12
52 44 40 17 Battle Studies, John Mayer  1
53 48 41 77 Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon  4
54 47 34 72 Funhouse, Pink  2
55 46 47 69 Dark Horse, Nickelback  2
56 50 31 13 Sex Therapy: The Session, Robin Thicke  9
57 43 37 27 The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z  1
58 NEW 1 Beat The Devil's Tattoo, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  58
59 59 59 7 Songs From The Heart, Celtic Woman  9
60 NEW 1 Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience  60
61 51 50 14 The State Vs. Radric Davis, Gucci Mane  10
62 74 76 29 Awake, Skillet  2
63 RE-ENTRY 12 First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, Jimi Hendrix  49
64 81 74 23 The Script, The Script  64
65 35 56 35 Leave This Town, Daughtry  1
66 55 58 78 Learn To Live, Darius Rucker  5
67 NEW 1 Axis: Bold As Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience  67
68 26 2 Scratch My Back, Peter Gabriel  26
69 52 52 43 Relapse, Eminem  1
70 14 2 Victory, DJ Khaled  14
71 49 54 16 For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert  3
72 94 95 71 Twilight, Soundtrack  1
73 69 45 24 Dear Agony, Breaking Benjamin  4
74 56 57 7 WOW Gospel 2010, Various Artists  40
75 66 70 14 Timbaland Presents Shock Value II, Timbaland  36
76 57 46 20 Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack), Michael Jackson  1
77 58 53 48 Number Ones, Michael Jackson  13
78 131 120 22 The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Soundtrack  1
79 68 72 24 Revolution, Miranda Lambert  8
80 65 73 29 The Time Of Our Lives (EP), Miley Cyrus  2
81 53 51 7 The Sea, Corinne Bailey Rae  7
82 NEW 1 Love Never Dies, Original London Cast Recording  82
83 62 60 69 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce  1
84 NEW 1 Winter Of Mixed Drinks, Frightened Rabbit  84
85 76 91 26 The Resistance, Muse  3
86 78 79 26 So Far Gone (EP), Drake  6
87 84 78 90 The Sound Of Madness, Shinedown  8
88 168 140 25 Backspacer, Pearl Jam  1
89 42 2 The Pursuit, Jamie Cullum  42
90 40 2 Live At The Greek Theatre, Flogging Molly  40
91 85 90 28 The Man I Want To Be, Chris Young  19
92 90 84 14 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2, Soundtrack  3
93 88 102 23 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan  6
94 91 87 19 Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 1, Soundtrack  4
95 63 39 43 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix  37
96 71 43 5 StarStruck, Soundtrack  23
97 79 71 17 Until The Whole World Hears, Casting Crowns  4
98 177 187 5 It's Entertainment!, Celtic Thunder  67
99 119 2 WOW Worship (Purple), Various Artists  99
100 86 80 36 BLACKsummers'night, Maxwell  1
101 107 93 22 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi  4
102 103 92 17 The Fall, Norah Jones  3
103 102 101 50 Defying Gravity, Keith Urban  1
104 NEW 1 The Hearts Of Lonely People, Isles & Glaciers  104
105 87 81 23 WOW Hits 2010, Various Artists  33
106 128 117 18 Memento Mori, Flyleaf  8
107 70 62 6 Hellbilly Deluxe 2, Rob Zombie  8
108 100 97 177 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift  5
109 64 23 3 No Hay Imposible, Chayanne  23
110 NEW 1 Pieces Of A Real Heart, Sanctus Real  110
111 105 129 49 Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts  1
112 95 98 24 Black Gives Way To Blue, Alice In Chains  5
113 145 134 16 All Or Nothing, Jay Sean  37
114 NEW 1 The Brutalist Bricks, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists  114
115 NEW 1 Of Mice & Men, Of Mice & Men  115
116 110 99 42 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival  99
117 108 119 24 Brand New Eyes, Paramore  2
118 101 55 17 Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures  12
119 93 94 23 Still, BeBe & CeCe Winans  12
120 80 61 8 2010 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists  5
121 77 49 5 Recollection, k.d. lang  36
122 116 110 38 The Last, Aventura  5
123 83 89 21 Southern Voice, Tim McGraw  2
124 98 85 23 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson  54
125 114 115 126 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers  (Diamond Certification) 10 54
126 73 2 Boston's Boy (EP), Sam Adams  73
127 113 88 13 Believe, Orianthi  88
128 115 107 109 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey  (Diamond Certification) 15 10
129 106 64 17 Before I Self-Destruct, 50 Cent  5
130 134 100 18 The Circle, Bon Jovi  1
131 118 116 151 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses  3
132 117 112 25 Life Starts Now, Three Days Grace  3
133 111 127 42 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney  3
134 121 118 51 Hannah Montana: The Movie, Soundtrack  1
135 127 66 24 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, Mariah Carey  3
136 126 121 88 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne  1
137 129 122 30 Keep On Loving You, Reba  1
138 NEW 1 Swindoe, Swindoe  138
139 139 113 29 Breakthrough, Colbie Caillat  1
140 104 75 3 Have One On Me, Joanna Newsom  75
141 NEW 1 Greatest Hits, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts  141
142 146 141 121 It's Time, Michael Buble  7
143 96 77 3 Tango: Variations, Various Artists  77
144 67 28 3 Way Out Here, Josh Thompson  28
145 124 104 15 Untitled, R. Kelly  4
146 120 109 139 Thriller, Michael Jackson  (Diamond Certification) 29 1
147 152 155 16 Waking Up, OneRepublic  21
148 89 2 Alice In Wonderland, Soundtrack  89
149 112 69 14 Malice N Wonderland, Snoop Dogg  23
150 109 111 8 Transference, Spoon  4
151 NEW 1 Live From The Montreal International Jazz Festival, Ben Harper And Relentless7  151
152 NEW 1 DisneyMania 7: Music Stars Sing Disney... Their Way!, Various Artists  152
153 163 167 13 Avatar, Soundtrack  31
154 137 197 56 Little Bit Of Everything, Billy Currington  13
155 162 173 25 Justin Moore, Justin Moore  10
156 169 159 98 Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Buble  1
157 132 124 23 American Ride, Toby Keith  3
158 166 138 16 Pricele$$, Birdman  33
159 NEW 1 Christian Kane (EP), Christian Kane  159
160 156 136 44 Cage The Elephant, Cage The Elephant  67
161 148 150 64 All Hope Is Gone, Slipknot  1
162 172 158 754 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd  (Diamond Certification) 15 1
163 72 2 The Open Road, John Hiatt  72
164 155 137 84 That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson  28
165 138 67 41 Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band  1
166 135 114 89 The Best Of Sade, Sade  9
167 141 154 122 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  8
168 140 105 20 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch  7
169 RE-ENTRY 104 Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson  3
170 NEW 1 Quarantine The Past, Pavement  170
171 158 135 90 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz  3
172 92 82 17 Kris Allen, Kris Allen  11
173 160 151 117 Gold -- Greatest Hits, ABBA  63
174 164 176 41 Epiphany, Chrisette Michele  1
175 144 128 19 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters  11
176 159 169 23 Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits, Christina Aguilera  9
177 142 126 18 It Is Well, Kutless  42
178 154 147 37 NOW 31, Various Artists  1
179 143 123 13 xx, The xx  98
180 147 130 12 Greatest Hits, The Who  56
181 130 106 7 NOW That's What I Call Love, Various Artists  32
182 125 164 67 Greatest Hits Volume 1, Rascal Flatts  6
183 99 86 6 Who I Am, Nick Jonas & The Administration  3
184 122 65 5 Valentine's Day, Soundtrack  20
185 136 83 5 The Canadian Tenors, The Canadian Tenors  49
186 187 168 20 Manners, Passion Pit  51
187 167 162 86 Love On The Inside, Sugarland  1
188 165 103 5 Dejarte De Amar, Camila  64
189 153 171 85 Greatest Hits, Creed  15
190 NEW 1 Bird & Cages, Deas Vail  190
191 179 153 14 This Is War, Thirty Seconds To Mars  19
192 192 191 37 American Saturday Night, Brad Paisley  2
193 182 8 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue  94
194 189 189 27 #1s ... And Then Some, Brooks & Dunn  5
195 178 166 98 Scars & Souvenirs, Theory Of A Deadman  26
196 151 146 162 Daughtry, Daughtry  1
197 171 145 12 Mudvayne, Mudvayne  53
198 157 133 3 Good Ol' Nashville, Various Artists  133
199 97 11 3 This Addiction, Alkaline Trio  11
200 193 58 Michael Buble, Michael Buble  47

[#LisaRinna]

No. 50 Melanie Fiona's “The Bridge,” sold 11,000 albums this week, bringing her total sales to 259,200.


Get it Mel!

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thank you.

[grouper6]

Does anyone have this weeks BB's box office scores?
Thanks. [/ Quote]

Ya but there are too many .. Here are the top 10

1 / in-house
 
 
 
 /
 /
 
 
 
2 Depeche Mode O2 Arena
 London, U.K.
 Dec. 15-16, 2009, Feb. 20, 2010
 $ 3,505,430
 47.928 /
47.928
 3 /
3
 $ 73.14
 Live Nation-U.K.
 
3 The X Factor Live Manchester Evening News Arena
 Manchester, U.K.
 March 13-14, 2010
 $ 2,369,140
 56.560 /
56.560
 4 /
4
 $ 43.15, $ 21.95
 3A Entertainment
 
4 Elton John & Billy Joel Intrust Bank Arena
 Wichita, Kan..
 March 3, 2010
 $ 1,706,428
 14.029 /
14.029
 1 /
1
 $ 179, $ 53.50
 Live Nation
 
5 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Madison Square Garden
 New York, N.Y.
 March 2, 2010
 $ 1,362,821
 13.586 /
13.586
 1 /
1
 $ 668.42, $ 35
 Live Nation
 
6 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Verizon Center
 Washington, D. C.
 March 3, 2010
 $ 1,271,352
 13.612 /
13.612
 1 /
1
 $ 122, $ 42
 Live Nation
 
7 Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz Philips Arena
 Atlanta, Ga.
 Feb. 27, 2010
 $ 1,249,288
 13.741 /
13.741
 1 /
1
 $ 250.50, $ 39.50
 Live Nation / in-house
 
8 Lady Gaga, Alphabeat, Semi Precious Weapons O2
 Dublin, Ireland
 Feb. 20-21, 2010
 $ 1,225,970
 25.194 /
25.194
 2 /
2
 $ 54.09, $ 43.95
 Aiken Promotions
 
9 The X Factor Live Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena
 Aberdeen, U.K.
 March 4-7, 2010
 $ 1,181,680
 28.608 /
28.608
 6 /
6
 $ 42.91, $ 21.83
 3A Entertainment
 
10 Michael Buble St Pete Times Forum
 Tampa, Fla..
 March 13, 2010
 $ 1,075,956
 13.433 /
13.433
 1 /
1
 $ 89.50, $ 49.50
 Beaver Productions
 
[/ quote]

thank you- can you post any numbers for Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys please?
Thanks.

[bat1990]

Sade will have crossed the 1mil sold mark in a week or 2, whoo!!

Also, I think Monica has a good shot at #1 in two weeks. There isn't much competition coming up for a while and her single in on FIYAH right now.

[singingrulebritannia]

Wow @ all the Hendrix titles that re-entered. This new album was a good move.

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Mar 18, 2010 14:29:59 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

Sade will have crossed the 1mil sold mark in a week or 2, whoo!!

Also, I think Monica has a good shot at #1 in two weeks. There isn't much competition coming up for a while and her single in on FIYAH right now.

Monica is going up against Justin Bieber next week. It will be hard for her to top him given his current success. Usher and Erykah Badu will be up week after next week. But Monica is not totally out of the question for next week. I'm surprised her song is doing so well.