Billboard 200: 4/10/10: Justin Beiber #1 282k

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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/28/10)

1) Justin Beiber – My World 2.0 – 282,672
2) Monica – Still Standing – 183,766
3) Various Artists – Now 33 – 135,121

Other Debuts
6) She & Him – Vol. 2 – 47,203
23) Scorpions – Sting In The Tail – 18,575
29) Snoop Dogg – More Malice – 15,395
38) Joe Bonamassa – Black Rock – 11,167
44) Goldfrapp – Head First – 10,350

[WouldYouJumpTheGDTrainAlready?]

If Ush debuts lower than Bieber, I'm going to vom

[MikeCheck12]

Nice numbers for Monica.

[Ling-Ling]

Holy sh*t at She & Him opening in the top 10. Way to go.

Great numbers for Monica.

[Rodze]

www.billboard.com/#/news/justin-bieber-tops-billboard-200-with-my-1004079496.story

1) Justin Beiber – My World 2.0 – 283,000
2) Monica – Still Standing – 184,000
3) Various Artists – Now 33 – 135,000
4) Lady Antebellum - 78,000 / 1,561,000
5) Justin Bieber - My World - 50,000 / 1,109,000
6) She & Him – Vol. 2 – 47,000
7) Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes - 45,000 / 243,000
7) Lady Gaga - The Fame - 41,000 / 3,099,000
9) Marvin Sapp - Here I Am - 39,000 / 109,000
10) Black Eyed Peas- The E.N.D. - 34,000 / 2,343,000

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 28) totaled 6.03 million units, up 6.5% compared to the sum last week (5.66 million) and down 11% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.77 million).

...
At 16-years old, Bieber is the youngest solo male artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Aug. 24, 1963, when the then-13-year old Stevie Wonder spent one week at No. 1 with "Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genius." (Wonder recorded the album when he was 12, but released it after turning 13.) "My World 2.0's" opening frame is also Bieber's best sales week, surpassing his previous high, when the first "My World" sold 157,000 copies over Christmas week of 2009.

Thus, with albums at Nos. 1 and 5, Bieber is the first act to concurrently chart two albums within the top five of the Billboard 200 since the chart dated Oct. 9, 2004. That's when Nelly ranked at Nos. 2 and 4 with "Suit" and "Sweat," respectively. Nelly had bowed the simultaneously-released albums at Nos. 1 and 2 on the previous week's chart. The last time an act placed two albums in the top five that weren't concurrently released was on May 3, 2003. That week 50 Cent's first two major label releases -- "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" and the CD/DVD combo "The New Breed" were at Nos. 5 and 2, respectively.

[kissin'u]

do She & Him have a single out?

[Creme de la Creme]

Some urban/country numbers below the Top 10:
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
11 Sade Soldier of Love 31,000 1,023,000
16 Gorillaz Plastic Beach 22,000 173,000
21 Lil Wayne Rebirth 21,000 466,000
29 Snoop Dogg More Malice 15,000 15,000
68 Brotha Lynch Hung Dinner and a Movie 7,900 7,900
123 DJ Khaled Victory 4,200 47,000
138 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct 3,700 429,000
(Hiphopdx)

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
15 13 Zac Brown Band Foundation 24,598 1,756,058
18 19 Taylor Swift Fearless 21,268 5,719,551
19 24 Blake Shelton Hillbilly Bone 18,078 138,621
16 28 Gary Allan Get Off On The Pain 15,555 104,940
28 31 Carrie Underwood Play On 14,880 1,424,826
30 33 Easton Corbin Easton Corbin 13,193 94,024
32 37 Crazy Heart Original Soundtrack 11,696 157,652
37 45 Josh Turner Haywire 10,339 199,278
33 49 Danny Gokey My Best Days 9,929 111,788
42 50 Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum 9,872 1,587,656
52 53 Jason Aldean Wide Open 9,383 1,135,003
43 52 Johnny Cash American VI:Ain't… 8,981 114,071
68 69 Miranda Lambert Revolution 7,854 465,304
80 83 Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing 6,496 281,738
96 101 Keith Urban Defying Gravity 4,988 805,641
110 127 Tim McGraw Southern Voice 4,149 656,524
Re-Enter 143 Eric Church Carolina 3,508 203,622
150 166 Billy Currington Little Bit of Everything 2,920 434,472
104 200 Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven 2,364 7,259
(Roughstock.com)

[Thunderstorm]

18 19 Taylor Swift Fearless 21,268 5,719,551

:o :o :o

[fridayteenage]

Oh HDD underestimated Taylor. Good. I wonder if the next country awards show will give her a boost...(ACM's).

[HolidayGuy]

Of note: Sade crosses 1 million, and Lady A crosses 1.5 million. Sales dropped to double-digit percentage losses compared to the same week last year.

[Tanisha Thomas.]

YAY for Sade!

And whoa @ Taylor! This bish is still selling!

[Creme de la Creme]

Top 20:

(Misstlc)

[Creme de la Creme]

Week Ending March 28, 2010: Justin Bieber's Dream Week
by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Teen dream Justin Bieber this week becomes the youngest male solo artist to land a #1 album since Stevie Wonder scored in August 1963, at age 13, with Little Stevie Wonder: The 12 Year Old Genius. (Wonder was 12 when he recorded the album, 13 when it was released.) Bieber, who turned 16 on March 14, scores with My World 2.0.

Two other male teen solo artists have topped The Billboard 200, but they were both older than 16. Ricky Nelson was 17 in 1958 when he topped the chart with Ricky. Bobby Brown was 19 in 1989 when he led the way with Don't Be Cruel.

Bieber's album sold 283,000 copies in its first week, which constitutes the best showing for an album by a teen act since Taylor Swift's Fearless, which sold even better in two of its first six weeks in November and December 2008. It's the best showing by a teen heartthrob type of act since Jonas Brothers' A Little Bit Longer started with sales of 525,000 in August 2008. (JoBros' subsequent Lines, Vines And Trying Times sold 247,000 copies when it was released in June. I think the teen torch has been passed.)

Bieber's previous release, My World, jumps from #10 to #5 in its 19th week. This is its highest ranking to date, topping its #6 debut. Bieber is the first artist to have two albums in the top five simultaneously since Nelly scored with Suit and Sweat in October 2004. Impressively, Bieber got to this point without the tremendous promotional muscle of the Disney empire, which has boosted such past and present teen stars as JoBros, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff.

Four male teen stars who were part of groups or duos had #1 albums at age 16 or even earlier. The two members of Kris Kross (Chris Smith and Chris Kelly) were 13 and 14, respectively, in 1992 when Totally Krossed Out hit #1. Nick Jonas of Jonas Brothers was 15 in 2008 when A Little Bit Longer topped the chart. Joey McIntyre of New Kids On The Block was 16 in 1989 when Hangin' Tough hit the bullseye.

Four older male teens who were part of groups or duos also had #1 albums. Jordan Knight of New Kids On The Block was 19 in 1989 when Hangin' Tough topped the chart; Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys was 19 in 1999 when Millennium scored; Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC was 19 in 2000 when No Strings Attached hit #1; and Joe Jonas of Jonas Brothers was 19 in 2008 when A Little Bit Longer rang the bell.

It's not easy to make the transition from teen to adult stardom, as several of these names remind us. For every Stevie Wonder or Justin Timberlake, who succeeded brilliantly, there's a Kris Kross, which couldn't get over the hump, or a Bobby Brown, who hasn't even managed to get a studio album out since 1997.

Bieber is the second Canadian artist to top The Billboard 200 in the past six months, following Michael Buble. He's the first Canadian teen-ager to ring the bell since Avril Lavigne, who was 19 when she first topped The Billboard 200 in 2004 with Under My Skin in 2004.

In a unique occurrence, Ludacris is featured on the most popular songs on both of this week's top two albums. He is featured on Justin Bieber's "Baby" and Monica's "Still Standing."

Monica's Still Standing album starts at #2 with first-week sales of 184,000. Monica was even younger than Bieber when she became a pop star. She was just 14 in 1995 when she reached #2 on the Hot 100 with "Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)." Monica is just the latest in a long line of artists who have referred to their indomitable natures in album or song titles. Others include Gloria Gaynor ("I Will Survive"), Elton John ("I'm Still Standing"), Reba McEntire ("I'm A Survivor"), Pink (I'm Not Dead) and Broadway star Alexis Smith ("I'm Still Here" from Follies).

Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" this week becomes the slowest-rising #1 song in the six-year history of the Hot Digital Songs chart. The sleek pop tune finally reaches the top in its 31st week. The old record was held by The Fray's "How To Save A Life," which hit #1 in its 28th week in October 2006.

This is a significant comeback for Train, which had a smash in 2001 with "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" and then all but disappeared. I love the new song's clever ‘80s pop-culture references to Mr. Mister, Madonna, the game show Love Connection and INXS' "Need You Tonight." These kind of references are usually winking and a little bit obvious, but Train plays it straight. It's a solid record and a well-deserved comeback.

Here's the rest of the top five on Hot Digital Songs: Rihanna's "Rude Boy" rebounds from #3 to #2, "Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris slips to #3 after spending three weeks on top, Justin Bieber's "Baby" jumps from #6 to #4, and "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars dips from its #2 peak to #5.

She & Him's Volume Two enters The Billboard 200 at #6 this week, with first week sales of 47,000. The duo's Volume One bowed at #87 in March 2008, with first-week sales of 10,000. The improved showing is due to two factors. First, the duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel has built a following in the past two years. Volume One has sold a healthy 200,000 copies. Also, Deschanel gained wider recognition when she played the female lead in last year's thoroughly winning movie, (500) Days Of Summer. Deschanel is married to Benjamin Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab For Cutie, which has had a pair of top 10 albums.

At the end of the first three months of 2010, Lady Antebellum and the Black Eyed Peas are the only acts that rank in the top five on the year-to-date charts for both albums and songs. Lady A's Need You Now is the top-selling album of the first quarter, followed by Sade's Soldier Of Love, Lady Gaga's The Fame, Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream and the Peas' The E.N.D. Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" is the top-selling digital song of the quarter, followed by the Peas' "Imma Be," Train's "Hey, Soul Sister," Young Money featuring Lloyd's "Bedrock" and Lady A's "Need You Now."

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.
1. Justin Bieber, My World 2.0, 283,000. This new entry is Bieber's second release to reach the top 10. Nearly 44,000 copies were sold digitally, making it the week's #1 Digital Album. Seven songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Baby" (featuring Ludacris), which jumps from #6 to #4.

2. Monica, Still Standing, 184,000. This new entry is Monica's fourth top 10 album in a row. Of her five albums, only 2003's chart-topping After The Storm has climbed higher. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Still Standing" (featuring Ludacris), which debuts at #116.

3. Various Artists, NOW 33, 135,000. This new entry is the 30th consecutive regular NOW installment to debut in the top five. It's off to a faster start than NOW 32, which debuted at #5 in November with first-week sales of 102,000. The new album features Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" and Owl City's "Fireflies."

4. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now, 78,000. The album slips from #1 to #4 in its ninth week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Need You Now," which inches up from #8 to #7.

5. Justin Bieber, My World, 50,000. The EP jumps from #10 to #5 in its 19th week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. Two songs from the EP are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "One Time," which jumps from #79 to #75.
6. She And Him, Volume Two, 47,000. This new entry is the duo's first top 10 album. Nearly half of these copies (23,000) were sold digitally. Volume One has sold 88,000 digital copies, out of 200,000 total copies.

7. Ludacris, Battle Of The Sexes, 45,000. The former #1 album slips from #3 to #6 in its third week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "How Low" debuts at #18. "My Chick Bad" (featuring Nicki Minaj) dips from #21 to #23.

8. Lady Gaga, The Fame, 41,000. The album drops from #5 to #8 in its 74th week. This is its 40th week in the top 10. Seven songs from the expanded version of the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Telephone" (featuring Beyonce), which dips from #4 to #6.

9. Marvin Sapp, Here I Am, 39,000. The gospel album drops from #2 to #9 in its second week. The album has sold a healthy 106,000 copies in its first two weeks.

10. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 34,000. The former #1 album dips from #8 to #10 in its 42nd week. This is its 29th week in the top 10, a new record for the Peas. Monkey Business had 28 weeks in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Imma Be," which dips from #7 to #8.

The Edge rock compilation plummets from #4 to #81, one of the biggest drops from the top 10 in memory. Three other albums fall out of the top 10. Sade's Soldier Of Love slips from #6 to #11, the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Valleys Of Neptune drops from #7 to #12 and Gorillaz's Plastic Beach drops from #9 to #16.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack jumps from #23 to #17 in its 24th week. The album got its second wind two weeks ago when the movie was issued on DVD. The album returns to #1 on the Top Soundtracks chart, dethroning the White Stripes' Under Great White Northern Lights. This is New Moon's third week atop the Soundtrack chart.

How To Train Your Dragon was #1 at the box-office this past weekend. The soundtrack sold about 1,000 copies, too few to make The Billboard 200.

The Scorpions' Sting In The Tail opens at #23. This is the veteran hard rock band's first studio album since 1996. It's also reputedly its last album. The band landed its first top 40 album 28 years ago this week with Blackout. Sting In The Tail is the Scorpions' second album title to play on the band's name. It follows 1984's Love At First Sting.

Snoop Dogg's More Malice debuts at #29. This is a sequel to Malice N Wonderland, which bowed at #23 in December. Snoop is slipping as a chart force, though he remains a media star. He bantered this past week with Jon Stewart and Larry King. Snoop amassed eight top 10 albums between 1993 and 2008.
Chris Tomlin's 2006 album See The Morning jumps from #37 to #32. It's the #1 Catalog album for the third straight week. Another noteworthy Contemporary Christian album enters The Billboard 200 this week: Now That's What I Call Faith! opens at #143. Billboard's Keith Caulfield reports that this is the 56th NOW album to chart, which combines the 33 in the regular series and 23 extra editions.

The Bird And The Bee's Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates bows at #75. The Bird and the Bee consists of Greg Kurstin and Inara George. This is a rare instance of one duo paying tribute to another. A prime example is Simon & Garfunkel recording two Everly Brothers classics. Paul and Art featured "Bye Bye Love" on Bridge Over Troubled Water and "Wake Up Little Susie" at their 1981 reunion concert in Central Park. Hall & Oates first hit the Hot 100 in February 1974 with "She's Gone." They amassed six #1 singles between 1977 and 1984.

Song Scorecard: OneRepublic's 2008 hit "Stop And Stare" tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. It was one of the follow-ups to "Apologize" (a 2007 collabo with Timbaland) which has sold 4,629,000 digital copies to date..."Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce is #1 in the U.K. for the second straight week.

Useless Information: I have two pieces of useless information related to Justin Bieber. You decide which is more useless. Bieber is the third Justin to land a #1 album, following Mr. Timberlake and Justin Hayward, who helped lead the Moody Blues to two #1 albums a generation ago. That's got to be the winner, right? Not so fast. This next item is pretty useless too. My World 2.0 isn't the first time that an artist has used the phrase "2.0" in the title of their sophomore release. Others include Garbage's Version 2.0, which hit #13 in 1998, and Lauryn Hill's MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, which reached #3 in 2002.

Remember Extreme's 1992 smash "More Than Words"? The song was featured on the band's album Pornograffiti. A Japanese band liked the name so much they adopted it as their band name. Porno Graffiti (the band) hits the #1 spot on the Japanese album chart this week with Trigger.

Heads Up: Usher's Raymond Vs. Raymond is expected to enter next week's chart at #1, with first-week sales in the 300,000 range. It would be his third album in a row to debut in the top spot. Also due: Alan Jackson's Freight Train, Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two, Barenaked Ladies' All In Good Time and E-40's Revenue Retrievin' Day Shift and Night Shift.

Shameless Plug: Lady Gaga's The Fame logs its 40th week in the top 10. That's an unusually long run, but what makes it even more unusual is that the album has yet to reach #1. It peaked at #2 in January. The Fame is one of only 10 albums to log 37 or more weeks in the top 10 without hitting #1 since 1963, when Billboard combined its separate mono and stereo charts into one comprehensive listing. On Friday, I'll have the full list. It may be the only list on which you'll ever find both Iron Butterfly's psychedelic-era smash In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and TLC's contemporary R&B classic CrazySexyCool. Dig your parents' lava lamp out of the garage and check it out on Friday.

[shaq91]

Any info about School Gyrls album?? Did it make the top 200?

[WotUNeed]

Mar 31, 2010 11:04:17 GMT -5 kissin'u said:

do She & Him have a single out?

Yes. "In the Sun" is officially the single, although I heard their remake of "Ridin' in My Car" on the radio.

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers are from the 4/3/10 chart:

Ke$ha 491k
Mary J Blige 701k
Now 32 849k
Adam Lambert 569k
Miley Cyrus 1,320,968
Eminem 1,891,249
Muse 440k
Drake 413k
Kenny Chesney 598k
Chrisette Michele 419k
Brad Paisley 514k

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

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www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/charts/chart_alert/e3id9db7bed8e9402cb8c97c33ea2f43955

Bieber Fever Grips Billboard 200
March 31, 2010

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

Justin Bieber triumphs at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "My World 2.0," debuting atop the tally with 283,000 copies sold in its first week . . . The 16-year-old is the youngest male solo artist to notch a No. 1 album since 1963 and on top of that, concurrently charts a pair of top five albums, as "My World" zips from No. 10 to No. 5 this week . . . Monica, a former teen star herself, returns to the Billboard 200 as her "Still Standing" album arrives at No. 2 with her second-best sales week ever (184,000) . . . Two more new sets start in the top 10: the "Now 33" compilation and She & Him's "Volume Two."


FLASH POINTS

• As expected, Justin Bieber debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "My World 2.0," after shifting 283,000 copies in its first week. It's the teenager's second album and first No. 1. His first set, "My World," debuted at No. 6 upon its release last November. This week it rises to a new peak, scooting from No. 10 to No. 5 with 50,000 (up 50%).

• At 16 years old, Bieber is the youngest solo male artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Aug. 24, 1963, when the then-13-year-old Stevie Wonder spent one week at No. 1 with "Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genius." (Wonder recorded the album when he was 12, but released it after turning 13.)

• The opening frame "My World 2.0" is also Bieber's best sales week, surpassing his previous high, when the first "My World" sold 157,000 copies during Christmas week of 2009.

• Thus, with albums at Nos. 1 and 5, Bieber is the first artist to concurrently chart two albums within the top five of the Billboard 200 since the Oct. 9, 2004, chart. That's when Nelly ranked at Nos. 2 and 4 with "Suit" and "Sweat," respectively. Nelly had bowed the simultaneously released albums at Nos. 1 and 2 on the previous week's chart. The last time an act placed two albums in the top five that weren't concurrently released was May 3, 2003. That week 50 Cent's first two major-label releases—"Get Rich or Die Tryin' " and the CD/DVD combo "The New Breed" were at Nos. 5 and 2, respectively.

• Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Monica with "Still Standing," selling 184,000 copies. It's the singer's second-highest sales week and -charting album, surpassed only by the 186,000 that "After the Storm" earned when it started at No. 1 way back in 2003. Last week Monica claimed her first No. 1 single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in almost seven years as "Everything to Me" climbed from No. 3 to No. 1 on the tally. The tune—which samples Deniece Williams' "Silly," a No. 11 R&B hit for the singer in 1981—is Monica's sixth No. 1 overall on the R&B chart.

• The continuing saga of the "Now That's What I Call Music!" series extends its Billboard 200 dominance this week as the 33rd volume arrives at No. 3 with 135,000. The 21-track collection features Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles like Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" and Owl City's "Fireflies" and top 10 hits like Rihanna's "Hard" and Train's "Hey, Soul Sister." And with the "Now" franchise's latest spinoff, the Christian-leaning "Now That's What I Call Faith" debuting at No. 143, the brand has racked up an impressive 56 charting albums since it launched in 1998.

• The final new arrival in the top 10 this week belongs to She & Him with its second album, fittingly titled "Volume Two." It starts at No. 6 with 47,000. That trumps the peak and best sales week of the duo's first set, "Volume One," which topped out at No. 71. (Its best sales frame—10,000—came a week earlier when it debuted on the list at No. 81.)

• Last week's No. 1, Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," slips to No. 4 with 78,000 (down 16%) while Ludacris' "Battle of the Sexes" falls four slots to No. 7 with 45,000 (down 27%). Lady Gaga's "The Fame" slides three rungs to No. 8 with 41,000 (down 15%), Marvin Sapp's "Here I Am" drops seven spots to No. 9 with 39,000 (down 48%), and the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." moves down two positions to No. 10 with 34,000 (down 11%).

• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 28) totaled 6 million units, up 6.5% compared with the sum last week (5.7 million) and down 11% compared with the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.8 million).

• AND NEXT WEEK:

• The protege will be replaced by the mentor next week on the Billboard 200, as it seems Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" will give up the No. 1 slot to Usher's new "Raymond v Raymond" album. Industry prognosticators think the latter's album could sell around 300,000 by week's end on April 4, no doubt aided by his guest turn on "American Idol" this week.

• Usher—who secured Bieber an audition with Island Def Jam CEO L.A. Reid in 2008—topped the Billboard 200 his last time out in 2008 with "Here I Stand." That album sold 443,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Thus far, it has moved 1.2 million in the United States.

• "Raymond v Raymond" has already spun off a number of Billboard chart hits, including a pair of top 10 singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: "Papers" (No. 1) and "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" (No. 3).

• While Usher is on course for a No. 1 debut, the Billboard 200 will also greet new entries from a number of other big stars next week. Alan Jackson's "Freight Train," Erykah Badu's "New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh" and Barenaked Ladies' "All in Good Time" are heading for notable debuts, while E-40 will also make waves with the dual debut of his two new albums: "Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift" and "Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift."



MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 6.3 million units
• UP 6.5% from last week's charts: 5.7 million units
• DOWN 10.9% from the comparable week in 2009: 6.8 million units
• This week: The top three albums each sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on the Billboard 200: The "Now 30" compilation debuted at No. 1 with 146,000, and the "Hannah Montana: the Movie" soundtrack started at No. 2 with 139,000.


A LOOK AHEAD

• Among the albums released this week, due on next week's charts: Usher's "Raymond v Raymond," Alan Jackson's "Freight Train," Barenaked Ladies' "All in Good Time," Erykah Badu's "New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh" and E-40's "Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift" and "Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift."

• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: Keith Urban narrowly beat out Prince to earn his first No. 1 album as "Defying Gravity" debuted with 172,000 copies ahead of the latter's "Lotus Flower's" arrival with 168,000. Diana Krall's "Quiet Nights" was the third debut in the top three, starting at No. 3 with 104,000.

[Deleted]

Wow! Taylor still selling even though "Fearless" only went top 10 on country and "Fairytale" isnt even on the album!

Nice #'s for Lady A and Buble too! And congrats to Sade for selling over a million!

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certifications:

Black Eyed Peas 2xp

[tony]

1 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 282,672 158 999 282,836
2 MONICA STILL STANDING 183,766 813 999 184,581
3 VARIOUS NOW 33 135,121 46 999 135,167
4 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 78,002 93,061 -16 1,560,716
5 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 50,006 33,440 50 1,109,344
6 SHE & HIM VOL. 2 47,203 339 999 47,547
7 LUDACRIS BATTLE OF THE SEXES 44,866 61,198 -27 243,336
8 LADY GAGA FAME 41,034 48,210 -15 3,099,526
9 SAPP*MARVIN HERE I AM 38,937 75,534 -48 106,408
10 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 34,451 38,821 -11 2,343,919
11 SADE SOLDIER OF LOVE 31,268 40,274 -22 1,022,952
12 JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE 31,109 39,370 -21 166,499
13 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 24,598 25,639 -4 1,756,058
14 KE$HA ANIMAL 23,591 27,831 -15 515,060
15 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 23,252 27,544 -16 927,987
16 GORILLAZ PLASTIC BEACH 22,444 37,869 -41 172,630
17 NEW MOON (TWILIGHT) SOUNDTRACK 22,442 18,673 20 1,082,481
18 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 21,675 19,571 11 1,521,556
19 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 21,268 21,666 -2 5,719,551
20 RIHANNA RATED R 21,195 20,968 1 774,037
21 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 20,948 24,104 -13 465,500
22 BROKEN BELLS BROKEN BELLS 19,280 26,871 -28 95,832
23 SCORPIONS STING IN THE TAIL 18,575 409 999 18,986
24 SHELTON*BLAKE HILLBILLY BONE 18,078 21,058 -14 138,621
25 SONGZ*TREY READY 17,818 17,939 -1 629,318
26 KEYS*ALICIA ELEMENT OF FREEDOM 16,830 16,408 3 1,179,405
27 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 16,133 16,884 -4 3,665,842
28 ALLAN*GARY GET OFF ON THE PAIN 15,555 24,341 -36 104,940
29 SNOOP DOGG MORE MALICE 15,395 44 999 15,455
30 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQU ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQU 15,106 13,345 13 554,378
31 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BABY DARLING DOLL 14,880 16,308 -9 1,424,826
32 TOMLIN*CHRIS SEE THE MORNING 13,593 12,747 7 276,388
33 YOUNG MONEY WE ARE YOUNG MONEY 13,555 15,646 -13 404,824
34 CORBIN*EASTON EASTON CORBIN 13,193 15,710 -16 94,024
35 SELENA GOMEZ & SCENE KISS AND TELL 12,675 12,311 3 504,104
36 JAHEIM ANOTHER ROUND 12,377 13,270 -7 234,611
37 BLIGE*MARY J. STRONGER 12,319 12,618 -2 714,157
38 CRAZY HEART ORIGINAL MOTION PI CRAZY HEART ORIGINAL MOTION PI 11,696 15,142 -23 157,652
39 BONAMASSA*JOE BLACK ROCK 11,167 85 999 11,255
40 DEVAUGHN*RAHEEM LOVE & WAR MASTERPEACE 11,087 12,090 -8 87,650
41 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 10,886 9,537 14 206,945
42 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 17 10,571 10,638 -1 157,731
43 TOBYMAC TONIGHT 10,451 11,031 -5 80,560
44 VARIOUS ALMOST ALICE 10,402 16,110 -35 111,406
45 GOLDFRAPP HEAD FIRST 10,350 87 999 10,439
46 TURNER*JOSH HAYWIRE 10,339 12,636 -18 199,278
47 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 10,331 11,478 -10 2,508,557
48 OWL CITY OCEAN EYES 10,076 10,751 -6 855,317
49 CHIEFTAINS/R.COODER SAN PATRICIO 10,034 11,516 -13 35,858
50 GOKEY*DANNY MY BEST DAYS 9,929 14,852 -33 111,788
51 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 9,872 11,607 -15 1,587,656
52 DERULO*JASON JASON DERULO 9,764 11,580 -16 80,475
53 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 9,711 10,065 -4 2,678,038
54 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 9,383 10,596 -11 1,135,003
55 P!NK FUNHOUSE 9,225 9,571 -4 1,643,210
56 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 9,050 9,375 -3 1,686,098
57 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 9,021 9,959 -9 1,876,338
58 FIONA*MELANIE BRIDGE 8,999 8,356 8 276,598
59 CASH*JOHNNY AMERICAN VI:AIN'T NO 8,981 11,663 -23 114,071
60 VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONTRA 8,973 9,977 -10 295,834
61 WHITE STRIPES*THE UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN 8,908 28,969 -69 38,042
62 MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 8,905 9,393 -5 880,023
63 SKILLET AWAKE 8,800 8,699 1 260,993
64 CYRUS*MILEY TIME OF OUR LIVES EP 8,344 7,567 10 1,329,312
65 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 8,258 7,807 6 577,526
66 CELTIC WOMAN SONGS FROM THE HEART 8,155 11,195 -27 137,216
67 THICKE*ROBIN SEX THERAPY: THE EXPERIENCE 8,142 8,119 0 363,437
68 VARIOUS NOW 32 7,961 11,205 -29 857,821
69 BROTHA LYNCH HUNG DINNER AND A MOV(EX) 7,870 64 999 7,934
70 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 7,854 7,895 -1 465,304
71 GUCCI MANE STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS 7,817 8,096 -3 326,339
72 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 7,652 8,201 -7 1,001,885
73 LIFEHOUSE SMOKE & MIRRORS 7,646 8,731 -12 85,169
74 DISTURBED SICKNESS 7,567 1,373 451 4,138,206
75 BIRD AND THE BEE INTERPRETING THE MASTERS VOL.1 7,269 21 999 7,290
76 DRIVE BY TRUCKERS BIG TO-DO 7,254 18,795 -61 26,192
77 BREAKING BENJAMIN DEAR AGONY 7,153 7,592 -6 498,199
78 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN OPTION PARALYSIS 7,136 225 999 7,361
79 SCRIPT THE SCRIPT 7,113 7,966 -11 196,507
80 EMINEM RELAPSE 6,979 7,242 -4 1,898,228
81 VARIOUS ARTISTS EDGE 6,808 53,141 -87 61,964
82 WOW GOSPEL 2010 WOW GOSPEL 2010 6,739 7,928 -15 81,592
83 TIMBALAND SHOCK VALUE II 6,699 7,377 -9 182,610
84 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 6,541 7,957 -18 4,211,834
85 MUSE RESISTANCE 6,537 7,153 -9 446,632
86 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 6,496 6,480 0 281,738
87 ORIANTHI BELIEVE 6,324 7,306 -13 99,795
88 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 6,309 7,761 -19 1,525,650
89 PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 6,299 5,741 10 522,574
90 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 6,208 7,402 -16 1,369,173
91 DRAKE SO FAR GONE 6,164 6,224 -1 420,028
92 TRONO DE MEXICO*EL QUIERO DECIRTE QUE T 6,048 111 999 6,159
93 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V2 5,971 5,447 10 559,765
94 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 5,911 5,574 6 760,919
95 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 5,863 6,384 -8 1,432,899
96 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 5,845 6,258 -7 981,301
97 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 5,775 5,297 9 337,105
98 WOW WOW WORSHIP (PURPLE)(2CD) 5,721 5,568 3 9,652
99 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 5,652 3,012 88 591,660
100 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 5,594 6,560 -15 2,813,289
101 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 5,514 5,757 -4 373,910
102 YOUNG*CHRIS MAN I WANT TO BE 5,501 5,901 -7 254,603
103 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 5,363 5,311 1 4,713,949
104 PARAMORE BRAND NEW EYES 5,261 5,501 -4 473,732
105 VARIOUS WOW HITS 2010 5,192 5,365 -3 131,685
106 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 5,115 5,522 -7 152,993
107 URBAN*KEITH DEFYING GRAVITY 4,988 5,389 -7 805,641
108 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY SEA, THE 4,970 5,705 -13 156,061
109 MAXWELL BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT 4,930 4,923 0 1,040,939
110 DROPKICK MURPHYS LIVE ON LANSDOWNE BOSTON MA 4,880 17,088 -71 22,033
111 CHAYANNE NO HAY IMPOSIBLES 4,872 4,251 15 40,104
112 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,857 5,066 -4 10,230,428
113 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 4,855 5,216 -7 5,652,171
114 THEM CROOKED VULTURE THEM CROOKED VULTURE 4,812 13,147 -63 275,293
115 CASTING CROWNS UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS 4,805 5,388 -11 167,390
116 LANG*K.D. RECOLLECTION 4,755 4,168 14 58,292
117 JONES*NORAH FALL 4,700 5,044 -7 736,506
118 SCHOOL GYRLS SCHOOL GYRLS 4,649 4 999 4,653
119 ALICE IN CHAINS BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE 4,630 5,014 -8 401,990
120 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 4,584 5,089 -10 1,615,243
121 CAILLAT*COLBIE BREAKTHROUGH 4,549 4,549 0 448,477
122 XX,THE XX 4,531 5,522 -18 114,498
123 SWINDOE SWINDOE 4,502 4,504 0 14,090
124 WINANS*BEBE & CECE STILL 4,375 4,858 -10 243,031
124 GABRIEL*PETER SCRATCH MY BACK 4,375 6,092 -28 39,606
126 HANNAH MONTANA HANNAH MOVIE SNDTRK 4,360 4,387 -1 1,887,909
127 STARSTRUCK SOUNDTRACK 4,337 4,547 -5 62,303
128 FLYLEAF MEMENTO MORI 4,324 4,721 -8 219,059
129 FLOBOTS SURVIVAL STORY 4,309 11,584 -63 15,936
130 CELTIC THUNDER IT'S ENTERTAINMENT! 4,279 6,649 -36 41,348
131 TWILIGHT: NEW MOON SCORE 4,273 4,201 2 84,859
132 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 4,267 4,672 -9 4,759,275
133 DJ KHALED VICTORY 4,231 5,701 -26 46,632
134 VARIOUS DISNEYMANIA 7 4,211 4,629 -9 13,001
135 THREE DAYS GRACE LIFE STARTS NOW 4,195 4,453 -6 342,448
136 MCENTIRE*REBA KEEP ON LOVING YOU 4,160 4,216 -1 457,219
137 MCGRAW*TIM SOUTHERN VOICE 4,149 4,548 -9 656,524
138 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 4,129 4,420 -7 3,377,109
139 SNOOP DOGG MALICE 'N WONDERLAND 4,102 3,882 6 237,507
140 RASCAL FLATTS UNSTOPPABLE 3,975 4,368 -9 1,191,277
141 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 3,958 4,056 -2 2,100,395
142 BON JOVI THE CIRCLE 3,956 4,123 -4 488,236
143 VARIOUS NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL FAITH 3,932 0 3,931
144 SOUNDTRACK PRINCESS & THE FROG 3,928 3,724 5 106,690
145 CAREY*MARIAH MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL 3,915 3,529 11 462,413
146 ZOMBIE*ROB HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 3,914 4,624 -15 111,531
147 AVENTURA LAST 3,882 4,542 -15 306,789
148 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY V2 3,836 2,859 34 263,975
149 HENDRIX*JIMI ARE YOU EXPERIENCED 3,802 4,569 -17 23,808
150 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 3,799 4,064 -7 5,779,075
151 ABBA GOLD-GREATEST HITS 3,738 4,344 -14 5,115,764
152 MOORE*JUSTIN JUSTIN MOORE 3,734 3,883 -4 218,368
153 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 3,704 3,809 -3 3,398,842
154 50 CENT BEFORE I SELF-DESTRUCT 3,698 4,310 -14 429,466
155 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 3,691 4,092 -10 602,131
156 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 3,626 3,683 -2 269,360
157 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 3,622 3,717 -3 8,804,904
158 SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 3,563 3,697 -4 918,065
159 SHE & HIM VOLUME ONE 3,538 2,013 76 200,314
160 SPOON TRANSFERENCE 3,515 3,827 -8 128,795
161 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 3,508 2,291 53 203,622
162 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 3,500 3,578 -2 1,498,814
163 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 3,473 3,372 3 8,886,598
164 BEATLES BEATLES, THE (LIMITED EDITION) 3,455 2,252 53 3,577,871
165 MICHELE*CHRISETTE EPIPHANY 3,445 3,516 -2 422,478
166 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 3,430 3,611 -5 204,471
167 BEACH HOUSE TEEN DREAM 3,416 3,114 10 43,869
168 PASSION PIT MANNERS 3,405 3,182 7 151,203
169 MOTLEY CRUE GREATEST HITS 3,377 3,495 -3 78,917
170 VARIOUS 2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES 3,371 4,493 -25 235,489
171 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 3,358 3,478 -3 261,511
172 SOUNDTRACK LAST SONG 3,351 0 3,351
173 JETT*JOAN & THE BLACKHEARTS GREATEST HITS 3,301 3,334 -1 11,259
174 CULLUM*JAMIE PURSUIT 3,291 4,374 -25 26,541
175 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 3,265 3,245 1 1,924,074
176 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 3,252 2,926 11 1,343,370
177 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 3,210 3,350 -4 744,740
178 SEAN*JAY ALL OR NOTHING 3,196 3,528 -9 179,632
179 BIRDMAN PRICELESS 3,191 3,489 -9 152,738
180 KELLY*R. UNTITLED 3,177 3,447 -8 295,692
181 SOUNDTRACK PHINEAS AND FERB 3,173 2,981 6 137,579
182 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 3,165 2,894 9 22,316
183 PASSION PASSION AWAKENING 3,150 4,443 -29 14,415
184 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 3,145 2,945 7 4,495,855
185 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 3,112 3,230 -4 844,565
186 PAISLEY*BRAD AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT 3,099 3,090 0 517,906
187 BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE 3,097 3,269 -5 2,433,121
188 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 3,088 3,208 -4 190,508
189 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 3,083 3,383 -9 1,062,853
190 FORTUNE*JAMES & FIYA ENCORE 3,076 3,123 -2 38,811
191 KEITH*TOBY AMERICAN RIDE 3,066 3,439 -11 354,463
192 SADE BEST OF SADE 3,058 3,488 -12 1,662,614
193 CURRINGTON*BILLY LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 2,920 3,428 -15 434,472
194 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 2,894 2,605 11 81,222
195 USHER CONFESSIONS 2,890 2,713 7 9,762,524
196 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 2,887 3,157 -9 4,656,154
197 ROBBIE SEAY BAND MIRACLE 2,867 0 2,371
198 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 2,866 3,032 -5 1,550,306
199 WHO GREATEST HITS 2,860 3,170 -10 78,968
200 VARIOUS NOW 31 2,855 3,575 -20 901,155

Total Sales 2,343,335 1,887,641 24% 199,781,476

[pnobelysk]

Mar 31, 2010 15:12:30 GMT -5 shaq91 said:

Any info about School Gyrls album?? Did it make the top 200?

118 SCHOOL GYRLS SCHOOL GYRLS 4,649 4 999 4,653

[lugus15]

Apr 1, 2010 16:23:31 GMT -5 tony said:

53 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 9,711 10,065 -4 2,678,038

100 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 5,594 6,560 -15 2,813,289

LMAO as Nickelback selling more than Beyonce.... and with zero promo

[ListenToItTwice]

Lady GaGa's total album sales past 4 million! :)

Lady Antebellum's second album about to surpass the first.

[cartman2002]

This week the top 48 "Current album" sold more than 10,00 copies this week also is probaly takes at least 2500 copies to make the Current albums" chart.

[Tanisha Thomas.]

Apr 1, 2010 17:54:54 GMT -5 lugus15 said:

Apr 1, 2010 16:23:31 GMT -5 tony said:

53 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 9,711 10,065 -4 2,678,038

100 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 5,594 6,560 -15 2,813,289

LMAO as Nickelback selling more than Beyonce.... and with zero promo

Nickelback has a strong fanbase though.

[Deleted]

Apr 1, 2010 17:54:54 GMT -5 lugus15 said:

Apr 1, 2010 16:23:31 GMT -5 tony said:

53 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 9,711 10,065 -4 2,678,038

100 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 5,594 6,560 -15 2,813,289

LMAO as Nickelback selling more than Beyonce.... and with zero promo

Nickelcrap just released a new single off their album, Beysus is done. Doesn't surprise me their selling more than Beyonce now.

[CTE]

Apr 1, 2010 23:56:03 GMT -5 @jback said:

Apr 1, 2010 17:54:54 GMT -5 lugus15 said:

LMAO as Nickelback selling more than Beyonce.... and with zero promo

Nickelcrap just released a new single off their album, Beysus is done. Doesn't surprise me their selling more than Beyonce now.

I'm shocked that Beyonce is not over 3 million sold. I thought she outsold B'Day. With all that hype and Grammy wins, I guess not!

[Deleted]

April Fools Day is over, why are the names still messed up on here?

[PDC1987]

Apr 2, 2010 9:58:13 GMT -5 @peigan68 said:

April Fools Day is over, why are the names still messed up on here?

The board was hacked, the Garyn Fett thing is the hackers' doing.

The admin's April Fools joke was an Oldies theme, which was up for a few hours. They can't change it back to normal because the admin's had their profiles deleted and the mods lost their mid powers.

[Deleted]

Apr 2, 2010 9:35:06 GMT -5 CTE said:

Apr 1, 2010 23:56:03 GMT -5 @jback said:

Nickelcrap just released a new single off their album, Beysus is done. Doesn't surprise me their selling more than Beyonce now.

I'm shocked that Beyonce is not over 3 million sold. I thought she outsold B'Day. With all that hype and Grammy wins, I guess not!

She's on par to pass B'Day world wide(Sasha just passed the 6 Mill mark, and is closing in on B'Day. The Grammy's gave her a boost(most likely from the performance not the wins), and hype does shit. Drake had hype yet his EP hasn't went gold yet, Britney's Comeback was hyped and she's only 1.5.

In the end, not everyone's going to be happy with sales, but Sasha Fierce is still one of the best selling of 2008, so I'm content :)