Hits 8/17 Eminem

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EMINEM WILL RETURN TO TOP

Disney’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam and Black Label Society are the Week’s Big Releases

August 11, 2010

Now that the dust is settling on this week’s Arcade Fire album, whose sales total of 156k was over 62% digital (97k), the HITS Top 50 returns to normal next Tuesday, with Eminem’s Shady/Aftermath/Interscope album Recovery moving back to #1 in its eighth week and sending it over 2 million in sales.

With Amazon’s $3.99 special leading the way, the Merge critical darlings became the first act from that North Carolina inei, celebrating its 21st anniversary, to debut at #1 on the album sales chart. The band’s last release, Neon Bible, entered at #2 in March, 2007, with 92k, behind a Notorious B.I.G. greatest hits album.

Arcade Fire's digital sales were strong across the board, with iTunes selling it for $9.99, while the band’s web site offered its own version, featuring synchronized visuals, at $7.99.

eMusic had its biggest debut of the year on the album, with 6% of the sales total, with an onsite critique by the site’s editorial chief J. Edward Keyes here.

This week’s releases are topped by Walt Disney’s Camp Rock 2 soundtrack and E1’s Black Label Society, fronted by guitar maestro Zakk Wylde, both targeted in the 40-45k range.

That’s based on one-day sales reports from those music retailers now reduced to screaming into their phones at all hours of the day and night like Mel Gibson.

WB Nashville’s Blake Shelton and J/RMG Duke-bred rapper Mike Posner, whose album 31 Minutes to Takeoff soared to #1 at iTunes earlier this week, are both looking at sales between 30-35k.

The market was up 1% vs. last week, down 13% vs. same week last year and still down 12% year to date. We now return you to your testy, profanity-laced Jet Blue flight attendant.

[slicknickshady]

Finally Em will be back on top. So that will be 6 Times at #1 in 8 Weeks.

Then it should be #1 the following week as well.

So it's looking like 7 Non Consecutive Weeks at #1 will be Recovery's run at the top.

Then You got Katy Perry, Disturbed, Stone Sour, and etc coming out the weeks after. I think Perry will hit #1. Then Disturbed will hit #1 the following week. I don't know about Stone Sour. I'm thinking that will be a Top 5 Debut.

[Deleted]

Doesn't look good for Shelton...

[Deleted]

No challengers to Eminem here


Camp Rock is the strongest new release of the week

[Honeymoon]

I thought Shelton would do more...

I'd love it if Eminem can pull more than 100k for his first ten weeks on the chart.

[anafan]

YOUR PRESEASON WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: It's a very safe bet to say that Eminem will return to the top of the chart next week. Fact is, he'll be the only act to sell in six digits, as the dog days of summer appear in tandem with a belated SoCal heatwave. Eminem will cross the 2.1m mark next week and close the gap with Lady Antebellum in the race for 2010's top selling album (so far). Including next week's projection, Lady A has now sold just north of 2.5m units. Based on midweek sales reports, here's how next week's Top 15 might look:

Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 130-140k
Arcade Fire (Merge) 40-50k
* Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (Walt Disney) 40-45k
* Black Label Society (E1) 40-45k
* Mike Posner (J/RMG) 30-35k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
* Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 30-35k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Rick Ross (Def Jam/IDJ) 28-32k
Avenged Sevenfold (Warner Bros.) 25-28k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 22-25k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 22-25k
Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 20-22k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 18-20k
Now 34 (Capitol/EMI) 18-20k

[Cerbius]

Eminem is surely getting that #1 this time!

[slicknickshady]

Go Em!

[Diego]

Yep, he's gonna end up selling more than Lady A this year. Will probably even pull over 3m by the end of '010.

[Honeymoon]

Good sales again for Em, shame about the massive gap though

[Minor Scratch]

That's pretty decent for Mike Posner. He has a much bigger fanbase than I thought.

[kylecburke]

Im so happy for Eminem..he deserves it..it really is a great cd

[Cerbius]

Aug 13, 2010 1:47:51 GMT -5 Diego said:

Yep, he's gonna end up selling more than Lady A this year. Will probably even pull over 3m by the end of '010.

At this rate, he'll be nearing 4 million by January next year. Absolutely phenomenal.

[Cerbius]

I'm curious, has the #10 album ever dropped below 20k based on Soundscan numbers?

[Honeymoon]

Aug 14, 2010 10:47:01 GMT -5 Cerbius said:

I'm curious, has the #10 album ever dropped below 20k based on Soundscan numbers?

I don't believe so, I think the lowest sales for a #10 album in a given week is 20,454 for Ke$ha's Animal

[Cerbius]

Aug 14, 2010 11:33:54 GMT -5 Honeymoon said:

Aug 14, 2010 10:47:01 GMT -5 Cerbius said:

I'm curious, has the #10 album ever dropped below 20k based on Soundscan numbers?

I don't believe so, I think the lowest sales for a #10 album in a given week is 20,454 for Ke$ha's Animal

Ahh ok. At the rate album sales are falling, it'll probably happen either this year or next year.

[Honeymoon]

Well thankfully the Fall-December release schedule is much busier than the Summer and earlier portion of the year, so we will get more higher debuts hopefully... an all 30k+ top ten would be nice.

[Jay D83]

They should release Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Susan Boyle on the same day. I'd love to see those numbers. Folks would literally beat down the doors to the music stores.

[ListenToItTwice]

^^ Haha did you intentionally leave Eminem out of your post? ;) But anyway, I think the intense competition would cheat most of those artists out of a few thousand copies. And it would be such a shame to see Britney only debut at #11.

[Deleted]

^The #10 album would be selling 400k+ ^^

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Actually if that were the case th store wouldn't be able to stock all those cds so, they will all most likely loose sales

[Jay D83]

Aug 15, 2010 11:37:12 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

^^ Haha did you intentionally leave Eminem out of your post? ;) But anyway, I think the intense competition would cheat most of those artists out of a few thousand copies. And it would be such a shame to see Britney only debut at #11.

I didn't put Em in it because he already has a current album out.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

so do Lady A and drake, but its doesn't really matter.

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS building album sales chart:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[areyoureadytojump]

NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 67,418
RECOVERY
-- 2 CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM WALT DISNEY 27,812
SOUNDTRACK
7 3 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 22,650
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 4 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 21,119
ALL ABOUT TONIGHT
12 5 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 18,874
KIDZ BOP 18
9 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,032
NEED YOU NOW
6 7 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 15,949
TEFLON DON
-- 8 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY E1 MUSIC 15,880
ORDER OF THE BLACK
14 9 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 15,814
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 10 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 12,077
NIGHTMARE
8 11 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 11,648
THANK ME LATER
15 12 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 11,489
FOUNDATION
13 13 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 11,373
FAME
18 14 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 10,673
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
22 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,372
REVOLUTION
23 16 JERROD NIEMANN ARISTA NASHVILLE 9,033
JUDGE JERROD & THE HUNG JURY
17 17 USHER LAFACE/JLG 8,717
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
5 18 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 8,220
THE REMIX
2 19 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 7,797
SUBURBS
19 20 JONAS L.A. WALT DISNEY 7,597
SOUNDTRACK
10 21 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 7,413
ALL NIGHT LONG
29 22 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 7,408
MY WORLD
-- 23 MIKE POSNER J RECORDS/RMG 7,344
31 MINUTES TO TAKEOFF
27 24 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 7,272
ANIMAL
4 25 BUN B RAP-A-LOT 7,182
TRILL O.G.
26 26 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,111
EUPHORIA
20 27 TRAIN COLUMBIA 6,774
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
31 28 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 6,432
FAME MONSTER (EP)
34 29 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5,676
PLAY ON
37 30 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 5,504
FEARLESS
41 31 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 5,323
DARK HORSE
28 32 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 5,022
CAN'T BE TAMED
43 33 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 4,926
SCREAM
50 34 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 33 CAPITOL/EMI 4,911
VARIOUS ARTISTS
47 35 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 4,896
KISS AND TELL
21 36 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 4,748
LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
25 37 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 4,261
TO THE SEA
30 38 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 4,244
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
-- 39 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 4,148
JOURNEY TO REGIONALS
38 40 STEP UP 3D ATLANTIC 4,042
SOUNDTRACK
16 41 SHERYL CROW A&M 4,003
100 MILES FROM MEMPHIS
45 42 GODSMACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 3,955
THE ORACLE
46 43 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 3,618
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
-- 44 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 3,516
CRAZY LOVE
42 45 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 3,092
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
35 46 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 3,033
SOUNDTRACK
-- 47 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 3,006
BATTLE STUDIES
39 48 BIG BOI DEF JAM/IDJ 2,892
SIR LUSCIOUS LEFT FOOT
40 49 KORN ROADRUNNER 2,718
KORN III: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
24 50 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS REPRISE 2,704

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

CHART DATE: 08/17/2009

-- 1 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 157,377 --
TWANG
1 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 80,774 -18%
NUMBER ONES
-- 3 NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA 60,294 --
HOT AUGUST NIGHT/NYC
8 4 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 45,351 +3%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
-- 5 COBRA STARSHIP DECAYDANCE/FBR 45,205 --
HOT MESS
3 6 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 42,045 -23%
ESSENTIAL
7 7 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 41,853 -5%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
10 8 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 38,659 -12%
LEAVE THIS TOWN
6 9 NOW 31 SONY MUSIC 38,654 -13%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
9 10 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 38,146 -13%
BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT

[musicissalvation]

Wow that is such a huge disparity between 1 and 2, kind of surreal.

[slicknickshady]

Eminem! Nice!

[chopped89]

NOW IN : 68.46%

LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 82,296
RECOVERY
-- 2 CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM WALT DISNEY 34,141
SOUNDTRACK
-- 3 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 27,314
ALL ABOUT TONIGHT
2 4 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 26,285
SUBURBS
7 5 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 25,461
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 6 MIKE POSNER J RECORDS/RMG 21,337
31 MINUTES TO TAKEOFF
-- 7 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY E1 MUSIC 21,110
ORDER OF THE BLACK
12 8 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 18,874
KIDZ BOP 18
6 9 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 18,594
TEFLON DON
9 10 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 18,148
NEED YOU NOW
8 11 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 15,997
THANK ME LATER
14 12 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 15,814
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 13 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 15,011
NIGHTMARE
15 14 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 14,244
FOUNDATION
5 15 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 11,835
THE REMIX
13 16 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 11,373
FAME
18 17 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 10,673
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
22 18 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,372
REVOLUTION
27 19 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 10,034
ANIMAL
19 20 JONAS L.A. WALT DISNEY 9,488
SOUNDTRACK
32 21 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 9,275
SIGH NO MORE
20 22 TRAIN COLUMBIA 9,115
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
23 23 JERROD NIEMANN ARISTA NASHVILLE 9,033
JUDGE JERROD & THE HUNG JURY
17 24 USHER LAFACE/JLG 8,717
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
38 25 STEP UP 3D ATLANTIC 8,397
SOUNDTRACK
-- 26 SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD ABKCO 7,583
SOUNDTRACK
10 27 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 7,413
ALL NIGHT LONG
29 28 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 7,408
MY WORLD
4 29 BUN B RAP-A-LOT 7,182
TRILL O.G.
26 30 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,111
EUPHORIA
25 31 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 7,102
TO THE SEA
31 32 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 6,432
FAME MONSTER (EP)
33 33 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 6,004
BROTHERS
34 34 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5,676
PLAY ON
37 35 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 5,504
FEARLESS
41 36 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 5,323
DARK HORSE
28 37 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 5,022
CAN'T BE TAMED
43 38 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 4,926
SCREAM
50 39 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 33 CAPITOL/EMI 4,911
VARIOUS ARTISTS
47 40 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 4,896
KISS AND TELL
21 41 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 4,748
LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
30 42 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 4,244
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
-- 43 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 4,148
JOURNEY TO REGIONALS
16 44 SHERYL CROW A&M 4,003
100 MILES FROM MEMPHIS
45 45 GODSMACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 3,955
THE ORACLE
46 46 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 3,618
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
-- 47 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 3,516
CRAZY LOVE
42 48 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 3,092
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
35 49 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 3,033
SOUNDTRACK
-- 50 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 3,006
BATTLE STUDIES

[singingsparrow]

That's an unfortunate fall for Sheryl Crow.

I don't understand why "Summer Day" isn't making a dent at the Adult Top 40. It is easily her most melodic, infectious single since her take on Cat Stevens' "The First Cut is the Deepest". It should at least be out-peaking "Love is Free", and yet it has barely outperformed "Shine Over Babylon" thus far.

Namaste,
Lisping Hibiscus